Roaming Patents (Class 455/432.1)
  • Patent number: 11381955
    Abstract: The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems, and computer readable media for monitoring machine type communications (MTC) device related information. One method occurring at an service capability exposure function (SCEF) node includes receiving a monitoring configuration request associated with an MTC device; sending, to a home subscriber server (HSS), a send routing information (SRI) request for requesting a serving network node associated with the MTC device; receiving, from the HSS, an SRI response indicating the serving network node associated with the MTC device; sending, to the serving network node, an insert subscriber data (ISD) request for requesting device related information; and receiving, from the serving network node, an ISD response including the device related information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Srividya Aravind, Shashikiran Bhalachandra Mahalank
  • Patent number: 11363564
    Abstract: A network node determines a paging occasion of a user equipment (UE). In response to a received paging message, the network node transmits on a control channel in the determined paging occasion a signal including an indication of shared channel resources. The signal may be derived from a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Intellectual Ventures II LLC
    Inventor: Chandrika K. Worrall
  • Patent number: 11356941
    Abstract: A wireless device may include a digital receiver and a digital transmitter, and a controller configured to control the digital receiver to receive signals and the digital transmitter to transmit signals, and further configured to receive a registration rejection from a first roaming mobile network while roaming, add the first roaming mobile network to a list of forbidden mobile networks, register with a second roaming mobile network and receiving an operator list of mobile networks from a home mobile network, and attempt to register with the first roaming mobile network based on a ranking of mobile networks in the operator list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anuj Sethi, Harish Mitty
  • Patent number: 11323922
    Abstract: When a user equipment is roaming in a visited network, mid-call handover from VoWiFi to VoLTE is controlled by policies enforced in the user equipment and the home network. An inter-operator policy and a subscription policy are stored in the home network and a user equipment policy is stored in the user equipment. The roaming user equipment registers in a visited network. Later, when mid-call handover to VoLTE on the visited network is desired, and also permitted by its user equipment policy, the user equipment sends a request containing a call-specific identifier which the responsible network entity in the home network compares with the registered handover parameter having regard to the inter-operator and subscription policies. If compliance with the policies is found, then the mid-call handover is proceeded with.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Jerker Zetterlund, Afshin Abtin, Andreas Anulf, Jan Dahl, Magnus Hallenstål, Ralf Keller, Håkan Österlund
  • Patent number: 11316934
    Abstract: One aspect of the disclosure relates to a method for providing a service to a user equipment connected to a first operator network. The second operator network comprises a register containing subscription information of the user equipment. The method comprises a number of steps. One of these steps is receiving from the first operator network a service request of the user equipment, the service request being associated with the service. Another step is obtaining a service-deployment-specification for the second operator network comprising at least one network function associated with the service on the basis of the service request. Yet another step is converting the service-deployment-specification for the second operator network into a generic specification, the generic specification enabling execution of the at least one network function in the first operator network for providing the service to the user equipment. Yet another step is transmitting the generic specification to the first operator network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignees: KONINKLIJKE KPN N.V., NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST-NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO
    Inventors: Shuang Zhang, Adrianus Holtzer
  • Patent number: 11316820
    Abstract: There is provided mechanisms for handling registration of data packet traffic for a wireless device in a communications network. A method is performed by a core network node. The method comprises registering an amount of data packet traffic in the communications network for the wireless device, wherein each data packet comprises an address of the wireless device, wherein the address is mapped to an identity of the wireless device, wherein the address comprises a first part defining an identity of a local network gateway of the wireless device and a second part defining the identity of the wireless device, and wherein selection of the second part is independent from the first part and the identity of the local network gateway. The method comprises mapping the amount of data packet traffic to the identity of the wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Per Ståhl, John Fornehed, Ari Keränen, Anders Nohlgren, Bernard Smeets
  • Patent number: 11317350
    Abstract: A method for adjusting a discontinuous reception (DRX) related parameter, applied to user equipment (UE), includes: sending a low power saving request message to a base station when obtaining a power saving trigger; receiving a low power saving response message fed back by the base station; and adjusting the DRX related parameter in accordance with the low power saving response message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yang Liu
  • Patent number: 11317349
