Patents by Inventor Wen Zhao

Wen Zhao 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: 12273746
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods and devices for mitigating overheating in a user equipment device (UE). The UE is configured to communicate over each of LTE and 5G NR and may be configured to communicate through 5G NR over each of a Sub-6 GHz and a millimeter Wave (mmW) frequency band. The UE is configured to establish an ENDC connection with an enB and one or more gNBs. The UE implements intelligent transmission modification and cell measurement adjustments to mitigate overheating and reduce battery drain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar, Wen Zhao, Lakshmi N. Kavuri, Li Su, Sagar B. Shah, Sriram Subramanian, Vijay Venkataraman, Vishwanth Kamala Govindaraju, Shiva Krishna Narra, Sanjeevi Balasubramanian, Wei Zhang, Madhukar K. Shanbhag, Sandeep K. Sunkesala, Srinivasan Nimmala, Muthukumaran Dhanapal, Tarakkumar G. Dhanani, Sree Ram Kodali, Ioannis Pefkianakis, Dhruv Khati, Franco Travostino, Thanigaivelu Elangovan, Madhusudan Chaudhary, Geoffrey R. Hall
  • Patent number: 12267882
    Abstract: Reporting potential impacts of sounding reference signal-switching (SRS-switching) to a base station may include determining that SRS-switching is to be performed by a UE. Based on determining that SRS-switching is to be performed, potential impacts to one or more of a plurality of radio access technologies (RATs) caused by performing SRS-switching while sharing radio frequency (RF) front-ends (RFFE) between at least a subset of the plurality of RATS may be processed. The potential impacts may comprise at least one of transmit-blanking (Tx-blanking) and receive-blanking (Rx-blanking) associated with one or more of the subset of RATs. A communication that indicates the potential impacts of SRS-switching may be encoded for transmission to a base station. The base station may also provide priority configurations for determining how to handle Tx-blanking, Rx-blanking, and SRS-skipping associated with SRS-switching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Pengkai Zhao, Dawei Zhang, Edmund J. Stocks, Fangli Xu, Haijing Hu, Haitong Sun, Jie Cui, Madhusudan Chaudhary, Rajesh Ambati, Thanigaivelu Elangovan, Wei Zeng, Wen Zhao, Yang Tang
  • Publication number: 20250066225
    Abstract: Compositions, systems and methods of removing ammonia from fish storage systems are presented. A chemical water conditioner comprised of sodium formaldehyde bisulfite, cornstarch, dye and alcohol was found to have a high ammonia removal efficiency in seawater. A combination of this chemical water conditioner with modified chabazite and phosphate buffer exhibited high ammonia removal efficiency in both seawater and freshwater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Norma Arcelia Alcantar, Wen Zhao
  • Publication number: 20250041359
    Abstract: The use of Bifidobacterium lactis BL-99 in the prevention and/or amelioration of gastritis. The present invention provides the use of Bifidobacterium lactis in the preparation of a composition for preventing and/or ameliorating gastritis, wherein the Bifidobacterium lactis is Bifidobacterium lactis having the deposit number of CGMCC No. 15650. The Bifidobacterium lactis can prevent and/or ameliorate chronic gastritis, and/or prevent and/or ameliorate gastric mucosal atrophy associated with gastritis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Wen Zhao, Wei-Lian Hung, Wei-Hsien Liu, Fudong Liu, Baochao Hou, Haibin Zhang, Xiaojing Yin, Jiangang Xue
  • Publication number: 20250047340
    Abstract: A method includes receiving an indication to transmit a first set of signals using a first standard (e.g., Long Term Evolution) via a first set of antennas of a radio frequency device and a second set of signals using a second standard (e.g., New Radio) via a second set of antennas. The method also includes transmitting the first set of signals via the first set of antennas using a first power based on positions of the first set and second set of antennas, exposure conditions of the first set and the second set of signals on a user, and/or priorities of the first and the second set of signals. Moreover, the method includes transmitting the second set of signals via the second set of antennas using a second power based on the positions of the antennas, the exposure conditions of the signals on the user, and/or priorities of the signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Weiping Dou, Anthony Wang, Digvijay Arjunrao Jadhav, Hailong Yang, Eric Conor Merkley, Indranil S. Sen, Madhusudan Chaudhary, Pengkai Zhao, Prashant H. Vashi, Rajesh Ambati, Wen Zhao
