Patents by Inventor Zongrui Ding
Zongrui Ding 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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Patent number: 10135759Abstract: Management of context and power control information enables different power control schemes for point-to-point or point-to-multipoint based on proximity services or applications. Context information may be defined as situation data about a service or application that is used to help define a power control scheme to be implemented. Power control information may be defined as control or status data for power control, which can be used for reporting or controlling the transmitting power of a peer in a P2P network. Context and power control information may be managed across multiple layers such as the application layer, service layer, media access control layer, or physical layer. Context and power control information is updated and exchanged between or among peers for context-related power control in proximity services.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2014Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLCInventors: Qing Li, Paul L. Russell, Jr., Chonggang Wang, Zongrui Ding, Hongkun Li
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Publication number: 20180316748Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for determining context information for one or more peers to be used in a peer discovery and/or peer association process(es) and/or to otherwise facilitate P2P proximity communications. For example, a method for determining peer context information may include receiving a context-aware identifier (CAID). The CAID may include one or more items of context information associated with the peer in addition to an indication of an identity of the peer. A first portion of the CAID may be decoded to determine a first item of context information associated with the peer. The first portion of the CAID may be decodable without having to process a payload portion of the message. It may be determined whether to continue processing one or more of the CAID or the message based on the first item of context information. The CAID may be used in discovery and/or association procedure(s).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2017Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicant: IOT HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Zongrui Ding, Chonggang Wang, Paul L. Russell, JR., Qing Li, Hongkun Li
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Publication number: 20180262301Abstract: Systems and methods may integrate acknowledgments, such as application-level acknowledgments and medium access control layer acknowledgments. For a cross-layer acknowledgment method, a medium access control layer acknowledgment and application-layer acknowledgment may be integrated as a single medium access control layer acknowledgment. For a cross-application acknowledgment method, an application-layer acknowledgment for a first application and application-layer acknowledgment for a second application may be integrated into a single medium access control layer frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2018Publication date: September 13, 2018Inventors: Chonggang Wang, Qing Li, Zongrui Ding, Hongkun Li, Paul L. Russell, JR., Michael J. Starsinic
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Publication number: 20180176293Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for determining context information for one or more peers to be used in a peer discovery and/or peer association process(es) and/or to otherwise facilitate P2P proximity communications. For example, a method for determining peer context information may include receiving a context-aware identifier (CAID). The CAID may include one or more items of context information associated with the peer in addition to an indication of an identity of the peer. A first portion of the CAID may be decoded to determine a first item of context information associated with the peer. The first portion of the CAID may be decodable without having to process a payload portion of the message. It may be determined whether to continue processing one or more of the CAID or the message based on the first item of context information. The CAID may be used in discovery and/or association procedure(s).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2017Publication date: June 21, 2018Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Zongrui Ding, Chonggang Wang, Paul L. Russell, JR., Qing Li, Hongkun Li
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Publication number: 20180167761Abstract: A machine-to-machine (M2M) gateway is configured with a service capability layer (SCL) and includes a storage unit, a network interface and a processor. The storage unit stores rules for allocating resources in a resource tree. The resources include a functions collection resource of function sub-resources, at least one of which represents a function that generates contextual cues from content and a corresponding semantic description. The processor also receives requests to create new function sub-resources in the collection and creates new function sub-resources in the resource tree in response to the requests. The processor receives other requests targeting the new function sub-resources. The processor generates high-level contextual information, using the new function, based on content data and the associated semantic description of the content data received in the other requests, and routes data in the M2M network based on the generated information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2018Publication date: June 14, 2018Applicant: IoT Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Lijun Dong, Dale N. Seed, Paul L. Russell, JR., Chonggang Wang, Zongrui Ding, Guang Lu, Mohsen Akbari
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Patent number: 9979511Abstract: Systems and methods may integrate acknowledgments, such as application-level acknowledgments and medium access control layer acknowledgments. In an embodiment of a cross-layer acknowledgment method, a medium access control layer acknowledgment and application-layer acknowledgment may be integrated as a single medium access control layer acknowledgment. In an embodiment of a cross-application acknowledgment method, an application-layer acknowledgment for a first application and application-layer acknowledgment for a second application may be integrated into a single medium access control layer frame.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2016Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLPInventors: Chonggang Wang, Qing Li, Zongrui Ding, Hongkun Li, Paul L. Russell, Jr., Michael J. Starsinic
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Patent number: 9894457Abstract: Devices, computer readable media, and methods for supporting services at an application service layer (ASL) are disclosed. The ASL may be a machine-to-machine (M2M) services capability layer (SCL). Content functions may interpret the data to generate a semantic description of the data. Semantic information associated with data may be stored. Context aware functions may process the semantic description of the data to generate lower level contextual cues. Context aware reasoning functions may process the lower level contextual cues to deduce higher level context. An application or a second ASL may use the contextual cues and the situational context to trigger an action. The ASL may create a trigger condition based on a received message. The ASL may invoke a function based on detecting a trigger condition. The ASL may perform a command based on a received command. The ASL may use a objective function and feedback to control a device.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2013Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Lijun Dong, Dale N. Seed, Paul L. Russell, Jr., Chonggang Wang, Zongrui Ding, Guang Lu, Mohsen Akbari
