Patents by Inventor Sean Michael McBeath

Sean Michael McBeath 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: 20250151043
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for multi-carrier network operation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of performing channel scrambling in a multi-carrier network, wherein the multi-carrier network includes a first component carrier (“CC”) and a second CC between a base station and a user equipment (“UE”) comprises receiving a Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (“C-RNTI”) and a cell identification (“ID”) for at least one of the first CC and the second CC; and using the RNTI and the cell ID to perform scrambling of information transmitted on at least one of the first CC and the second CC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Mo-Han FONG, Youn Hyoung HEO, Hua XU, Jun LI, Sean Michael McBEATH
  • Publication number: 20250089051
    Abstract: A method for processing a control channel at a user agent (UA) to identify power control commands within a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of, at a user agent, monitoring for power control messages on a single carrier, decoding a message received on the single carrier to generate decoded information and using the decoded information to identify a power control command for each of at least first and second carriers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Sean Michael McBeath, Mo-Han Fong, Youn Hyoung Heo, Zhijun Cai, Andrew Mark Earnshaw
  • Patent number: 12200678
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for multi-carrier network operation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of performing channel scrambling in a multi-carrier network, wherein the multi-carrier network includes a first component carrier (“CC”) and a second CC between a base station and a user equipment (“UE”) comprises receiving a Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (“C-RNTI”) and a cell identification (“ID”) for at least one of the first CC and the second CC; and using the RNTI and the cell ID to perform scrambling of information transmitted on at least one of the first CC and the second CC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Mo-Han Fong, Youn Hyoung Heo, Hua Xu, Jun Li, Sean Michael McBeath
  • Patent number: 12182071
    Abstract: A method at an electronic device having a display, the method including displaying a user interface on the display, wherein the user interface includes at least one folder icon for a folder, the folder including at least two applications; determining that at least two applications in the folder have at least one notification and at least one application in the folder has more than one notification; and appending, to the folder icon, a badge having a number, wherein the number represents a number of applications in the folder having notifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited
    Inventor: Sean Michael McBeath
  • Patent number: 12137454
    Abstract: A method for processing a control channel at a user agent (UA) to identify power control commands within a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of, at a user agent, monitoring for power control messages on a single carrier, decoding a message received on the single carrier to generate decoded information and using the decoded information to identify a power control command for each of at least first and second carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Sean Michael McBeath, Mo-Han Fong, Youn Hyoung Heo, Zhijun Cai, Andrew Mark Earnshaw
  • Patent number: 11979214
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for the transmission of information in a wireless communication system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for the transmission of information in a wireless communication system comprises receiving a downlink message, wherein the downlink message includes a first control channel element; determining a first index using the location of the first control channel element; determining a second index; determining a first orthogonal resource using the first index; determining a second orthogonal resource using the second index; spreading an uplink message using the first orthogonal resource to form a first spread signal; spreading the uplink message using a second orthogonal resource to form a second spread signal; transmitting the first spread signal using a first antenna; and transmitting the second spread signal using a second antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited
    Inventors: Hua Xu, Youn Hyoung Heo, Zhijun Cai, Andrew Mark Earnshaw, Mo-Han Fong, Sean Michael McBeath, Robert Mark Harrison
  • Publication number: 20240107552
    Abstract: A method and system to signal transmission layers or dedicated reference signal ports to be used in a multiple input multiple output system, the method including providing a downlink control signal containing information for transmission layers or dedicated reference signal ports utilized, the dedicated reference signal ports being associated with the transmission layers; and using the information to demodulate data on each transmission layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Hua XU, Yongkang JIA, Zhijun CAI, Youn Hyoung HEO, Andrew Mark EARNSHAW, Mo-Han FONG, Sean Michael McBEATH, Robert Mark HARRISON
  • Patent number: 11937221
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for multi-carrier network operation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of performing channel scrambling in a multi-carrier network, wherein the multi-carrier network includes a first component carrier (“CC”) and a second CC between a base station and a user equipment (“UE”) comprises receiving a Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (“C-RNTI”) and a cell identification (“ID”) for at least one of the first CC and the second CC; and using the RNTI and the cell ID to perform scrambling of information transmitted on at least one of the first CC and the second CC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Mo-Han Fong, Sean Michael McBeath, Youn Hyoung Heo, Jun Li, Hua Xu
  • Publication number: 20240057055
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for multi-carrier network operation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of performing channel scrambling in a multi-carrier network, wherein the multi-carrier network includes a first component carrier (“CC”) and a second CC between a base station and a user equipment (“UE”) comprises receiving a Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (“C-RNTI”) and a cell identification (“ID”) for at least one of the first CC and the second CC; and using the RNTI and the cell ID to perform scrambling of information transmitted on at least one of the first CC and the second CC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Mo-Han FONG, Youn Hyoung HEO, Hua XU, Jun LI, Sean Michael McBEATH
  • Patent number: 11877297
    Abstract: A method and system to signal transmission layers or dedicated reference signal ports to be used in a multiple input multiple output system, the method including providing a downlink control signal containing information for transmission layers or dedicated reference signal ports utilized, the dedicated reference signal ports being associated with the transmission layers; and using the information to demodulate data on each transmission layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Zhijun Cai, Sean Michael McBeath, Hua Xu, Yongkang Jia, Youn Hyoung Heo, Andrew Mark Earnshaw, Mo-Han Fong, Robert Mark Harrison
  • Patent number: 11838919
