Short Range Rf Communication Patents (Class 455/41.2)
  • Patent number: 11971823
    Abstract: A computing method and device with data sharing are provided. The method includes loading, by a loader, input data of an input feature map stored in a memory in loading units according to a loading order, storing, by a buffer controller, the loaded input data in a reuse buffer of an address rotationally allocated according to the loading order, and transmitting, by each of a plurality of senders, to an executer respective input data corresponding to each output data of respective convolution operations among the input data stored in the reuse buffer, wherein portions of the transmitted respective input data overlap other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoojin Kim, Channoh Kim, Hyun Sun Park, Sehwan Lee, Jun-Woo Jang
  • Patent number: 11967114
    Abstract: A method for measuring blood sugar that is performed by an apparatus for measuring blood is provided. The method includes calculating color data from multiple skin regions of interest in a skin image, classifying a user's meal state into a pre-meal state or a post-meal state through analysis of acquired user information, estimating blood sugar by applying the calculated color data to a blood sugar regression linear equation corresponding to the classified user's meal state, and measuring robust blood sugar by weighted averaging the estimated blood sugar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
    Inventors: Kwang Seok Hong, Jin Soo Park
  • Patent number: 11963147
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive, from a base station, a slot configuration identifying one or more symbols to be used for sidelink communications. The user equipment may transmit an indication of the slot configuration to another user equipment to configure the other user equipment to use the identified one or more symbols for sidelink communications. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kapil Gulati, Sudhir Kumar Baghel
  • Patent number: 11963046
    Abstract: The application relates to the field of wireless communication, and discloses a roaming method in a multi-link scenario, a multi-link device and a storage medium. The roaming method in the multi-link scenario includes: selecting a target network access device that meets a condition; disconnecting a logical entity on a secondary link of an original network access device from the original network access device; establishing a connection of the logical entity with the target network access device; determining a link through which the logical entity is connected with the target network access device as a primary link; and disconnecting a connection of the other logical entity other than the logical entity with the original network access device. The application realizes roaming of a terminal among different network access devices through link management and interactive control, ensuring service continuity and avoiding packet loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: CHENGDU XGIMI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hao Wu, Fang Xie, Yang Liao
  • Patent number: 11956761
    Abstract: A method for assigning channels based on an Internet of Things (IoT) system includes: assigning a first channel to a first gateway, wherein the first gateway is any one of a plurality of gateways; sending a broadcast instruction to the first gateway, wherein the broadcast instruction is configured to instruct the first gateway to send broadcast information on the first channel; acquiring a set of first monitoring information, wherein the set of first monitoring information includes at least one piece of first monitoring information, which includes the broadcast information monitored on the first channel, and the first monitoring information comes from neighboring gateways of the first gateway; determining, based on the set of first monitoring information, a second gateway from the neighboring gateways of the first gateway; and assigning a second channel different from the first channel to the second gateway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ying Zhang, Kai Zhao
  • Patent number: 11956811
    Abstract: A method in a node is disclosed. The method comprises generating a tag for an associated data packet at a first layer, the generated tag indicating one or more parameters related to transmission of the associated data packet. The method comprises signaling the tag from the first layer to another layer. The method comprises mapping, at the another layer, the associated data packet to a logical channel based on the one or more parameters indicated by the tag, and selecting one or more resources for transmission of the associated data packet based on the mapping of the associated data packet to the logical channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Qianxi Lu, Marco Belleschi, Johnny Karout, Stefano Sorrentino, Pontus Wallentin
  • Patent number: 11948579
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electronic device performing an operation corresponding to an utterance of a user in a multi-device environment includes a communication module, a processor, and a memory. The processor operates a first electronic device for receiving and a second electronic device for executing in association with each other. The memory stores instructions that, when being executed, cause the processor to: determine whether a first utterance received at the first electronic device should be performed at the second electronic device; when the first utterance should be performed at the second electronic device, form a connection binding with the first electronic device and the second electronic device by using one or more channels through the communication module. When an operation corresponding to the first utterance is completed at the second electronic device, the processor terminates the connection binding with the first electronic device and the second electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taegu Kim, Hansin Koh, Jooyeon Kim, Hyeonjae Bak, Hyunjin Park, Kyounggu Woo
  • Patent number: 11948174
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide systems and methods for transmitting beacon signals that are associated with media content. A kiosk displays first media content on the electronic display. The kiosk transmits, at a radio frequency using a wireless transmitter of the kiosk, a first beacon signal that includes an identifier of the first media content. The kiosk replaces display of the first media content with display of second media content on the display. Upon replacing display of the first media content with the second media content, the kiosk transmits, at the radio frequency using the wireless transmitter, a second beacon signal that includes an identifier of the second media content, distinct from the identifier of the first media content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Volta Charging LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey Kinsey
  • Patent number: 11941969
