Patents by Inventor Xiaowan KE

Xiaowan KE 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: 20260205520
    Abstract: Information processing methods, a first communication device, a second communication device, and a third communication device are provided. The first communication device includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations. The operations include sending address information of an edge configuration server (ECS) to a second communication device. The edge configuration server is configured to provide an address of an Edge Enabler Server (EES) to an Edge Enabler Client (EEC) of user equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2026
    Publication date: July 16, 2026
    Applicant: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huazhang LV, Xiaowan KE
  • Publication number: 20260181380
    Abstract: An information transmission method and apparatus, a communications device, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: determining whether a terminal supports a first capability; and sending first information and/or a first request, where the first information is used to indicate one of the following: that the terminal supports the first capability; and that the terminal does not support the first capability. The first capability includes at least one of the following: a capability of supporting transmitting second information to an application client of the terminal; a capability of supporting the application client of the terminal to obtain the second information; a capability of supporting transmitting third information to the application client of the terminal; and a capability of supporting the application client of the terminal to obtain the third information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2026
    Publication date: June 25, 2026
    Inventor: Xiaowan KE
  • Patent number: 12659240
    Abstract: A method for controlling a LAN service and a communications service are disclosed. The method for controlling a LAN service includes: transmitting LAN-service-related information, where the LAN-service-related information includes at least one of the following: LAN service capability information of a terminal, location information of the terminal, LAN service subscription information, and LAN service request information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaowan Ke
  • Patent number: 12641058
    Abstract: An information processing method and apparatus, and a communication device. The information processing method includes: acquiring first information, wherein the first information includes at least one of the following: domain name server address information and configuration server address information; and executing a first operation according to the first information, wherein the first operation includes: determining first policy information and/or sending the first information or the first policy information for determining a first rule for data processing; the first rule for data processing is used for performing data passing related control on first data and/or second data; the first data is related to a domain name server address and/or a configuration server address; and the second data is independent of the domain name server address and/or the configuration server address, and/or is not the first data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pengfei Zhang, Xiaowan Ke
  • Patent number: 12635004
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a device interaction method and a core network device. The method includes: receiving, by a first core network device, identifier information of at least one UE sent by a first device, where the at least one UE includes at least one of the following: a UE that has established UE-to-network relay connection with a first UE and a UE that is to establish UE-to-network relay connection with the first UE; and interacting, by the first core network device based on identifier information of a second UE, with a second core network device, where the second UE is any one of the at least one UE; where the first core network device is a core network device serving the first UE, and the second core network device is a core network device serving the second UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wen Wang, Zhenhua Xie, Yanxia Zhang, Xiaowan Ke
  • Patent number: 12634664
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for triggering a non-unicast service operation, and network functions, which belong to the technical field of communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhenhua Xie, Xiaowan Ke
  • Publication number: 20260136315
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a method for obtaining location information, a terminal, and a network-side device. The method for obtaining location information includes: obtaining, by a first network element, a request message, where the request message is used for requesting to obtain location information of an Internet of Things device, and the Internet of Things device is a device that obtains energy from an environment; determining, by the first network element, a positioning network element based on the request message; and receiving, by the first network element, positioning information from the positioning network element, where the positioning information is used for determining the location information of the Internet of Things device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2025
    Publication date: May 14, 2026
    Applicant: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huan LI, Xiaobo WU, Xiaowan KE
  • Publication number: 20260129443
    Abstract: An access control method and a communications device are provided. The method includes: sending first information and/or first indication information to a first target end, where the first information includes at least one of the following: index information of a second authentication server, vendor-related information of the first communications device, and address-related information of the second authentication server; and the first indication information is used for requesting to obtain a credential related to a first network, or used to indicate that an access type is a restricted service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2025
    Publication date: May 7, 2026
    Applicant: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaowan KE
  • Patent number: 12609920
    Abstract: A digital twin task authorization method and apparatus, a communications device, and a readable storage medium. The digital twin task authorization method includes: obtaining, by a first communications device, first information; and performing, based on the first information, a first operation related to digital twin task authorization, where the first information includes at least one of the following: subscription information of a digital twin service of a terminal; authorization information of the digital twin service of the terminal, or authorization information of the digital twin service of the terminal and validity time information of the authorization information; and query result information, where the query result information is used to indicate that the terminal allows or disallows a digital twin task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaowan Ke
  • Patent number: 12609868
    Abstract: This application discloses a digital twin subsystem and a service providing apparatus. A specific implementation solution is as follows: A digital twin subsystem includes: digital twin user equipment DT-UE and at least one of a digital twin application function DT-AF, a digital twin core network DT-CN function, a digital twin radio access network DT-RAN function, and a first function used to provide digital twin control and/or management. The DT-UE is configured to provide a terminal function related to a digital twin network. The DT-AF is used to provide a data network service related to the digital twin network. The DT-CN function is used to provide a core network service related to the digital twin network. The DT-RAN function is used to provide a radio access network service related to the digital twin network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yannan Yuan, Xiaobo Wu, Xiaowan Ke
  • Patent number: 12598055