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Publication number: 20180007496Abstract: Embodiments contemplate wireless communication that may include sending machine type communication (MTC) application data from a services capability server (SCS) to an MTC user equipment (UE/WTRU) using a device trigger. The device trigger may be used to instruct an MTC device application to initiate communications with an SCS. Embodiments also contemplate that a first device trigger (DT) request may be received from a first wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and a machine-type-communication inter-working function (MTC-IWF) may be determined in response to the first DT request. A second DT request may be sent to the MTC-IWF; and a first DT response may be received from the MTC-IWF. The first DT response may include a first information regarding a second WTRU.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2017Publication date: January 4, 2018Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Chonggang Wang, Michael F. Starsinic, Lijun Dong, Qing Li, Zongrui Ding
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Patent number: 9832101Abstract: A method and apparatus are described for negotiating “keep-alive” message frequencies of applications running on a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). A node may include a negotiation and synchronization function (NSF) configured to collect information including frequencies of keep-alive messages required by application servers for different applications running on the WTRU, and send a keep-alive message frequency negotiation request message to the application servers to negotiate for a more proper frequency for each application on behalf of the WTRU. The node may further include a buffering and caching function (BCF) configured to cache and buffer application specific attributes including an indication of whether each of the applications needs to send periodic keep-alive messages to an associated application server. The node may be a packet data network gateway, a negotiation and caching gateway, or a serving gateway.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2013Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Lijun Dong, Michael F. Starsinic, Zongrui Ding, Chonggang Wang, Qing Li
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Patent number: 9820335Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and devices for sharing a packet data protocol (PDP) context among a plurality of devices. For example, a method or sharing a PDP context among a plurality of devices may include a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) sending a request to establish or modify a PDP context. The request to establish or modify the PDP context may include an indication that the WTRU is a member of shared context group. The method may also include the WTRU receiving a response indicating that the request to establish or modify the PDP context was accepted. The method may also include the WTRU acting as a gateway for at least one other device in the shared context group. The request to establish or modify the PDP context may be an attach request. The indication that the WTRU is a member of shared context group may be a group identifier (ID).Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2012Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Ana Lucia A. Pinheiro, Samian J. Kaur, Inhyok Cha, Dolores F. Howry, Michael F. Starsinic, Debjani Majumder, Dale N. Seed, Chonggang Wang, Lijun Dong, Guang Lu, Zongrui Ding
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Patent number: 9813494Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for determining context information for one or more peers to be used in a peer discovery and/or peer association process(es) and/or to otherwise facilitate P2P proximity communications. For example, a method for determining peer context information may include receiving a context-aware identifier (CAID). The CAID may include one or more items of context information associated with the peer in addition to an indication of an identity of the peer. A first portion of the CAID may be decoded to determine a first item of context information associated with the peer. The first portion of the CAID may be decodable without having to process a payload portion of the message. It may be determined whether to continue processing one or more of the CAID or the message based on the first item of context information. The CAID may be used in discovery and/or association procedure(s).Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2013Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Zongrui Ding, Chonggang Wang, Paul L. Russell, Jr., Qing Li, Hongkun Li
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Publication number: 20170311112Abstract: Systems, methods, and instrumentalities may implement service-based discovery in a network, such as a 3GPP or 3GPP2 network. A Discovery Server may be used to query and find services offered by the network or by entities that interface with the network. Situational context information or policy information, or both, may be communicated to the discovery server so that the Discovery Server can provide context-aware and policy-based discovery services. The Discovery Server may be used to control which of the entities that interface with the network can discover one another. The Discovery Server may support queries based on, for example, the type of MTC entity, the type of services hosted on the entity, the availability times of the entity, types of protocols supported, levels of Quality of Service (QoS) supported, and MTC-IWF services.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Dale N. Seed, Michael F. Starsinic, Guang Lu, Kamel M. Shaheen, Dorothy Gellert, Zongrui Ding, Lijun Dong, Chonggang Wang
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Patent number: 9800998Abstract: Embodiments contemplate wireless communication that may include sending machine type communication (MTC) application data from a services capability server (SCS) to an MTC user equipment (UE/WTRU) using a device trigger. The device trigger may be used to instruct an MTC device application to initiate communications with an SCS. Embodiments also contemplate that a first device trigger (DT) request may be received from a first wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and a machine-type-communication inter-working function (MTC-IWF) may be determined in response to the first DT request. A second DT request may be sent to the MTC-IWF; and a first DT response may be received from the MTC-IWF. The first DT response may include a first information regarding a second WTRU.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2013Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Chonggang Wang, Michael F. Starsinic, Lijun Dong, Qing Li, Zongrui Ding
