Patents by Inventor Scott Hoover

Scott Hoover 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: 20240113974
    Abstract: Mobile management method, system and client. Method includes receiving a DNS query for a host name from an application on client; retrieving reputation data associated with host name from a local cache on client; and determining a policy based on host name and the reputation data. Based on determined policy for the host name, blocking attempted network flows to a host corresponding to host name to produce blocked attempted network flows. Method also includes sending attempted network flow metadata related to the blocked attempted network flows to a collector on client; transmitting the attempted network flow metadata from the collector to a VPN server pool via a VPN tunnel; and producing an anomaly report from the transmitted attempted network flow metadata. The anomaly report includes at least one of anomalies, cohorts, trends, location boundaries, detected network security issues, detected compromised clients and/or optimized network usage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: MOBILE SONIC, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph T. SAVARESE, Steven HECKT, Michael E. BRYANT, Eric C. MCNEILL, Carter SMITH, Elizabeth KIHSLINGER, Thomas Gunther HELMS, Camilla KEENAN-KOCH, Joseph G. SOUZA, Paul HOOVER, S. Aaron STAVENS, Christian E. HOFSTAEDTER, Jonathan SCOTT, Erik OLSON, James Scott SIMPKINS, Stephen Gregory FALLIN, John Harvey HILLOCK, Eivind NAESS, Michael Lee SNYDER, David Michael MIRLY, Marius LEE, Glenn Patrick ARANAS, Norman C. HAMER, Tridib DUTTA, Andrew James HOOVER, Thomas A. SWEET, Mark ANACKER, An PHAN
  • Publication number: 20240106481
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for transmit energy allocation. A method that may be performed by a wireless device includes establishing first and second wireless communication connections and allocating an available energy between the first and second wireless communication connections by: allocating a first portion of the available energy to the first wireless communication connection based at least in part on one or more functionalities associated with the first wireless communication connection; allocating a second portion of the available energy to the second wireless communication connection based at least in part on one or more functionalities associated with the second wireless communication connection; and allocating a third portion of the available energy to the first and/or the second wireless communication connections based at least in part on energy efficiencies of the first and second wireless communication connections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Akshay KUMAR, Arnaud MEYLAN, Huang LOU, Farhad MESHKATI, Scott HOOVER, Yahia RAMADAN, Michel CHAUVIN
  • Publication number: 20240106482
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for operating a wireless device pursuant to radio frequency (RF) exposure compliance. A method that may be performed by a wireless device includes switching sensing circuitry to a first mode in response to one or more first criteria being satisfied; switching the sensing circuitry to a second mode in response to one or more second criteria being satisfied; and transmitting a signal at a transmit power determined based at least in part on a radio frequency (RF) exposure limit, and if the sensing circuitry is operating in the second mode, on one or more measurements associated with the sensing circuitry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: John FORRESTER, Udara FERNANDO, Farhad MESHKATI, Lin LU, Jagadish NADAKUDUTI, Scott HOOVER, Roberto RIMINI, Justin MCGLOIN, Arvind Vardarajan SANTHANAM, Michael Lee MCCLOUD
  • Patent number: 11902951
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, configuration information indicating a set of component carriers (CCs) associated with the UE. The UE may receive, from the base station, a message that activates or deactivates one or more CCs of the set of CCs. The UE may communicate, with the base station, after receiving the message, using one or more activated CCs of the set of CCs over a tuned radio frequency (RF) bandwidth that is based on receiving the message and based on the one or more activated CCs. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yongle Wu, Alexei Yurievitch Gorokhov, Heechoon Lee, Jong Hyeon Park, Kang Yang, Scott Hoover, Yann-Cheng Lin, Antriksh Pany, Mingxia Cheng
  • Patent number: 11895590
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may monitor a channel for wireless communication associated with a first radio access technology (RAT) during one or more of a first active duration or a first inactive duration. The UE may operate in a first power mode during the first inactive duration. The UE may monitor the channel for wireless communication associated with a second RAT during one or more of a second active duration or a second inactive duration. The UE may operate during the second inactive duration in one or more of the first power mode or a second power. The UE may operate according to the first mode or the second mode based on the monitoring of the channel associated with the first RAT and the second RAT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Reza Shahidi, Brian Clarke Banister, Vishal Mahajan, Vikram Ramesh Babu, Joshua Tennyson Macdonald, Thawatt Gopal, Udayan Bhawnani, Yu Fu, Bhupesh Manoharial Umatt, Sridhar Bandaru, Scott Hoover, Brian George, Hemanth Kumar Rayapati, Sunil Kc, Sandeep Ramannavar, Sandeep Rao
  • Patent number: 11889421
    Abstract: A base station may configure a user equipment (UE) with a discontinuous reception (DRX), e.g., connected mode DRX (CDRX), and the UE may select a synchronization signal block (SSB) set to perform an SSB warm-up to wake up, search, and measure the SSB set to improve the performance of the UE during a DRX ON duration. The UE may select the SSB set based on a time difference of the SSB set relative to the DRX ON duration. The UE may be configured to wake up to measure one of a first SSB set or a second SSB set having a smaller time difference relative to the DRX ON duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Arnab Pal, Jun Zhu, Yongle Wu, Scott Hoover, Joshua Tennyson MacDonald, Uzma Khan Qazi, Vishnu Namboodiri Karakkad Kesavan Namboodiri
