Position Based Personal Service Patents (Class 455/456.3)
  • Patent number: 11929825
    Abstract: A method of transmitting, by a first user equipment (UE), a sidelink synchronization signal to a second UE in a wireless communication system ay include determining values of NID(1) and NID(2) corresponding to a sidelink identifier (SLID) value based on a number of types of a physical layer sidelink synchronization identity set and a number of sequences included in each type of the physical layer sidelink synchronization identity set; generating a sidelink primary synchronization signal (PSS) sequence and a sidelink secondary synchronization signal (SSS) sequence based on a first primitive polynomial, a second primitive polynomial, and a cyclic shift (CS) value; and mapping, on physical resources, and thereby transmitting the sidelink PSS sequence and the sidelink SSS sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LAB CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sung Jun Yoon
  • Patent number: 11924708
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device that includes a blocking detection unit to detect blocking of a communication channel to a reproduction device which reproduces content on the basis of content data, a movement calculation unit to calculate, in a case where the blocking of the communication channel is detected, an amount of movement of the reproduction device to a position that escapes the blocking, and a control unit to control generation of the content data on the basis of the amount of movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuichi Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 11924711
    Abstract: A listening device for tracking locations of a tracking device in a physical space includes one or more wireless transceivers, one or more sensors, and one or more processors. The processors generate positional indicators associated with the listening device based on signals generated by the one or more sensors, based on communications with an external device, or both. The listening device communicates with the tracking device to receive a tracking signal, based on which the processors identify a position of the tracking device relative to the listening device. The tracking device is located within the physical space based on the identified position of the tracking device relative to the listening device and the positional indicators associated with the listening device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Baird, Barry Butterklee, William Parker, John Depew
  • Patent number: 11914848
    Abstract: Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. In one example, a plurality of data items selected by a user are received, wherein a plurality of confidence values corresponding to the plurality of data items are identified. The plurality of data items is ordered. The first data item is displayed, and updated context information associated with the electronic device is received. An update to the plurality of confidence values is detected, wherein the updated plurality of confidence values includes a third confidence value associated with a third data item of the plurality of ordered data items. In accordance with a determination that the third confidence value is higher than a first confidence value of the first data item, an order of the plurality of ordered data items is modified, and the third data item of the plurality of ordered data items is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: John L. Blatz, Akshay Aggarwal, Radhika Bhargava, Daiwei Liu, Pallavika Ramaswamy, Kelvin Ting Pui So
  • Patent number: 11909828
    Abstract: Disclosed is a 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4th generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kisuk Kweon, Kyungjoo Suh, Youngkyo Baek
  • Patent number: 11910274
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for providing error correction and management in a mobile-based crowdsourcing platform, specifically a platform providing geolocation services. More specifically, the system of the present invention includes a plurality of remote mobile devices configured to communicate and exchange data with a cloud-based service, such as a crowdsourcing platform. The crowdsourcing platform generally provides a geolocation service based on the crowdsourcing, or polling, of users of the mobile devices so as to determine location and movement of the users within a specific environment. The system is further configured to automatically render a floor plan or layout of a location based on the user data. The system is further configured to recognize and recalibrate data errors during the collection and aggregation of the crowd-sourced data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: CrowdComfort, Inc.
