Patents by Inventor Rafael L. RIVERA-BARRETO

Rafael L. RIVERA-BARRETO 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: 20240098673
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable mediums are configured to perform operations including detecting a plurality of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) that are transmitted for a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), each of the SSBs having a SSB index comprising a set of bit values; detecting, from the plurality of SSBs, a first SSB received at a first time and a second SSB received at a second time that is different from the first time; decoding, for a first SSB of the plurality, first bit values of a first SSB index representing the first SSB and of a second SSB index representing the second SSB; determining, based on the first time and the second time, a receive time gap between the first SSB and the second SSB; and determining, based on the receive time gap and the first bit values of the first SSB index and the second SSB index, at least a second bit value of the first second SSB index representing the first SSB and the second SSB representing the second SSB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Panagiotis Botsinis, Sameh M. Eldessoki, Christian Hofmann, Rafael L. Rivera-Barreto, Tarik Tabet
  • Patent number: 11924732
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for emergency communications (e.g., voice calls and/or SMS messages) for UE's without cellular coverage (e.g., in non-cellular coverage). A UE may establish, while out of range of cellular service, a peer-to-peer communication session with a relay UE using a channel in an unlicensed frequency band. The UE may transmit, using the peer-to-peer communication session, an emergency notification to the relay UE. The emergency notification may include an approximate location of the UE. Further the UE may communicate with a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP), where the communications may be relayed between the UE and the PSAP by the relay UE. The approximate location of the UE may be based, at least in part, on a location of the relay UE and determining the approximate location of the UE may include performing a ranging procedure with the relay UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Babar Qaisrani, Biljana Badic, Gaurav Lamba, Krisztian Kiss, Mona Agnel, Rafael L Rivera-Barreto, Rohan C Malthankar, Sudeep Manithara Vamanan, Vijay Venkataraman
  • Patent number: 11903079
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for providing a framework for supporting custom signaling between a wireless device and a cellular network. A wireless device and a cellular base station may establish a wireless link. The wireless device and the cellular base station may perform custom signaling in accordance with the custom signaling framework.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Muthukumaran Dhanapal, Rajesh Ambati, Lakshmi N. Kavuri, Thanigaivelu Elangovan, Rafael L. Rivera-Barreto, Madhusudan Chaudhary, Divyaprakash P. Bhojkumar, Rohan C. Malthankar, Ajay Singh, Sreevalsan Vallath, Raghuveer Mallikarjunan
  • Publication number: 20240031795
    Abstract: This Application describes mechanisms for enterprise remote management of cellular services provided via access credentials, e.g., subscriber identity modules (SIMs) and/or electronic SIMs (eSIMs), for wireless devices. To minimize requirements for user interaction, installation and management of business-supplied cellular service profiles on the wireless device can intercept alert notifications to reduce interruptions and allow for background management of the business-supplied cellular service profiles. Additionally, a business enterprise can use multiple, distinct services to initiate installation of an eSIM to a wireless device. When two different services attempt to install eSIMs on the wireless device in parallel, management software on the wireless device can control an order of installation and disallow duplicate installations of an identical eSIM to the wireless device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Can XIONG, Sherman X. JIN, Eric ZELENKA, Graham S. McLUHAN, Li LI, Rafael L. RIVERA-BARRETO, Raj S. CHAUGULE, Rohan C. MALTHANKAR
  • Publication number: 20240007834
    Abstract: This Application sets forth techniques for binding and dynamic provisioning of international mobile equipment identifier (IMEI) values with cellular wireless service profiles, such as subscriber identity modules (SIMs) on physical SIM (pSIM) cards and electronic SIMs (eSIMs) on an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) of the mobile wireless device. When pSIMs and/or eSIMs change on the mobile wireless device, e.g., based on installation, activation, deactivation, de-installation, etc., IMEI binding logic accounts for the changes and maps IMEI values to pSIMs and/or eSIMs as required. IMEI values can be assigned based on a history of bindings between IMEI values and ICCID values of one or more eSIMS on an eUICC. A most recently used or a newly assigned IMEI value can be associated with an eSIM. Whether to assign an identical IMEI value to multiple eSIMs depends on requirements of associated cellular wireless service subscriptions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Li LI, Vikram Bhaskara YERRABOMMANAHALLI, Rafael L. RIVERA-BARRETO, Sherman X. JIN, Clive E. RODGERS, Najeeb M. ABDULRAHIMAN