  • Patent number: 12213067
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for multi-RAT and DSDA capable wireless devices to handle frame blanking in a wireless communication system. A wireless device may establish wireless links according to a first radio access technology and a second radio access technology. The wireless device may determine to perform transmit and receive blanking for one or more antennas of the wireless device for the first radio access technology to perform sounding reference signal transmissions for the second radio access technology based at least in part on a band combination for the wireless links. The wireless device may determine a modification to channel state feedback reporting for the first radio access technology based at least in part on the transmit and receive blanking. The wireless device may perform channel state feedback reporting using the determined modification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Junzhen Qin, Wen Zhao, Lijie Zhang, Lele Cui, Wenping Lou, Qiang Miao, Zhiwei Wang, Ying Zhang, Deepankar Bhattacharjee, Kexin Ma, Alex Yee Kit Ho
  • Publication number: 20250025519
    Abstract: Disclosed is the use of a Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis strain in the preparation of a composition for anti-aging in individuals, improving innate immunity in individuals, relieving symptoms caused by Staphylococcus aureus infections in individuals and/or inhibiting Staphylococcus aureus infection in individuals, wherein the Bifidobacterium infantis is Bifidobacterium infantis with the deposit number of CGMCC NO. 21109. A composition for anti-aging in individuals, improving innate immunity in individuals, relieving symptoms caused by Staphylococcus aureus infections in individuals and/or inhibiting Staphylococcus aureus infection in individuals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Wei-Hsien Liu, Wen Zhao, Wei-Lian Hung, Gisela Adrienne Weiss, Carolien Annika Van Loo-Bouwman
  • Patent number: 12168619
    Abstract: Compositions, systems and methods of removing ammonia from fish storage systems are presented. A chemical water conditioner comprised of sodium formaldehyde bisulfite, cornstarch, dye and alcohol was found to have a high ammonia removal efficiency in seawater. A combination of this chemical water conditioner with modified chabazite and phosphate buffer exhibited high ammonia removal efficiency in both seawater and freshwater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: University of South Florida
    Inventors: Norma Arcelia Alcantar, Wen Zhao
  • Patent number: 12160286
    Abstract: Various systems and methods disclosed herein describe improvements for beam management that leverage virtualization across a vertical polarization (V-Pol) and horizontal polarization (H-Pol). One or more of a user equipment (UE) and a base station may include an antenna array comprising both V-Pol and H-Pol antenna elements. A UE may message a base station to configure uplink (UL) multiple input multiple output (MIMO) operations across one or more of the V-Pol and the H-Pol. The message may include a number of MIMO layers to be concurrently used for communicating data to the base station, where each MIMO layer is transmitted using one of a V-Pol and an H-Pol; a number of sounding reference signals (SRS) to be transmitted by the UE, each SRS to be transmitted using one of the V-Pol and the H-Pol; and a supported maximum number of antenna ports per each SRS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Haitong Sun, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Oghenekome Oteri, Pengkai Zhao, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Wen Zhao, Yushu Zhang
  • Patent number: 12143179
    Abstract: A method includes receiving an indication to transmit a first set of signals using a first standard (e.g., Long Term Evolution) via a first set of antennas of a radio frequency device and a second set of signals using a second standard (e.g., New Radio) via a second set of antennas. The method also includes transmitting the first set of signals via the first set of antennas using a first power based on positions of the first set and second set of antennas, exposure conditions of the first set and the second set of signals on a user, and/or priorities of the first and the second set of signals. Moreover, the method includes transmitting the second set of signals via the second set of antennas using a second power based on the positions of the antennas, the exposure conditions of the signals on the user, and/or priorities of the signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Weiping Dou, Anthony Wang, Digvijay Arjunrao Jadhav, Eric Conor Merkley, Hailong Yang, Indranil S. Sen, Madhusudan Chaudhary, Pengkai Zhao, Prashant H. Vashi, Rajesh Ambati, Wen Zhao
