Patents by Inventor Stephen Williams

Stephen Williams 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: 20220317231
    Abstract: The positioning capabilities of a User Equipment (UE) are stored in a core network to reduce positioning latency when the UE indicates that its positioning capabilities are stable and/or are long term valid. The UE may provide its positioning capabilities to a location server during a location session along with an indication of whether the positioning capabilities are stable. The location server may enable storage of the positioning capabilities for the UE in the core network, e.g., in the location server or another entity in the core network such as Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF), if there is an indication that the positioning capabilities are stable. The AMF may include a UE identifier in location requests with which the location server may retrieve the UE positioning capabilities if stored at the location server or may include the UE positioning capabilities if stored at the AMF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Stephen William EDGE, Sven FISCHER, Alexandros MANOLAKOS, Sony AKKARAKARAN, Guttorm Ringstad OPSHAUG, Hong CHENG
  • Publication number: 20220315999
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed for the detection of structural variations and/or repair events in chromosomes by labeling of single-stranded chromatids with probes, which in illustrative embodiments are of different colors. The hybridization pattern of the labeled probes produces a spectral pattern that provides high-resolution detection of structural variations and/or repair events, which for example can facilitate distinction of benign structural variations from deleterious structural variations. Further, the spectral pattern provides information regarding complex structural variations where more than one rearrangement of chromosomal segments may have occurred. Spectral information can be used to generate data tables upon which nodal analysis can be applied to identify structural features of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: KromaTiD, Inc.
    Inventors: Erin Marie Cross, Christopher John Tompkins, Stephen William Hughes
  • Publication number: 20220312154
    Abstract: A wireless network including user equipment (UE) and base stations is configured to perform position determination with low latency and synchronized to a common time within a wireless network. The UE and base stations are configured to perform positioning measurements at a specific time point or within a window around the time point in a measurement period. The time point may be relative to a timing event within the wireless network, such as the beginning or end of a positioning reference signal window or a specific message in a layer 1 or layer 2 transmission. A location server may be provided with the positioning measurements or a position estimate from the UE and provide the position estimate to an external client within the measurement period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Srinivas YERRAMALLI, Stephen William EDGE, Lorenzo FERRARI, Rajat PRAKASH, Xiaoxia ZHANG, Alexandros MANOLAKOS, Sven FISCHER
  • Publication number: 20220308160
    Abstract: An automotive radar using combinations of the techniques of alternating transmit-receive bursts of digitally frequency modulated millimeter wave carriers; sparse MIMO antenna arrays with sidelobe-suppressive coarse and fine beamforming; frequency hopping; range-walking-compensated Doppler analysis and successive, and subtractive target detection in signal strength order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Paul W. Dent, Suleyman Gokhun Tanyer, Murtaza Ali, Frederick Rush, Monier Maher, Aria Eshraghi, Jean Pierre Bordes, Marius Goldenberg, Vasco Caldeira, Stephen William Alland, Curtis Davis
  • Publication number: 20220311830
    Abstract: Systems and methods for building a device graph for cooperative device identification are disclosed. Various information is received at a computing system over a communications network, include information defining a relationship between (i) a unique identifier associated with a first device of a user and (ii) a unique identifier associated with the user, and information defining a relationship between (i) a unique identifier associated with a second device of the user and (ii) the unique identifier associated with the user. The unique identifiers associated with the devices are each mapped to the platform-wide identifier based at least in part on the unique user identifier. A device graph comprising a plurality of device nodes is constructed, with related device nodes connected by one or more edges. Nodes representing the devices are linked based on a relationship identified between them using the platform-wide identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Xandr Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Williams, Scott Menzer
  • Publication number: 20220302669
    Abstract: A resonating optical amplifier includes a laser pump cavity defined by a first mirror and a second mirror with a laser pump gain medium configured within a first portion of the laser pump cavity and a Raman amplifier within a second portion of the laser pump cavity. A circulating pump-laser light is introduced to the laser pump gain medium forming a pump signal that is configured to bi-directionally propagate along a beam path within the laser pump cavity. The Raman amplifier is positioned in line with the beam path of the pump signal and operable to impart gain on a seed pulse. The seed pulse and the pump signal are co-aligned and linearly polarized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Applied Energetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen William McCahon, Alan Kost, Gregory J. Quarles
  • Patent number: 11445769