    Inventors: Abdullah Daoud, Chris Fuentes, B. Eric Graham
  • Patent number: 11902861
    Abstract: An SMS-based dual mode content subscription system is disclosed. A first broadcast message associated with a subscription content source is received. A set of destination SMS addresses is determined, each destination SMS address associated with a different subscription to the subscription content source and corresponding to a different mobile device. An SMS message that includes the first broadcast message is sent to each destination SMS address, the SMS message identifying a same first sender SMS address. A reply SMS message is received from a first mobile device of a plurality of mobile devices, the reply SMS message being directed to the first sender SMS address and not being distributed to any other mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices. In response to the reply SMS message, a second SMS message that includes a first subscriber message is sent to only the first mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Advance Local Media LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence Donoghue, Harris Novick, Kevin Wong, David Cohn
  • Patent number: 11889144
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for retrieving an information file from a user profile about a scheduled trip, where access to content may be restricted and identifying, based on the consumption pattern, a first progression point before the scheduled start time and a second progression point after the scheduled end time of the scheduled trip. Based on the difference between the first and second progression points, the media guidance application causes to be stored the respective media assets on a consumption device. Then before departing for the scheduled trip, the media guidance application confirms the first progression points against the current progression point and causes to adjust the stored media assets based on a difference between the current progression point and the first progression point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Srikanth Channapragada, Vikram Makam Gupta, Reda Harb
  • Patent number: 11888943
    Abstract: Implementations for providing load testing services that access logs as a basis for generating simulated traffic patterns are described. The access logs may be used to generate a pattern of events. The pattern of events may indicate a number of occurrences of an event at various times in a time period. The events may be distributed to geographically dispersed computing nodes to cause simulation of requests from different geographic locations using the pattern of events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Fernando Francisco Dingler Avilez
  • Patent number: 11882627
    Abstract: A context awareness engine may include processing circuitry configured to receive a context update request from a content provider for an originator of a content request from a source internet protocol (IP) address associated with a dynamic context, determine updated context information for the originator based on the source IP address, and provide the updated context information to the content provider to enable the content provider to provide a response to the content request including requested content or additional content that is based on the updated context information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SMARTSKY NETWORKS LLC
    Inventors: Richard Pilock, Blane Rockafellow, Bryan S. Trainum, Brian Rudloff, Michael Spencer Toedtli, Thomas Dale Gahagen
  • Patent number: 11876571
    Abstract: System and techniques for radio link quality prediction are described herein. A mobile device may receive a device registration. Motion data for the mobile device may then be obtained. A predicted path for the mobile device may be derived from the motion data. A set of predicted radio metrics for the mobile device along the predicted path mat be produced via a dynamic coverage map. The set of predicted radio metrics may then be transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jonas Svennebring, Bjorn Topel, Katalin Bartfai-Walcott, Hassnaa Moustafa
  • Patent number: 11868138
    Abstract: Various embodiments for controlling a state of an autonomous vehicle that is to meet a user are provided. A receiver receives location information indicating a current location of the user. A memory stores a plurality of states of the autonomous vehicle. Each of the states at least one of visually or audibly distinguishes the autonomous vehicle. A sensor senses an environment of the autonomous vehicle to obtain environment information. A distance from a place of meeting the user to the current location of the user is calculated based on the location information. A first state is selected in accordance with the environment information. The autonomous vehicle is caused to change from a second state to the first state when the distance from the place of meeting the user to the current location of the user becomes smaller than or equal to a predetermined distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Kazunobu Konishi, Shuhei Matsui, Yuta Shimotsuma
  • Patent number: 11871306
    Abstract: A method may comprise initiating the sending of first information representing a phone number of a first receiving mobile phone to a server of a packet switched message service (PSMS). According to a first response to the sending of the first information, the sending of an SMS message may be initiated to the first receiving mobile phone. Second information representing a phone number of a second receiving mobile phone may be sent to the server and a packet switched message to the second receiving mobile phone may be initiated. The packet switched message sent to the second receiving mobile phone may be sent via the PSMS. The packet switched message may be delivered to a plurality of receiving mobile wireless devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: REMBRANDT MESSAGING TECHNOLOGIES II, LP.