  • Publication number: 20240357195
    Abstract: A video processing method, apparatus, device and storage device is provided. The method comprises: displaying, on a play page of a target video, a hot topic panel entrance; and in response to receiving a trigger operation for the hot topic panel entrance, displaying a hot topic panel on the play page of the target video, wherein the hot topic panel displays hot topic contents for a first set of videos to which the target video belongs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Zeyu Li, Wen Zhao
  • Publication number: 20240215090
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for improving reliability and reducing power consumption for FR2 RRM. In one aspect, a UE is capable of maintaining connectivity of a first RAT and connectivity of a second RAT. The UE is configured to send a RAT request to the cellular network, the RAT request indicating at least one preferred RAT that is selected from the first RAT and the second RAT, and use the at least one preferred RAT to carry data transmission between the UE and the cellular network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Haitong Sun, Dawei Zhang, Pengkai Zhao, Wei Zeng, Wen Zhao, Yushu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240189371
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides the use of Lactobacillus paracasei subsp. paracasei K56 in enhancing resistance of the intestinal tract to bacterial infection and improving intestinal immunity. Particularly, the present disclosure provides the use of a Lactobacillus paracasei subsp. paracasei in the preparation of a composition for improving intestinal immunity, wherein the Lactobacillus paracasei subsp. paracasei has a deposit number of CGMCC 15139 or DSM 27447. The present inventors have discovered that this bacteria strain alone can significantly improve the resistance of the intestinal tract to bacterial infection, combat invasion by pathogenic bacteria in the intestinal system, maintain the intestinal barrier function, and/or prevent diarrhea caused by pathogenic bacteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Wei-Hsien Liu, Gisela Adrienne Weiss, Carolien Annika Van Loo-Bouwman, Gerrit Smit, Wen Zhao, Wei-Lian Hung
  • Publication number: 20240188067
    Abstract: Systems and methods for reducing collisions of transmission data for a first subscriber (e.g., a voice subscriber) with transmission data for a second subscriber (e.g., a data subscriber) at a dual sim dual active (DSDA) user equipment (UE) are described herein. A DSDA UE may be configured to implement a modified skipUplinkTxDynamic feature that avoids collisions by buffering transmission data of the data subscriber and sending a (later) scheduling request (SR) for a grant for that data. A DSDA UE may regulate data subscriber transmissions to avoid a transmission duration for the voice subscriber. A DSDA UE may reduce certain transmissions for a voice subscriber (subject to a block error rate (BLER) threshold for the voice subscriber) to lower the probability of collision. A DSDA UE may operate a data subscriber and a voice subscriber in the same cell to avoid collisions due to RF tuning and/or relative slot overlap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Lijie Zhang, Alex Yee Kit Ho, Bing Zhao, Kexin Ma, Qiang Miao, Tao Huang, Wen Zhao, Yanxia Wang, Ying Zhang, Zhiwei Wang
  • Publication number: 20240172104
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for multi-RAT and DSDA capable wireless devices to handle frame blanking in a wireless communication system. A wireless device may establish wireless links according to a first radio access technology and a second radio access technology. The wireless device may determine to perform transmit and receive blanking for one or more antennas of the wireless device for the first radio access technology to perform sounding reference signal transmissions for the second radio access technology based at least in part on a band combination for the wireless links. The wireless device may determine a modification to channel state feedback reporting for the first radio access technology based at least in part on the transmit and receive blanking. The wireless device may perform channel state feedback reporting using the determined modification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Junzhen Qin, Wen Zhao, Lijie Zhang, Lele Cui, Wenping Lou, Qiang Miao, Zhiwei Wang, Ying Zhang, Deepankar Bhattacharjee, Kexin Ma, Alex Yee Kit Ho
