Combined Circuit Switching And Packet Switching Patents (Class 370/352)
  • Patent number: 11930424
    Abstract: A method for Non-IP Data Delivery to a group of UE in the specific geographic area is proposed. The method which may be performed by a exposure function node comprises receiving from an application server node a Non-IP delivery data message including geographic information; determining location area information based on the geographic information; and the method further comprises transmitting to a first node for monitoring event of the at least one UE which are related to the location area. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, the Non-IP Data can be delivered to at least UE in the specific geographic area, so that it makes the SCS/AS more flexible to deliver the message to UEs in a customer defined Geographic Area in an efficient and simple way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Hao Zeng, Jingrui Tao
  • Patent number: 11929819
    Abstract: The present teachings is generally directed to facilitating satellite and terrestrial internet communications. In some embodiments, configuration information for configuring a communications device may be retrieved. The configuration information may be provided to the communications device, and the communications device may be caused to be configured based on the configuration information. Responsive to receiving a first data signal from a first satellite, the communications device may be configured to generate and output a second data signal based on the first data signal, the first data signal including first data encoded using one or more space-based communication protocols, and the second data including second data encoded using one or more terrestrial-based communication protocols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: ATLAS SPACE OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Sean McDaniel
  • Patent number: 11928685
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to a system and method for using a machine-learning system to more accurately detect fraudulent use of credit cards on an e-commerce website and block those attempts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Overstock.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Ashish A Patel, Rahul Chadda, Suresh Kumar Akella
  • Patent number: 11924150
    Abstract: Implementations are directed to enabling a representative associated with an entity to quickly and efficiently modify a voice bot associated with the entity. The voice bot can be previously trained to communicate with user(s) on behalf of the entity through various communication channels (e.g., a telephone communication channel, a software application communication channel, a messaging communication channel, etc.). Processor(s) of a computing device can receive, from the representative, representative input to modify behavior(s) and/or parameter(s) that the voice bot utilizes in communicating with the plurality of users via the communication channels, determine whether the representative is authorized to cause the behavior(s) and/or parameter(s) to be modified, and cause the behavior(s) and/or parameter(s) to be modified in response to determining that the representative is authorized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Sharifi, Victor Carbune
  • Patent number: 11924059
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for QoS chaining based on control-plane virtual functions for ensuring end-to-end Quality of Service (QoS) of Internet services. The QoS chaining coordinates broadband service delivery via an orchestrated “chain” or Network Service (NS) consisting of control-plane Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) running in the cloud or virtual infrastructure. Separate service elements, network elements, network domains or other service plane or data plane elements or systems have a separate corresponding VNF in the control plane provide monitor and control functions. QoS is ensured End-to-End (E2E) across the chain of VNFs by coordination through the QoS chain or by a coordinating or integrating E2E orchestrator or E2E VNF. The VNFs may be chained, may communicate directly with each other, and may communicate directly with the E2E orchestrator, may communicate with each other through the E2E orchestrator, or may communicate through a shared database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: ASSIA SPE, LLC
    Inventor: Kenneth J. Kerpez
  • Patent number: 11924787
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, at least one antenna array disposed in the housing or formed on a part of the housing and including a plurality of antenna elements, a processor electrically or operatively connected to the antenna array, and a memory operatively connected to the at least one processor. In addition to the above, various embodiments identified through the specification are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junyoung Woo, Youngpo Lee, Hyoungjoo Lee, Chaiman Lim, Euichang Jung
  • Patent number: 11924252
    Abstract: Methods and network devices implement a lawful interception (LI) trigger control function as an LI target handler and a modified trigger control function. A generic LI triggering interface enables the modified trigger control function to query the LI target handler regarding whether entities using a network function instance are in a target list. The LI target handler has to meet the LI security requirements, but the modified trigger control function does not have to meet such requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Antonio Vitiello, Daniele Gaito, Enrico De Luca, Lorenzo Giuseppe Elisio, Mariano Russo
  • Patent number: 11921887