    Abstract: Systems and methods for enabling a system to rapidly respond to wireless instructions being transmitted by a personal device over one of several communications networks that share a common RF medium are provided. During operation of the system, certain network communications may take priority over other network communications. Rapid response communications enable a user to communicate with the system, using the personal device, in a manner that does not collide or interfere with higher priority network communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Hirofumi Honjo, Prashanth Ramachandran, Mikko Sannala, Naveen Singh, Wes Calidonna, Arjuna Sivasithambaresan, Harry Tannenbaum, Scott Hong
  • Patent number: 11943712
    Abstract: An information handling system wirelessly interfaces with plural peripheral devices, such as a keyboard or mouse, through primary radios that have a communication protocol, such as Bluetooth Low Energy or a wireless local area network. Secondary radios interface with their associated primary radio to provide a low power wake and sleep using wake and sleep signals sent between the secondary radios. An individual wake command is transmitted by a secondary radio to wake one peripheral or information handling system. A group wake command is transmitted by a secondary radio to wake plural peripherals and/or information handling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Karthikeyan Krishnakumar, Minho Cheong
  • Patent number: 11943192
    Abstract: The online co-location connection service is provided by a messaging system configured to selectively pair user profiles associated with respective client devices equipped with sensors that communicate with each other within the predetermined physical proximity range. The pairing is effectuated without requiring that the two client devices, at the time of pairing, are within a communication range permitted by their respective short range communication sensors and without requiring a communication between the first client device and the second client device via a short-range wireless communication technology. Subsequent to the pairing, the messaging system monitors physical proximity of the client devices based on the sensor data obtained by the co-location connection service from the respective messaging clients executing at the respective client devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Andrés Monroy-Hernández, Yu Jiang Tham
  • Patent number: 11937313
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication circuit, a memory, and at least one processor operatively connected with the communication circuit and the memory, wherein the memory stores instructions configured to, when executed, enable the at least one processor to obtain a request for a Bluetooth connection between a first Bluetooth peripheral device and a first Bluetooth controller, identify whether the first Bluetooth peripheral device and a second Bluetooth controller are connected with each other based on Bluetooth connection information stored in the memory, control to connect the first Bluetooth peripheral device and the first Bluetooth controller with each other based on whether the first Bluetooth peripheral device and the second Bluetooth controller are connected with each other, and update the Bluetooth connection information based on the connection between the first Bluetooth peripheral device and the first Bluetooth controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyukjoong Kim
  • Patent number: 11924660
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The disclosure provides a method and a device for a group management that enables addition/deletion/replacement of a group member in a group-based event monitoring method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kisuk Kweon
  • Patent number: 11924728
    Abstract: A method for an aerosol delivery device, may include storing, during use of the aerosol delivery device and in a memory of the aerosol delivery device, information recording usage characteristics of the aerosol delivery device. The method may further comprise creating, using a wireless communication interface of the aerosol delivery device, a connectionless-state advertising packet that includes information relating to an identity and advertising state of the aerosol delivery device and a first set of information recording usage characteristics of the aerosol delivery device from the memory; and transmitting the advertising packet via the wireless communication interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Kersey, Darryl Baker, Patrick Moloney, Maurice Ezeoke
  • Patent number: 11917699
    Abstract: Systems and methods include reception, at a first device, of a wireless communication packet from a second device, determination, at the first device, of a received service identifier included in the wireless communication packet, determination, at the first device, of whether the received service identifier matches a first service identifier or a second service identifier, if the received service identifier matches the first service identifier or the second service identifier, establishment, at the first device, of a connection to a server of the second device using a device address included in the wireless communication packet, requesting, using the connection and at the first device, of a user identifier from the server of the second device, if the received service identifier matches the first service identifier, transmission, from the first device to a remote server, of a first indication of proximity of a user of the first device to a user associated with the user identifier and a second indication of pr
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Parthasarathy Menon, Srimukha Karantha Babukodi, Karthik H, Subha Banerjee, Anshul Saxena, Balkrishnan Venkiteswaran, Abirami Sundaresan
  • Patent number: 11916860
    Abstract: A system and method for creating custom music/video messages to facilitate and/or improve social interaction. The music/video messages may include at least portions of: music, video, pictures, slideshows, and/or text. Custom music/video messages may be created by a user in communication with a music/video provider and a music/video messaging system. The music/video messaging system and/or a distribution network send the music/video messages to one or more intended recipient(s). The custom music/video messages are representative of feelings or emotions to be communicated by the user to the one or more recipient(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: AMERITECH SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Nader Asghari Kamrani, Kamran Asghari Kamrani
  • Patent number: 11917418
    Abstract: Techniques for managing access to a restricted setup are described. In an example, presence of a user device is detected within a predetermined range of the control device. Based on detecting the user device to be within the predetermined range, access permission data is received from the user device, where the access permission data comprises at least one of ticket and biometric data for entering a restricted setup. The access permission data is then compared with an access data, where the access data comprises at least one parameter indicative of validity of the access permission data. Access to the restricted setup is accordingly managed based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: CloserLook Search Services Inc.
