Location Monitoring Patents (Class 455/456.1)
  • Patent number: 12292523
    Abstract: The techniques described herein include superior home-on-home roaming procedures by enabling user equipment (UE) to modify a home public land mobile network (HPLMN) search periodicity based on a likelihood of detecting an HPLMN cell (e.g., base station). A UE may be configured to determine a current geographic location of the UE, access a database that includes information about the HPLMN for the location (e.g., prior HPLMN searches), determine an appropriate HPLMN search periodicity based on the information, and perform HPLMN searches based on the appropriate HPLMN search periodicity. In some implementations, the UE may determine the HPLMN search periodicity based on a number (N) of HPLMN cells, and/or times an HPLMN cell sample, associated with the geographic area, has been detected previously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: David Boettger, Jose A Castelo Vega, Ozgur Ekici
  • Patent number: 12294970
    Abstract: Systems and methods for diagnosing sensor performance of a UWB sensor localization are provided. The system comprises a UWB tag, at least four UWB anchors, and a gateway. The gateway comprises an ECU arranged to receive sensor signals from the UWB anchors. The ECU comprises a preprocessing module arranged to align the sensor signals defining aligned data and is arranged to determine intersections of the aligned data defining points of intersections. The system further comprises a clustering module arranged to cluster the points of intersections defining at least one cluster of points of the UWB anchors to calculate a clustering quality and a clustering variance of each of the at least one cluster. The ECU is arranged to find a clustering contribution of each anchor defining a first contribution low of one of the anchors and is arranged to determine an erratic anchor based the first contribution low.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Jinzhu Chen, Zijun Han, Fan Bai, Aaron Adler, John Sergakis
  • Patent number: 12294906
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for storing geofencing information within a SIM card. The geofencing information within the SIM (subscriber identity module) card is updated using an OTA (over the air) Update Server. Such geofencing information for a particular enterprise network is pushed to the SIM within a UE (user equipment) upon detecting that the UE is near, or within, the campus of an enterprise network. In some embodiments, the UE requests an update from the OTA Update Server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignees: Celona, Inc., Giesecke+Devrient Mobile Security America, Inc.
    Inventors: Srinivasan Balasubramanian, Hemant Udhavrao Borase, José Manuel Nieto Gómez
  • Patent number: 12294431
    Abstract: A base station as a wireless communication device that performs multicarrier transmission with a plurality of terminals includes: a plurality of on-chip array antennas that transmits a constant envelope modulated signal; and a control device that controls directions and bandwidths of beams of the plurality of on-chip array antennas and allocates the on-chip array antennas that transmit and receive signals to and from the terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuaki Ishioka
  • Patent number: 12294912
    Abstract: Improved systems and methods for enhancing the performance of network based computerized content rendering and hosting and providing of devices, systems and/or platforms by modifying the capabilities and providing non-native functionality to such devices, systems and/or platforms through a novel and improved application, networked based enforcement of geographical compliance, data processing and networking framework.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: YAHOO ASSETS LLC
    Inventors: Venkatesh Dharmar, Edward Joseph Campbell, Daniel Haight
  • Patent number: 12294907
    Abstract: A method for determining a use of one or more locations and at least one criteria of the one or more locations using smartphones, including receiving, via a wireless network, a plurality of event data streams at different spatio-temporal resolutions from a plurality of mobile devices (e.g., at least one of the smartphones) associated with a plurality of entities, the plurality of event data streams including a plurality of unique mobile identifiers, location pings, and access pings of the plurality of mobile devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Azira LLC
    Inventors: Madhusadan Therani, Shobhit Shukla
  • Patent number: 12294872
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a group-based calibration method and device. The method includes: A control device that obtains path loss data of a wireless access point AP set, where the AP set includes a plurality of APs, and the path loss data includes a path loss between any two of the plurality of APs. The control device obtains a first calibration group based on the path loss data, and sends first calibration information to a management AP of the first calibration group, where the management AP of the first calibration group is an AP that performs calibration management in the first calibration group. By implementing the foregoing method, the control device may divide a plurality of APs into a plurality of calibration groups based on path loss data between the APs, to decrease a coupling degree between the calibration groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fuqing Sun, Dewei Bao, Xiaofei Bai, Juzheng Yu, Qikun Wei
  • Patent number: 12289704