  • Publication number: 20240147014
    Abstract: A method for displaying content includes: displaying a first interface, where first video content is played by a video player on the first interface; and displaying first target content by the video player, in response to a first content stream switching on the first video content, where the first target content is non-video content and is associated with the first video content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Yujie SUN, Qicheng XU, Runze ZHANG, Wen ZHAO, Ying ZHAI
  • Patent number: 11961072
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems and methods for conducting a transaction utilizing a cryptocurrency. The user may fund a cryptocurrency account with his pre-existing cryptocurrency. An issuer may purchase cryptocurrency within a cryptocurrency exchange. The user may then utilize a payment device (e.g., a Crypto Debit Card) that is associated with a cryptocurrency balance to conduct a transaction with a merchant for goods and/or services. An authorization request message may be transmitted to the authorizing entity computer. The authorizing entity computer may determine a cryptocurrency amount corresponding to the fiat currency transaction amount of the authorization request message. A sell request message may be transmitted to an exchange that facilitates the sale of the cryptocurrency amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Xi Li, Wen Zhao Cheng, Jun Ryan Menorca Tagama, Satrajit Ray, Gabriel Jin Juan Ang, Lavanya Rengarajan
  • Patent number: 11941643
    Abstract: Provided is a computer-implemented method for authenticating a user. The method includes registering a plurality of user accounts for a plurality of users based at least partially on user information and account data for each user of the plurality of users, the account data for each user including an account identifier associated with a portable payment device, generating an identity score for each user, registering a plurality of provider accounts for a plurality of third-party service providers based at least partially on third-party service provider data, receiving a request to authenticate a user of the plurality of users, receiving user credentials corresponding to a user account of the user, validating the user credentials based at least partially on the identity score of the user, and communicating an authentication response message to the third-party system in response to validating the user credentials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Aditi Rungta, Kieu Trinh Nguyen, Wen Zhao Cheng, Xi Li, Xudong Wu
  • Publication number: 20240091283
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides the use of Lactobacillus paracasei ET-22 in enhancing resistance of the intestinal tract to bacterial infection and improving intestinal immunity. Particularly, the present disclosure provides the use of a Lactobacillus paracasei in the preparation of a composition for improving intestinal immunity, wherein the Lactobacillus paracasei has a deposit number of CGMCC 15077. The present inventors have discovered that this bacteria strain alone can significantly improve the resistance of the intestinal tract to bacterial infection, combat invasion by pathogenic bacteria in the intestinal system, maintain the intestinal barrier function, and/or prevent diarrhea caused by pathogenic bacteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Wei-Hsien Liu, Gisela Adrienne Weiss, Carolien Annika Van Loo-Bouwman, Gerrit Smit, Wen Zhao, Wei-Lian Hung
  • Patent number: 11917532
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for multi-RAT and DSDA capable wireless devices to handle frame blanking in a wireless communication system. A wireless device may establish wireless links according to a first radio access technology and a second radio access technology. The wireless device may determine to perform transmit and receive blanking for one or more antennas of the wireless device for the first radio access technology to perform sounding reference signal transmissions for the second radio access technology based at least in part on a band combination for the wireless links. The wireless device may determine a modification to channel state feedback reporting for the first radio access technology based at least in part on the transmit and receive blanking. The wireless device may perform channel state feedback reporting using the determined modification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Junzhen Qin, Wen Zhao, Lijie Zhang, Lele Cui, Wenping Lou, Qiang Miao, Zhiwei Wang, Ying Zhang, Deepankar Bhattacharjee, Kexin Ma, Alex Yee Kit Ho