Combined Circuit Switching And Packet Switching Patents (Class 370/352)
  • 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: 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: 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: 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
  • Patent number: 11841235
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for determining where to position vehicles for trip optimization or where to map roads for use by autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles. The techniques include identifying, from historical trip data, common pickup and drop-off points within a geographical area where respective geohashes are used as nodes in the geographical area. A number of trips between respective nodes in the geographical area within a predetermined time frame define edges between respective nodes in the geographic area. The nodes and edges for the geographic area are processed to score each node to identify most active nodes within the geographic area as potential pickup/drop-off zones. The top k potential pickup-drop-off zones are evaluated for suitability as a pickup/drop-off zone, and lane IDs, suitable pickup/drop-off zones, and/or trip lists derived from the historical trip data are provided for use in positioning vehicles or mapping roads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sri Kanajan, Andrew Raymond Sturges
  • Patent number: 11838444
    Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of receiving, via a telephone network, a Voice over IP (VOIP) call from a network device, detecting a disturbance value from a tag that has been added to a VOIP message of the VOIP call, determining an answer priority of the VOIP call based on the disturbance value, and processing the VOIP call based on the determined answer priority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Intrado Life & Safety, Inc.
    Inventor: Mario Manzanillo
  • Patent number: 11838823
    Abstract: A voice switchover method, system, and electronic device are described. The voice switchover method may include sending, by a mobile phone or a voice assistant device, voice switchover request information to a VoIP server based on an operation of a user, and switching, by the VoIP server based on the request information, a voice call ongoing on the mobile phone to the voice assistant device near the mobile phone, for example, a smart speaker. According to this method, the user of the mobile phone can be free from the mobile phone, and continue a voice call by using the voice assistant device without interrupting the voice call. Therefore, the method increases voice switchover efficiency, brings convenience to the user, and improves user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shuanglin Cai
  • Patent number: 11838812
    Abstract: A method is provided for initiating a handover, to a non-serving first wireless communication network, of a wireless electronic user device connected to a serving second wireless communication network to which the user device is not subscribed. The method includes a step of obtaining a device measurement report from the user device. The method further includes a step of analyzing, by a processor separate from the serving second wireless communication network, the obtained measurement report to detect visibility of the first wireless communication network in the measurement report. The method further includes a step of determining, from the detected visibility, that handover of the user device to the first wireless communication network is required. The method further includes a step of transmitting a handover command to the second wireless communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: Omkar Shripad Dharmadhikari
  • Patent number: 11837062
    Abstract: An electronic device, computer program product, and method manage presenting and pausing of media content in response to remotely detected interruptions. The electronic device includes network interface(s) by which the electronic device communicatively connects to: (i) a media output device that presents media content; and (ii) external device(s) that is configured to detect an event that draws user attention. A controller of the electronic device is communicatively coupled to the at least one network interface and a user interface device. The controller presents, via one or more signals transmitted via the network interface(s), media content presented on the media output device. The controller monitors the external device(s). In response to receiving input indicating that at least one external device has detected an event, the controller pauses the presentation of the media content on the media output device and presents, on a user interface device, a notification of the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Rahul B. Desai, Amit Kumar Agrawal
  • Patent number: 11831681
    Abstract: Described are systems, methods, and computer-program product embodiments for providing Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) network security. In some embodiments, a SIP processing system includes a SIP device configured to receive a packet stream from a first SIP user agent and facilitate a SIP communication session between the first SIP user agent and a second SIP user agent. The SIP device receives the SIP messages in the SIP communication session and opens one or more socket connections with one or more security systems. The SIP device transmits metadata of the SIP messages to the one or more security systems configured to detect threats. Based on a threat status generated by and received from the one or more security systems, the SIP device controls the SIP communication session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: The MITRE Corporation
    Inventor: Alex E. Raj
  • Patent number: 11831713
    Abstract: A distributed service scheduling method, including obtaining, by a first terminal, an invocation request for a first service, determining whether the first terminal locally supports the first service, determining, by the first service, in response to the first terminal not locally supporting the first service, whether a local database comprises service information of the first service, determining, in response to the first terminal locally supporting the first service, identifier information of the first service and a second terminal that supports the first service, sending the identifier information of the first service and the invocation request to the second terminal, wherein the identifier information of the first service is used by the second terminal to match the first service, and receiving, by the first terminal, a result of executing the first service by the second terminal based on the invocation request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junsong Gong, Shan He
  • Patent number: 11829433