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a next generation wireless communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4th generation (4G) wireless communication system. According to various embodiments, provided are a method for transmitting/receiving a signal in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus for supporting same, and various other embodiments can also be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyunsu Cha, Byounghoon Kim, Jeongsu Lee, Youngdae Lee, Kijun Kim, Sukhyon Yoon, Hyunsoo Ko, Suckchel Yang, Hyangsun You, Haewook Park
  • Patent number: 12289762
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless device may perform a listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure for a narrowband communication that provides time and frequency synchronization and/or scheduling information for an ultra-wideband (UWB) communication. The wireless device may transmit the narrowband communication in response to the LBT procedure being successful. The wireless device may transmit the UWB communication based at least in part on the time and frequency synchronization and/or scheduling information. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Bin Tian, Pooria Pakrooh, Le Nguyen Luong, Koorosh Akhavan, Youhan Kim, Maarten Menzo Wentink, Tevfik Yucek, Olaf Josef Hirsch, Didier Johannes Richard Van Nee, Vincent Knowles Jones
  • Patent number: 12288619
    Abstract: A system and method for identifying a customer's location at a business and provide notification to a company representative upon arrival of the customer at the business location. Real-time location determinations for the customer and customer location tracking can be provided. One or more wireless beacons communicate with the customer's electronic device. The beacons provide the system with real-time data about the customer's whereabouts, allowing for the confirmation and tracking of the customer at the location. A first non-limiting example of use, include a company that provides food and beverage allowing the customer to place an order for food and beverages on their electronic device and having the order delivered to the person at their current location as determined by the system. Another non-limiting example includes a company using the notification system to have assigned staff members notified of the customer's arrival.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: COLLATERAL OPPORTUNITIES OF NEVADA, LLC
    Inventor: Michael Kusens
  • Patent number: 12289654
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for monitoring for and preempting the risk of a future occurrence of a quarantine violation, such as by using behaviors and/or actions (e.g., pre-identified behaviors, preemptive actions, etc.) determined via one or more different devices, sensors, sensor arrays, and/or communications networks (e.g., the Internet of Things (IOT), social networks, etc.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Conquer Your Addiction LLC
    Inventors: David H. Williams, Adam H. Williams
  • Patent number: 12289745
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may obtain orientation information associated with the UE. The orientation information may indicate a rotational movement of the UE. The UE may transmit an indication of a beam associated with a predicted orientation of the UE, wherein the predicted orientation of the UE is based at least in part on the orientation information. The UE may receive an updated beam or measurement configuration based at least in part on the indication. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Olufunmilola Omolade Awoniyi-Oteri, Yan Zhou, Tao Luo, Jelena Damnjanovic, Wanshi Chen, Wooseok Nam, Junyi Li, Ozcan Ozturk, Juan Montojo, Peter Gaal
  • Patent number: 12279176
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for utilizing wireless devices for contact tracing, and more specifically for detecting a barrier between devices to enhance contact tracing applications. An example method for detecting a barrier between a first device and a second device includes determining, by the first device, a first range measurement with respect to the second device using a first positioning technique determining, by the first device, a second range measurement with respect to the second device using a second positioning technique that is different from the first positioning technique, and detecting the barrier between the first device and the second device based on the first range measurement and the second range measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Vidhur Raveendran, laith Madain, Xiaoxin Zhang, Ashok Bhatia, Vijayalakshmi Raveendran
  • Patent number: 12270928
    Abstract: This application relates to a location measuring system including a driving-type working device. In one aspect, the system includes a data receiving unit that receives marking data about a working surface, a marking unit that executes a marking operation with respect to the working surface corresponding to the marking data, and a scanning unit that scans a target space. The system may also include a scan condition setting unit that sets a movement path of the driving-type working device corresponding to the marking data, sets a scanning position for scanning the target space in consideration of space map data corresponding to the target space, and sets a scan angle of the scanning unit at the scanning position. The system may further include a position detecting unit that compares scan data acquired via the scanning unit with the space map data to detect a position of the driving-type working device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Landor Architecture, Inc.