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method of reducing power consumption in a wireless network device, comprising determining a duration prior to a beacon being received by the device; comparing the duration against a predetermined value; and adjusting a duration of a sleep period in response to the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: III Holdings 6, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Christopher Nicols, Adrian Ward, Robert Cragie
  • Patent number: 11297656
    Abstract: A method is provided for performing a random access procedure in a mobile communication system. The method includes receiving a random access response message from a Base Station (BS); transmitting a message including a Cell-Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI) to the BS, if the C-RNTI exists; and determining that a contention for the random access procedure is resolved successfully, when User Equipment (UE)-specific control information addressable by the C-RNTI is received from the BS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Inventors: Kyeong-In Jeong, Gert Jan Van Lieshout, Himke Van Der Velde, Soeng-Hun Kim
  • Patent number: 11277788
    Abstract: According to various embodiments of the present invention, an electronic device includes: a display; a near-field wireless communication circuit configured to repetitively transmit a scan signal for finding an access point; a processor electrically connected to the communication circuit; and a memory electrically connected to the processor, wherein, during execution, the memory can store commands for allowing the processor to set a transmission period of the scan signal as a first period, to determine whether it is necessary to adjust a scan frequency on the basis of a trigger for turning on the display when the display is turned on, to maintain the transmission period as the first period when the scan frequency adjustment is not necessary, and to change the transmission frequency to a second period shorter than the first period, when the scan frequency adjustment is necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Inventors: Hogil Gwak, Sinjae Kang, Jongkyu Lee, Inhwan Hwang, Doosuk Kang, Yongjoon Jeon
  • Patent number: 11272414
    Abstract: A brokering service apparatus (400) and method therein (150) for assisting a first node (111) to roam in multiple mesh networks (100) are disclosed. The multiple mesh networks (100) comprises a first network (110) comprising a first node (111) and a gateway node (113) and a second network (120) comprising a gateway node (123). The multiple mesh networks (100) further comprises a mesh node (140, 141) which may belong to either the first network (110), the second network (120) or a third network (130). The brokering service apparatus receives a connection request associated with the first node 111 and the first network (110), the connection request is sent by the first node (111) via the mesh node (140). The brokering service identifies the first network (110) and data requirements for the first node (111) and negotiates a roaming contract between a first NMS (160) associated with the first network (110) and at least a second NMS (170) associated with the second network (120).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Magnus Åström, Bengt Lindoff, Per Persson
  • Patent number: 11218867
    Abstract: A communication method and apparatus, where the method includes: a session management network element sending location area information; a mobility management network element receiving the location area information from the session management network element; obtaining location information of a terminal; determining, based on the location area information and the location information, that the terminal is located outside a service area indicated by the location area information; and in response to the determination, sending, to the session management network element, a message for triggering update of a session management information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tingfang Tang, Yan Li, Hui Ni
  • Patent number: 11210705
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and a method for delivering advertisement content perceptible by a user of an augmented reality device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Kevin G. Paterson, Jordan A. Newmark
  • Patent number: 11212666
    Abstract: A device of managing and scheduling SIM card resource is provided, this device includes a card service transmitter, a card management interface, a card manager, a and a modem driver, the card service transmitter is configured to send various service instructions to the card management interface so as to transmit the various service instructions to a card manager through the card management interface; the card manager is configured to call a card physical interface to realize various service functions according to received various service instructions; the card physical interface is configured to perform an operation on the SIM card arranged on a non-modem side, and to call a modem virtual SIM card driver in a modem driver to load the SIM card arranged on the non-modem side into the modem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Shenzhen Ucloudlink New Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jingbing Chen, Zhihui Gong
  • Patent number: 11197234
    Abstract: A communication system for providing access to a network via a second network to a wireless terminal on which an identification number for accessing a first network is stored, comprising: a receiving unit for receiving a connection initiation request on C-plane from the wireless terminal; a selection unit for selecting a gateway on U-plane to the network connected to the second network based on an obtained network ID of the second network, in response to the connection initiation request; and a sending unit for sending a gateway ID of the selected gateway on U-plane toward the second network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: SORACOM, INC.
