Patents by Inventor Steven Franklin
Steven Franklin 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).
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Publication number: 20180262957Abstract: Based on the determined signal strength of a serving cell, a choice is made whether to utilize a cell-FACH measurement occasion for a lower priority neighbor cell search or for a higher priority neighbor cell search. The lower priority neighbor cell search is for maintaining wireless connectivity and the higher priority neighbor cell search is for accessing enhanced wireless service. In specific examples the search may be inter-frequency for frequency layers with higher or lower priority than a serving layer of the serving cell, or the search may be inter-RAT such as the lower priority GERAN search and a higher priority E-UTRAN search if the serving cell is WCDMA. In one example there are two thresholds for the signal strength, and if higher than both then the measurement occasion is used for an E-UTRAN search regardless of whether GERAN or inter-frequency neighbour cells have been configured for the UE practicing the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2018Publication date: September 13, 2018Applicant: Xiaomi H.K. Ltd.Inventors: Steven FRANKLIN, Alexander G. CHARLES
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Publication number: 20180180902Abstract: A contact lens incorporating one or more surface modified zones on the anterior surface of the lens may be utilized to generate a friction driven rotational force when the upper and/or lower eyelids pass over the one or more regions during blinking. A small difference in the coefficient of friction between the modified and unmodified regions of the lens may result in an equivalent rotational force to that of a thickness gradient lens. This small difference in the coefficient of friction produces a means to orient and stabilize the contact lens on eye.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2018Publication date: June 28, 2018Inventors: Steven Franklin, Cornelis Petrus Hendriks, Gregory Hofman, Jason Tokarski, Thom Warmerdam
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Patent number: 9927633Abstract: A contact lens incorporating one or more surface modified zones on the anterior surface of the lens may be utilized to generate a friction driven rotational force when the upper and/or lower eyelids pass over the one or more regions during blinking. A small difference in the coefficient of friction between the modified and unmodified regions of the lens may result in an equivalent rotational force to that of a thickness gradient lens. This small difference in the coefficient of friction produces a means to orient and stabilize the contact lens on eye.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2015Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.Inventors: Steven Franklin, Cornelis Petrus Hendriks, Gregory Hofmann, Jason Tokarski, Thom Warmerdam
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Publication number: 20170123231Abstract: A contact lens incorporating one or more surface modified zones on the anterior surface of the lens may be utilized to generate a friction driven rotational force when the upper and/or lower eyelids pass over the one or more regions during blinking. A small difference in the coefficient of friction between the modified and unmodified regions of the lens may result in an equivalent rotational force to that of a thickness gradient lens. This small difference in the coefficient of friction produces a means to orient and stabilize the contact lens on eye.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2015Publication date: May 4, 2017Inventors: Steven Franklin, Cornelis Petrus Hendriks, Gregory Hofmann, Jason Tokarski, Thom Warmerdam
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Publication number: 20160112909Abstract: Based on the determined signal strength of a serving cell, a choice is made whether to utilize a cell-FACH measurement occasion for a lower priority neighbor cell search or for a higher priority neighbor cell search. The lower priority neighbor cell search is for maintaining wireless connectivity and the higher priority neighbor cell search is for accessing enhanced wireless service. In specific examples the search may be inter-frequency for frequency layers with higher or lower priority than a serving layer of the serving cell, or the search may be inter-RAT such as the lower priority GERAN search and a higher priority E-UTRAN search if the serving cell is WCDMA. In one example there are two thresholds for the signal strength, and if higher than both then the measurement occasion is used for an E-UTRAN search regardless of whether GERAN or inter-frequency neighbour cells have been configured for the UE practicing the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2015Publication date: April 21, 2016Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATIONInventors: Steven FRANKLIN, Alexander G. CHARLES
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Patent number: 9307463Abstract: A user equipment UE determines that a neighbor cell is higher priority than a serving cell, measures neighbor cell signal strength in n>1 iterations, and analyzes them for reselecting from the serving cell to the neighbor cell. Each measurement iteration is spaced from one another by a time interval (e.g., 1 DRX) that is specific for the neighbor cell being higher priority. In various embodiments, the UE measures while in a Cell-PCH, URA-PCH or idle state/mode and the first iteration is taken at the first available measurement opportunity after transitioning to that state/mode. The UE reselects to the neighbor cell based on the analyzed signal strengths; in one embodiment the decision to reselect is without regard to signal quality of the serving cell; and in another the decision is without regard to whether a reselection condition remains satisfied for a specified time period Treselection.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2012Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: Xiaomi H.K. LimitedInventors: Brian Alexander Martin, Christopher Peter Callender, Stuart Ian Geary, Alexander Graham Charles, Steven Franklin, James Howard Tooley