    Inventor: Sumithra Jagannath
  • Patent number: 11900350
    Abstract: A brick-and-mortar (BAM) store control system uses sensors and wireless transceivers to track customers, merchant representatives, devices, and/or objects within a BAM store area. The system can identify and track product and/or service inventory within the BAM store area and/or in individual's personal inventories, for instance by detecting movements of objects by individuals in sensor data. The system can generate inventory replenishment schedules, for instance based on inventory quantity patterns. The system can provide recommendations to customers and/or merchants, for example recommending products that customers have interacted with. The system can identify individuals and/or objects using a machine learning algorithm, which can learn based on feedback. The system can generate temporary identifiers for unrecognized individuals or objects, which it can merge or convert into long-term identifiers as more information is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Block, Inc.
    Inventors: Marvin Balaoro, Nicholas Slaney, Brett Andler, Nikolaj Leschly, Jeremy Martin, Joshua Boilard, Isreal Blagdan, Patrick Willett
  • Patent number: 11895575
    Abstract: A mobile device may retrieve service information about a network prior to associating with the network. Utilizing an advertisement protocol to transmit service query messages, a mobile device may receive service query responses from a network that identify the services available prior to establishing network capability. In other words, the messaging is prior to the exchange of any authentication parameters between the device and the network as well prior to the establishment of a recognized session between the device and the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: MALIKIE INNOVATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Stephen McCann, Michael Peter Montemurro
  • Patent number: 11889410
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus of a User Equipment (UE) device includes memory storing non-public network (NPN) configuration information, a radio frequency (RF) interface, and processing circuitry coupled to the memory and the RF interface. The RF interface receives information broadcast by a radio access network (RAN) node of the particular NPN, where the information includes a NPN indicator indicating that the RAN node supports a NPN and NPN service information indicating services supported by the particular NPN. The processing circuitry establishes, in response to detecting the NPN indicator in the information received from the RAN node, a connection to the particular NPN based on the NPN configuration information and the NPN service information received from the RAN node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ching-Yu Liao, Puneet Jain, Alexandre Saso Stojanovski, Meghashree Dattatri Kedalagudde
  • Patent number: 11884235
    Abstract: When a mobile device is securely connected to a vehicle, at least a portion of a control interface of the vehicle can be extended to the mobile device, allowing a user of the mobile device to operate certain functions of the vehicle from the mobile device. For example, a passenger of a vehicle can control some aspects of the vehicle, while the driver controls driving aspects. Optionally, the passenger can take the role of a co-driver or co-pilot of the vehicle in some embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Richard Noel Bielby
  • Patent number: 11889573
    Abstract: A group pairing method of a wireless intercommunication system according to an embodiment may comprise the steps of: acquiring information about slave wireless intercommunication devices and generating a pairing list from the acquired information, and sorting the generated list according to a chain connection order; transmitting information about the sorted pairing list and chain connection order to a master wireless intercommunication device; the master wireless intercommunication device receiving the information about the sorted pairing list and chain connection order from the master mobile device and updating the pairing list thereof from the received pairing list, and transmitting information about the updated pairing list and chain connection order to the slave wireless intercommunication devices; and each of the slave wireless intercommunication devices receiving the information about the updated pairing list and chain connection order from the master wireless intercommunication device and updating the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SENA TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventor: Sung Won Yoon
  • Patent number: 11882509
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of vehicle, and discloses a virtual key binding method and system, including: when an input binding instruction is detected, a terminal device extracts a device fingerprint of the terminal device and generates a service key; and generates device feature information including the device fingerprint and the service key, and sends the device feature information to a service server, so as to enable the service server to store the device feature information in an on-board electronic device of a vehicle to be bound; and when it is detected that a binding result sent by the service server is a successful binding, the terminal device stores Bluetooth information in the binding result, the Bluetooth information matching with the vehicle to be bound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignees: GUANGZHOU CHENGXING ZHIDONG MOTORS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., GUANGZHOU XIAOPENG MOTORS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ziyao Cheng
  • Patent number: 11882621