    Inventors: Daichi Funato, Kenta Yasukawa
  • Patent number: 11178006
    Abstract: Replacement of collaboration endpoints may be provided. First, a management server may cause a deprecated device to display an upgrade function notification. An indication from the deprecated device that the upgrade function notification has been selected may be received. In response to receiving the indication from the deprecated device that the upgrade function notification has been selected, the deprecated device may be caused to display a password and instructions to replace the deprecated device with a new device. Next, the password and an address associated with the new device may be received from the new device. In response to receiving the password, the new device may then be provisioned using the address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Faisal Siyavudeen, Wayne Moorefield, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11172483
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure describe determining an uplink channel raster for determining frequency location of an uplink channel over which to transmit uplink communications to a base station. Uplink communications can be transmitted to the base station over the uplink channel. The uplink channel raster can be shifted, in frequency, with respect to a legacy uplink channel raster of a legacy communication technology to facilitate coexistence, in an uplink carrier, of the uplink channel and one or more uplink channels of the legacy communication technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Peter Gaal, Haitong Sun, Heechoon Lee, Wanshi Chen, Hung Ly, Joseph Binamira Soriaga, Yeliz Tokgoz
  • Patent number: 11159594
    Abstract: The present invention relates to technology for a sensor network, machine to machine (M2M) communication, machine type communication (MTC), and the Internet of things (IoT). The present invention can be utilized for intelligent services (smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security and safety-related services, and the like) based on the technology. The present invention relates to a streaming service data receiving method of a terminal in a mobile communication system for supporting a plurality of radio access interfaces, the method comprising a step of receiving streaming service data from a server through at least one of the plurality of radio access interfaces, wherein the at least one radio access interface is selected such that the streaming service data can be received at a network speed corresponding to an encoding bit rate to be applied to the streaming service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chul-Ho Lee, Namasivayam Ramkumar Ganapathy, Jin-Hyoung Kim, Yong-Seok Park, Jin-Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 11159675
    Abstract: The subject of the present invention is a method for establishing a telephone connection between a first terminal of a user and a second terminal of a contact, the infrastructures of the first operator and the second operator being connected to a call server the user moreover disposing of a virtual call number, the correspondence between said first physical call number and the virtual call number being recorded in said database of the call server, said method comprising: the allocation of at least one technical number to the second physical call number through the call server, the recording in the database of the call server of the association between said second physical call number and said technical number, when a call or a mini-message is sent to said technical number from the first terminal or to said virtual number from the second terminal, telephonically connecting the first terminal and the second terminal by means of the transmission of the call or the mini-message, by the call server, destined fo
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: ONOFF TELECOM
    Inventor: Taïg Khris
  • Patent number: 11129054
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses methods, systems and devices for supporting local breakout in a small cell architecture. An MME sends information of a local breakout bearer for a UE to a MeNB, and the MeNB determines a local home network to which the local breakout bearer belongs according to the received information. When the MeNB is to switch the local breakout bearer between different eNBs, the MeNB selects an eNB in the local home network to which the local breakout bearer belongs as a target eNB. By the present disclosure, the continuity of local breakout traffic may be ensured when a User Equipment (UE) moves in a small cell scenario, thereby avoiding data loss and improving user experiences. Further, a local breakout bearer may be released timely and reasonably, thereby saving system resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lixiang Xu, Xiaowan Ke, Hong Wang
  • Patent number: 11115825
    Abstract: According to the present invention, when receiving a connection request including an SIM-ID from a terminal 20, a connection node 16 connects the terminal to a connection destination APN which is associated with the SIM-ID. A user management server 10 and an SIM-ID management server change the connection destination APN associated with the SIM-ID according to a change in a use state of a prepaid SIM, and distributes, to the connection node 16, an association relationship between the SIM-ID and the connection destination APN. By this process, the connection destination APN of a terminal connected to a network can be automatically switched according to a change in an identifier use state of the prepaid SIM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Kuniomi Ishida, Naoyuki Nakao, Miho Kikkawa
  • Patent number: 11089060
    Abstract: A method for establishing network connections includes connecting a device to a first network, retrieving voice input of a user, sending a message including data related to the voice input to at least one gateway device on the first network, receiving configuration data for a second network via the first network in response to the message, and establishing a connection of the device to the second network using the configuration data received via the first network. Furthermore, an electronic device, a network gateway device and a system are defined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: MaxLinear, Inc.