    Abstract: A request to contact a service provider may be received from a client machine. The request may be associated with an identity claim and including a service identifier. The identity claim may be validated via a distributed identity service that includes a plurality of identity nodes in communication via a network. Validating the identity claim may include determining a designated network identifier associated with a distributed identity account shared among the plurality of identity nodes. A service query that includes the service identifier and the designated network identifier may be sent to a plurality of customer relations management services. A communication session may be established between a service provider remote computing system and the client machine. The service provider may store customer relations management information at a designated one of the plurality of customer relations management services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventor: Prithvi Krishnan Padmanabhan
  • Patent number: 11924285
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a data center connectivity management operation. The connectivity management operation includes: providing a data center asset with a connectivity management system client; establishing a secure communication channel between the connectivity management system client and a connectivity management system; exchanging information between the connectivity management system client and the connectivity management system via the secure communication channel between the connectivity management system client and the connectivity management system, the information including a provisioning request; and, providing provisioning information to the data center asset via the secure communication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Elie A. Jreij, Eric Williams, Dominique Prunier, Michael E. Brown, Kirk Frey, Sudhir V. Shetty, Christopher Atkinson
  • Patent number: 11924265
    Abstract: A communication system includes a communication device that may transmit a command for requesting a response about communication quality to a specific type of user terminal, and a user terminal that may transmit the communication quality in response to the command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Matsunaga, Masaru Otaka, Masamitsu Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 11917098
    Abstract: A communication system mitigating the risk of an incoming spoofed caller. The method involves issuing a token or a digital certificate to each network connection of a user, such as to each member of a social media platform to which the user is connected. The method includes determining a validity of the token or certificate of the network connection with a receiving party, which may be performed in response to searching and identifying the receiving party by a calling party. The method includes transmitting a message to the receiving party by the calling party in response to the validity confirmation of the token or the digital certificate. A message is transmitted that includes a calling identifier to be displayed to provide calling ID to the receiving party and a time of the intended call. The message may provide connection details, mutual connections, and historical events with the calling party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Mitel Networks Corporation
    Inventors: Radovan Prodanovic, Logendra Naidoo
  • Patent number: 11917484
    Abstract: A method for congestion control at an eNodeB is described, comprising detecting congestion at an eNodeB and entering a congestion control mode, receiving, at the eNodeB, a new user equipment (UE) connection request that contains a radio resource control (RRC) establishment cause, and using the RRC establishment cause for identifying a congestion management strategy, the congestion management strategy comprising one of initiating a handover for an existing LTE bearer, or redirecting the new UE connection request to a 3G nodeB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Parallel Wireless, Inc.
    Inventor: Yang Cao
  • Patent number: 11916784
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for routing a packet in a packet switching network in disconnected routing mode, implemented by a router, comprising the following steps:—receiving (E1) the packet;—reading (E2) a field, called the longevity field of the packet, intended to be decremented when traversing a router;—decrementing (E5) the value of the longevity field using a step of a predefined value, called the decrementation step;—deciding (E6) on the routing of the packet on the basis of the value of the decremented longevity field, the packet being destroyed (E7) when said value is less than or equal to zero; the method further comprising, prior to the step of decrementing, the following steps:—obtaining (E3) at least one item of information from a group of items of information comprising an item of information relative to routing conditions of the packet and an item of information relative to parameters of the packet;—determining (E4) the value of the decrementation step on the basis of at least the obtained
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Inventors: Bruno Decraene, Stephane Litkowski
  • Patent number: 11916979
    Abstract: A client is configured to control one or more functions of another client remotely via a wireless connection. Enabling control of the one or more functions of another client includes receiving a control command from a first client. The control command indicates a function to be performed by a second client. The control command is transmitted to the second client when a binding status indicates a binding between the first client to the second client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Karen Kuei Ren Hong, Haibing Xu, Dan Yang
  • Patent number: 11917040
    Abstract: An agent is installed on a computing device of a vehicle (e.g., an ECU); the agent receives messages from an application installed on the same computing device. The computing device is connected to a gateway computing device via a physical communication channel (e.g., CAN bus or Ethernet cable). When the gateway agent receives a message from the application, it converts the message into a different protocol based on a mapping of the protocols to physical communication channels. The message is sent to a gateway agent at the gateway device, where it is converted back to the original protocol so the message can be processed/transmitted to the internet. By using an agent, the in-vehicle application does not need to know about the vehicle's network architecture or changes to it in order to access the internet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Edwin Ricardo Mendez Rodriguez, Dave Wayne Lasley, David Joseph Mifsud, Brett Francis