    Inventors: Han Seok Nam, James Patten
  • Patent number: 12273286
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of a positioning reference signal configuration of a base station. The UE may determine, based on the positioning reference signal configuration, a reference point within a carrier bandwidth of a component carrier and a frequency domain allocation for a positioning reference signal relative to the reference point. The UE may transmit the positioning reference signal or measure the positioning reference signal based on the frequency domain allocation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Alexandros Manolakos, Joseph Binamira Soriaga, Sony Akkarakaran, Guttorm Ringstad Opshaug, Sven Fischer
  • Patent number: 12273744
    Abstract: A method includes partitioning a set of configuration management (CM) data for one or more cellular network devices into multiple distinct time intervals, each time interval associated with a distinct set of CM settings at the one or more cellular network devices, the CM data comprising multiple CM parameters. The method also includes determining a regression model based on the set of CM data. The method also includes applying the regression model to compute a distinct set of scores and compare the set of scores to estimate whether a performance of the one or more cellular network devices has changed during a second time interval relative to a first time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mehmet N. Kurt, Samuel Albert, Yan Xin, Russell Douglas Ford, Jianzhong Zhang
  • Patent number: 12273161
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program product for: receiving (305) information relating to a power level of a radio beam received by an antenna array, analysing (310) a radio beam power profile associated with the antenna array, determining (315), based on the radio beam power profile, a characteristic of a radio channel, calculating (320), based on the characteristic, an optimum radio beam gain of the antenna array, and estimating (325) a link budget based on the optimum radio beam gain of the antenna array and the information relating to the power level of the radio beam received by the antenna array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Samantha Caporal Del Barrio, Simon Svendsen, Christian Rom, Johannes Harrebek
  • Patent number: 12273787
    Abstract: Presented herein are techniques for scheduling Ultra-Wideband (UWB) anchors and mobile devices for client ranging. A control device can determine respective ranging priorities for a plurality of mobile devices, which are each assigned to at least one UWB anchor. The control device can obtain at least one collision mapping identifying, for a respective pair of the mobile devices, a collision probability that a UWB signal associated with a ranging procedure involving a first mobile device of the respective pair will collide with a UWB signal associated with a ranging procedure involving a second mobile device of the respective pair. The control device can establish a ranging schedule for the mobile devices and UWB anchors based on the respective UWB ranging priorities and the collision mapping(s). The control device can send at least one command to cause UWB ranging procedures to be performed according to the ranging schedule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Edgar Barton, Jerome Henry, Matthew Aaron Silverman
  • Patent number: 12270671
    Abstract: An embodiment electronic device includes a display module, a communicator configured to communicate with a server, an input module, and a controller configured to determine a route to be guided as a shortest path, from an indoor route or an outdoor route based on an input received at the input module from a user or based on an external environment, determine a route from a departure point to an arrival point based on the route to be guided as the shortest path, and control the display module to display the determined route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jae Yul Woo, Soobin Kim, Seunghyun Woo, Rowoon An
  • Patent number: 12273246
    Abstract: The system includes one or more virtual machines deployed on a network and connected to a server via one or more networks. Each virtual machine obtains and analyzes network traffic and constructs a local network map of devices based on the analysis. Information corresponding to the local network map of devices is provided to the server and the network server aggregates one or more local network maps of devices into a global network map of devices. The global network map of devices is constructed into 2D and 3D graphical user interfaces by the server. The characteristics of user devices that request the global network map of devices from the server are obtained by the server and analyzed and in response to the request, the server provides an appropriate 2D or 3D graphical user interface to the requesting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Inventor: Wallon Walusayi
  • Patent number: 12267147
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to a method for determining a location of a first device. The method comprises receiving, by the first device, at least one first signal from at least one second device. The method further comprises determining, by the first device, estimated first signal properties of at least one first signal. Also, the method comprises generating, by the first device, at least one second signal based on at least a portion of the estimated first signal properties. Further, the method comprises transmitting, by the first device, at least one second signal to at least one third device. In one or more embodiments, estimated second signal properties of at least one second signal are determined by at least one third device. In at least one embodiment, the location of the first device is determined by utilizing at least a portion of the estimated second signal properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: SATELLES, INC.