    Inventors: Prashant Dewan, Divyashree-Shivakumar Sreepathihalli, Uttam K. Sengupta
  • Patent number: 11083022
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for initiating communications on a shared channel in a mobile communication system are provided. A user equipment transmits an uplink signal for requesting communications on the shared channel to a Node B, and waits for a delay duration without monitoring a downlink after transmitting the uplink signal. When the delay duration has elapsed, the user equipment monitors the downlink during a valid period and determines whether a downlink signal responding to the uplink signal is received in a transmission time interval within the valid period. When the downlink signal is received in the valid period, the user equipment transmits and receives data on the shared channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soeng-Hun Kim, Gert Jan Van Lieshout, Sung-Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 11064346
    Abstract: A method for transmitting a subscription profile from an MNO to a secure element pre-provisioned with a temporary profile comprising a unique identifier, MCC and MNC, includes:—Transmitting from the MNO the unique identifier to a SM-DP;—Creating the subscription profile at the SM-DP;—Provisioning in a D-HSS server having the first MCC/MNC the unique identifier and a temporary IMSI comprising a second MCC, a second MNC;—Provisioning in the MNO the temporary IMSI and an ephemeral key;—At the first attempt of the secure element to connect to the D-HSS server, exchanging data in signaling messages for provisioning the secure element with the temporary IMSI;—At the next attempt of the secure element to connect to the MNO network with the temporary IMSI, open an APN and send from the SM-DP to the secure element the subscription profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: THALES DIS FRANCE SA
    Inventors: Michel Anslot, Marc Lamberton
  • Patent number: 11057746
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method, device and system for transmitting broadcasting services, and a computer storage medium. The method comprises: a network side network element obtains user service description (USD) information in a plurality of PLMNs; the network side network element transmits the USD information to a user equipment (UE), wherein the USD information is used for instructing the UE to obtain required broadcasting services in the plurality of PLMNs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Hui Xu, Zijiang Ma, Zhendong Li, Bhalla Rajesh
  • Patent number: 11057797
    Abstract: A method for processing information and a device for processing information are provided. The method for processing information is applied to a first node. The method includes: receiving, by the first node, an indication message from a network side, wherein the indication message indicates a user equipment under the first node to hand over to a second node; and negotiating, by the first node, with the second node to reserve radio link layer control protocol (RLC) status information and cached data of all bearers of the user equipment, so that the second node provides a continuing data service to the user equipment based on the reserved information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jiamin Liu, Fangli Xu
  • Patent number: 11051242
    Abstract: Spectrum resource sharing management is described, e.g., a user equipment can determine a metric representative of a quality of a communication signal received by the user equipment, wherein the communication signal is received via a first mobile network operated by a first mobile network operator entity. In response to the metric being determined to be below a threshold, the user equipment can scan a group of frequency bands. The user equipment can receive a broadcast signal from a network node device via a frequency band of the group of frequencies, wherein the broadcast signal comprises a performance parameter and cost information, and wherein the network node device is associated with a second mobile network operated by a second mobile network operator entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignees: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
    Inventors: Sheldon Meredith, Umut Akyol, Jason Summers, Zachary Meredith
  • Patent number: 11044776
    Abstract: Provided in one disclosure of the present specification is a method for a wireless device attempting network access. The method may comprise the steps of: an RRC layer of the wireless device receiving, from a cell, a first piece of information relating to an NB-IoT RAT; the RRC layer receiving, from the cell, a second piece of information indicating whether to block access to exception data; the RRC layer obtaining, from an upper layer, an RRC establishment cause set as outgoing exception data, when an NAS signaling process is initiated to transmit the exception data; and performing an access block inspection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaehyun Kim, Youngdae Lee, Taehun Kim, Sangmin Park
  • Patent number: 11039003