  • Patent number: 11910308
    Abstract: A communications device transmits data to a mobile communications network or receives data from a mobile communications network. The mobile communications network includes plural infrastructure equipment each providing a wireless access interface for the communications device. The wireless access interfaces may have a different frequency but operate in accordance with the same standard or may use different radio access technologies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Brian Alexander Martin
  • Patent number: 11909775
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for enhancement to an internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS). According to an embodiment, an application server (AS) of the IMS receives from a terminal device a first request for initiating a call service and an internet service which are to be integrated with each other. The AS of the IMS sends a second request for initiating the internet service to a gateway server that acts as a gateway to an internet AS capable of providing the internet service. In response to a reply from the gateway server, the AS of the IMS handles the first request based on the reply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Min Sun, Fang Li, Yunjie Lu
  • Patent number: 11909918
    Abstract: A universal contact center service access point is mapped to a service access point specific to a determined modality to establish a connection between a user device and a contact center operator device and associated with that modality. A request for a contact center engagement is obtained from a user device, in which the request includes a universal contact center service access point. Responsive to the request, the universal contact center service access point is mapped, based on a record associating multiple modalities with the universal contact center service access point, to a service access point specific to one of those multiple modalities determined based on information associated with the user device. The contact center engagement is then facilitated over a connection, established based on the mapping, between the user device and a contact center operator device associated with the service access point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Li, Xu Hua Li
  • Patent number: 11909650
    Abstract: A network device may receive an internet protocol (IP) packet that includes an IP packet header. The IP packet may include at least one extension header, which includes at least one of: a hop-by-hop options header, a first destination options header that precedes a routing header, or a second destination options header that precedes an upper-layer header. The network device may determine that: the hop-by-hop options header includes an Operations and Management capabilities (OAM) option, the first destination options header includes the OAM option and an IP address of the network device matches a destination IP address or a routing IP address identified in the routing header, or the second destination options header includes the OAM option and the IP address of the network device matches the destination IP address. The network device may perform one or more actions indicated by the OAM option.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald Bonica
  • Patent number: 11910482
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed. In an example from the perspective of a User Equipment (UE), the UE provides information related to multiple Universal Subscriber Identity Modules (USIM) of the UE to a first network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Meng-Hui Ou, Yu-Hsuan Guo
  • Patent number: 11902289
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is disclosed. The method includes: receiving, from a web server associated with a protected resource, a first signal including a request to validate a bearer token submitted by a client device to the web server, the bearer token including a digital signature; validating the bearer token, the validating including verifying the digital signature using a public key associated with an end user of the client device; and in response to validating the bearer token, sending to the web server a second signal including a notification that the bearer token is valid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: The Toronto-Dominion Bank
    Inventors: Milos Dunjic, Anthony Haituyen Nguyen, Yubing Liu, Arthur Carroll Chow, Casey Lyn Doyle, Richard John Frederick Thake, Mengfei Wang, Aaron Ashish Hudali, Gregory Albert Kliewer, Martin Albert Lozon, Yusbel Garcia Diaz, Gareth Daly, Masashi Kobayashi, Randall John Bast
  • Patent number: 11902086
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method useful for implementing high availability (HA) enhancements to a computer network, comprising the steps of: providing a first edge device of a local area network (LAN); providing a second edge device of the LAN; providing a gateway system to the LAN from a wide area network; detecting that an HA cable between the first edge device and the second edge device is disconnected; establishing a network connection between the gateway system and the second edge device; with the gateway system: determining that the first edge device is active and passing network traffic, implementing a network tunneling protocol with second edge device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Nicira, Inc.
    Inventors: Ajit Ramachandra Mayya, Parag Pritam Thakore, Stephen Craig Connors, Steven Michael Woo, Sunil Mukundan, Nitin Kumar Ananda
  • Patent number: 11902359
    Abstract: Certain exemplary aspects directed to customization of communications services wherein a data communications server provides virtual office features to remote client entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: 8x8, Inc.
