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).

  • Patent number: 11044710
    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: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: GUANDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Sean Michael McBeath, Andrew Mark Earnshaw, Mo-Han Fong, Youn Hyoung Heo, Zhijun Cai
  • Patent number: 11026213
    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: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sean Michael McBeath, Andrew Mark Earnshaw, Mo-Han Fong, Youn Hyoung Heo, Zhijun Cai
  • Patent number: 10959192
    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: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Youn Hyoung Heo, Zhijun Cai, Andrew Mark Earnshaw, Sean Michael McBeath, Mo-Han Fong
  • Publication number: 20210044395
    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 29, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Mo-Han FONG, Sean Michael McBeath, Youn Hyoung HEO, Jun LI, Hua XU
  • Patent number: 10917372
    Abstract: A method at an electronic device, the method including receiving a user interface input within a messaging application on the electronic device, the user interface input signaling that at least one of photographs or videos exchanged within a message thread on the messaging application should be stored within a shared photo album; comparing correspondents of the message thread with membership in at least one shared photo album accessible by the electronic device; selecting at least one shared photo album based on the comparing; and configuring one of the selected at least one shared photo album as a configured shared photo album.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: Sean Michael McBeath
  • Patent number: 10904870
    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: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sean Michael McBeath, Andrew Mark Earnshaw, Mo-Han Fong, Youn Hyoung Heo, Zhijun Cai
  • Patent number: 10826658
    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: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Mo-Han Fong, Sean Michael McBeath, Youn Hyoung Heo, Jun Li, Hua Xu
  • Publication number: 20200267714
    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: May 4, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Hua XU, Youn Hyoung HEO, Zhijun CAI, Andrew Mark EARNSHAW, Mo-Han FONG, Sean Michael McBEATH, Robert Mark HARRISON
  • Publication number: 20200245312
    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: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Sean Michael McBeath, Mo-Han Fong, Youn Hyoung HEO, Zhijun Cai, Andrew Mark Earnshaw
  • Publication number: 20200192868
    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: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventor: Sean Michael McBeath
  • Publication number: 20200192867
    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 icon further including a badge providing an indication of applications with notification inside the folder detecting a user interface interaction indicating a badge clearing selection; providing a menu on the user interface for clearing a folder badge; upon detecting a user interface selection in the menu, clearing the badge on the folder icon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventor: Sean Michael McBeath
  • Patent number: 10666595
    Abstract: A method at an electronic device, the method including receiving a message at the electronic device; processing the message to find a potential calendar event; comparing correspondents of the message with membership in at least one shared calendar accessible by the electronic device; selecting a shared calendar based on the comparing; and populating a calendar input field with an identifier of the selected calendar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: Sean Michael McBeath
  • Publication number: 20200145937
    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: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Youn Hyoung Heo, Zhijun Cai, Andrew Mark Earnshaw, Sean Michael McBeath, Mo-Han Fong
  • Patent number: 10645678
    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: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Hua Xu, Youn Hyoung Heo, Zhijun Cai, Andrew Mark Earnshaw, Mo-Han Fong, Sean Michael McBeath, Robert Mark Harrison
  • Patent number: 10616873
    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: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sean Michael McBeath, Andrew Mark Earnshaw, Mo-Han Fong, Youn Hyoung Heo, Zhijun Cai
  • Publication number: 20200099639
    Abstract: A method at an electronic device, the method including receiving a user interface input within a messaging application on the electronic device, the user interface input signaling that at least one of photographs or videos exchanged within a message thread on the messaging application should be stored within a shared photo album; comparing correspondents of the message thread with membership in at least one shared photo album accessible by the electronic device; selecting at least one shared photo album based on the comparing; and configuring one of the selected at least one shared photo album as a configured shared photo album.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventor: Sean Michael McBeath
  • Patent number: 10555282
    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: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Sean Michael McBeath, Mo-Han Fong, Youn Hyoung Heo, Zhijun Cai, Andrew Mark Earnshaw
  • Patent number: 10548098
    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: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Youn Hyoung Heo, Zhijun Cai, Andrew Mark Earnshaw, Sean Michael McBeath, Mo-Han Fong
  • Publication number: 20200028812
    Abstract: A method at an electronic device, the method including receiving a message at the electronic device; processing the message to find a potential calendar event; comparing correspondents of the message with membership in at least one shared calendar accessible by the electronic device; selecting a shared calendar based on the comparing; and populating a calendar input field with an identifier of the selected calendar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventor: Sean Michael McBeath
  • Publication number: 20200022118
    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: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    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