    Inventor: Graham Merrett
  • Patent number: 11858356
    Abstract: A system and method for managing energy consumption across a fleet of telematic devices in a computing environment. The method includes receiving real time vehicle operation data from a fleet of telematic devices. The method further includes processing the received real time vehicle operation data using one or more artificial intelligence device integration models. Further, the method includes generating artificial intelligence-based energy management models for the fleet of telematic devices based on the real time vehicle operation data. Additionally, the method includes generating one or more energy management decisions for the fleet of telematic devices based on the generated one or more artificial intelligence-based energy management models. The method further includes managing the generated one or more energy management decisions for the fleet of telematic devices using a web application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Electriphi Inc
    Inventors: Sanjay Dayal, Muffaddal Ghadiali
  • Patent number: 11864072
    Abstract: An example system comprising a computing device to transmit data from a vehicle provisioned with a plurality of hardware computing resources to a decentralized entity, the computing device to receive a custom data selection from the vehicle in response to a conditional request for a particular data set by the decentralized entity, apply a hash function to the custom data selection, transmit the custom data selection to the decentralized entity, verify that the custom data selection fulfills the conditional request of the decentralized entity, and transmit a reward to the vehicle from the decentralized entity in response to the custom data selection having fulfilled the conditional request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Christian Reichenbach, Ralph Beckmann, Bernd Kammholz, Katarina Saric
  • Patent number: 11860644
    Abstract: A flying device is provided, which includes: an acquisition unit that acquires communication quality information with which position information indicating a position and the communication quality at a position indicated by the position information are associated; a flight position identification unit that identifies a flight position, which is an in-flight position; a path determination unit that determines a flight path on the basis of the communication quality associated with the position information corresponding to the flight position in the communication quality information; and a flight control unit that controls a flying mechanism on the basis of the flight path determined by the path determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: KDDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoaki Matsuki, Masafumi Hirono
  • Patent number: 11848028
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for invoking actions at a second user device from a first user device. A method includes determining that a first user device has an associated second user device; accessing specification data that specifies a set of user device actions that the second user device is configured to perform; receiving command inputs for the first user device; for each command input, determining whether the command input resolves to one of the user device actions; for each command input not determined to resolve any of the user device actions, causing the command input to be processed at the first user device; and for each command input determined to resolve one of the user device actions causing the first user device to display in a user interface a dialog by which a user may either accept or deny invoking the user device action at the second user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Omer Bar-or, Scott B. Huffman, Ida Mayer, Arthur E. Blume, Pravir Kumar Gupta
  • Patent number: 11843988
    Abstract: A wireless proximity detection system employs short-range wireless communication to detect the proximity of a user device within a strictly defined wireless zone and as a result trigger a desired action. The proximity detection system may utilize one or more leaky feeders to define the wireless zone and the associated received signal strength(s) detected by the user's wireless device. Alternatively, a compact planar antenna structure coupled with a highly shielded radio transceiver is used to allow a similar precise low-power radio beam to be emitted defining a small location to enable identification of a wireless device such as a smartphone in a given area in front of the device. The planar antenna structure allows a compact and low-cost fabrication method and the use of common printed circuit fabrication methods provide an integrated solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Simpello LLC
    Inventors: William Benjamin Robertson, Roger Mabillard, Jean-Samuel Chenard, Xavier Bernard, Craig A. Stoller
  • Patent number: 11842520
    Abstract: A method of decoding point cloud data comprises obtaining a bitstream that includes an arithmetically encoded syntax element indicating a vertical plane position of a planar mode of a node; and decoding the vertical plane position of the planar mode in the node, wherein decoding the vertical plane position of the planar mode comprises: determining a laser index of a laser candidate in a set of laser candidates, wherein the determined laser index indicates a laser beam that intersects the node; determining a context index based on whether the laser beam is above a first distance threshold, between the first distance threshold and a second distance threshold, between the second distance threshold and a third distance threshold, or below the third distance threshold; and arithmetically decoding the vertical plane position of the planar mode using a context indicated by the determined context index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Geert Van der Auwera, Louis Joseph Kerofsky, Bappaditya Ray, Adarsh Krishnan Ramasubramonian, Marta Karczewicz
  • Patent number: 11844002