    Inventor: Zhishen Liu
  • Patent number: 11903066
    Abstract: A UE, a network node, and methods for operating the same against maximum number of allowable radio bearers are provided. The method for operating the UE includes operating in a CIoT mode, wherein the UE is capable of operating in a normal cellular communication mode and capable of operating in the CIoT mode; determining, out of at least one UE-data network logical connection, a first UE-data network logical connection in a first set of the at least one UE-data network logical connection for which a radio bear request is to be made based on a UE-data network logical connection type correspondingly of each UE-data network logical connection of the first set of the at least one UE-data network logical connection being non-IP to prevent more than a maximum number of allowable radio bearers for the UE to be requested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Chenho Chin
  • Patent number: 11902903
    Abstract: There is provided a method at a network node equipped with an advance antenna system, AAS. The AAS comprises a plurality of antenna elements and one or more radio frequency integrated circuits, RFICs. Each of the one or more RFICs is associated with one or more of the plurality of antenna elements. The method comprising: capturing a plurality of signal samples of one or more signal chains of each of the one or more RFICs. Each of the one or more signal chains correspond to one or more of the plurality of antenna elements and a signal sample is associated with an envelope power level at an output of the respective signal chain; and summing at least a subset of the plurality of signal samples to obtain a short term average power value at the AAS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Johan Thorebäck, Magnus Nilsson, Torbjörn Wigren, Bo Göransson
  • Patent number: 11902090
    Abstract: An Internet of Things (IoT) network includes an IoT device with a communicator to send a communication including egress frame, protocol library builder to determine available protocols, frame analyzer to analyze an ingress frame, and frame builder to build the egress frame from the ingress frame. An IoT network includes an IoT device with network discoverer to identify available parallel communication channels between the IoT device and target device, payload, payload fragmenter/packager to fragment the payload into sub-objects for transmission, and packet communicator to send sub-objects to the target device over parallel communication channels. An IoT network includes a plurality of IoT devices, which each include a communication channel to an upstream device, a network link to another one of the plurality of IoT devices, a hash calculator to identify a neighbor IoT device, and a communicator to send out a message to the neighbor IoT device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Ned M. Smith, Keith Nolan, Mark Kelly
  • Patent number: 11895081
    Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for implementing network address translation as a distributed service over the nodes of a logical network fabric, such as a software-defined network fabric. A method includes registering, by an edge node of a network, an IP address of a client device. The method further includes forwarding, by the edge node, the registered IP address to a control plane of the network. The method further includes checking, by the control plane, a network address translation policy. The method further includes recording, by the control plane, translations between the registered IP address and an allocated IP address in a translation table, each of the translations being related to the edge node. The method further includes returning, by the control plane, the translations between the registered IP address and the allocated IP address to the edge node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Manuel Moreno, Sanjay Kumar Hooda
  • Patent number: 11894948
    Abstract: A method of forming a virtual network includes forming an arrangement of virtual fibers from physical fiber optic cables that interconnect virtual entry devices, virtual forwarding devices, and virtual exit devices together. The virtual entry devices combine data and frames to allow a number of sources with data and frame rates that are less than a predetermined frame rate of a physical port to be output from the physical port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: PrimeWan Limited
    Inventor: Ming Li
  • Patent number: 11888912
    Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for configuring an edge router of a communication provider network, the edge router coupled to communicate with a plurality of media streaming playback devices. Based at least in part on an indication of characteristics associated with the plurality of media streaming playback devices, a first multicast join for the edge router is configured to the communication provider network such that one or more media servers delivers a first plurality of media streams to the edge router via the communication provider network. Based at least in part on an indication of a request for an additional media stream not included in the first plurality of media streams, a second multicast join for the edge router is configured to the communication provider network such that the one or more media servers delivers the additional media stream to the edge router via the communication provider network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Mankamana Prasad Mishra, Rajiv Asati, Nitin Kumar, Luc De Ghein
  • Patent number: 11889028
    Abstract: A system for one-touch split-mode conference access includes a client, a server, a voice over internet protocol (VOIP) device and a telephony server. The client obtains information associated with a conference and transmits the information to the server. The server transmits the information to the VOIP device, which is paired to the client based on a user account. The VOIP device displays a notification based on the received information. The VOIP device obtains an input from the user. The input is based on the notification. The VOIP device transmits call information based on the input to the telephony server. The telephony server initiates the audio component of the conference on the VOIP device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Karen Kuei Ren Hong, Haibing Xu, Dan Yang, Xudong Zhang
  • Patent number: 11889328