    Abstract: Provided is a data transmission/reception method performed in a data transmission/reception system including a sensing terminal and a user terminal connected through Bluetooth low energy (BLE) communication. The data transmission/reception method includes operations of allowing the sensing terminal to acquire sensing data, allowing the sensing terminal to sequentially assign a number on the basis of the time at which the sensing data is acquired and store the number in a packet of the sensing data, and allowing the sensing terminal to transmit the sensing data in which the number is stored to the user terminal in a broadcast mode of the BLE communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: METASOLUCOM CO., LTD
    Inventor: Joo Hyung Kang
  • Patent number: 11881886
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for: continuously acquiring information of an environment in which at least one of a communication device and a communication partner for the communication device is placed; and upon the acquisition of each information, determining from among a plurality of communication standards of frequency bands of radio waves, and based on the acquired information, the communication standard to be used for communication between the communication device and the communication partner, where the communication partner outputs video and audio signals to the communication device, continuously acquiring includes continuously acquiring the information at a predetermined frame rate, and the communication device includes at least one camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Onishi, Yoshio Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 11881307
    Abstract: A method, related system and apparatus are disclosed. The method is implemented by an operative set of processor executable instructions configured for execution by a processor. The method includes the acts of: determining if a monitoring client is connected to a base through a physical connection; establishing a first communications link between the monitoring client and the base through the physical connection; updating, if necessary, the interface program on the monitoring client and the base through the first communications link; establishing a second communications link between the monitoring client and the base using the first communications link; and communicating data from the base to the monitoring client using the second communications link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: DEKA Products Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Todd A. Ballantyne, Brian K. Yee, Michael J. Wilt, Jonathan P. Rosse
  • Patent number: 11877117
    Abstract: A communication system includes a headset, which is configured to output sound waves to an ear of a user based on an audio signal, as well as a microphone, which is configured to output a microphone signal based on ambient sound. The communication system further contains a processing circuit, which is configured to generate, based on the microphone signal, a signal component of the audio signal, which signal component includes information about the generation of sound waves which interfere destructively with a component of the ambient sound occurring at the ear of the user. In addition, the communication system contains a wireless interface and a control circuit, which is configured to activate the processing circuit as a function of an operating state of the wireless interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Achim Volmer, Alexander Korff
  • Patent number: 11877219
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods are provided to improve pairing between first and second devices to mitigate risk that either device pairs with an unintended device by reducing transmit power to limit communication range between devices to be paired, using minimum and maximum received signal strength thresholds to reject unintended devices, and instructing user to move to another location when multiple devices are detected for pairing. The second device scanning time for detecting advertising signals from the first device is adjusted to detect multiple device co-existence. Pairing is controlled to occur when the second device is the only device that the first device detects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Ping Zheng, Marc Clifford Vogt, Mojtaba Kashef, Tony Hai Nguyen, Yi Su
  • Patent number: 11870910
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for providing security in an intelligent electronic device (IED) are provided. In one aspect of the present disclosure, an IED is provided including at least one processor that receives a communication via a communication interface, the communication including an unencrypted file and a digital signature. The at least one processor decrypts the digital signature to obtain a first value, executes a hash function on the unencrypted file to obtain a second value, determines if the first value and second value match, and updates at least one firmware package stored in at least one memory of the IED with the unencrypted file if it is determined that the first value and the second value match.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: EI ELECTRONICS LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Spanier, Dulciane Siqueira Cansancao
  • Patent number: 11866004
    Abstract: Proximity sensors, e.g., Bluetooth® sensors, are installed in a vehicle. Each sensor determines estimates approximate distance from itself to a user mobile device. In response to the distance increasing above a predetermined distance departure limit, as the sensors communicate to a vehicle control system (VCS) through Bluetooth® or similar links, the VCS causes predetermined departure actions to be performed, such as locking the doors, turning off headlights, activating the vehicle's security system, and/or others. In response to the distance decreasing below a predetermined distance arrival limit, as the sensors communicate to the VCS through the link(s), the VCS causes predetermined arrival actions to be performed, such as unlocking the doors, flashing the headlights, beeping the horn, deactivating the security system, and/or others. Hysteresis may be applied to the decisions whether to perform the departure/arrival actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: VOXX INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: James S. Turner