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for controlling the roaming behaviors of mobile applications, such as applications provided by mobile devices. In some embodiments, the systems and methods may determine that a mobile device is connected to a roaming network, and prompt or otherwise cause a user to authorize a mobile application to use the roaming network for sending and receiving data. Other details are provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Vinod Ravichandran
  • Patent number: 11039501
    Abstract: A method includes: receiving, by a network element selector, a first message from a first external network element, where the first message carries a first session index, and the first session index is used to identify UE served by the first external network element; and sending, by the network element selector, the first message to a first converged controller based on mapping information corresponding to the UE and the first session index in the first message, where the mapping information includes a mapping relationship between the first converged controller and a plurality of different session indexes of the UE, and the plurality of different session indexes of the UE include the first session index. It can be learned that the network element selector sends, based on the mapping information corresponding to the UE, all messages of different external network elements serving the UE to a same converged controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaoqiang Qiao, Yan Li
  • Patent number: 11032692
    Abstract: A method of a roaming subscription at a device is provided. The method includes receiving a roaming subscription request comprising a roaming location of a user, transmitting, to a first server, home mobile network operator (MNO) information comprising at least one of a mobile country code (MCC) or a mobile network code (MNC), retrieving home MNO data from the first server based on the home MNO information, requesting an authentication credential to a home MNO based on the home MNO data, transmitting the authentication credential to a roaming MNO, receiving, from the home MNO, a link to the roaming MNO, and establishing a connection to the roaming MNO based on the link to the roaming MNO to initiate a network service at the roaming location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Inventors: Satyajit Anand, Sreenath Dindukurthi, Amit Arvind Mankikar
  • Patent number: 11026158
    Abstract: Provided in the embodiment of the present application is an information transmission method and device. The method comprises: a network equipment sends scheduling information of system information; and the network equipment sends the system information according to the scheduling information. The method and the device can save signaling overheads and increase the utilization rate of resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Hai Tang
  • Patent number: 10999813
    Abstract: The present subject matter relates to a method comprising performing, by a user equipment, a first registration at a registration node via a first network access; performing, by the user equipment, a second registration at the registration node via a second network access. In response to determining that the user equipment is not connected to the registration node via the first network access, an update of the first registration with the registration node may be triggered, by the user equipment, dependent upon the user equipment being connected to the registration node via the second network access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Rajesh Babu Natarajan, Hannu Hietalahti, Senthilnathan Neelamegam, Raju Kondaparthy
  • Patent number: 10979890
    Abstract: A method and corresponding apparatus performing roaming traffic detection and enforcement according to a roaming policy. At least one example embodiment includes a user network device roaming in a visited communications network, and being subscribed to a home communications network. The example embodiment further includes an interconnect network communicatively coupling the visited communications network and the home communications network, the interconnect network comprises a roaming policy database configured to store an identifier associated with the user network device, and a roaming policy for the user network device, and a traffic detection and enforcement module. According to some embodiments, the traffic detection and enforcement module may be configured to identify a data request being sent from the user network device in the visited mobile network by reading the identifier in the data request, and deny or allow the data request based on the roaming policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: iBasis, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard H. Xu, Hwan Jang Tang, Yixin Fan, Vitaliy G. Yurchenko
  • Patent number: 10972896
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable media for intelligent steering of roaming of user equipment. More particularly, the methods include receiving, from a user equipment (UE) located in a visitor network, a registration message to register with a home network, the registration message including an identifier of the UE. The methods also include querying, by one or more processors, a steering controller using the identifier of the UE to obtain a roaming list customized for the UE. The methods also include pushing, by one or more processors, the roaming list to the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: T-MOBILE USA, INC.