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a tracking entity (100, 400) configured to track to which access and connectivity management entity (200) a mobile device (50) is connected in a mobile communications network, wherein an application server (60) is initiating a monitoring of an event occurring at the mobile device, the method comprising: —receiving a request to monitor the event at the mobile device (50), the request comprising an indication for an audit for the monitoring of the event by which a validity of the monitoring of the event should be checked when the event has not been detected for an indicated period of time, —transmitting the received request for the event with the indication for the audit and the indicated period of time to the access and connectivity management entity (200) to which the mobile device is connected, —receiving a notification from the access and connectivity management entity (200) that the event has not been detected for the indicated period of time, —determining, i
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Emiliano Merino Vazquez, Jesus Angel De Gregorio Rodriguez, Raquel Izquierdo Martin, Carlos Daniel Sanchez-Biezma Sanchez, Beatriz Maroto Gil
  • Patent number: 11888923
    Abstract: The nodes of a squad of nodes include a coordinating node and a set of worker nodes for sharing computational resources to perform resource intensive tasks. A requesting worker node may send work requests to the coordinating node of a squad of nodes. In response to a work request, the requesting worker node receives from the coordinating node a list of worker nodes to assign one or more tasks associated with the work request. The list of worker nodes is selected based on a report of resources and current utilization of each node within the squad. Upon receiving the list of workers, the requesting worker node divides the tasks associated with the work request into multiple buckets, assigns each bucket to a worker node form the list of worker nodes, and sends a request to process tasks from each of the buckets to the corresponding worker node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: TurbineOne, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Warren Amacker, Ian Jay Kalin
  • Patent number: 11874891
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to associating computing devices with each other based on computer network activity for selection of content items as part of an online content item placement campaign. A first linking factor is identified based on a connection between a first device and the computer network via a first IP address during a first time period, and based on a connection between a second device and the computer network via the first IP address during the first time period. A number of devices that connect with the computer network via the first IP address is determined. A positive match probability is generated. A second and third linking factors are monitored. A negative match probability is determined based on the second and third linking factors. The first device is linked with the second device based on the positive and negative match probabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventor: Jianjun Qiu
  • Patent number: 11875808
    Abstract: A voice call method is provided. The method includes: obtaining a voice call state of a terminal system at a historical moment, the terminal system being provided with at least two audio acquisition devices; obtaining first voice signals acquired by the at least two audio acquisition devices at a current moment, and determining signal energy of the first voice signals; and determining a target audio acquisition device at the current moment from the at least two audio acquisition devices based on the voice call state at the historical moment and the signal energy of the first voice signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuepeng Li, Zhipeng Liu, Rui Zhu
  • Patent number: 11877040
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, a playback device is provided. The device includes processing circuitry configured to receive a video stream including a plurality of video packets, where each of the plurality of video packets is associated with a respective video timestamp value. The playback device is further configured to store at least one of the plurality of video packets in a jitter buffer, and to adjust each of the respective video timestamp values by a respective delay value, where each of the respective delay values is either a dynamic delay value based on a first condition being satisfied or a fixed delay value based on a second condition being satisfied. The playback device is further configured to play the video stream according to the adjusted video timestamp values for reduced initial delay at the jitter buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: The ADT Security Corporation
    Inventors: Michael A. Arnao, Maurice J. Buttimer
  • Patent number: 11876840
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling the streaming of multimedia data in a network. The method comprising receiving, from a client device by a server, a request to control reception of at least one media stream from amongst a plurality of media streams as present in multimedia-data undergoing streaming by the client device, analysing the contents of the request to identify at least one of: a reception control message; the at least one media selected; and a type of control to be performed with respect to the at least one media, and responding the client device based on said analysis of the request by suspending or resuming the streaming of the at least one media stream from amongst the plurality of media streams in the multimedia data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naveen Kolati, Rathnamaiah Gundai, Siva Prasad Gundur, Vinayak Goyal
  • Patent number: 11871214
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for automated traffic flow control using domain name for one or more devices enabled for connectivity over cellular network are disclosed. The computer-implemented method for automated traffic flow control using domain name for one or more devices enabled for connectivity includes receiving device information for the one or more devices; receiving domain name information for at least one domain name that the one or more devices are allowed to access, denied to access or a combination thereof; associating the at least one domain name with one or more internet protocol (IP) addresses; monitoring the at least one domain for change in the one or more IP addresses for that domain; and updating the one or more IP addresses of the domain name if any change in the one or more IP addresses for that domain is found.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Aeris Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Ethan Hoewisch, Hyungho Kim, Drew S. Johnson, David Hu, Dae Seong Kim, Michael Steven Maiten, Sundararaj Arunachalam
  • Patent number: 11870877
