Patents by Inventor Tommy Arngren

Tommy Arngren 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: 11960091
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, a computer program product, and a wearable device for controlling display of content. The method is performed in a wearable device (10) comprising a head mounted display having a display region (12). The method comprises causing (S12) to display a first visual content (32) on a first portion (14) of the display region, corresponding to an eye gaze direction (22) of the user (20). The method comprises determining (S13) to transmit a second visual content (34) to one or more external display devices (40a-40 n) based on presence of the one or more external display devices (40a-40 n) in a field of view, FoV, of the wearable device (10). Further, the method comprises sending (S14) a request to at least one of the one or more external display devices (40a-40 n) to display the second visual content (34). The method further comprises causing (S15) to display the second visual content (34), at least outside the first portion (14) of the display region (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Tommy Arngren, Andreas Kristensson, Peter Ökvist, Jonas Pettersson
  • Patent number: 11956634
    Abstract: The application discloses methods and corresponding systems and network devices and/or nodes for enabling user equipment belonging to a home network to access data communication services in a visited network of a wireless communication system. By way of example, there is provided a method that comprises the step of obtaining at least one cryptographic token originating from a network node of the home network of the user equipment and cryptographically signed by a private key associated with the home network, wherein the at least one cryptographic token represents means for accessing data communication services via user data transport functions of the visited network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Tommy Arngren, Bernard Smeets, Tomas Thyni, Daniel Bergström
  • Patent number: 11952088
    Abstract: A method at a Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), and a UAV, adapted therefore, is adapted for enabling assisting in a rescue mission, where the method comprise: initiating a first localization of at least one body or object; initiating an analysis, for determining, at least partly based on the first localization of the at least one body or object, a need for activities, and initiating the determined activities, comprising applying floatable foam to an area on or in close proximity to the at least one body or object, while applying, to the floatable foam, a recognizable means capable of assisting in a second localization of the at least one body or object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Peter Ökvist, Tommy Arngren
  • Publication number: 20240107395
    Abstract: A method, performed by a base station (104) serving a source cell, for managing handover execution. The method includes storing first NCR information for a first target cell, wherein the first NCR information comprises: i) a first cell identifier for identifying the first target cell and ii) processing unit, PU, information indicating whether or not the target cell has at least one PU available. The method further includes evaluating whether or not to initiate a handover of a user equipment, UE (102), from the source cell to the target cell, wherein the evaluation is based at least in part on the PU information for the target cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Tommy ARNGREN, Peter ÖKVIST, David LINDERO
  • Publication number: 20240080502
    Abstract: It is provided a method for performing a handover of capturing of a media stream from a source device to a target device. The method is performed in the source device and includes the steps of: capturing the media stream; storing data corresponding to the media stream in a server location; determining a target device; providing a handover signal to the target device, the handover signal including an indication of the server location; receiving a handover response, indicating that handover is accepted by the target device; and determining that media capturing has been handed over to the target device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Tommy ARNGREN, Peter ÖKVIST, Andreas KRISTENSSON
  • Publication number: 20240058694
    Abstract: A method (400) for selecting from a set of two or more available PUs (e.g. a set of GPUs or a set of TPUs) a PU to serve a UE (102) (i.e., select the “best” PU for the UE). The set of available PUs includes at least a first PU and a second PU. The method includes, for each PU included in the set of available PUs, obtaining (s402) performance information for the PU. The performance information for the first PU comprises a first time value indicating an estimated amount of time that it will take the first PU to produce a first result. The method also includes obtaining (s404) budget information for the UE, wherein the budget information comprises a threshold time value indicating a threshold amount of time. The method further includes selecting (s406) a PU from the set of available PUs based on the stored performance information and the budget information for the UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: David LINDERO, Peter ÖKVIST, Tommy ARNGREN, Andreas KRISTENSSON
  • Patent number: 11910318
    Abstract: A first node (10) and a second node (12) are configured for the transfer of data between them. The second node (12) is configured to determine an extent to which the second node (12) will be available for a prospective transfer (16) of data (e.g., application data) to or from the second node (12). The second node (12) is configured to transmit to the first node (10) control signaling (20) (e.g., application-layer control signaling (20)) that indicates the determined extent. The first node (10) is configured to determine, based on the control signaling (20), whether and/or when to proceed with the prospective transfer (16) of data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Hans Hannu, Tommy Arngren, Peter Ökvist