    Abstract: An assist garment is configured to be worn on a part of a human body and includes a plurality of garment-fitting actuators placed linearly along at least one end portion of a garment body and configured to be driven to extend and contract, a plurality of assisting actuators placed linearly on the garment body to cross the plurality of garment-fitting actuators and configured to be driven to extend and contract, and a controller configured to individually control driving of the plurality of assisting actuators and driving of the plurality of garment-fitting actuators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Stephen William John, Katsuhiko Asai, Takayuki Nagata, Masaki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11452061
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) and a Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) Location Platform (SLP) support a SUPL positioning session for at least one uplink or uplink-downlink position method, such as uplink Angle of Arrival or multi-Round Trip Time. To support SUPL positioning for uplink or uplink-downlink position methods, the UE provides an identifier for a serving Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) and an identifier for the UE to the SLP in a SUPL message. The SLP may exchange positioning messages with a serving base station for the UE using the identifier for the serving AMF and the identifier for the UE. The exchange of positioning messages may enable the SLP to request the serving base station to instigate transmission of uplink positioning reference signals by the UE which may be a key enabler for an uplink or uplink-downlink position method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen William Edge, Ie-Hong Lin, Srigouri Kamarsu, Sven Fischer
  • Patent number: 11447646
    Abstract: Presented are compositions that can be used as protective coatings for agricultural (e.g., food) substrates. The compositions can comprise a compound of Formula I: and an additive, wherein the variables m, n, q, r, Ra, Rb, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12 and R13 are defined herein. The protective coatings formed from the compositions can be used to prevent food spoilage due to, for instance, moisture loss, oxidation, or infection by a foreign pathogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Apeel Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Louis Perez, Chance Holland, James Rogers, Stephen William Kaun, Carlos Hernandez, Charles Patrick Frazier
  • Patent number: 11451926
    Abstract: An entity in a wireless network is configured to increase transmission of a positioning reference signal (PRS) at each of a plurality of transmitters, where the increase in transmission of PRS at each of the plurality of transmitters is coordinated to avoid interference to or from non-PRS transmission in the wireless network. The increase in the transmission of PRS may be performed by a server, such as a location management function (LMF) or location management component (LMC), a base station, such as a gNB, ng-eNB, or eNB, or by a combination of the server and base station. The entity may determine the increase in transmission of the PRS in response to location requests for a plurality of user equipments (UEs), notification reports from a plurality of base stations, or requests for increased PRS from a plurality of UEs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen William Edge, Sven Fischer, Sony Akkarakaran, Guttorm Ringstad Opshaug
  • Publication number: 20220295232
    Abstract: Techniques are discussed herein for efficiently supporting broadcast of location assistance data (AD) in a wireless network to assist in locating a user equipment (UE). A location server (LS) may send some location AD, which may be optionally ciphered, to base stations for broadcast in cells supported by the base stations. Capability information provided by a UE to the LS indicating a level of support by the UE for receiving broadcast AD and supporting ciphering may enable the LS to determine whether, and what type of, additional AD needs to be sent to the UE by point to point means. An LS may use capability information received from a large number of UEs to assist in determining the types of location assistance data to be broadcast and usage of ciphering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Stephen William EDGE, Sven FISCHER
  • Publication number: 20220291020
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems for providing a position sensing component are disclosed herein. An example position sensing component may comprise: a sensing coil; a moveable core disposed within the sensing coil; an oscillator circuit; and a feedback control circuit coupled to the oscillator circuit, wherein the position sensing component is configured to: maintain a fixed amplitude voltage in response to a variable current signal provided by the oscillator circuit in conjunction with the feedback control circuit, and generate an oscillator circuit output signal that is linearly proportional to a position of the moveable core with respect to the sensing coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Joseph M. Walling, John Jerred, Keith D. Larson, Michael Fettig, Stephen William Tillotson
  • Publication number: 20220295388
    Abstract: Location services for a user equipment (UE) are supported with a Network Exposure Function (NEF) serving as a focal point for any location request. An entity that needs the location of the UE sends a location request to the NEF in the home PLMN or Visited PLMN for the UE. The location request includes, e.g., a type of location request, a required location accuracy, a required response time or some combination of these. The NEF determines whether to use a Gateway Mobile Location Center (GMLC) or a serving Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) for the UE to obtain the UE location based on the content of the location request and sends the location request to the GMLC or serving AMF accordingly. Additionally, if the serving AMF is used, a serving base station may obtain the UE location and send the UE location to the serving AMF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Stephen William EDGE, Haris ZISIMOPOULOS, Hong CHENG