    Abstract: A system having scalable sockets to support User Datagram Protocol (UDP) connections identifies a plurality of UDP connections, wherein a plurality of remote clients connect to corresponding ones of the plurality of UDP connections. Each one of a plurality of UDP sockets is associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of UDP connections. A network stack lookup for UDP packets in network traffic is performed using a network stack to identify the UDP socket corresponding to the remote client associated with each of the UDP packet. The UDP packets are buffered with a send buffer and a receive buffer for the UDP socket corresponding to the remote client associated with the UDP packets as determined by the network stack lookup to support communication over the plurality of UDP connections using the plurality of UDP sockets. The system thereby operates more efficiently and/or is more scalable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Praveen Balasubramanian, Matthew A. Olson, Nicholas A. Banks, Sourav Das, Nicholas J. Grifka
  • Patent number: 11870528
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for beam selection using data radio bearer specific machine learning are provided. For example, a method can include providing one or more inputs regarding a plurality of beams to a machine learning model. The method can also include obtaining at least one output value regarding the plurality of beams from the machine learning model. The machine learning model can be a data radio bearer specific machine learning model, a data radio bearer group specific machine learning model, or a model trained to output selectively data radio bearer specific values or data radio bearer group specific values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Kalle Petteri Kela, Teemu Mikael Veijalainen, Hans Thomas Höhne
  • Patent number: 11870608
    Abstract: A network gateway device (10) for determining information related to a designated data transmission rate for a wireless link includes at least one means for communicating (12) for communicating with a wireless modem means (200). The network gateway device (10) includes a means for controlling (14) configured for obtaining information related to an instantaneous data transmission capacity of the wireless link via the at least one means for communicating (12). The means for controlling (14) is configured for determining the information related to the designated data transmission rate based on the information related to the instantaneous data transmission capacity of the wireless link. The designated data transmission rate is lower than an average data transmission capacity of the wireless link. An availability of the designated data transmission rate over the wireless link is higher than an availability of the average data transmission capacity over the wireless link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: MaxLinear, Inc.
    Inventor: Syam Krishna Babbellapati
  • Patent number: 11870664
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems and methods for a service activation system in a telecommunications network that utilizes one or more generic container files for building the configuration file to instantiate the service on the network. A request for service from a network may be received from an order entry system that includes specific information about the requested service. A collection of generic configuration files may be selected based on the information included in the service order and arranged to build a configuration file to be executed on the network. The service activation system may also include a component or group of components to verify a received service order and alter the service order with default information or data where applicable. The configuration file may also be executed on the network through one or more drivers communicating with the affected devices to configure the one or more network devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Level 3 CommUnications, LLC
    Inventors: James C. Dwyer, Michael L. Nyhus
  • Patent number: 11863631
    Abstract: Techniques for creating in/out App Connectors for secure access solutions without the need for STUN, TURN, and/or a long-lived control plane component. The techniques may include, among other things, establishing, by an App Connector associated with a workload hosted by an enterprise network, a pool of idle sessions between the App Connector and a termination node associated with the enterprise network. The techniques may also include determining, by the App Connector, that a first idle session of the pool of idle sessions has been consumed by the termination node to establish a communication session for a client device to communicate with the workload. Based at least in part on determining that the first idle session has been consumed, the techniques may include establishing, by the App Connector, a second idle session to be added to the pool of idle sessions between the App Connector and the termination node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Vincent E. Parla
  • Patent number: 11863579
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention generally relate to identity authentication and/or recognition. Some embodiments provide a method for determining when a user may engage in a restricted activity, including engaging in an initial contact with a user via a medium for exchange, receiving a request to engage in an activity, determining an activity trust threshold required for the activity, determining an initial identity trust score for the user, and comparing the initial identity trust score with the activity trust threshold. Based on the comparison, the user is either allowed to engage in the activity, rejected from engaging in the activity, or additional identifying information is collected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Debra Casillas, Richard Andrew Davey, Michael Frank Morris, Maland Keith Mortensen, John David Row, Thomas Buckingham, Tammy Sanclemente
  • Patent number: 11855986
    Abstract: Generally described, the presently disclosed technology utilizes durable and non-durable identifiers of a user device to authenticate the user device and cause the user device to be directed to a network intercept portal or captive portal to the user device based on whether additional user input is needed from the user device. A cloud network management server may identify a user device based on a previously stored association between a durable identifier associated with the user device and a non-durable identifier associated with the user device. In response to an indication from the cloud network management server that additional input is needed, a gateway or network management device can indicate to the access point that network access has been granted to the user device, but redirect the user device to network intercept portal or captive portal to obtain the additional user input requested by the cloud network management server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: NOMADIX, INC.