  • Publication number: 20240054193
    Abstract: It is provided a method for authenticating a user (5). The method is performed in an authenticator (1) and comprises the steps of: obtaining (40) context data reflecting a current context of the user (5); determining (42) a user challenge set for the user (5) to perform based on the context data, the user challenge set comprising at least one user challenge, wherein each user challenge indicates an action for the user(5) to perform in relation to at least one object (10a-I); transmitting (44) the user challenge set to a user device (2), for presenting the user challenge set to the user (5); obtaining (46) media data; determining (47) a behaviour of the user (5) captured in the media data; and authenticating (48) the user (5), when the media data indicates an expected behaviour of the user (5) in response to the user challenge set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Tommy ARNGREN, Bernard SMEETS, Peter ÖKVIST
  • Patent number: 11881051
    Abstract: A communications device (100) for classifying an instance (110) using Machine Learning (ML) is provided. The communications device is operative to acquire a feature vector representing the instance, classify the instance using a local first ML model, calculate a confidence level, and, if the calculated confidence level is less than a threshold confidence level, acquire information identifying one or more other communications devices, and transmit a classification request message comprising the feature vector to the one or more other communications devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Tommy Arngren, Markus Andersson, Rickard Cöster, Tomas Frankkila
  • Patent number: 11869336
    Abstract: A method, executable at a first communication device, for enabling communication between a group of communication devices, including the first communication device is suggested. The suggested method comprise activating the first communication device in response to recognizing a cause for triggering such activation, recognizing at least one second communication device, exchanging data between the first and the at least one second communication device, in response to recognizing the at least one second communication device, determining, based on the exchanged data, rules to be applied for a coordinated signaling, from the first communication device and at least one of the at least one second communication device, and initiating the coordinated signaling, based on the determined rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Peter Ökvist, Tommy Arngren
  • Publication number: 20230421620
    Abstract: A method performed by a system of a communication network includes obtaining digital representations of speech detected from communication devices connected to a teleconference, and receiving a request for a parallel discussion from a first of the communication devices with a subgroup of the communication devices. Further, the system sets up a parallel discussion group for the first communication device and the subgroup of communication devices, provides the digital representations of speech of the first communication device and the subgroup of communication devices only to the devices of the parallel discussion group so that each device of the parallel discussion group is able to play back the digital representations of speech of the other devices of the parallel discussion group, and provides the digital representations of speech of the plurality of communication devices except the first communication device and the subgroup of communication devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Tommy ARNGREN, Tommy FALK, Andreas KRISTENSSON, Peter ÖKVIST
  • Publication number: 20230379044
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method performed by an airborne base station (155) arranged at an aircraft (160) and providing radio coverage to a wireless device (150) residing in the aircraft (160). The method comprises obtaining altitude information indicating at least one of the present altitude of the aircraft (160) and an altitude rate of change of the aircraft (160), and handling a connection of the wireless device (150) to the airborne base station (155) based on the obtained altitude information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Peter ÖKVIST, Tommy ARNGREN, Stefan WÄNSTEDT
  • Publication number: 20230362747
    Abstract: A method for coordinated handover in a system comprising a first UE (101) communicating with a second UE (102) using a sidelink channel, wherein both the first UE and the second UE are being served by a source cell (104). The method includes the first UE detecting (s402) a handover event indicating that the first UE should trigger the source cell to initiate a handover of the first UE from the source cell to a neighbor cell. The method further includes, as a result of the first UE detecting the handover event, the first UE transmitting (s404) to the second UE a handover event message indicating that the first UE has detected the handover event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Peter ÖKVIST, Tommy ARNGREN
  • Publication number: 20230353345