  • Publication number: 20230422280
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for performing efficient discovery of edge computing servers. A wireless device may provide an edge compute request to an edge discovery service, which may indicate one or more criteria for the edge compute request. The edge discovery service may select one or more edge application servers for the edge compute request based on edge compute resource availability profile information that it stores for multiple edge application servers and the one or more criteria for the edge compute request. The edge discovery service may provide a response to the edge compute request to the wireless device, which may include an indication of the selected edge application server or servers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Babar Qaisrani, Teck Yang Lee, Rohan C. Malthankar, Samy Touati, Rafael L. Rivera-Barreto, Vijay Venkataraman, Krisztian Kiss
  • Patent number: 11812312
    Abstract: Wireless devices, networks and methods may operate to have a wireless device cause a base station to trigger voice call continuity handovers responsive to the quality of the cellular radio link in addition to the base station triggering such handovers based on location or mobility. Furthermore, wireless communication devices may also perform monitoring of multiple buffers operating within the wireless communication device and associated with different respective communication layers, in addition to monitoring the quality of the cellular radio link, to perform intelligent dropping/discarding and/or scheduling of packets at the wireless communications device. Any one or more of these features may improve the ability of the wireless communications device to achieve stated Voice over Long Term Evolution (VoLTE) performance benchmarks in the context of the realities of current VoLTE networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: David Boettger, Tarik Tabet, Samy Khay-Ibbat, Farouk Belghoul, Ajoy K. Singh, Thanigaivelu Elangovan, Rafael L. Rivera-Barreto
  • Patent number: 11812506
    Abstract: This Application describes mechanisms for enterprise remote management of cellular services provided via access credentials, e.g., subscriber identity modules (SIMs) and/or electronic SIMS (eSIMs), for wireless devices. To minimize requirements for user interaction, installation and management of business-supplied cellular service profiles on the wireless device can intercept alert notifications to reduce interruptions and allow for background management of the business-supplied cellular service profiles. Additionally, a business enterprise can use multiple, distinct services to initiate installation of an eSIM to a wireless device. When two different services attempt to install eSIMs on the wireless device in parallel, management software on the wireless device can control an order of installation and disallow duplicate installations of an identical eSIM to the wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Can Xiong, Sherman X. Jin, Eric Zelenka, Graham S. McLuhan, Li Li, Rafael L. Rivera-Barreto, Raj S. Chaugule, Rohan C. Malthankar
  • Patent number: 11805397
    Abstract: This Application sets forth techniques for binding and dynamic provisioning of international mobile equipment identifier (IMEI) values with cellular wireless service profiles, such as subscriber identity modules (SIMS) on physical SIM (pSIM) cards and electronic SIMs (eSIMs) on an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) of the mobile wireless device. When pSIMs and/or eSIMs change on the mobile wireless device, e.g., based on installation, activation, deactivation, de-installation, etc., IMEI binding logic accounts for the changes and maps IMEI values to pSIMs and/or eSIMs as required. IMEI values can be assigned based on a history of bindings between IMEI values and ICCID values of one or more eSIMS on an eUICC. A most recently used or a newly assigned IMEI value can be associated with an eSIM. Whether to assign an identical IMEI value to multiple eSIMs depends on requirements of associated cellular wireless service subscriptions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Li Li, Vikram Bhaskara Yerrabommanahalli, Rafael L. Rivera-Barreto, Sherman X. Jin, Clive E. Rodgers, Najeeb M. Abdulrahiman
  • Patent number: 11792599
    Abstract: A device, e.g. a wireless communication device may obtain information associated with private cellular networks from a provisioning server. The information may provide an indication of coverage area(s) of available private cellular network(s). The device may communicate over a commercial cellular network, and determine, based at least on the information, whether the device is located within the coverage area of any available private cellular networks. The device may connect to a first private cellular network (FPCN) of the available private cellular networks and switch from communicating over the commercial cellular network to communicating over the FPCN at least in response to the determination indicating that the device is located within the indicated coverage area. The device may disconnect from the FPCN in response to a determination that the signal level of the FPCN is below a specified value and the device is not using a wallet garden application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Farouk Belghoul, Cesar Perez, Rafael L. Rivera-Barreto