  • Patent number: 11871478
    Abstract: An electronic device sends a help seeking advertising packet on a BLUETOOTH Low Energy advertising channel in response to a user operation, where the help seeking advertising packet carries emergency help seeking information. In this application, the electronic device can send the help seeking advertising packet based on Bluetooth low energy, so that a user can seek timely and effective help from another nearby user. When encountering danger, the user can also send the help seeking advertising packet even if there is no cellular network, to ensure safety of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liang Wang, Zhicong Zang, Renfei Zhu, Yixiu Hao
  • Patent number: 11871321
    Abstract: The present disclosure teaches provision of a method and a portable electronic device. The method includes receiving, via a wireless communication interface capable of supporting paired interaction, a data packet from an aerosol provision device via a wireless communication network. The data packet contains information relating to at least one physical characteristic of the aerosol provision device. An identity of the aerosol provision device is determined based at least in part on the at least one physical characteristic of the aerosol provision device and an aspect of a user interface is changed based on the determined identity of the aerosol provision device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Darryl Baker, Robert Kersey, Patrick Moloney
  • Patent number: 11867826
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an acoustic position determination system that includes a mobile communication device and at least one base transmitter unit. The mobile communication device is configured to identify a peak in the received signal, and to de-convolve the signal with all codes that are relevant to the area in which the signal is received. A joint likelihood that a potential code is correct is formed by determining a likelihood based on a signal parameter such as signal-to-noise ratio and a likelihood based on time-of arrival information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Sonitor Technologies AS
    Inventors: Wilfred Edwin Booij, Cyril Antille, Endre Bakka, Magnus Oplenskedal
  • Patent number: 11864276
    Abstract: An illustrative embodiment disclosed herein is a non-transitory computer readable medium. In some embodiments, the medium includes instructions for providing a mobile user monitoring solution that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to capture a first message transmitted over a packet forwarding control protocol (PFCP) interface, extract a permanent ID and a first user plane tunnel endpoint identifier (TEID) from the first message, store the permanent ID and the first user plane TEID in a PFCP protocol data unit (PDU) session record, store the permanent ID in a session details record, capture a second message transmitted over a user plane interface after the first message is transmitted, extract a second user plane TEID from the second message, wherein the second user plane TEID matches the first user plane TEID, and retrieve the session details record using the second user plane TEID.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Netscout Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Yashovan B. Neelakantamurthy, Antoni Stanislaw Banach, Abhishek Saraswati, Tauras Liubinskas, Shilpa Bansod, Ming Tong Entlinger, Daniel Andrew Hill
  • Patent number: 11864076
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a vehicle, the method may include determining, by a computer, whether a pairing between a vehicle and a mobile device associated with the vehicle succeeded; applying, by the computer, a first monitoring process when the pairing succeeded; and applying, by the computer, a second monitoring process that differs from the first monitoring process when the pairing failed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Traffilog Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert Izraeli, Adi Amihai, Assi Bitton, Arik Greenberger
  • Patent number: 11853632
    Abstract: In a case where an image forming apparatus operates as a master station that determines a communication channel to be used in wireless communication, the image forming apparatus transmits a second trigger frame, which is compliant with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 standard and includes information indicating that carrier sense is to be executed, to a slave station apparatus connected to the master station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Keigo Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 11847672
    Abstract: The present invention teaches a system, method and computer program for enabling local or regional merchants to participate in an automated cause marketing (ACM) program using mobile devices. The ACM program that may provide benefits to several parties involved in fundraising for one or more supported organizations, including one or more supported organizations, advertising providers, merchants, and individuals. Merchants are able to access enhanced analytics regarding their transactions with members and non-members of the ACM program and can use these enhanced analytics to realize an increased number of or revenue from transactions with members. The present invention also teaches a system and method for enabling advertising providers to acquire and analyze data associated with consumers-merchant transactions. The present invention provides the above features optimally using mobile devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: EDATANETWORKS INC.