    Abstract: A collection unit (111) collects a plurality of sensor values at a plurality of measurement points from a plurality of sensors provided to the plurality of measurement points, and per measurement point, accumulates environmental information data including a sensor value, in an accumulation unit (180). An interpolation unit (112) finds a sensor value at a virtual point based on one sensor value or more obtained by one sensor or more. A management unit (113) accumulates environmental information data including the sensor value at the virtual point, in the accumulation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Kawasaki, Taiki Kobayashi, Tomooki Ukiana
  • Patent number: 11838822
    Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for selecting network protocols using heatmaps. For instance, a system may receive radio frequency information from one or more sources located within an environment. The system may then generate heatmaps using the radio frequency information, where the heatmaps represent characteristics associated with different network protocols. The characteristics may include signal strengths, throughputs, data packet drop rates, data packet retry rates, and/or the like for various locations within the environment. A user device may then receive the heatmaps from the system. Using a location of the user device and the heatmaps, the user device may determine to communicate using a network protocol from the different network protocols. The user device may then establish a connection using the network protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Srinath Gundavelli, Indermeet Gandhi, Shree Murthy, Malcolm Muir Smith, Jerome Henry
  • Patent number: 11822342
    Abstract: An autonomous off-road vehicle (AOV) accesses a pile plan map indicating a plurality of locations within a geographic area at which piles are to be installed. The AOV generates an obstacle map indicating locations of obstacles within the geographic area. The AOV autonomously navigates to a first location of the plurality of locations using the pile plan map. In response to driving a pile into the ground at the first location, the AOV modifies the obstacle map to include a representation of the pile at the first location. The AOV autonomously navigates to a second location of the plurality of locations using the pile plan map. In response to driving a pile into ground at the second location, the AOV modifies the obstacle map that includes the representation of the pile at the first location to further include a representation of the pile at the second location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: BUILT ROBOTICS INC.
    Inventors: Noah Austen Ready-Campbell, Andrew Xiao Liang, Gaurav Jitendra Kikani
  • Patent number: 11825379
    Abstract: This specification generally relates to a method and system for providing curbside pickup. In one example method, an order to be fulfilled via curbside delivery is received at a merchant, where the order is associated with a first entity. The merchant receives a notification of arrival of the first entity to or within a pre-determined area associated with the merchant, where the notification includes location information associated with the first entity. The merchant can then generate a set of directions for a second entity to travel to reach the first entity based on the location information associated with the first entity, and can present the generated set of directions to the second entity for completing the curbside delivery. The merchant can then receive a confirmation of the delivery after interactions between the second entity and the first entity at the first entity's location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Aldelo, LP
    Inventor: Harry Tu
  • Patent number: 11821751
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to validating map data using challenge questions. For instance, an attributes to be validated may be identified from the map data. At least one challenge question may be selected from a plurality of predetermined challenge questions based on the attribute. An image may be retrieved based on image information associated with the at least one challenge question. The image and the at least one challenge question may be provided for display. In response to the providing, operator input identifying an answer to the at least one challenge question may be received. This answer may be then used to validate the attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Michael Steven Montemerlo, Ming Ji, Peter Pawlowski
  • Patent number: 11810050
    Abstract: A method for computing a quality location estimate of a delivery robot by creating an ad-hoc network that can include one or more autonomous delivery vehicles, nearby infrastructure such as 5th Generation signal transceivers, vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) enabled autonomous vehicles, and millimeter-wave device components in Line-Of-Sight (LOS) with any of the above communicating devices. The method can include estimating the quality for localization (e.g., dilution of precision), and steering the robot delivery vehicle via a vehicle-to-anything (V2X) antenna disposed on the robot delivery vehicle and/or repositioning the autonomous delivery vehicle itself to obtain maximum positioning accuracy. The location estimates computed by the vehicle are sent to the delivery robot which then fuses these estimates with its onboard sensor values. The method may assist localization based on a 2D occupancy map to enhance the positioning performance and provides robust localization mechanism without expensive 3D sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Sandeep Sasidharan, Ling Zhu
  • Patent number: 11812345
    Abstract: A method may be performed by a sending mobile phone that transmits SMS messages and transmits packet switched messages via a PSMS. The method may comprise sending first information representing a phone number of a first receiving mobile phone and receiving a first response to the sending of the first information. After the first response is received by the sending mobile phone, an SMS message may be sent to the first receiving mobile phone, based on the first response. Second information representing a phone number of a second receiving mobile phone may be sent by the sending mobile phone and a second response to the sending of the second information may be received. After the second response is received by the sending mobile phone, a message may be sent via a WLAN and the PSMS, to the second receiving mobile phone, based on the second response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: REMBRANDT MESSAGING TECHNOLOGIES II, LP.
