Patents by Inventor Yann Ly-Gagnon
Yann Ly-Gagnon 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: 20240098828Abstract: A first user equipment (UE) configured to receive data from a second UE over a short-range connection, wherein the data is received when an application processor of the first UE is in a lower power state, buffer the data in a buffer while the application processor of the first UE is in the lower power state and transfer buffered data from the buffer to the application processor after the application processor exits the lower power state and enters an active state.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Yann LY-GAGNON, Chen GANIR, Shlomo BEN-SHOSHAN, Yair SHAPIRA
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Publication number: 20230379838Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations for selecting a device to prioritize for a high power link. The operations include detecting, in proximity of a mobile device, a first and second available devices. The operations also include establishing a respective connection with each of the first and second available device using a first radio access technology (RAT). Further, the operations include determining, using the respective connections, one or more metrics associated with first available device and the second available device, where the one or metrics comprise a respective angle of arrival at the mobile device corresponding to the first available device and the second available device. Further, the operations include determining, based at least on the one or more metrics, to establish a high power link with the first available device using a second RAT, where the second RAT utilizes more power than the first RAT.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Yann Ly-Gagnon, Arun Unkn
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Patent number: 11751144Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations for selecting a device to prioritize for a high power link. The operations include detecting, in proximity of a mobile device, a first and second available devices. The operations also include establishing a respective connection with each of the first and second available device using a first radio access technology (RAT). Further, the operations include determining, using the respective connections, one or more metrics associated with first available device and the second available device, where the one or metrics comprise a respective angle of arrival at the mobile device corresponding to the first available device and the second available device. Further, the operations include determining, based at least on the one or more metrics, to establish a high power link with the first available device using a second RAT, where the second RAT utilizes more power than the first RAT.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yann Ly-Gagnon, Arun Unkn
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Patent number: 11676479Abstract: Multiple portable electronic devices within an exemplary system functionally cooperate amongst themselves to access a remotely controllable device. These portable electronic devices execute exemplary prioritization routines to identify a preferred portable electronic device from among the portable electronic devices to access the remotely controllable device. Thereafter, the exemplary system transfers ownership of a software implemented access token to the preferred portable electronic device to allow the preferred portable electronic device to access the remotely controllable device.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yann Ly-Gagnon, Arun Unkn
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Patent number: 11647559Abstract: In an example method, a mobile device establishes a first wireless communications link and a second wireless communications link with a second device, and determines that the second wireless communications link is not connected. Responsive to determining that the second wireless communications link is not connected, the mobile device attempts to reestablish the second wireless communications link with the second device according to a duty cycle that varies based at least on a characteristic associated with the first wireless communications link.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yann Ly-Gagnon, Arun Unkn, Chen Ganir
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Publication number: 20230090401Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations for selecting a device to prioritize for a high power link. The operations include detecting, in proximity of a mobile device, a first and second available devices. The operations also include establishing a respective connection with each of the first and second available device using a first radio access technology (RAT). Further, the operations include determining, using the respective connections, one or more metrics associated with first available device and the second available device, where the one or metrics comprise a respective angle of arrival at the mobile device corresponding to the first available device and the second available device. Further, the operations include determining, based at least on the one or more metrics, to establish a high power link with the first available device using a second RAT, where the second RAT utilizes more power than the first RAT.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2021Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: Yann Ly-Gagnon, Arun Unkn
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Publication number: 20220353831Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for implementing a synchronized short range communication protocol scan mechanism across multiple devices. Some aspects relate to an electronic device including a transceiver configured to communicate based on a short range communication protocol and a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver. The processor receives one or more parameters from a peripheral electronic device and determines, based at least on the one or more parameters, one or more synchronization parameters. The processor further transmits the one or more synchronization parameters to the peripheral electronic device. The one or more synchronization parameters can include at least a scan offset associated with the peripheral electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yann LY-GAGNON, Arun UNKN, Chen GANIR, Duy N. PHAN, Langford M. WASADA