    Abstract: An information control method and a communications device are provided. First time information is adjusted to second time information according to information about a clock difference between a first clock and a second clock. The first time information is time-related information based on the first clock, and the second time information is time-related information based on the second clock. First information is sent. The first information includes the first time information. The first time information includes at least one of the following: a first User Equipment (UE)-Device-Side Time-Sensitive Network Translator (Device-Side TSN Translator (DS-TT)) residence time, or a first Packet Delay Budget (PDB).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaowan Ke
  • Patent number: 12598455
    Abstract: An information transmission method and apparatus, a communications device, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: determining whether a terminal supports a first capability; and sending first information and/or a first request, where the first information is used to indicate one of the following: that the terminal supports the first capability; and that the terminal does not support the first capability. The first capability includes at least one of the following: a capability of supporting transmitting second information to an application client of the terminal; a capability of supporting the application client of the terminal to obtain the second information; a capability of supporting transmitting third information to the application client of the terminal; and a capability of supporting the application client of the terminal to obtain the third information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaowan Ke
  • Patent number: 12587588
    Abstract: An information processing method, an apparatus, and a device, are provided. The method is executed by a first communication device, and includes: sending address information of an edge configuration server. The first communication device is an Application Function (AF) or a Network Exposure Function (NEF). Sending the address information of the edge configuration server includes: sending the address information of the edge configuration server through service information of the NEF when the first communication device is the AF, or sending the address information of the edge configuration server through service information of Unified Data Management (UDM) when the first communication device is the NEF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huazhang Lv, Xiaowan Ke
  • Publication number: 20260075587
    Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure provide a service indication method and a device to resolve a problem that a matching value related to a service cannot be set in the related art. The method is executed by a network function and includes: receiving matching information specific to a user, or sending the matching information specific to the user to a terminal device of the user, where the matching information includes one or more matching values, and one of the matching values corresponds to one or more services or corresponds to one or more service types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2025
    Publication date: March 12, 2026
    Inventors: Zhenhua XIE, Xiaowan KE, Wen WANG
  • Publication number: 20260075004
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide an information marking method and a communication device. The method applied to a first communication device includes: performing, by the first communication device, a first operation; where the first operation includes at least one of the following: a first sub-operation and a second sub-operation. The first sub-operation includes: obtaining first information related to packet data unit set PDU Set information; and performing marking on a data packet with corresponding PDU Set information based on the first information related to PDU Set information. The second sub-operation includes: obtaining first information related to data burst (Data Burst) information; and based on the first information related to the Data Burst information, performing marking on a data packet with corresponding Data Burst information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2025
    Publication date: March 12, 2026
    Applicant: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaowan KE
  • Publication number: 20260067919
    Abstract: An information processing method, an information processing apparatus, a communication device, and a readable storage medium, are provided. The method includes: when a tenth condition is met, performing a third operation. The third operation includes: determining to apply Protocol Data Unit (PDU) Set based handling. The applying PDU Set based handling includes: applying PDU Set Quality of Service (QoS). The tenth condition includes: a second communication device supports PDU Set based handling, or supports PDU Set based handling in uplink. The second communication device includes a Radio Access Network (RAN) node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2025
    Publication date: March 5, 2026
    Applicant: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaowan KE
  • Patent number: 12556959
    Abstract: A method for supporting time-sensitive communication and a communications device are provided. The method for supporting time-sensitive communication applied to a first communications device includes: transmitting first information and/or second information; where the first information includes at least one of the following: first capability information of a terminal UE and information related to a delay between the UE or a radio access network (RAN) network element; and the second information includes at least one of the following: a type of the UE, a type of time-sensitive networking, or indication information of whether time-sensitive data stream configuration information is required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaowan Ke, Yumin Wu
  • Publication number: 20260032509
    Abstract: An embodiment of this application provides a congestion information manipulation method. The method includes: acquiring, by a first communication device, first information, where the first information includes first request information for requesting monitoring of congestion; and reporting, by the first communication device, first congestion information or second congestion information based on the first information, where the first congestion information is information for describing a congestion situation, and the second congestion information is information for describing data packets requiring congestion marking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2025
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Applicant: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaowan KE
  • Publication number: 20260032117
    Abstract: An access control method, an access control apparatus, and a communications device. The access control method includes: obtaining first information and/or second information, where the first information includes at least one of the following: indication information of a first access mode, a first-type routing indication, and a first-type network identifier, and the second information includes at least one of the following: the first-type network identifier, the first-type routing indication, a first-type group identifier, and identification information of a terminal; and performing a first operation based on the first information and/or the second information; where the first operation includes at least one of the following: selecting a first authentication service network element; and determining the first-type group identifier, determining the first-type routing indication, or determining the first-type network identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2025
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Applicant: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaowan KE
  • Patent number: 12538124
    Abstract: An access control method and a communications device are provided. The method includes: sending first information and/or first indication information to a first target end, where the first information includes at least one of the following: index information of a second authentication server, vendor-related information of the first communications device, and address-related information of the second authentication server; and the first indication information is used for requesting to obtain a credential related to a first network, or used to indicate that an access type is a restricted service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaowan Ke