    Abstract: There are provided methods and corresponding systems for supporting protected collection of measurement data, representative of usage of network capabilities within a communication network, related to at least two logical and/or physical entities or nodes, also referred to as managed entities, managed by a management system associated with the communication network. By way of example, there is provided a method comprising the step of combining measurement data related to a set of at least two of the managed entities according to a controllable and/or detectable pattern. The controllable pattern is defining at least the order of managed entities in which the combining of measurement data is to be performed. The method also comprises enabling the combined measurement data to be collected for validation of existence of the controllable pattern in the combined measurement data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Patricia TOGÅRD, Tommy ARNGREN, Daniel BERGSTRÖM, Bernard SMEETS
  • Patent number: 11797712
    Abstract: It is provided a method for enabling a user device to verify data integrity. The method is performed in a network node and includes: obtaining measurement data indicating resource usage by the user device; obtaining a session identifier; generating a measurement indicator using a one-way function, based on the measurement data; generating an asymmetric cryptographic signature of the session identifier and the measurement indicator, the asymmetric cryptographic signature being based on a private key of a cryptographic key pair of the network node; and storing, in a distributed ledger database, a set of data comprising the asymmetric cryptographic signature, the session identifier and the measurement indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Tomas Thyni, Bernard Smeets, Tommy Arngren, Daniel Bergström
  • Publication number: 20230328804
    Abstract: A method for providing information exchange between a primary communication device and a secondary communication device, where the method, when executed in the primary communication device, comprises: determining that functionality of the primary communication device is malfunctioning; recognizing at least one indication, each being received from a secondary communication device, indicating that the respective secondary communication device is capable of providing substitute functionality for the malfunctioning functionality; setting up a connection between the primary and the secondary communication device, and executing a command, received from the substitute functionality of the secondary communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Tommy Arngren, Daniel Bergström, Andreas Kristensson, Peter Ökvist
  • Publication number: 20230316170
    Abstract: It is provided a method for enabling distributing of user data among users of respective user device, the users being participants of a meeting. The method is performed by an authenticator device and the method includes the steps of: receiving a signal based on a user action of a first user to enable data distribution; receiving a first set of attributes, including at least one attribute based on real-world data captured by a first user device of the first user; receiving a second set of attributes, including at least one attribute based on real-world data captured by a second user device of a second user, wherein the second set of attributes are of the same type as the first set of attributes; and enabling access to the user data for the user device of the second user when the first set of attributes match the second set of attributes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Tommy ARNGREN, Bernard SMEETS, Peter ÖKVIST
  • Patent number: 11778688
    Abstract: A method for enabling autonomous emergency assistance for a communication device, CD, registered in a regular cellular network is presented. The method is performed in an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV, and comprises directing the UAV to a geographical region connected to a preregistered position of the CD, emulating a cellular network in the geographical region, wherein the UAV and the CD are without connectivity with the regular cellular network, and providing autonomous emergency assistance for the CD in the geographical region. A CD, a UAV, a computer program and a computer program product are also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Tommy Arngren, Jonas Pettersson, Ylva Timner, Min Wang, Stefan Wänstedt
  • Patent number: 11764844
    Abstract: A method performed by a first wireless device (121) is provided. The method comprises transmitting (503) a radio signal towards the at least one second wireless device indicating that the first wireless device is, or that the at least one second wireless device has an option to be, responsible for beamforming of transmissions over the direct D2D communication link. The method also comprises receiving (505) information from the at least one second wireless device indicating which of the first wireless device or the at least one second wireless device is to be responsible for beamforming of transmissions over the direct D2D communication link. Further, the method comprises configuring (506), based on the received information, which of the first wireless device or the at least one second wireless device is to be responsible for beamforming of transmissions over the direct D2D communication link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Peter Ökvist, Tommy Arngren, Stefan Wänstedt, Anders Landström, Hans Hannu
  • Publication number: 20230284156
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for adapting a serving cell capacity of an integrated access and backhaul, IAB, node serving one or more wireless devices. In one embodiment a method is performed by the IAB node. The method includes determining a value corresponding to a backhaul link capacity, adapting, based on the determined value, a power level of the serving cell and signalling, to one or more served wireless devices, information indicative of the adapted serving cell power level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Mårten ERICSON, Min WANG, Jan CHRISTOFFERSSON, Tommy ARNGREN, Hans HANNU