    Inventor: Graham Merrett
  • Patent number: 11805391
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to anonymizing of trajectories of mobile devices. Methods may include: receiving an input chunk of probe data points, where the input chunk includes probe data points spanning an input duration, where the input chunk represents at least a first input portion of a trajectory; generating, based at least in part on the input chunk, an output chunk of one or more probe data points, where the output chunk includes one or more probe data points spanning an output duration, where the output duration is different from the input duration, where the output chunk represents at least an output portion of the trajectory, where the first input portion of the trajectory and the output portion of the trajectory share at least a common portion of the trajectory; and providing the output chunk of one or more probe data points to a location-based service provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: HERE GLOBAL B.V.
    Inventors: Elena Vidyakina, Gavin Brown, Elena Mumford, Ori Dov, Olivier Dousse
  • Patent number: 11793167
    Abstract: An information handling and alarm system provided to help pet owners care for and find lost pets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Pet Notify, Inc.
    Inventors: Layne Sapp, Taylor Rork
  • Patent number: 11785439
    Abstract: A software platform includes emergency event processing functionality for detecting and mapping emergency event occurrences. The emergency event processing includes device location registration functionality for allowing operators of the software platform to register locations of their devices. Information associated with the operator-entered location information is stored alongside network device information. When an emergency call is placed by a device registered with the software platform, the software platform identifies network device information for the device placing the emergency call and searches records generated based on the operator-indicated device locations. A location determined thereby is then signaled to a public safety answering point. This automated signaling can improve an emergency response by directing dispatched responders to a specific location verified by the operator of the device, rather than an assumed location specified by an administrator which may not actually be accurate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventor: Walter F. C. Anderson
  • Patent number: 11770674
    Abstract: A method, device and system for limiting mobile device functionality in a geographic area. When a mobile device is located within a predetermined geographic area, the mobile device receives a disabling signal from a disabling device. A Device Owner Application on the mobile device responds to the disabling signal, restricting functionality of the mobile device. Such restrictions may include restricting the mobile device's ability to send and receive text messages and email messages; restricting the mobile device's ability to respond to user input; restricting the mobile device's ability to place and receive phone calls; restricting the mobile device's ability to place and receive phone calls requiring user interaction with the mobile device; restricting the mobile device's ability to utilize a web browser application; restricting the mobile device's web browser from accessing predetermined web sites; and any other predetermined restriction of mobile device functionality as may be desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: CBROS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Nelson Mahar, Donald Edward Williams, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11761979
    Abstract: A psychological evaluation device that estimates interest of a subject in a content used integrally with a terminal held by the subject. Acceleration data obtained by an acceleration sensor built in the terminal is acquired, and a frequency analysis is performed on the acquired acceleration data to obtain acceleration in the gravity direction of the terminal. By obtaining the acceleration in the gravity direction of the terminal, it is possible to, for example, estimate the subject's interest in the content based on the integral value of each frequency component of the acceleration in the gravity direction obtained by performing the frequency analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignees: THE UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO-COMMUNICATIONS, COAMIX INC.
    Inventors: Tota Mizuno, Naoaki Itakura, Chisato Amada, Nobuhiko Horie, Takeshi Hanada, Taiyo Nakashima
  • Patent number: 11765549
    Abstract: A method for performing contact tracing. An analysis system performing the method receives geo-temporal data comprising location data points for various wireless terminals, including the wireless terminals being used by people diagnosed as having a specified disease and the wireless terminals of others, one of whom having possibly infected those diagnosed with the disease. Based on filtering the geo-temporal data, the analysis system generates relatively-condensed mobility profiles that are representative of each person's locations and movements, and analyzes the mobility profiles. Through careful selections of various parameters based on the disease that is being analyzed, the mobility profiles are used instead of the relatively large amounts of geo-temporal data, to represent users of wireless terminals and to determine their interactions in regard to disease transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Polaris Wireless, Inc.