    Abstract: A method for processing a control channel at a user agent (UA) to identify at least one of an uplink and a downlink resource allocated by a resource grant within a multi-carrier communication system wherein resource grants are specified by control channel element (CCE) subset candidates wherein the carriers used for data transmission and reception are configured carriers, the method comprising the steps of receiving activation signals specifying active and deactivated carriers from among the configured carriers, for active carriers (i) identifying a number of CCE subset candidates to decode and (ii) decoding up to the identified number of CCE subset candidates in an attempt to identify the resource grant; and for deactivated carriers, ignoring CCE subset candidates associated with the deactivated carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Sean Michael McBeath, Andrew Mark Earnshaw, Mo-Han Fong, Youn Hyoung Heo, Zhijun Cai
  • Publication number: 20230297546
    Abstract: A method at an electronic device having a display, the method including displaying a user interface on the display, wherein the user interface includes at least one folder icon for a folder, the folder including at least two applications; determining that at least two applications in the folder have at least one notification and at least one application in the folder has more than one notification; and appending, to the folder icon, a badge having a number, wherein the number represents a number of applications in the folder having notifications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventor: Sean Michael McBeath
  • Patent number: 11704282
    Abstract: A method at an electronic device having a display, the method including displaying a user interface on the display, wherein the user interface includes at least one folder icon for a folder, the folder including at least two applications; determining that at least two applications in the folder have at least one notification and at least one application in the folder has more than one notification; and appending, to the folder icon, a badge having a number, wherein the number represents a number of applications in the folder having notifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: Sean Michael McBeath
  • Publication number: 20230121802
    Abstract: A method and system to signal transmission layers or dedicated reference signal ports to be used in a multiple input multiple output system, the method including providing a downlink control signal containing information for transmission layers or dedicated reference signal ports utilized, the dedicated reference signal ports being associated with the transmission layers; and using the information to demodulate data on each transmission layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Zhijun Cai, Sean Michael McBeath, Hua Xu, Yongkang Jia, Youn Hyoung Heo, Andrew Mark Earnshaw, Mo-Han Fong, Robert Mark Harrison
  • Patent number: 11576132
    Abstract: A method for reporting power headroom-related information for a plurality of aggregated carriers. The method includes reporting in a bitmap the power headroom-related information for a number of the aggregated carriers that is less than or equal to the total number of aggregated carriers, wherein the power headroom-related information is one of a power headroom for at least one of the aggregated carriers and a path loss for at least one of the aggregated carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Youn Hyoung Heo, Zhijun Cai, Andrew Mark Earnshaw, Sean Michael McBeath, Mo-Han Fong
  • Patent number: 11546900
    Abstract: A method and system to signal transmission layers or dedicated reference signal ports to be used in a multiple input multiple output system, the method including providing a downlink control signal containing information for transmission layers or dedicated reference signal ports utilized, the dedicated reference signal ports being associated with the transmission layers; and using the information to demodulate data on each transmission layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Inventors: Zhijun Cai, Sean Michael McBeath, Hua Xu, Yongkang Jia, Youn Hyoung Heo, Andrew Mark Earnshaw, Mo-Han Fong, Robert Mark Harrison
  • Publication number: 20220393745
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for the transmission of information in a wireless communication system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for the transmission of information in a wireless communication system comprises receiving a downlink message, wherein the downlink message includes a first control channel element; determining a first index using the location of the first control channel element; determining a second index; determining a first orthogonal resource using the first index; determining a second orthogonal resource using the second index; spreading an uplink message using the first orthogonal resource to form a first spread signal; spreading the uplink message using a second orthogonal resource to form a second spread signal; transmitting the first spread signal using a first antenna; and transmitting the second spread signal using a second antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Hua XU, Youn Hyoung HEO, Zhijun CAI, Andrew Mark EARNSHAW, Mo-Han FONG, Sean Michael McBeath, Robert Mark HARRISON
  • Patent number: 11337185
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for the transmission of information in a wireless communication system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for the transmission of information in a wireless communication system comprises receiving a downlink message, wherein the downlink message includes a first control channel element; determining a first index using the location of the first control channel element; determining a second index; determining a first orthogonal resource using the first index; determining a second orthogonal resource using the second index; spreading an uplink message using the first orthogonal resource to form a first spread signal; spreading the uplink message using a second orthogonal resource to form a second spread signal; transmitting the first spread signal using a first antenna; and transmitting the second spread signal using a second antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Hua Xu, Youn Hyoung Heo, Zhijun Cai, Andrew Mark Earnshaw, Mo-Han Fong, Sean Michael McBeath, Robert Mark Harrison
  • Publication number: 20220007343
    Abstract: A method and system to signal transmission layers or dedicated reference signal ports to be used in a multiple input multiple output system, the method including providing a downlink control signal containing information for transmission layers or dedicated reference signal ports utilized, the dedicated reference signal ports being associated with the transmission layers; and using the information to demodulate data on each transmission layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Zhijun Cai, Sean Michael McBeath, Hua Xu, Yongkang Jia, Youn Hyoung Heo, Andrew Mark Earnshaw, Mo-Han Fong, Robert Mark Harrison
  • Patent number: RE50093
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and software can be used to process a control channel at a user agent (UA) within a wireless communication system. In some aspects, the method includes identifying one carrier as an anchor carrier and at least one other another carrier as a non-anchor carrier; for each carrier: determining a location of a UA specific search space including one or more control channel candidates for the carrier based on a linear congruential random number; and attempting to decode each of the control channel candidates in the UA specific search space to identify at least one of an uplink or a downlink grant associated with the carrier and receiving information indicating a first number of control channel candidates for a first aggregation level for the anchor carrier and a second number of control channel candidates for the first aggregation level for the non-anchor carrier, wherein the first number of control channel candidates is different from the second number of control channel candidates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Sean Michael McBeath, Mo-Han Fong, Youn Hyoung Heo, Zhijun Cai, Andrew Mark Earnshaw