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Patent number: 9654900Abstract: Systems, methods, and instrumentalities may implement service-based discovery in a network, such as a 3GPP or 3GPP2 network. A Discovery Server may be used to query and find services offered by the network or by entities that interface with the network. Situational context information or policy information, or both, may be communicated to the discovery server so that the Discovery Server can provide context-aware and policy-based discovery services. The Discovery Server may be used to control which of the entities that interface with the network can discover one another. The Discovery Server may support queries based on, for example, the type of MTC entity, the type of services hosted on the entity, the availability times of the entity, types of protocols supported, levels of Quality of Service (QoS) supported, and MTC-IWF services.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2013Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Dale N. Seed, Michael F. Starsinic, Guang Lu, Kamel M. Shaheen, Dorothy Gellert, Zongrui Ding, Lijun Dong, Chonggang Wang
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Publication number: 20170063499Abstract: Systems and methods may integrate acknowledgments, such as application-level acknowledgments and medium access control layer acknowledgments. In an embodiment of a cross-layer acknowledgment method, a medium access control layer acknowledgment and application-layer acknowledgment may be integrated as a single medium access control layer acknowledgment. In an embodiment of a cross-application acknowledgment method, an application-layer acknowledgment for a first application and application-layer acknowledgment for a second application may be integrated into a single medium access control layer frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Chonggang Wang, Qing Li, Zongrui Ding, Hongkun Li, Paul L. Russell, JR., Michael J. Starsinic
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Patent number: 9496989Abstract: Systems and methods may integrate acknowledgments, such as application-level acknowledgments and medium access control layer acknowledgments. In an embodiment of a cross-layer acknowledgment method, a medium access control layer acknowledgment and application-layer acknowledgment may be integrated as a single medium access control layer acknowledgment. In an embodiment of a cross-application acknowledgment method, an application-layer acknowledgment for a first application and application-layer acknowledgment for a second application may be integrated into a single medium access control layer frame.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2014Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLCInventors: Chonggang Wang, Qing Li, Zongrui Ding, Hongkun Li, Paul L. Russell, Jr., Michael F. Starsinic
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Publication number: 20160044621Abstract: Apparatuses, computer readable media, and methods are disclosed for context aware synchronization for peer-to-peer communication. A method may include extracting from a super beacon synchronization information. The method may further include synchronizing with a beacon of an application based on the synchronization information. Another method may include extracting synchronization information from a received beacon, if the received beacon is for a first application. The method may further include if the received beacon is not for a first application, then extracting common beacon synchronization information from the received beacon, scanning for the common beacon based on the extracted common beacon synchronization information, receiving the common beacon, and extracting common channel synchronization information from the common beacon.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2014Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: Zongrui DING, Hongkun LI, Qing LI, Chonggang WANG, Paul L. RUSSELL, Jr.
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Publication number: 20150312700Abstract: Embodiments contemplate wireless communication that may include sending machine type communication (MTC) application data from a services capability server (SCS) to an MTC user equipment (UE/WTRU) using a device trigger. The device trigger may be used to instruct an MTC device application to initiate communications with an SCS. Embodiments also contemplate that a first device trigger (DT) request may be received from a first wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and a machine-type-communication inter-working function (MTC-IWF) may be determined in response to the first DT request. A second DT request may be sent to the MTC-IWF; and a first DT response may be received from the MTC-IWF. The first DT response may include a first information regarding a second WTRU.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2013Publication date: October 29, 2015Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Chonggang Wang, Michael F. Starsinic, Lijun Dong, Qing Li, Zongrui Ding
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Publication number: 20150312953Abstract: Methods and apparatus may be used to provide reliable multicast or broadcast for peer-to-peer (P2P) communications. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive a medium access control (MAC) data frame. The MAC data frame may indicate a flexible acknowledgement (ACK) type (e.g., a subset of peers, a single peer, location based, context based, and/or packet type based). The MAC data frame may indicate an ACK sequence. The ACK sequence may indicate an ACK transmission sequence among peers. The WTRU may determine whether to send an ACK message based on the flexible ACK type and/or the ACK sequence. The WTRU may receive an ACK message from a peer. The WTRU may send the ACK message when it is determined that the ACK message should be sent.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2013Publication date: October 29, 2015Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holding Inc.Inventors: Chonggang Wang, Qing Li, Zongrui Ding, Hongkun Li, Paul L. Russell, Jr.
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Publication number: 20150282177Abstract: A method and apparatus are described for negotiating “keep-alive” message frequencies of applications running on a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). A node may include a negotiation and synchronization function (NSF) configured to collect information including frequencies of keep-alive messages required by application servers for different applications running on the WTRU, and send a keep-alive message frequency negotiation request message to the application servers to negotiate for a more proper frequency for each application on behalf of the WTRU. The node may further include a buffering and caching function (BCF) configured to cache and buffer application specific attributes including an indication of whether each of the applications needs to send periodic keep-alive messages to an associated application server. The node may be a packet data network gateway, a negotiation and caching gateway, or a serving gateway.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2013Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Lijun Dong, Michael F. Starsinic, Zongrui Ding, Chonggang Wang, Qing Li