  • Patent number: 11871406
    Abstract: A method for wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) includes transmitting an uplink message to a first base station associated with a first radio access technology (RAT). The method also includes transmitting one or more scheduling requests (SRs) to a second base station associated with a second RAT to trigger a connected mode discontinuous reception (CDRX) ON period. The method further includes receiving a downlink message from the second base station during the CDRX ON period in response to transmitting the uplink message to the first base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Scott Hoover, Yu Hu, Joshua Tennyson MacDonald, Tom Chin
  • Publication number: 20230388990
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may communicate via a first component carrier (CC) during a first time period. The UE may communicate via a second CC during a second time period. The UE may receive a first indication to deactivate the second CC during a third time period that at least partially overlaps with the first time period. The UE may receive a second indication to activate the second CC for communication during a fourth time period. The UE may communicate via the second component carrier during the fourth time period using an initial frequency error correction at a beginning of the fourth time period, the initial frequency error correction based at least in part on a frequency error of the first CC during the third time period. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Paolo MINERO, Ajay K.R. BODDU, Scott HOOVER, Kai XIE, Levent AYDIN, Aamod KHANDEKAR, Brian Clarke BANISTER
  • Publication number: 20230370973
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The method may include the user equipment (UE) selecting, based at least in part on an operating characteristic for the UE, a procedure for entering a sleep mode from among a set of procedures for entering the sleep mode. The set of procedure may include a first procedure and a second procedure. Upon selecting the procedure, the UE may monitor for page signaling for the UE during a time period and perform the selected procedure for entering the sleep mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Arvind Vardarajan Santhanam, Scott Hoover, Joshua Tennyson Macdonald, Yash Pathak, Omkar Reddy Seelam, Mona Agrawal
  • Patent number: 11750248
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A multi-antenna user equipment (UE) may communicate with a base station using a first antenna, determine to switch from the first antenna to a second antenna for communicating with the base station, determine a silence window in which communication with the base station is suspended, schedule the switch from the first antenna to the second antenna to occur during the silence window, and switch from the first antenna to the second antenna during the silence window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Thawatt Gopal, Scott Hoover, Defang Chen, Sridhar Bandaru
  • Publication number: 20230239801
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a UE determines a completion time associated with a communication event for a wakeup period, the wakeup period characterized by at least radio frequency (RF) circuitry being set to an active state. The UE schedules a transition from the wakeup period to a sleep period at the completion time, the sleep period characterized by at least the RF circuitry being set to an inactive state. The UE performs the communication event during the wakeup period. The UE transitions from the wakeup period to the sleep period at the completion time in accordance with the scheduling. The UE determines, after the transition from the wakeup period to the sleep period, a wakeup time associated with a next wakeup period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Tian MAI, Scott HOOVER, Yash PATHAK, Joshua Tennyson MACDONALD, Omkar Reddy SEELAM
  • Publication number: 20230199650
    Abstract: A base station may configure a user equipment (UE) with a discontinuous reception (DRX), e.g., connected mode DRX (CDRX), and the UE may select a synchronization signal block (SSB) set to perform an SSB warm-up to wake up, search, and measure the SSB set to improve the performance of the UE during a DRX ON duration. The UE may select the SSB set based on a time difference of the SSB set relative to the DRX ON duration. The UE may be configured to wake up to measure one of a first SSB set or a second SSB set having a smaller time difference relative to the DRX ON duration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Arnab PAL, Jun ZHU, Yongle WU, Scott HOOVER, Joshua Tennyson MACDONALD, Uzma Khan QAZI, Vishnu Namboodiri KARAKKAD KESAVAN NAMBOODIRI
  • Publication number: 20230156543
    Abstract: Enhanced inter-RAT and measurement gap operations are disclosed. In one aspect, a device may generate a customized measurement gap for monitoring control signals of another network for inter-RAT procedures. In another aspect, a device may modify, such as extend or shift, a network measurement gap to generate a modified measurement gap for monitoring control signals of another network for inter-RAT procedures. The device may modify the network measurement gap to align the network's measurement gap, such as LTE measurement gap, with a measurement window of another network, such as an SMTC window of a 5G network. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Ling Xie, Zhanyi Liu, Yongle Wu, Yong Li, Arvind Vardarajan Santhanam, Jie Mao, Scott Hoover, Xuqiang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230117005