    Inventors: Romil Sood, Boris Antsev
  • Patent number: 10952125
    Abstract: The expansion of a category-based access control mechanism so that same may cover the conventional access control mechanism is being discussed in new radio access technology (NR). Accordingly, the present invention proposes that the category-based access control mechanism be performed for signaling as well. Specifically, a user equipment (UE): receives a configuration associated with a signaling category from a network; determines a category corresponding to a specific signaling on the basis of the configuration associated with a signaling category; and determines whether access to a cell of the category corresponding to a specific signaling is blocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Youngdae Lee, Jaehyun Kim
  • Patent number: 10942888
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable mediums for providing data between a sensor device and a target device. The data is provided using remote direct memory access. The target device includes a first network interface card for a first network. The target device includes a processor to encode a message to configure communication over the first network with a node. Configuration information regarding the communication over the first network is transmitted to the sensor device over a second, different network. The configuration information includes a media access control (MAC) address of a network interface card of the node and remote direct memory access (RDMA) settings. The processor decodes data associated with an RDMA operation from the sensor device received on the first network. The sensor device does not include a network interface card for the first network. The data includes the MAC address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Neil R. Epstein, Pang Bee, Gerard R. Richardson
  • Patent number: 10945120
    Abstract: A method for dynamically provisioning and using PLMN location mappings includes, in an SCEF or NEF, receiving, from a PLMN network node, a message containing a PLMN location identifier and a non-PLMN location identifier, extracting the PLMN location identifier and the non-PLMN location identifier from the message and storing, in a PLMN location mapping database in the SCEF or NEF, a mapping between the PLMN location identifier and the non-PLMN location identifier. The method further includes receiving, via a monitoring interface of the SCEF or NEF, a monitoring request message requesting IoT device information and including a non-PLMN location identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nitin Gupta, Raghuvamshi vasudev Singh Thakur, Venkatesh Aravamudhan
  • Patent number: 10945208
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method of reducing power consumption in a wireless network device, comprising determining a duration prior to a beacon being received by the device; comparing the duration against a predetermined value; and adjusting a duration of a sleep period in response to the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: III Holdings 6, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Christopher Nicols, Adrian Ward, Robert Cragie
  • Patent number: 10932321
    Abstract: A method of providing voice call, data, and SMS services to a user equipment roaming in a 2G/3G visited network and subscribed to an LTE home network. An Interworking Function communicates with both the visited network and the home network. The Interworking Function translates between Mobile Application Part (MAP) protocol used by the 2G/3G visited network and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) used by the LTE home network. The Interworking Function establishes both a MAP Registration with the 2G/3G visited network and also a SIP Registration with the LTE home network, thereby enabling provision of voice call, data, and SMS services to the roaming UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Syniverse Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Rakesh K. Mehta, Paul Peregolise, Prashant Datar
  • Patent number: 10932189
    Abstract: A method for enhanced power consumption management of a user equipment using a mobile communication network and a radio access technology. The user equipment is provided with priority information regarding at least one of the mobile communication network and the radio access technology. The method includes performing, by the user equipment in case that the priority information indicates a sufficiently low priority of at least one of the mobile communication network used by the user equipment and the radio access technology used by the user equipment, a network selection procedure to find a higher priority mobile communication network after a time interval has elapsed. The user equipment includes an entity realizing the functionality of a subscriber identity module that includes time interval related information such that the time interval depends on the time interval related information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG
    Inventor: Axel Klatt
  • Patent number: 10925114
    Abstract: The technology provides a convenient and efficient way for business entities and other organizations to gather and transmit data from remotely located facilities without having to rely on satellite communication or specialized communication equipment. A geographically isolated facility may be used for manufacturing, warehousing, power generation, environmental monitoring, as well as other services. Information about the facility, its equipment and operation are transmitted to a back end system using high altitude platforms (HAPs). This provides opportunistic communication between remote facilities and the back-end system on an as-needed basis, for example based on bandwidth usage, peak/off-peak usage, etc. The HAPs may act as a store and forward service, or process received data before transmitting it to a ground station or the back end system. This approach allows an organization to periodically monitor its facilities, to determine equipment failure, resupply needs, and to assess the status of each facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Loon LLC
    Inventor: James Smith
  • Patent number: 10911949
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for authentication of a first wireless device by a vehicle. The method may include generating a wireless message that comprises an identifier of the vehicle, wherein the wireless message is encrypted with an encryption key of the vehicle. The method may also include receiving a wireless message response that comprise the identifier of the vehicle and an identifier of the first wireless device, wherein the wireless message response from to the first wireless device is encrypted with the encryption key of the vehicle. Furthermore, the method may include decrypting the wireless message response from the first wireless device and performing an authentication process to authenticate the first wireless device to the vehicle when the identifier of the first wireless device in the wireless message response matches an identifier of a wireless device enrolled with the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Byton Limited