  • Patent number: 11770695
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to methods and systems for initiating and transferring cellular subscription service using associated cellular communication devices. Cellular service may be initiated for a first cellular communication device via a second cellular communication device. The first cellular communication device may be provisioned to operate in an independent mode. In other scenarios, cellular service may be transferred from the first cellular communication device operating in independent mode to a third cellular communication device, which may be provisioned to operate in independent mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Samy Touati, Chenzhi Yu, Li Li, Rafael L. Rivera-Barreto, Rohan C. Malthankar
  • Patent number: 11758608
    Abstract: A network component communicating with a user equipment (UE) and a server. The network component receives a first packet from the UE, wherein the first packet indicates to the network component that the network component is to perform operations on behalf of the UE to maintain a persistent connection, receives a second packet from the server and determines whether to transmit a signal to the UE based on the second packet received from the server. A UE having a transceiver and a processor. The UE transmits a first packet to the network component, wherein the first packet indicates to the network component that the network component is to perform operations on behalf of the UE to maintain a persistent connection, identifies an out of service (OOS) event, receives registration information from the network component and registers with the server based on the registration information received from the network component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Srinivasan Nimmala, Cahya A. Masputra, Dawei Zhang, Haijing Hu, Huarui Liang, Krisztian Kiss, Lakshmi N. Kavuri, Li Su, Longda Xing, Murtaza A. Shikari, Rafael L. Rivera-Barreto, Rohan C. Malthankar, Samy Touati, Sree Ram Kodali, Srirang A. Lovlekar, Teck Yang Lee, Vijay Venkataraman
  • Patent number: 11723056
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for performing efficient discovery of edge computing servers. A wireless device may provide an edge compute request to an edge discovery service, which may indicate one or more criteria for the edge compute request. The edge discovery service may select one or more edge application servers for the edge compute request based on edge compute resource availability profile information that it stores for multiple edge application servers and the one or more criteria for the edge compute request. The edge discovery service may provide a response to the edge compute request to the wireless device, which may include an indication of the selected edge application server or servers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Babar Qaisrani, Teck Yang Lee, Rohan C. Malthankar, Samy Touati, Rafael L. Rivera-Barreto, Vijay Venkataraman, Krisztian Kiss
  • Patent number: 11706679
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for high data mode operation in cellular networks. A UE may determine, for an interface to a high-speed cellular network, a categorization from a plurality of categorizations, determine availability of the high-speed cellular network, and select, based at least in part on the categorization and availability of the high-speed cellular network, the interface for a data connection to the high-speed cellular network. The categorization may be one of expensive or not expensive and/or one of a first level associated with a higher compression codec rate or a second level associated with a lower compression codec rate. The UE may receive, from one of the a low-speed cellular network or the high-speed cellular network, carrier plan information for a cellular data service carrier and analyze the carrier plan information to determine desirability of a switch, e.g., from the low-speed cellular network to the high-speed cellular network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Raghuveer Mallikarjunan, Patrick L Coffman, Madhusudan Chaudhary, Muthukumaran Dhanapal, Ajay Singh, Faraz Faheem, Thanigaivelu Elangovan, Lakshmi N Kavuri, Samuel J Miller, Najeeb M Abdulrahiman, Rajesh Ambati, Arun G Mathias, Vivek Ramanna, Divyaprakash P Bhojkumar, Vikram B Yerrabommanahalli, Rafael L Rivera-Barreto, Sergey Sitnikov, Oleg M Moskalenko, Bao Q Ho, Rohan C Malthankar, Samy Touati
  • Patent number: 11671833