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Publication number: 20220343705Abstract: Methods and apparatus to support scheduled access control for an electronic lock are described herein. An initiating central wireless device obtains an ephemeral identity resolving key (IRK) to use in resolving an ephemeral resolvable private address (RPA) of a peripheral wireless device. The initiating central wireless device can subsequently connect securely to the peripheral wireless device in order to unlock an electronic lock controlled by the peripheral wireless device to gain access during a scheduled time period. The ephemeral IRK and ephemeral RPA can be used for a limited period of time and/or for a predetermined number of usages during the scheduled time period.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Lochan VERMA, Arun YADAV, Joachim S. HAMMERSCHMIDT, Ayman F. NAGUIB, Su Khiong YONG, Yann LY-GAGNON
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Publication number: 20220295588Abstract: In an example method, a mobile device establishes a first wireless communications link and a second wireless communications link with a second device, and determines that the second wireless communications link is not connected. Responsive to determining that the second wireless communications link is not connected, the mobile device attempts to reestablish the second wireless communications link with the second device according to a duty cycle that varies based at least on a characteristic associated with the first wireless communications link.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2021Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Yann Ly-Gagnon, Arun Unkn, Chen Ganir
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Publication number: 20220295431Abstract: An example system includes an application processor (AP), a transceiver associated with a firmware layer and a controller. The controller is configured to perform operations that include receiving data representing a clock synchronization request from a remote device, such as a UWB clock synchronization request. The request is received by the transceiver over a wireless communication link. The controller generates a response to the synchronization request. The response is configured for synchronizing a remote clock of the remote device and a local clock of the mobile device. The controller sends, to the remote device by the transceiver, the response to the synchronization request.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2021Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Yann Ly-Gagnon, Arun Unkn, Langford M. Wasada
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Patent number: 11425669Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for implementing a synchronized short range communication protocol scan mechanism across multiple devices. Some aspects relate to an electronic device including a transceiver configured to communicate based on a short range communication protocol and a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver. The processor receives one or more parameters from a peripheral electronic device and determines, based at least on the one or more parameters, one or more synchronization parameters. The processor further transmits the one or more synchronization parameters to the peripheral electronic device. The one or more synchronization parameters can include at least a scan offset associated with the peripheral electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yann Ly-Gagnon, Arun Unkn, Chen Ganir, Duy N. Phan, Langford M. Wasada
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Publication number: 20220130234Abstract: Multiple portable electronic devices within an exemplary system functionally cooperate amongst themselves to access a remotely controllable device. These portable electronic devices execute exemplary prioritization routines to identify a preferred portable electronic device from among the portable electronic devices to access the remotely controllable device. Thereafter, the exemplary system transfers ownership of a software implemented access token to the preferred portable electronic device to allow the preferred portable electronic device to access the remotely controllable device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2021Publication date: April 28, 2022Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yann LY-GAGNON, Arun UNKN
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Publication number: 20220104151Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for implementing a synchronized short range communication protocol scan mechanism across multiple devices. Some aspects relate to an electronic device including a transceiver configured to communicate based on a short range communication protocol and a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver. The processor receives one or more parameters from a peripheral electronic device and determines, based at least on the one or more parameters, one or more synchronization parameters. The processor further transmits the one or more synchronization parameters to the peripheral electronic device. The one or more synchronization parameters can include at least a scan offset associated with the peripheral electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2020Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yann LY-GAGNON, Arun UNKN, Chen GANIR, Duy N. PHAN, Langford M. WASADA