    Inventors: Anjul Bahuguna, Scot Douglas Gordon, Robert Lewis Martin
  • Patent number: 11741437
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for scheduling a task of a user based on a cyber-physical-social (CPS) context of activities. The present disclosure is directed to increasing the efficiency of performing tasks by grouping tasks with the same or similar task CPS contexts so that they are performed in conjunction with one another. A stream of user activities is received that encompasses the CPS context, tasks are identified and classified based on a CPS context model. The CPS model is trained using CPS context and annotations for identified tasks as input to create classes of tasks. The classes of tasks from the model are used to group similar tasks. The present disclosure enables users to receive recommendations on clustering tasks with the same or similar contexts based on an online tool, a location, and collaborators to be performed together to improve productivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ryen William White, Omar Shaya, Kevin Michael Carter, Yongli Ren, Jonathan Liono, Flora Dilys Salim
  • Patent number: 11741704
    Abstract: Techniques are provided which may be implemented using various methods and/or apparatuses to provide augmented reality assistance. An example method includes obtaining a location of the mobile device, and obtaining local rules based on the location of the mobile device. The method also includes obtaining one or more images of an environment in proximity to the mobile device, identifying one or more areas of the environment in the one or more images based on the local rules, and displaying augmented reality (AR) assistance at the mobile device, wherein the AR assistance is based on the identified one or more areas of the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Bala Ramasamy, Arnold Jason Gum
  • Patent number: 11736766
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for determining usage information. A computing device may determine an advertising event associated with content. The computing device may cause activation of a data capture component to capture data at one or more times associated with the advertising event. The data can be analyzed to determine usage information indicative of user behavior during the advertising event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Nishant Doshi
  • Patent number: 11736892
    Abstract: Methods and systems for coordinating task zones at a public safety incident scene. One system includes an electronic computing device that includes an electronic processor configured to determine a first task to be performed by a first public safety officer and a second task to be performed by a second public safety officer. The electronic processor establishes a first geofence for the first task and a second geofence for the second task. In response to determining that the second geofence at least partially overlaps with the first geofence, the electronic processor determines whether the first task conflicts with the second task. In response to determining that the first task conflicts with the second task, the electronic processor modifies the first task and provides an instruction to a communication device of the first public safety officer to indicate that the first task has been modified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Anton Myshenin, Pawel Niemiec, Pawel Tomasik, Mariusz Wawrowski
  • Patent number: 11729575
    Abstract: A boarding intention determination device according to the present application includes an acquisition unit and a determination unit. The acquisition unit acquires a positional relationship between boarding position information representing a boarding spot for boarding a mobile object and user position information representing a current position of a user. The determination unit determines whether the user has an intention to board the mobile object based on the positional relationship that is acquired by the acquisition unit and behavior information representing behaviors of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: YAHOO JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ikuo Kitagishi, Taro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11729580
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed herein for encouraging particular behavior while occupying vehicles. For example, by granting and restricting access to media and other user comfort devices based on whether or not a user is conforming to a predetermined rule set, the media guidance application may encourage a user to adhere to the rule set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: William L. Thomas, Paul T. Stathacopoulos, Danielle Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 11729598
    Abstract: Systems and methods present practical applications to directing emergency alerts from cellular-based message distribution systems to distributed desktop applications via a desktop application gateway. Logic in the desktop applications and their corresponding IP network gateways for the desktop application may direct alerts from the cellular-based system to distributed desktop applications having a connection to the gateway. A distributed application may determine a location of the user and include enhancements to display the alert at a user's computing device. The gateway for the distributed application may store the location information for each logged-in user or registered instance of the user. An interface between the cell broadcast center and the distributed application gateway may allow the gateway to receive the alert, including a region for distributing the alert, from the cell broadcast center, and send the alert to all registered users with a location matching the alert region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Sudhanshu Pandey, Raghavendra Kulkarni
  • Patent number: 11729626
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of allocating shared radio resources in a spectrum shared system (SSS), the method including: obtaining, by a system controller of the SSS, identification information from at least one radio service device of the SSS and a node unit of a distributed antenna system (DAS); determining, by the system controller of the SSS, whether the at least one radio service device interoperates with the DAS based on the identification information; and allocating, by the system controller of the SSS, the shared radio resources to the at least one radio service device and the DAS, respectively, based on a result of the determining of interoperating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SOLiD, INC.