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Patent number: 9198069Abstract: Based on the determined signal strength of a serving cell, a choice is made whether to utilize a cell-FACH measurement occasion for a lower priority neighbor cell search or for a higher priority neighbor cell search. The lower priority search is for maintaining wireless connectivity and the higher priority search is for accessing enhanced wireless service. In specific examples the search may be inter-frequency for frequency layers with higher or lower priority than a serving layer of the serving cell, or the search may be inter-RAT such as the lower priority GERAN search and a higher priority E-UTRAN search if the serving cell is WCDMA. In one example there are two thresholds for the signal strength, and if higher than both then the measurement occasion is used for an E-UTRAN search regardless of whether GERAN or inter-frequency neighbor cells have been configured for the UE.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2011Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: BROADCOM CORPORATIONInventors: Steven Franklin, Alexander G. Charles
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Patent number: 9131412Abstract: The exemplary embodiments of the invention provide at least a method, apparatus, and computer program to detect a single radio voice call continuity activation event indicating a handover of a user equipment between a packet switched domain and a circuit switched domain, consistent with a serving radio network subsystem relocation procedure, suspend control plane signaling radio bearers, reset the suspended signaling radio bearers, and resume the suspended signaling radio bearers in the domain handed over to, where resuming comprises protecting control plane signaling radio bearers of a domain handed over to using a same mapped security key that is used to cipher user plane radio access bearers in the domain handed over to.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2011Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Stuart I. Geary, Steven Franklin, Keiichi Kubota
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Patent number: 8909229Abstract: A user equipment UE determines that a neighbor cell is higher priority than a serving cell, measures neighbor cell signal strength in n>1 iterations, and analyzes them for reselecting from the serving cell to the neighbor cell. Each measurement iteration is spaced from one another by a time interval (e.g., 1 DRX) that is specific for the neighbor cell being higher priority. In various embodiments, the UE measures while in a Cell-PCH, URA-PCH or idle state/mode and the first iteration is taken at the first available measurement opportunity after transitioning to that state/mode. The UE reselects to the neighbor cell based on the analyzed signal strengths; in one embodiment the decision to reselect is without regard to signal quality of the serving cell; and in another the decision is without regard to whether a reselection condition remains satisfied for a specified time period Treselection.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2012Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Brian Alexander Martin, Christopher Peter Callender, Stuart Ian Geary, Alexander Graham Charles, Steven Franklin, James Howard Tooley
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Patent number: 8781126Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to facilitate security in response to a handover from an initial network to a subsequent network, such as a handover between a packet-switched network and a circuit-switched network. The method, apparatus and computer program product may provide at least one security key for use in the subsequent network following handover from the initial network such that communications conducted via the subsequent network, including initial communications, may be secure. In order to provide at least one security key for use in the subsequent network, at least one security key of the initial network may be identified along with a nonce in response to a determination that a handover is to be made. The at least one security key of the subsequent network may then be determined based upon the at least one security key of the initial network and the nonce.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2009Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Stuart Geary, Luis Miguel Santos Barreto, Simone Provvedi, Steven Franklin, Keiichi Kubota
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Patent number: 8732465Abstract: A method of enabling key handling for a handover between different domains may include determining whether an indication of a potential key mismatch is present responsive to an attempt to conduct a handover between a first domain and a second domain, and defining validity of a most recent key set used for ciphering communication between a mobile terminal and a network device based on a result of the determining.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2010Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Steven Franklin, Stuart Geary, Keiichi Kubota
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Publication number: 20130146268Abstract: A heat exchanger having a metal body with a plurality of fluid passages extending through the metal body, and a plurality of fins skived from the upper surface of the metal body of the heat exchanger and a method of forming the plurality of fins in the metal body of the heat exchanger.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2011Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: UNISON INDUSTRIES, LLCInventors: Michael Dean Peoples, Steven Franklin Myers
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Publication number: 20130083646Abstract: Systems and techniques for management of network resource access attempts. In response to identifying that a radio bearer has failed, a radio resource associated with the radio bearer is released, either through request by a user equipment or direction by the network. Attempts at regaining access to the released radio bearer are inhibited during conditions recognized as potentially leading to excessively frequent unsuccessful attempts. Inhibition of attempts at regaining access to the released radio bearer may comprise imposing a backoff timer to inhibit reestablishing access to the released radio link for the duration specified by the backoff timer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2011Publication date: April 4, 2013Inventors: Hannu Hietalahti, Steven FRANKLIN, Keiichi KUBOTA