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is described. The method includes a computing system receiving a first voice input from a user for generating a bookmark. Responsive to receiving the voice input, the computing system obtains a resource identifier associated with a resource page. The method includes the computing system storing the resource identifier as a bookmark in a bookmark index that is accessible in response to a request from a user device. The method further includes the computing system using the resource identifier, stored as the bookmark, to access the resource page. The computing system uses the resource identifier to access the resource page based on the request from the user device. The request is generated by the user device in response to the user device receiving a second voice input from the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Mugurel Ionut Andreica, Gokhan H. Bakir, Tak Keung Cheng, Marcin M. Nowak-Przygodzki
  • Patent number: 11824752
    Abstract: A multi-port data storage device to at least provide port-to-port communication between nodes. The multi-port storage device includes a first port, a second port and a bridge. The first port can be operatively coupled to a first node of a plurality of nodes. The second port can be operatively coupled to a second node of the plurality of nodes. The bridge can receive one or more data packets via the first or second ports to be transmitted to one of the plurality of nodes and to transmit one or more received data packets to another multi-port data storage device, to the first node, or to the second node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventor: Thomas Roy Prohofsky
  • Patent number: 11818631
    Abstract: A communication device and method may include at least one tuner circuit that monitors at least a first frequency channel and a second frequency channel. A controller of the radio receiver may measure a first received signal strength indicator (RSSI) value over time for the first frequency channel and a second RSSI value over time for the second frequency channel. The first and second RSSI values are based on a signal strength of radio frequency (RF) energy received on the first and second frequency channels, respectively. The controller may detect a leader portion of a message on the first frequency channel responsive to a change in the first RSSI value exceeding a step change threshold. The controller may extract, via a detector circuit, message data from a carrier wave of the RF message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Inventors: Carl L. Haas, Padam Dhoj Swar, Brian Kurz, Richard S. Klemanski, James Cowan, Daniel McGee
  • Patent number: 11818188
    Abstract: A device, which is part of a decentralized media playout system, is located at a destination location. The device includes a processor, memory, a network interface, and a jitter buffer implemented in the memory. The jitter buffer buffers programming content and control messages, which are received from a source location of the decentralized media playout system, before transmitting them to a mixer. A first relative timing relationship between the programming content and the control messages exists at the source location, and a second, altered relative timing relationship between the programming content and the control messages exists at the destination location. The processor restores the first relative timing relationship between the programming content and the control messages, as it existed at the source location, by instructing the jitter buffer to delay transmitting either the programming content or the control messages to the mixer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: IHEARTMEDIA MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Greenlee, Jeffrey Lee Littlejohn
  • Patent number: 11812449
    Abstract: Some techniques and apparatuses described herein permit a user equipment (UE) to signal a capability corresponding to a number of active beams (e.g., active uplink beams) to a base station so that the UE may be appropriately configured, and so that the UE may communicate with the base station accordingly. Furthermore, some techniques and apparatuses described herein permit a UE and/or a base station to apply one or more rules and/or conditions to assist with ensuring that a UE capability, corresponding to a number of active beams (e.g., active uplink beams), is not violated, or to prevent the UE from communicating on a beam that is invalid due to a violated UE capability. Furthermore, some techniques and apparatuses described herein permit a UE and a base station to perform a beam management procedure upon beam activation to ensure that a beam is of sufficient quality for communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yan Zhou, Tao Luo, Peter Gaal
  • Patent number: 11809395
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for balancing workloads and reliably delivering data to a plurality of indexing systems in a data intake and query system. A topic-based indexing system load balancer may receive event data from various data sources, each of which may be associated with a topic. The event data may be entirely unparsed, unparsed but divided into events, or parsed into events. The topic-based indexing system load balancer may distribute the received event data on a per-topic or per-event basis to a set of indexing systems, and may distribute topics and events based on the volume received. Unparsed data may be divided into portions, and the topic-based indexing system load balancer may ensure that portions data associated with the same topic are delivered to the same indexer so that events split between two portions may be recombined and indexed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Splunk Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Fan, Daniel Ferstay, Denis Vergnes
  • Patent number: 11811867
    Abstract: Provided is a method, computer program product, and system for determining data transmission paths across storage systems based on replication path capability. A processor may collect buffer data from a source storage device and one or more target storage devices, the source storage device and the one or more target storage devices being communicatively coupled via a network. The processor may calculate, using the buffer data, a set of buffer capacities for a set of replication paths used for replicating data between the source storage device and the one or more target storage devices. The processor may correlate, using the set of buffer capacities, the set of replication paths with a set of tiered data to be replicated. Once correlated, the processor may select a first replication path for replicating a first tier of data from the set of tiered data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kushal S. Patel, Rajsekhar Bharali, Sarvesh S. Patel
  • Patent number: 11811720
    Abstract: Techniques disclosed herein provide a method for efficiently propagating address resolution reply messages. A first router in a first network receives an address resolution request message from a second router in a second network. The first router generates an entry for the address resolution request message and stores the entry in a pending address resolution requests table. When the first router receives a route advertisement, it extracts a network layer address from the route advertisement and determines whether the pending address resolution requests table includes an entry for the network layer address. If so, the router extracts a link layer address from the route advertisement and generates an address resolution reply message comprising the network layer address and the link layer address. The router then transmits the address resolution reply message to the second router.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: ARISTA NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Amit Dattatray Ranpise, Kamlesh Raghuvanshi, Kallol Mandal, Rajesh Kumar Semwal, Alton Lo