    Inventor: Vadim Olshansky
  • Patent number: 11855808
    Abstract: A system includes a customer network and a telephony server. The customer network is associated with an independent carrier (IC), a native carrier, or both. The customer network includes a call manager, a telephone gateway, an internet gateway, a first device associated with the IC, and a second device associated with the native carrier. The first device communicates with the telephone gateway via the call manager. The second device communicates with the internet gateway. The telephony server is associated with the native carrier. The telephony server supports traffic from the first device and the second device. The telephony server includes a PBX and a session border controller (SBC). The SBC communicates with the telephone gateway via a session initiation protocol (SIP) trunk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter F. C. Anderson, Benjamin Joseph DeStephen
  • Patent number: 11856650
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for implementing communication continuity at a computer device acting as an application function (AF) device corresponding to user equipment (UE), the UE establishing a wireless connection to a source application server (AS) using allocated UE source network address information. The method includes: determining a data service migration from the source AS to a target AS; transmitting a network address translation (NAT) parameter to a session management function (SMF), so that the SMF determines a target user plane function (UPF)/protocol data unit (PDU) session anchor (PSA) for performing NAT translation on a received data packet according to the NAT parameter; and configuring a third NAT parameter for the target AS according to the NAT parameter, and migrating the data service from the source AS to the target AS, so that the target AS performs NAT translation on the data packet according to the third NAT parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Chunshan Xiong
  • Patent number: 11848839
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and related technologies for entity classification and attribute designation are described. Device property data associated with a device coupled to a network is accessed. One or more features for the device are identified based on the device property data. A first value for an attribute of the device is determined based on a set of rules applied to the one or more features of the device. A first belief value for the attribute is determined based on the set of rules applied to the one or more features of the device. A final value for the attribute of the device is selected based at least in part on the first belief value for the first value of the attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: FORESCOUT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Michail Kapsalakis, Daniel Ricardo dos Santos, Davide Fauri
  • Patent number: 11848844
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media provide for the intelligent configuration of endpoint devices for video conferencing. First, the system identifies a plurality of endpoint devices within a room which are communicatively connected. The system then determines a quantity of the endpoint devices. For each of the endpoint devices, the system performs one or more diagnostic operations to receive diagnostic output from the endpoint device, determines a location and an orientation of the endpoint device within the room using the received diagnostic output, and determines whether the diagnostic output meets or exceeds a threshold for output quality. Finally, the system processes the diagnostic outputs of the endpoint devices to determine an optimal settings configuration for each of the endpoint devices. The optimal settings configuration is dependent on at least the quantity, location, orientation, and output quality of the endpoint devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventor: Shane Paul Springer
  • Patent number: 11849345
    Abstract: Provided is a technology related to a terminal apparatus, a base station apparatus, a method, and an integrated circuit capable of reducing complexity of protocol processing, reducing deterioration of phone call quality, and efficiently performing communication. A terminal apparatus for communicating with a base station apparatus includes: a reception unit configured to receive an RRC message from the base station apparatus; and a processing unit configured to configure a packet loss prohibit timer according to a packet loss rate report prohibit timer field included in the RRC message and configured to, based on reception of a report of a packet loss rate from a higher layer and a fact that a packet loss rate report prohibit timer is not running, create a packet loss rate report content, start the packet loss rate report prohibit timer, and perform transmission to the base station apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Takako Sanda, Shohei Yamada, Hidekazu Tsuboi
  • Patent number: 11848909
    Abstract: Techniques for providing more efficient onboarding traffic protocols in a standalone non-public network architecture are provided. A network entity includes processing circuitry and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processing circuitry, cause the network entity at least to generate one or more traffic filter rules for a traffic filter set. The one or more traffic filter rules or traffic detection rules are generated based at least in part on domain name service query response information related to one or more user device originated domain name service queries. The network entity may further be configured to cause a user plane function to be provided with the one or more traffic filter rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Pekka Juhani Korja, Rainer Liebhart, Markus Sakari Isomaki