    Inventors: Henrik Ferdinand Nölscher, Francisco Javier Vazquez Vidal
  • Patent number: 10911331
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a service configuration method and apparatus for a network service. In at least some embodiments, a network service instantiation request that includes a preset service configuration event that is for a network service and that is related to a network environment of a carrier is received. Service configuration information is sent to a configuration system according to the service configuration event, so that the configuration system performs service configuration on the network service according to the service configuration information. In at least some embodiments, an instantiation procedure of a network service does not need to be manually interrupted to avoid a configuration error caused by manual editing and modification. In at least some embodiments, as the instantiation procedure of the network service is not interrupted, network service go-live efficiency is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weixiang Shen, Haiguang Xia, Fei Jia
  • Patent number: 10904849
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods to perform attachment of a wireless device to a next generation gateway via either a base station of a next generation radio access network (RAN) or a mobility management entity of a legacy RAN. An apparatus may be configured to receive an attachment request from a wireless device, determine authentication information via communication with a home subscriber server, determine, based at least in part on the authentication information, whether the wireless device is capable of communicating via the next generation RAT, and send, in response to determining the wireless device is capable, a connection request to a gateway of the next generation RAN. The authentication information may include subscription information associated with the wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dawei Zhang, Haijing Hu, Huarui Liang
  • Patent number: 10902307
    Abstract: A universal integrated circuit card (UICC) smart card is disclosed. The UICC smart card comprises a processor, a non-transitory memory, a call control application stored in the non-transitory memory, and an application stored in the non-transitory memory. The call control application, when executed by the processor, receives dialed digits from a dialer application executing on a mobile communication device, wherein the UICC smart card is communicatively coupled to the mobile communication device and distributes the dialed digits within the UICC smart card. The application, when executed by the processor, receives the dialed digits distributed by the call control application, identifies a short code included in the dialed digits, selects instructions stored in the non-transitory memory based on the short code, and configures the UICC smart card by causing the processor to execute the selected instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Adrian M. Milner, Maksym Siryy, Simon Youngs
  • Patent number: 10893025
    Abstract: In a communication system comprising a first network operatively coupled to a second network, wherein the first network comprises a first security edge protection proxy element operatively coupled to a second security edge protection proxy element of the second network; the method comprises constructing a message at a network function in the first network destined for the second network, wherein the message comprises at least one information element and an indicator, wherein the indicator is set to specify at least one security operation to be applied to the at least one information element before sending the message to the second security edge protection proxy element of the second network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Nagendra S. Bykampadi, Suresh P. Nair, Anja Jerichow
  • Patent number: 10887734
    Abstract: Systems and methods for enabling sharing of call and/or messaging services between mobile devices via wireless connection, e.g. a Bluetooth connection. The systems and methods allow a first mobile user to register as a host user. A guest user sends a service sharing request, via the Bluetooth connection, to the host user's mobile device requesting permission to make calls and/or send messages using the host user's mobile account. When the host user accepts the service sharing request, the service sharing system inserts an identification code of the guest user in the call data record to help identify the actual call/message originating party. Once a transaction is established between the guest user's mobile device and the destination number, via the Bluetooth connection to the host user's mobile device, the service sharing system may monitor the transaction duration to ensure that it does not exceed the specified call duration or other limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Sheraz Dar
  • Patent number: 10880361
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for sharing memory are described. An example apparatus includes a first vehicle configured to determine an availability of processing resources or memory capacity, or both, at the first vehicle based at least in part on a current operating mode of the first vehicle, receive a request from a second vehicle to use at least a portion of the processing resources or the memory capacity, or both, to perform a processing operation at a second vehicle, wherein the request from the second vehicle is associated with insufficient processing capability or memory capacity, or both, at the second vehicle, and perform at least a portion of the processing operation or allow access to the available memory capacity, or both, at the first vehicle in response to the request and based at least in part on determining the availability of the processing resources or the memory capacity, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Aaron P. Boehm
  • Patent number: 10880792
    Abstract: The embodiments herein relate to a method implemented in radio access node. The radio access node receives a list of prioritized Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) Identities (IDs). The list of prioritized PLMN IDs comprises a PLMN ID of a serving PLMN and one or more PLMN IDs for one or more PLMNs of one or more shared networks. The radio access node instructs the wireless device to search for suitable cells for handover on at least one PLMN identified in the list of prioritized PLMN IDs and receives a list of suitable cells for handover. The radio access node determines a target PLMN ID and a target cell ID based on the list of suitable cells and the list of prioritized PLMN IDs. The radio access node initiates handover of the wireless device to a target cell identified by the target cell ID in the target PLMN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Lars-Bertil Olsson, Peter Ramle