    Inventor: Terrance Patrick Tietzen
  • Patent number: 11849341
    Abstract: A system described herein may provide a technique for the simulation of User Equipment (“UEs”) and/or radio access network (“RANs”) over packet-based networks. Virtual UEs (“vUEs”) and virtual RANs (“vRANs”) may each include a virtual physical layer (“vPHY”) component that simulates the physical ingress and egress of radio frequency (“RF”) traffic to and/or from the vUE, and the vRAN may include a vPHY component that simulates the physical ingress and egress of RF traffic to and/or from the vRAN. Geographical locations of the vUEs and coverage areas of the vRANs may be further simulated, in order to properly route traffic between respective vUEs and vRANs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Mourad B Takla
  • Patent number: 11838962
    Abstract: Receiving, over a network, a connect request from a first computing device operated by a first user. The connect request comprises a description and/or image of the first user, information indicating the first user made a physical gesture to a second user to signal that a first user requests to connect with the second user, and first user location and time information relating to when the physical gesture was made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventor: Peter Cornell
  • Patent number: 11832280
    Abstract: a wireless communication method for simultaneously transmitting and receiving of data and a wireless communication terminal using the same, and more particularly, to a wireless communication method and an apparatus thereof which can efficiently perform simultaneous data transmission and reception even in an overlapped BSS environment are provided. A wireless communication method of a terminal includes: performing a backoff procedure for transmitting data; transmitting a first RTS frame when a backoff counter of the backoff procedure is expired; setting a transmission timer for waiting for transmitting the data when a second RTS frame is received in response to the transmitted first RTS frame; and waiting for transmitting the data based on the set transmission timer and a wireless communication terminal using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC., SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woojin Ahn, Yongho Kim, Jinsam Kwak, Juhyung Son
  • Patent number: 11832100
    Abstract: This application relates to a computing device that can be configured to implement a method for enabling a nearby computing device to access a wireless network by carrying out the techniques described herein. In particular, the method can include the steps of (1) receiving a request from the nearby computing device to access the wireless network, where the request includes user information associated with the nearby computing device, (2) presenting a notification associated with the request in response to determining, based on the user information, that the nearby computing device is recognized by the computing device, and (3) in response to receiving an approval for the nearby computing device to access the wireless network: providing, to the nearby computing device, a password for accessing the wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander D. Sanciangco, Bob Bradley, Marc J. Krochmal, Nathan A. Kralian, Welly Kasten, Patrick L Coffman
  • Patent number: 11831359
    Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to dynamically and temporarily adjusting power to an NFC reader of a computing device from a first power level to a second power level based on a feedback mechanism between a contactless card and the computing device. The contactless card may provide a message containing a checksum. The computing device may receive the message and calculate a checksum based on the received message. By comparing these two checksums, it may be determined whether the entire message has been correctly received. If not, the power to the NFC reader may be temporarily increased to allow better communication between the contactless card and the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Rule, Rajko Ilincic
  • Patent number: 11824269
    Abstract: A monitor system is provided for wireless communication between a message source and a wearer needing guidance or information from the message source. The monitor system includes a wireless earpiece speaker device. A short-range radio receiver is coupled to the earpiece device. A transceiver in the system includes a long-range radio frequency receiver to receive a long-range radio frequency signal from an ultrahigh frequency (UHF) band source or a very high frequency (VHF) band source. The transceiver also includes a short-range transmitter module that converts the long-range radio frequency signal into a short-range radio frequency signal and communicates the short-range frequency signal to the earpiece speaker device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventor: Nathaniel F Barrow
  • Patent number: 11818440
    Abstract: A method for displaying a message on a smart television and a smart television are disclosed. The method includes: in response to an instruction for displaying a message received during a video call, determining a window type of the video call displayed on a television screen interface; determining whether a first window of the video call shields a predetermined message display position during display of the first window, based on the window type; in response to the first window shields the predetermined message display position during display, determining a current message display position that is not shielded by the first window on the television screen interface; and displaying a message alert box corresponding to the instruction at the current message display position, and the message alert box is not shielded by the first window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: JUHAOKAN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guangqiang Wang, Lingsheng Jiang, Dalong Lv, Yimin Li
  • Patent number: 11818217