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a network node, information configuring an active bandwidth part (BWP) that does not include a bandwidth associated with one or more of a synchronization signal block (SSB) or a control resource set zero (CS0). The UE may perform, based at least in part on a radio frequency (RF) retune mode, an RF retune to a union bandwidth that covers the active BWP and the bandwidth associated with one or more of the SSB or the CS0. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Peter Pui Lok ANG, Yongle WU, Alexei Yurievitch GOROKHOV, Arash EBADI SHAHRIVAR, Yong LI, Aamod KHANDEKAR, Awlok Singh JOSAN, Sandeep RAO, Antriksh PANY, Michael LOPEZ, Scott HOOVER, Asaf BROIDE
  • Publication number: 20230093843
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, configuration information indicating a set of component carriers (CCs) associated with the UE. The UE may receive, from the base station, a message that activates or deactivates one or more CCs of the set of CCs. The UE may communicate, with the base station, after receiving the message, using one or more activated CCs of the set of CCs over a tuned radio frequency (RF) bandwidth that is based on receiving the message and based on the one or more activated CCs. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Yongle WU, Alexei Yurievitch GOROKHOV, Heechoon LEE, Jong Hyeon PARK, Kang YANG, Scott HOOVER, Yann-Cheng LIN, Antriksh PANY, Mingxia CHENG
  • Publication number: 20230026600
    Abstract: Enhanced inter-RAT communication operations are disclosed. In one aspect, a device may identify one or more trigger events for monitoring control signals of another network for inter-RAT procedures, such as monitoring for one or more synchronization signal blocks (SSBs). In another aspect, the device may perform a comparison of multiple SSBs. In another aspect, the device may identify one or more release conditions for releasing local settings data associated with a customized measurement gap. In another aspect, the device may send the local settings data to a server. In another aspect, the device may send an extended signaling message indicating a timing offset between network devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Ling Xie, Arvind Vardarajan Santhanam, Zhanyi Liu, Yongie Wu, Yong Li, Jie Mao, Scott Hoover, Xuqiang Zhang, Sumit Kumar Singh, Udayan Bhawnani, Xianwei Zhu, Albert Kim, Prem Swaroop Kadavakuduru
  • Publication number: 20220408356
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described in which a user equipment (UE) may wake up from a sleep mode of a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle based on receipt of uplink data. The UE may determine if an elapsed time between a prior receipt of one or more reference signals and an uplink transmission to the base station after waking up from the sleep mode is less than a threshold time value. If the elapsed time is less than the threshold time value, the UE may transmit an uplink transmission associated with the received uplink data prior to receiving one or more reference signals that may be used to update transmission parameters for uplink transmissions. If the elapsed time is at or above the threshold value, the UE may wait to receive the one or more reference signals and update the transmission parameters prior to the uplink transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Arnaud Meylan, Paolo Minero, Zae Yong Choi, Scott Hoover, Zhong Fan, Amir Aminzadeh Gohari
  • Patent number: 11489569
    Abstract: Aspects presented herein enable updating the codebook configuration upon the changing of the cover or case of the UE. The apparatus applies a first codebook from a plurality of preconfigured codebooks. The apparatus detects a change of a cover state of the UE, wherein the change alters a transmission beam pattern at the UE. The apparatus applies a second codebook from the plurality of preconfigured codebooks based on the change of the cover state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kuo-Chun Lee, Arvind Vardarajan Santhanam, Brian Clarke Banister, Raghu Narayan Challa, Ruhua He, Daniel Amerga, Subashini Krishnamurthy, Scott Hoover, Sandeep Rao, Zhang Zhou
  • Publication number: 20220326626
    Abstract: Overlay is determined for a device using signals measured from the device and a signal response to overlay determined from a plurality of calibration targets. Each calibration target has the same design as the device, but includes a known overlay shift. The calibration targets may be located in a scribe line, within a product area on the wafer, or on a separate calibration wafer. Each calibration target may have a different overlay shift, including zero overlay shift. The device may serve as a calibration target with zero overlay shift. The overlay shift may be in two orthogonal directions. The signal response to overlay may be determined based on a set of signals obtained from the calibration targets. A second set of signals may then be obtained from the device and the overlay determined based on the second set of signals and the determined signal response to overlay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Nigel P. SMITH, Francis Scott HOOVER, Nicholas James KELLER, Kevin Eduard Heidrich
  • Patent number: 11405864
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described in which a user equipment (UE) may wake up from a sleep mode of a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle based on receipt of uplink data. The UE may determine if an elapsed time between a prior receipt of one or more reference signals and an uplink transmission to the base station after waking up from the sleep mode is less than a threshold time value. If the elapsed time is less than the threshold time value, the UE may transmit an uplink transmission associated with the received uplink data prior to receiving one or more reference signals that may be used to update transmission parameters for uplink transmissions. If the elapsed time is at or above the threshold value, the UE may wait to receive the one or more reference signals and update the transmission parameters prior to the uplink transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Arnaud Meylan, Paolo Minero, Zae Yong Choi, Scott Hoover, Zhong Fan, Amir Aminzadeh Gohari