  • Publication number: 20220283579
    Abstract: An information processing method is executed by a computer, and includes: specifying, when information of an event that requires remote operation of a mobile body is received, a task of the remote operation corresponding to the event; and determining a travel limitation of the mobile body in the remote operation according to the task specified, wherein the travel limitation determined is imposed when the mobile body executes travel control according to the task,
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Beier HU, Kazuma TAKEUCHI, Stephen William JOHN, Shinji OHYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220276984
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a parallel processor includes a parallel processor module implemented within a first die and a memory system module implemented within a second die. The memory system module is coupled to the parallel processor module via an on-package link. The parallel processor module includes multiple processor cores and multiple cache memories. The memory system module includes a memory controller for accessing a DRAM. Advantageously, the performance of the parallel processor module can be effectively tailored for memory bandwidth demands that typify one or more application domains via the memory system module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Yaosheng FU, Evgeny BOLOTIN, Niladrish CHATTERJEE, Stephen William KECKLER, David NELLANS
  • Patent number: 11431835
    Abstract: The invention enables digital music content to be downloaded to and used on a portable wireless computing device. An application running on the wireless device has been automatically adapted to parameters associated with the wireless device without end-user input (e.g. the application has been configured in dependence on the device OS and firmware, related bugs, screen size, pixel number, security models, connection handling, memory etc. This application enables an end-user to browse and search music content on a remote server using a wireless network; to download music content from that remote server using the wireless network and to playback and manage that downloaded music content. The application also includes a digital rights management system that enables unlimited legal downloads of different music tracks to the device and also enables any of those tracks stored on the device to be played so long as a subscription service has not terminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: TikTok Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Mark Stephen Knight, Michael Ian Lamb, Robert John Lewis, Stephen William Pocock, Philip Anthony Sant, Mark Peter Sullivan, Christopher John Evans
  • Patent number: 11431167
    Abstract: A power restoration system comprising a feeder, a plurality of power sources available to provide power to the feeder, a plurality of normally closed reclosing devices electrically coupled along the feeder, at least one normally open recloser electrically coupled to the feeder, and a plurality of normally closed switches electrically coupled along the feeder between each adjacent pairs of normally closed reclosing devices. Each switch is assigned a position code having a value for each of the plurality of power sources that determines when the switch will open in response to the fault current and which power source the switch is currently receiving power from, where timing control between the reclosing devices and the switches allows the switch to be selectively opened to isolate the fault within a single feeder section between each pair of adjacent switches or between each switch and a reclosing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: S&C Electric Company
    Inventors: David Porter, Michael Meisinger, Martin Bishop, Stephen Williams
  • Publication number: 20220265453
    Abstract: A method of coordinating positioning signaling includes: sending, from a user equipment (UE), a request wirelessly for positioning service; receiving, at the UE, an indication of UE positioning signal times for sending UE positioning signals; and sending, from the UE, the UE positioning signals at the UE positioning signal times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Guttorm Ringstad OPSHAUG, Alexandros MANOLAKOS, Stephen William EDGE, Sven FISCHER
  • Publication number: 20220272014
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for determining round-trip times (RTTs) between a user equipment (UE) and multiple base stations. In an aspect, the UE transmits an RTT measurement signal whose arrival time is measured by each of the base stations, and each of the base stations returns an RTT response signal whose arrival times are measured by the UE. In another aspect, the base stations each transmit an RTT measurement signal and the UE returns an RTT response signal. The receiver of the RTT measurement signal may include the measured arrival time in a payload of the RTT Response signal. Alternatively, the measured arrival time(s) of the RTT Measurement signal(s) and the transmission time(s) of the RTT Response signal(s) are sent in a separate message. The RTT signals can be wideband signals using low reuse resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Naga BHUSHAN, Rayman Wai PON, Stephen William EDGE, Sven FISCHER, Guttorm Ringstad OPSHAUG, Jie WU
  • Patent number: D964503
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventor: Stephen William Cunic