    Inventors: Gregory M. Gutt, Tim Flynn, David G. Lawrence, Trevor Landon, Maynard Porter
  • Patent number: 12267754
    Abstract: A first device determines, based on a location of the first device and a quality of service parameter of first data, an identity of a first zone in which the first device is located, where the first data is data sent by the first device. The first device sends indication information, where the indication information includes first information, and the first information indicates the identity of the first zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao Li, Junwei Wang
  • Patent number: 12266451
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an artificial intelligence-infected asymptomatic people movement-tracing apparatus and a method which in an emergency such as an epidemic pandemic, use an artificial intelligence movement-tracing apparatus of infected asymptomatic people of the present disclosure which is personally installed in the residence of the tracing target to automatically check whether to match the traffic line of the tracing target and the traffic line of the confirmed case and automatically report to the disease control authority only when the traffic lines match to protect individual privacy compared to the centralized system and automatically search for infected asymptomatic people classified as blind confirmed cases (hidden positive people) and self-quarantine subjects to quickly establish an infectious disease management system for suspected disease patients and efficiently manage the people from the spread of infectious diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
    Inventor: Jae-Chern Yoo
  • Patent number: 12266187
    Abstract: An automobile vehicle visual wireless-based positioning system, incudes an automobile vehicle having a radio receiver. A map contains candidate locations of access-points (APs) and access-point corresponding media-access-control (MAC) IDs. A wireless range sensor determines different ranges of various detected APs visible to the automobile vehicle. An image collection feature identifies image data visible to the automobile vehicle. A real-time feature matching element matching features identified by image collection feature with data from the map. A filter receives an output from the real-time feature matching element to generate an automobile vehicle pose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Brent Navin Roger Bacchus, Rakesh Kumar, Bo Yu
  • Patent number: 12267884
    Abstract: Provided is a system, method, and apparatus for pairing a control device with a plurality of beacons. The method includes scanning for wireless signals to detect at least one beacon signal, determining, based on the at least one beacon signal, at least one beacon device that is not paired to the control device, and determining whether to initiate the automatic pairing operation based on the at least one beacon device that is not paired to the control device. In response to determining to initiate the automatic pairing operation, the method further includes automatically pairing the at least one beacon device to the control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: 7Hugs Labs SAS
    Inventors: Nicolas Schodet, Simon Tchedikian, Stéphane Jaubertou, Lionel Marty, Olivier Mandine
  • Patent number: 12267118
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for serving cell identification includes: receiving inputs that include geo-located data collected over a period for a plurality of cells in RAN; determining each cell included in each grid of a predetermined size based on the geo-located data; determining Received Signal Received Power (RSRP) values for each cell having the predetermined size; determining a median cell RSRP for each cell of a grid; determining from the geo-located data a number of data samples per cell for each grid having the predetermined size; determining a cell ranking for each of the cell in the grids having the predetermined size based on the number of data samples and the median cell RSRP; determining a highest-ranking cell in each grid based on the cell ranking; labeling the highest-ranking cell as a Main Server (MS); and labeling all other cells in a corresponding grid as a Non-Main Server (NS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: RAKUTEN SYMPHONY, INC.
    Inventors: Prafull Johri, Vinay Bhokare, Prabal Bhardwaj, Dharambir Bharti
  • Patent number: 12267896
    Abstract: Provided are a wireless communication method and a remote terminal. The method includes that: a first remote terminal determines a first relay terminal for point-to-point communication; and the first remote terminal performs end-to-end communication with a second remote terminal through the first relay terminal. End-to-end communication is converted into point-to-point communication through the first relay terminal, so that when the distance between a sending end and a requesting end is too far, relaying may be performed on a communication link between the first remote terminal and the second remote terminal through the first relay terminal, so as to realize end-to-end communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Qianxi Lu
  • Patent number: 12265169
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method for access control using real-time positioning technology and a device using the same. According to a positioning method of a positioning module, the positioning module is configured to measure a location of at least one location-unrecognized device and a location of a terminal, wherein the at least one location-unrecognized device, the terminal and at least one location-recognized device is located in a certain zone, and wherein the positioning module has coordinate information of the at least one location-recognized device and the positioning module has not coordinate information of the at least one location-unrecognized device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: SUPREMA INC.