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Publication number: 20220104304Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for dynamically determining or adjusting connection parameters of multiple connections. Some aspects relate to an electronic device. The electronic device includes a transceiver configured to communicate based on a short range communication protocol and a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver. The processor is configured to measure one or more metrics. The processor is further configured to determine, using the one or more metrics, a first connection parameter associated with a first connection to a first electronic device. The processor is further configured to determine, using the one or more metrics, a second connection parameter associated with a second connection to a second electronic device. The processor is further configured to operate the first connection based on the first connection parameter and the second connection based on the second connection parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2020Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yann LY-GAGNON, Arun UNKN
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Publication number: 20220078704Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to reducing power consumption of an electronic device scanning for wireless communication signals while maintaining or even improving an efficiency of the scanning operations. To do so, the electronic device may include more than one scan core, such as a main core and a receiving core. The receiving core may have limited functionality compared to the main core. For example, the receiving core may only receive wireless signals (including scanning for wireless signals). That is, the receiving core may not support certain operations that consume relative high power that are supported by the main core, such as transmission of signals. In this way, operation of the receiving core, either in place of or in addition to the main core, may reduce power consumption of the electronic device by avoiding high power consuming operations, such as data transmission, while scanning for various signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Sriram Lakshmanan, Tushar Ramanlal Shah, Udaykumar R. Raval, Bernd Willi Adler, Dongwoon Hahn, Shehla S. Rana, Yang Yu, Rajneesh Kumar, Veerendra Boodannavar, Yann Ly-Gagnon, Duy N. Phan, Karan Sawhney, Rohit Sharma, Sarin S. Mehta
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Patent number: 9807712Abstract: A method for dynamic sizing of a blocker margin by a receiver automatic gain control (AGC) is described. The method includes measuring a wanted signal level and a blocker signal level. The method also includes adjusting a linear target for the wanted signal level at the output of an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) of the receiver based on the blocker signal level. The linear target is adjusted to optimize a wanted signal signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and the blocker margin. The method further includes adjusting a receiver front-end gain based on the adjusted linear target.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2015Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Yann Ly-Gagnon, Le Nguyen Luong
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Patent number: 9729179Abstract: Systems and methods for interference cancellation in a receiver of wireless signals include receiving a signal comprising an aggressor and a desired signal. The received signal is amplified in a low noise amplifier (LNA) to generate an amplified received signal. The aggressor is extracted from the received signal in a feed-forward path between an input of the LNA and an output of the LNA, to generate an extracted aggressor and the extracted aggressor is subtracted from the amplified received signal to provide the desired signal. An amplify and rotate block in the feed-forward path is used to align a phase of the aggressor to a phase of the amplified received signal in order to enable the subtraction.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2016Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Mohammad Emadi, Mazhareddin Taghivand, Yann Ly-Gagnon
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Publication number: 20170142671Abstract: A method for dynamic sizing of a blocker margin by a receiver automatic gain control (AGC) is described. The method includes measuring a wanted signal level and a blocker signal level. The method also includes adjusting a linear target for the wanted signal level at the output of an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) of the receiver based on the blocker signal level. The linear target is adjusted to optimize a wanted signal signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and the blocker margin. The method further includes adjusting a receiver front-end gain based on the adjusted linear target.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2015Publication date: May 18, 2017Inventors: Yann Ly-Gagnon, Le Nguyen Luong
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Patent number: 9125158Abstract: A mechanism can be implemented for reducing the power consumption of a wireless radio device in establishing a wireless connection by utilizing a wideband signal to detect a narrowband trigger signal at a potential narrowband trigger frequency. The wireless radio device may operate a wideband receiver to receive an RF signal. Being aware of the potential narrowband trigger frequencies, the wideband receiver may utilize the received RF signal to detect the presence of a narrowband trigger signal at one of the potential narrowband trigger frequencies.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2012Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Yann Ly-Gagnon, Paul J. Husted, Olaf J. Hirsch
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Patent number: 9100243Abstract: A method of operating a receiver in a communications system is disclosed. The receiver receives a radio-frequency (RF) data signal and converts the RF data signal to an intermediate frequency. The receiver then determines whether a blocker image interferes with the received data signal, and selectively adjusts the intermediate frequency to which the data signal is converted based on the determination. The receiver may lower the intermediate frequency if the blocker image interferes with the received data signal. The receiver may also deactivate a quadrature chain of the receiver if the blocker image interferes with the received data signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2013Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: Qualcomm IncorporatedInventors: Yann Ly-Gagnon, Paul Husted