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to transfer of credentials between two mobile wireless devices that are within proximity of each other, via a secure local connection, or via a network-based cloud service, where the two mobile wireless devices are not in proximity to each other. Transfer of credentials can include communication between a source device, a target device, and/or one more network-based servers, which can include mobile network operator (MNO) managed servers, such as an entitlement server, a web-sheet server, an authentication server, a provisioning server, a subscription management data preparation (SM-DP+) server, a home subscriber server (HSS), and/or an authentication server, as well as third-party managed servers, such as a cloud service server and/or an identification services server. Authentication can be based at least in part on one or more tokens and/or a trust flag obtained by the source device and provided to the target device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Inventors: Sherman X. Jin, Raj S. Chaugule, Anish Kumar Goyal, Li Li, Rafael L. Rivera-Barreto, Samy Touati, Rohan C. Malthankar
  • Patent number: 11617069
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may identify that an emergency call is being initiated and send further messages including the location of the UE. The UE receives emergency location signaling parameters, identifies that an emergency communication has been initiated by the UE based on the emergency location signaling parameters and transmits a message to an endpoint associated with emergency services based on the identification of the emergency message being initiated, wherein the message includes location information for the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gaurav Lamba, Abdus Samad, Amandeep Singh Bedi, Krisztian Kiss, Rafael L. Rivera-Barreto, Rohan C. Malthankar, Samy Touati, Vijay Venkataraman, Vinash Kaushal
  • Publication number: 20230079902
    Abstract: The described embodiments set forth techniques for transferring an electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) with the same integrated circuit card identifier (ICCID) value from a source mobile wireless device to a target mobile wireless device directly with a mobile network operator (MNO) provisioning server. The target mobile wireless device downloads the eSIM from the MNO provisioning server after deletion of the eSIM on the source mobile wireless device and reassignment of the eSIM with the same ICCID value to the target mobile wireless device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Sherman X. JIN, Rafael L. RIVERA-BARRETO, Rohan C. MALTHANKAR, Clive E. RODGERS, Raj S. CHAUGULE, Li LI
  • Publication number: 20230083018
    Abstract: The described embodiments set forth techniques for recovering one or more electronic subscriber identity modules (eSIMs) previously deleted from an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) of a mobile wireless device. Prior to deletion of an eSIM, the mobile wireless device uploads first eSIM subscription information to a cloud network services server and stores second eSIM subscription information in a secure memory of the eUICC. The mobile wireless device can subsequently download the first eSIM subscription information to verify matching to the second eSIM subscription information stored in the eUICC before displaying an option for recovering the eSIM. The mobile wireless device sends to a mobile network operator (MNO) provisioning server an eSIM recovery request notification that includes at least a portion of the first eSIM subscription information, and the MNO provisioning server provides an eSIM recovery response message indicating approval and a network address to download the eSIM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Sherman X. JIN, Rohan C. MALTHANKAR, Rafael L. RIVERA-BARRETO, Clive E. RODGERS, Raj S. CHAUGULE, Li LI
  • Publication number: 20230081421
    Abstract: The described embodiments set forth techniques for transferring an electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) with the same integrated circuit card identifier (ICCID) value from a source mobile wireless device to a target mobile wireless device directly with a mobile network operator (MNO) provisioning server. The target mobile wireless device downloads the eSIM from the MNO provisioning server after deletion of the eSIM on the source mobile wireless device and reassignment of the eSIM with the same ICCID value to the target mobile wireless device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Sherman X. JIN, Rafael L. RIVERA-BARRETO, Rohan C. MALTHANKAR, Clive E. RODGERS, Raj S. CHAUGULE, Li LI
  • Publication number: 20230075591
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to transfer of credentials between two mobile wireless devices that are within proximity of each other, via a secure local connection, or via a network-based cloud service, where the two mobile wireless devices are not in proximity to each other. Transfer of credentials can include communication between a source device, a target device, and/or one more network-based servers, which can include mobile network operator (MNO) managed servers, such as an entitlement server, a web-sheet server, an authentication server, a provisioning server, a subscription management data preparation (SM-DP+ ) server, a home subscriber server (HSS), and/or an authentication server, as well as third-party managed servers, such as a cloud service server and/or an identification services server. Authentication can be based at least in part on one or more tokens and/or a trust flag obtained by the source device and provided to the target device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Sherman X. JIN, Raj S. CHAUGULE, Anish Kumar GOYAL, Li LI, Rafael L. RIVERA-BARRETO, Samy TOUATI, Rohan C. MALTHANKAR