  • Patent number: 11812194
    Abstract: A method performed by a processor of an electronic device. The method presents a computer-generated reality (CGR) setting including a first user and several other users. The method obtains, from a microphone, an audio signal that contains speech of the first user. The method obtains, from a sensor, sensor data that represents a physical characteristic of the first user. The method determines, based on the sensor data, whether to initiate a private conversation between the first user and a second user of the other users, and in accordance with a determination to initiate the private conversation, initiates the private conversation by providing the audio signal to the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: James W. Vandyke, Nikolas T. Vitt, Sean A. Ramprashad, Neal D. Evans, Jonathan D. Sheaffer
  • Patent number: 11803861
    Abstract: Matching a customer with a representative is performed for assisting the customer with an issue. Information related to the customer, the issue, historical information, and other customer information may be used to determine a likely issue. A representative may be selected in real-time to assist the customer in resolving the issue based on the customers experience in resolve the same or similar issues to the likely issue and the information related to the customer and the representative may be updated dynamically in real-time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: HRB Innovations, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric R. Roebuck
  • Patent number: 11805077
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of a network element that processes control plane data in a network element is described. In an exemplary embodiment, the network element receives control plane data and determines a class of the control plane data. In addition, the network element marks the control plane data based on at least on an existence of an indication of whether the network element had previously processed other data in the same class as the class of the control plane data. Furthermore, the network element queues the control plane data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: ARISTA NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Francois Labonte, Hugh W. Holbrook
  • Patent number: 11805429
    Abstract: A control apparatus for a gateway functioning as the endpoint of a core network in a mobile communication system is provided. The gateway includes a first server configured to receive data from a user apparatus and one or more second servers configured to transfer the data received by the first server to an external network. The control apparatus performs an operation of changing performance of the one or more second servers, an operation of monitoring a processing status of the one or more second servers, and an operation of selecting, from the one or more second servers in accordance with the processing status of the one or more second servers, a second server as a transfer destination of the data received from the user apparatus by the first server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: SORACOM, INC.
    Inventors: Kenta Yasukawa, Ken Tamagawa, Daichi Funato
  • Patent number: 11805418
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer readable media for location-based endpoint security are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Sophos Limited
    Inventors: Anil Kaushik, Sathwikh Gopady Narasimha
  • Patent number: 11805422
    Abstract: An example apparatus can comprise a memory; a processor executing instructions stored in the memory to: receive a message from an AP requesting a role in a network; based on receiving the message, access a deployment policy; determine whether the deployment policy is defined for the AP; and based on determining that the deployment policy is defined for the AP, assign the role to the AP corresponding to the deployment policy and corresponding to at least one of a centralized system or a distributed system of the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Hsiu-Wei Liu, Jikui Pei, Ben Dunsbergen, Rajini Balay
  • Patent number: 11805443
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication scheme and system for the convergence of a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate than a post-4G system and the IoT technology. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (e.g., smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security and safety services) based on the 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. One embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for processing data in a wireless communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Donggun Kim, Soenghun Kim
  • Patent number: 11799919
    Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, and machine-readable mediums that allow a network-based communication service to control a signaling path and media flow within non-public networks for direct-routed network-based communication sessions (e.g., telephony). The signaling and media flow may be controlled by using SIP protocol extensions to specify both the signaling route and the media route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Nikolay Muravlyannikov, Mykhailo Uliutin, Maksim Golunov
  • Patent number: 11800577
    Abstract: Certain embodiments disclose systems, methods, and apparatus for establishing and using multiple Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) associations. An example method includes a network node establishing a first SCTP association and a second SCTP association for an application protocol connection with a core network node. The network node moves a user equipment (UE) associated signaling stream from the first SCTP association to the second SCTP association.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Oscar Zee, Angelo Centonza, Gunnar Mildh, Claudio Porfiri
  • Patent number: 11799922
    Abstract: An anchoring network device of a telecommunications network can receive a first initiation request of a communication session and determine a second request indicating a different media capability than the first request. A network gateway can modify packets of the session, e.g., by transcoding between the capabilities. In some examples, the anchoring device can determine that a codec list of the initiation request corresponds to a rewrite rule. The device can apply the rewrite rule to the request to provide a second request listing a second, different codec. In some examples, the anchoring device can determine if there is a common media capability between the first initiation request and a predetermined exclusion list. If not, the second request can include at least one capability not in the first request, e.g., an Enhanced Voice Services (EVS) Channel-Aware-mode (ChAw) codec.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Homer Nicolas B. Filart