    Inventors: Si Woong Yoon, Tae Sung Lee, Jae Hyeok Jeong, Tae Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 12262346
    Abstract: Aspects relate to group-based positioning reference signal (PRS) broadcast in a wireless communication network. Wireless communication devices communicating over a sidelink channel in the wireless communication network may be grouped into one or more positioning groups. Within each positioning group, a respective order of the wireless communication devices in the positioning group may be identified. The wireless communication devices in a positioning group may then communicate PRSs therebetween over the sidelink channel based on the order of wireless communication devices in the positioning group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Chang-Sik Choi, Kapil Gulati, Gene Wesley Marsh
  • Patent number: 12262345
    Abstract: Various example embodiments relate to a solution for positioning of a low power device using sidelink peers. A target user device for a locally assisted positioning procedure may receive a trigger event to initiate positioning of the target user device, the trigger event originating from a location management function in relation to the locally assisted positioning procedure. The target user device may transmit at least one local positioning aid request to one or more anchor user devices for the locally assisted positioning procedure, the at least one local positioning aid request indicating a need for the locally assisted positioning procedure for the positioning of the target user device. Devices, methods, and computer programs are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Oana-Elena Barbu, Nuno Manuel Kiilerich Pratas, Benny Vejlgaard
  • Patent number: 12258731
    Abstract: It is possible to notify an operator of a change in radio wave intensity in addition to the radio wave intensity received by a remotely operating vehicle. A radio wave is transmitted to and received from a vehicle to operate the vehicle. A communication device 14 includes a display unit 21 configured to display information, in which the display unit 21 is capable of displaying a first image 22 representing first radio wave intensity which is radio wave intensity of a radio wave being currently received by the vehicle, and a second image 32 representing information on a change in the first radio wave intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daiki Ishida, Yoichiro Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 12262336
    Abstract: A device-specific synchronization signal (DS-SS) is transmitted by a base station within a data channel transmission to a mobile device before a paging time window for the mobile device. After a sleep state, the mobile device attempts to acquire the DS-SS without decoding a downlink control channel to obtain signal transmission information related to transmission of the page message from a base station. In addition to providing timing information for resynchronization, the DS-SS indicates the existence of a page message for the mobile device within the data channel. The mobile device returns to the sleep state in response to not detecting a DS-SS that indicates a page message. Prior to entering a sleep state, the mobile device receives transmission format information indicative of a transmission format of the DS-SS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Amit Kalhan, Henry Chang
  • Patent number: 12262288
    Abstract: Localization systems and methods for transmitting timestampable localization signals from anchors according to one or more transmission schedules. The transmission schedules may be generated and updated to achieve desired positioning performance. For example, one or more anchors may transmit localization signals at a different rate than other anchors, the anchor transmission order can be changed, and the signals can partially overlap. In addition, different transmission parameters may be used to transmit two localization signals at the same time without interference. A self-localizing apparatus is able to receive the localization signals and determine its position. The self-localizing apparatus may have a configurable receiver that can select to receive one of multiple available localization signals. The self-localizing apparatuses may have a pair of receivers able to receive two localization signals at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Verity AG
    Inventors: Luca Gherardi, Raffaello D'Andrea, Markus Hehn, Markus Waibel
  • Patent number: 12256288
    Abstract: A user-to-entity communication channel is established for providing increased information regarding entities to the general population. Ambassadors for a entity are identified and selected based on location history of devices for which location reporting is authorized. The ambassadors may provide information regarding the entity to the public through the communication channel. Communications between the users and ambassadors may be reported to the entity owner for analysis by the entity owner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Matteo Agosti, Ankit Gupta
  • Patent number: 12253593
    Abstract: A method for determining a geo-location of a target station includes transmitting a plurality of ranging packets to a target station and receiving a plurality of response packets transmitted by the target station. A plurality of round-trip times (RTTs) are determined based on the ranging packets and the response packets. A plurality of angles of arrival (AOAs) are determined based on the response packets. First location vectors are determined based on the pluralities of RTTs and AOAs. Second location vectors are determined based on location parameters of the measuring station and the target station. Squared residual vectors are generated based on the first and second pluralities. A minimum of a sum of the squared residual vectors is calculated to identify best-fit location parameters for the target station. A circular error probability (CEP) ellipse is generated using the best-fit location parameters and a geo-location of the target station is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: SR Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Patrick Kelly, Mark Passler