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, to manage devices during emergent conditions are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving, by a first computing device, data indicating a function of a second computing device. The actions further include determining, by the first computing device, a context of the second computing device. Based on the context of the second computing device, the actions further include determining, by the first computing device, whether to activate the function of the second computing device. Based on determining whether to activate the function of the second computing device, the actions further include determining, by the first computing device, whether to output, to the second computing device, an instruction to activate the function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignees: Getac Technology Corporation, WHP Workflow Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Guzik, Muhammad Adeel
  • Patent number: 11818185
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods and systems for providing contemporaneous audio streaming from a host Bluetooth device (201) to a plurality of receiving Bluetooth devices (202). In an embodiment, a method (400) may include disabling a stream end point (SEP) restriction in an audio streaming profile of a Bluetooth protocol stack of the host Bluetooth device (201) to allow contemporaneous connection between the host Bluetooth device (201) and each of the plurality of receiving Bluetooth devices (202). The method may further include creating one or more streaming sessions in the Bluetooth protocol stack in response to one or more connection requests from one or more receiving Bluetooth devices, wherein the one or more streaming sessions are mutually independent of each other, and wherein each streaming session correspond to one receiving Bluetooth device and comprise an instance of an audio streaming protocol and an instance of a streaming channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: L&T TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Abhirup Anjan Mitra, Sanjay Shivkumar Mishra, Avinash Ramesh Barai
  • Patent number: 11816386
    Abstract: A virtual and augmented reality system, method and computer program product employing workgroup pods, including work pods configured as three-dimensional closed polygon physical structures having n sides including respective walls having respective computer displays linked to each other via a communications network for enabling augmented and/or virtual reality content to be displayed thereon. Inside wall displays are a private work stage for private augmented and/or virtual reality content, outside wall displays are public private work stage for shared content. One of the work pods is a workgroup pod that receives and merges shared augmented and/or virtual reality content from the other work pods on a private stage thereof, and shares and displays the merged augmented and/or virtual reality content on a public stage thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: REPROGRAPHIC PRODUCTS GROUP INC.
    Inventors: Mark Kadonoff, Thomas Mercer
  • Patent number: 11818636
    Abstract: An audio electronic device includes a communication circuit; and a processor operatively connected to the communication circuit, wherein the processor is configured to establish a first communication link with an external audio electronic device through the communication circuit, receive data from a first external electronic device by monitoring a second communication link established between the external audio electronic device and the first external electronic device, and when a right for a third communication link established between the external audio electronic device and a second external electronic device is given from the external audio electronic device, manage and maintain the third communication link, and transmit and receive data to and from the second external electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Inventors: Kyusang Ryu, Gupil Cheong, Sanghyeok Sim, Sungjun Choi, Doosuk Kang, Seongmin Je
  • Patent number: 11818805
    Abstract: A wearable apparatus includes an antenna affixed to a surface of the apparatus. A device is in electrical communication with the antenna. A control circuit is in electrical communication with the device and a communications device. The antenna includes a composition that includes a polymer and carbonaceous material made up of individual graphene sheets that are present in the polymer in a three-dimensional percolated network. A mobile device is communicatively coupled to a cellular RF source via a first wireless signal. The control circuit is configured to communicate, using the communications device, with the mobile device via a third RF signal; communicate, using the device, with the RF source via a second RF signal; and cause the mobile device to communicate with the RF source via the third RF signal when the second RF signal is greater than the first RF signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Vorbeck Materials Corp.
    Inventors: John S Lettow, Sriram Manivannan, Mathew A Hudspeth, Trentice V Bolar
  • Patent number: 11812497
    Abstract: Embodiments of a ProSe Direct Discovery process are described. In some embodiments, an apparatus of a user equipment (UE) is configured as a Proximity Services (ProSe) enabled UE, and may encode, for transmission over a PC3 interface to a ProSe Function in a Home Public Land Mobile Network (HPLMN), a discovery request message for an announcing procedure, including transmission of one or more announcements over a PC5 interface, wherein the discovery request message for the announcing procedure includes a PC5 technology (PC5_tech) parameter to indicate a PC5 radio technology to be used by the UE for the announcing procedure. In some embodiments, the UE may decode a discovery response message for the announcing procedure, received over the PC3 interface from the ProSe Function in the HPLMN, including a ProSe application code and the PC5_tech parameter to indicate the PC5 radio technology authorized to be used for the ProSe application code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alexandre Saso Stojanovski, Emily H. Qi, Ana Lucia Pinheiro