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Patent number: 8364144Abstract: For each of a plurality of received system information SI a cache entry is stored in a SI cache of a user equipment UE, each including at least some of the received SI, a timestamp of when the SI was first stored, and at least some of the cache entries also have relevance data relating the respective cache entry to one or more other cache entries. While the UE is in a state such as a CELL-FACH state, a cache entry is selected for at least one neighbor cell, and that cache entry is related by its relevance data to the cache entry of the serving cell or determined from its timestamp to be in close proximity to the serving cell. The UE then identifies the selected neighbor cell in an uplink message as a suitable candidate for multipoint communications with the UE.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2011Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Renesas Mobile CorporationInventors: Stuart I. Geary, Steven Franklin, James Howard Tooley
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Publication number: 20120320879Abstract: A user equipment UE determines that a neighbor cell is higher priority than a serving cell, measures neighbor cell signal strength in n>1 iterations, and analyzes them for reselecting from the serving cell to the neighbor cell. Each measurement iteration is spaced from one another by a time interval (e.g., 1 DRX) that is specific for the neighbor cell being higher priority. In various embodiments, the UE measures while in a Cell-PCH, URA-PCH or idle state/mode and the first iteration is taken at the first available measurement opportunity after transitioning to that state/mode. The UE reselects to the neighbor cell based on the analyzed signal strengths; in one embodiment the decision to reselect is without regard to signal quality of the serving cell; and in another the decision is without regard to whether a reselection condition remains satisfied for a specified time period Treselection.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2012Publication date: December 20, 2012Inventors: Brian Alexander Martin, Christopher Peter Callender, Stuart I. Geary, Alexander Graham Charles, Steven Franklin, James Howard Tooley
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Publication number: 20120315945Abstract: For each of a plurality of received system information SI a cache entry is stored in a SI cache of a user equipment UE, each including at least some of the received SI, a timestamp of when the SI was first stored, and at least some of the cache entries also have relevance data relating the respective cache entry to one or more other cache entries. While the UE is in a state such as a CELL-FACH state, a cache entry is selected for at least one neighbor cell, and that cache entry is related by its relevance data to the cache entry of the serving cell or determined from its timestamp to be in close proximity to the serving cell. The UE then identifies the selected neighbor cell in an uplink message as a suitable candidate for multipoint communications with the UE.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2011Publication date: December 13, 2012Inventors: Stuart I. GEARY, Steven FRANKLIN, James Howard TOOLEY
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Publication number: 20120315910Abstract: For each of a plurality of received system information SI a cache entry is stored in a SI cache of a user equipment UE, each including at least some of the received SI, a timestamp of when the SI was first stored, and at least some of the cache entries also have relevance data relating the respective cache entry to one or more other cache entries. While the UE is in a state such as a CELL-FACH state (no dedicated physical channel allocated to the UE), a cache entry is selected for at least one neighbor cell, and that cache entry is related by its relevance data to the cache entry of the serving cell or determined from its timestamp to be in close proximity to the serving cell. The UE then identifies the selected neighbor cell in an uplink message as a suitable candidate for multipoint communications with the UE.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2011Publication date: December 13, 2012Inventors: Stuart Ian Geary, Steven Franklin, James Howard Tooley
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Publication number: 20120252455Abstract: A user equipment UE determines that a neighbor cell is higher priority than a serving cell, measures neighbor cell signal strength in n>1 iterations, and analyzes them for reselecting from the serving cell to the neighbor cell. Each measurement iteration is spaced from one another by a time interval (e.g., 1 DRX) that is specific for the neighbor cell being higher priority. In various embodiments, the UE measures while in a Cell-PCH, URA-PCH or idle state/mode and the first iteration is taken at the first available measurement opportunity after transitioning to that state/mode. The UE reselects to the neighbor cell based on the analyzed signal strengths; in one embodiment the decision to reselect is without regard to signal quality of the serving cell; and in another the decision is without regard to whether a reselection condition remains satisfied for a specified time period Treselection.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: Renesas Mobile CorporationInventors: Brian Alexander Martin, Christopher Peter Callender, Stuart I. Geary, Alexander Graham Charles, Steven Franklin, James Howard Tooley
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Publication number: 20120252452Abstract: A user equipment UE determines that a neighbor cell is higher priority than a serving cell, measures neighbor cell signal strength in n>1 iterations, and analyzes them for reselecting from the serving cell to the neighbor cell. Each measurement iteration is spaced from one another by a time interval (e.g., 1 DRX) that is specific for the neighbor cell being higher priority. In various embodiments, the UE measures while in a Cell-PCH, URA-PCH or idle state/mode and the first iteration is taken at the first available measurement opportunity after transitioning to that state/mode. The UE reselects to the neighbor cell based on the analyzed signal strengths; in one embodiment the decision to reselect is without regard to signal quality of the serving cell; and in another the decision is without regard to whether a reselection condition remains satisfied for a specified time period Treselection.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2011Publication date: October 4, 2012Inventors: Brian Alexander Martin, Christopher Peter Callender, Stuart Ian Geary, Alexander Graham Charles, Steven Franklin, James Howard Tooley
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Patent number: D728798Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2014Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Inventor: Steven Franklin Moon