  • Patent number: 12255693
    Abstract: This application provides a signal measurement method and a communication apparatus, to measure a downlink angle of departure (DAOD) more accurately. The method includes: receiving resource configuration information, where the resource configuration information includes configuration information of a first reference signal set, the first reference signal set includes M reference signals, N reference signals in the M reference signals are reference reference signals, M is greater than 1, and N is greater than or equal to 1; receiving the M reference signals; determining N first paths corresponding to the N reference reference signals, and separately determining M*N received powers of the M reference signals on the N first paths; and reporting a measurement result, where the measurement result includes K*N received powers in M*N received powers, K?M, and the first path is one of a plurality of paths corresponding to a reference reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su Huang, Lei Chen
  • Patent number: 12256246
    Abstract: A communication method includes: receiving a correspondence from a network device, where the correspondence is a correspondence between N measurement gap configurations and N reference signal groups, one or more reference signals included in the reference signal group occupy a same time domain resource, the N reference signal groups are in a one-to-one correspondence with the N measurement gap configurations, and N is an integer greater than 1; and for one first measurement gap configuration in the N measurement gap configurations, measuring, based on the first measurement gap configuration, one or more reference signals included in a first reference signal group corresponding to the first measurement gap configuration. The correspondence between the N measurement gap configurations and the N reference signal groups is received from the network device. This avoids a technical problem that a part of reference signals cannot be measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Meng Zhang, Jing Han, Hong Li
  • Patent number: 12256363
    Abstract: A method of predicting a location of a user equipment, UE, in a mobile communication network includes generating a list of potential target base stations by generating a transition count for each potential target base station including a count of transitions from the base station to the potential target base station within a predetermined time period, generating a plurality of relative transition frequencies based on the transition counts, and generating a transition probability for each respective potential target base station based on the relative transition frequency of the potential target base station from the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Åke Johansson, Gang Sun, Jesper Derehag, Magnus Norlander, Mona Matti, Jaesong Jeong
  • Patent number: 12256290
    Abstract: A system described herein may identify a particular value that was wirelessly received by a User Equipment (“UE”) at a first time. The particular value may have been recorded to a blockchain, along with a second time, at which the particular value was outputted by a base station of a wireless network. The particular value may include a randomly generated number. The system may determine a location of the base station from which the particular value was outputted. The location of the UE may be determined based on a delay time associated with the particular value, which may be determined based on a difference between the first and second times. The location of the UE may further be determined (e.g., using triangulation techniques) based on values outputted by other base stations, for which the blockchain includes records indicating times at which such values were outputted by the other base stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Sumanth S. Mallya, Dante J. Pacella
  • Patent number: 12250106
    Abstract: Access to FR2 (high frequency bands) is essential for anticipated high-demand networking in 5G-Advanced and 6G systems. Unfortunately, phase noise is an unavoidable barrier, greatly limiting message reliability. Therefore, a low-cost solution is provided in which the transmitter (either base station or user device) transmits a special phase-tracking reference signal consisting of zero amplitude in one branch, and a predetermined non-zero amplitude in the other branch. For example, in QAM, the I-branch may be powered according to the maximum branch amplitude of the modulation scheme, and the Q-branch may have zero amplitude as transmitted. The receiver, on the other hand, generally measures a non-zero amplitude in the received Q branch due to phase noise, which rotates the I and Q branches into each other. The receiver can then determine the phase rotation angle precisely by measuring the non-zero amplitude in the Q branch, negating phase noise at negligible cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Inventors: David E. Newman, R. Kemp Massengill
  • Patent number: 12250031
    Abstract: A communication relay apparatus and a storage medium storing a computer program that allow improvement of a quality of communication with a mobile station are provided. A communication relay apparatus includes a detector and a controller. The detector detects a mobile station located in a cover area formed by a plurality of remote units. The controller controls, for the remote units, communication resources used by the remote units for communication with the mobile station, based on a detection result of the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventor: Toshihiro Tango
  • Patent number: 12250166
    Abstract: Aspect 19 is the apparatus of any of aspects 14-18, further includes that the value of the response time and a value of the first time slot are based on an actual slot of the transmission of the first SL-PRS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Srinivas Yerramalli, Piyush Gupta, Xiaoxia Zhang, Alexandros Manolakos, Rajat Prakash, Junyi Li, Mukesh Kumar
  • Patent number: 12250656
    Abstract: A method by which a terminal operates in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment, comprises the steps of: receiving time difference of arrival (TDoA) slots from anchor nodes (ANs); and measuring the position of the terminal by using the TDoA slots, wherein the TDoA slots include control information of the ANs and positioning reference signals (PRSs) of the ANs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jongseob Baek, Woosuk Ko, Hanbyul Seo
  • Patent number: 12248084
    Abstract: In some implementations, a user device may receive one or more first advertisements from one or more first beacons. Accordingly, the user device may exchange check-in messages with a remote device based on the one or more first advertisements. The user device may track a location using at least one or more signal strengths associated with the one or more first beacons and one or more signal strengths associated with one or more second beacons. The user device may further display and update a map based on tracking the location. The user device may receive one or more second advertisements from the one or more second beacons. Accordingly, the user device may request first information associated with the one or more second beacons that is different from second information associated with one or more third beacons. The user device may further display the first information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Imren Johar, Ray Cheng, Leeyat Bracha Tessler, Daniel Marsch, Rocky Guo, Bryant Yee, John Jones
  • Patent number: 12241987
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for performing wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless communication device may determine that a prospective position of the wireless communication device is in a geographic area associated with a deficient global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signal. In some cases, the wireless communications device can transmit a sidelink synchronization signal to at least one user equipment (UE) device that is located within the geographic area associated with the deficient GNSS signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Mohammed Ataur Rahman Shuman, Soumya Das, Mohammad Nekoui
  • Patent number: 12241988
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for performing positioning by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system supporting a sidelink according to various embodiments are disclosed. Disclosed are a method and an apparatus therefor, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a plurality of pieces of sidelink control information (SCI) including scheduling information of a PRS from a plurality of anchor nodes; receiving a plurality of PRSs on the basis of the plurality of pieces of SCI; on the basis of the positional relationship of the plurality of anchor nodes, detecting ambiguity in position measurement based on the plurality of PRSs; requesting an angle of arrival (AoA) report from one anchor node among the plurality of anchor nodes on the basis of the detected ambiguity in position measurement; and measuring the position of the UE on the basis of the plurality of PRSs and the reported AoA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jongseob Baek, Hanbyul Seo
  • Patent number: 12245115
    Abstract: In exemplary embodiments, methods and systems are provided for downloading of geographic information. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, a method is provided that includes the following steps: identifying, via a processor using map data, a plurality of geographic areas in which a vehicle is to travel along a selected route to a destination; identifying, via the processor using the map data, a plurality of map tiles corresponding to the plurality of geographic areas, such that each of the plurality of map tiles corresponds to a different one of the plurality of geographic areas; obtaining data access information for each of the plurality of geographic areas; and determining, via the processor, a prioritized sequence for downloading the plurality of map tiles, based on the data access information for the plurality of geographic areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Gabriel Tayoung Choi, Anthony W Cullen, Morgan Douglas Dykshorn, Nolan Foster, Matthew Robert Wallace
  • Patent number: 12245184
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for user equipment (UE)-based positioning non-line of sight (NLOS) error mitigation. For example, some embodiments described herein may provide for use of a blind-learning-type algorithm for channel bias distribution estimation for UE-based positioning. The UE may perform a calculation of a positioning of the UE using NLOS bias distribution received from a network node, as described elsewhere herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Ryan Keating, Manivannan Thyagarajan, Howard Huang
  • Patent number: 12243079
    Abstract: An information technology platform for personalizing an experience of a visitor at a non-profit venue comprising: a network; a server in communication with the network; a mobile computing device to be carried by a visitor to a non-profit venue, wherein the platform determines personalized information about the visitor and a recommendation engine outputs a suggestion for a personalized experience to the visitor to encourage philanthropic activity related to an ongoing philanthropic campaign; and a machine learning system for learning on a training set of photographic data or video data, the learning to train the machine learning system to predict a sentiment towards the ongoing philanthropic campaign of the visitor based, at least in part, on photographic images or video images that are taken by the visitor, that are shared to the visitor, that are shared by the visitor or that include the visitor as a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Olive Seed Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Christine Soule, Charles H. Cella, Richard Spitz
  • Patent number: 12235371
    Abstract: A moving space based datum (MSBD) formed from a plurality of nodes in space which designate at least one data reference line or plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: TOMORROW'S PIXELS, LLC
    Inventors: Joan Mondello, Charles Mondello