    Inventors: Ok Jin Kim, Dae Young Kim
  • Patent number: 11722906
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of allocating shared radio resources in a spectrum shared system (SSS), the method including: obtaining, by a system controller of the SSS, identification information from at least one radio service device of the SSS and a node unit of a distributed antenna system (DAS); determining, by the system controller of the SSS, whether the at least one radio service device interoperates with the DAS based on the identification information; and allocating, by the system controller of the SSS, the shared radio resources to the at least one radio service device and the DAS, respectively, based on a result of the determining of interoperating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: SOLiD, INC.
    Inventors: Ok Jin Kim, Dae Young Kim
  • Patent number: 11711670
    Abstract: A method for providing a service based on a user scenario, a terminal device, and a system. The terminal device perceives the user scenario with low power consumption, and a cloud-side service open platform determines a corresponding scenario package based on the user scenario, where the scenario package includes a plurality of pre-orchestrated services for the user scenario. The service open platform pushes data related to the determined scenario package to the terminal device, and the terminal device displays entry interfaces of the plurality of services, and provides a corresponding service based on an operation performed by a user on the entry interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuan Ding, Zhenyu Liu, Donghao Zhang
  • Patent number: 11706329
    Abstract: A navigation application running in the foreground of the mobile device is run in the background when the mobile device enters a screen locked state. A display may be activated while the mobile device remains in the screen locked state, and an image is rendered over a lock screen of the mobile device, where the image providing a glimpse into the navigation application running in the background while the mobile device remains in the screen locked state. The image displayed over the lock screen is iteratively updated to provide a continuous glimpse into the navigation application running in the background of the mobile device that is in the screen locked state, without having to unlock the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: RAID ONE IP LLC
    Inventor: Ramraj Soundararajan
  • Patent number: 11706607
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and system related to wireless communications are disclosed. In one example aspect, a method for wireless communications includes receiving, by a network node in a communication network, a packet associated with a call that has been initiated for a user device, and determining, by the network node, location information carried in a header of the packet. The method also includes determining, by the network node using a mapping between location information and Major Trading Are (MTA) values, a MTA value corresponding to the location information carried in the header, and routing, by the network node based on the MTA value, the packet using a routing path that bypasses a circuit-switched based network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Cataquis, Dennis Romero
  • Patent number: 11699308
    Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of receiving, by a diagnostic center, malfunction information related to a transport, acquiring, by a diagnostic center, agreements on a threshold for the malfunction information from a plurality of diagnostic centers, in response to the malfunction information exceeding the threshold, storing the malfunction information on a remote storage, and deleting the malfunction information from the transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Joshua C. Batie, Louis Brugman
  • Patent number: 11696095
    Abstract: Methods and techniques are described for supporting location services for a user equipment (UE) using a location server and service based interfaces (SBIs) and SBI service operations in a Fifth Generation wireless network. The location server may be, e.g., a Location Management Function (LMF). The LMF may be in either a serving Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) for a UE or in a Home PLMN for a roaming UE. The LMF may receive a location service request for the UE using an SBI and may communicate with another entity in the network, through a second entity and using an SBI, to obtain location information for the UE measured by the other entity. The LMF may determine a location for the UE based on the location information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen William Edge, Hong Cheng, Haris Zisimopoulos
  • Patent number: 11685283
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, via a transport, a state of charge of a storage unit of the transport, determining, via the transport, an environment at a location, determining, via the transport, a status of a charging station at the location including at least one of a location energy cost and a location power level and providing, via the transport, a needed amount of energy to the charging station at the location based on the status of the charging station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Norman Lu
  • Patent number: 11683656
    Abstract: A method, device, and medium for recommending a region of interest are provided. The method includes: acquiring access data, the access data including correlation information between any two regions in a region group, in which a correlation between any two regions in the region group is acquired based on a region pair formed by the any two regions in the region group where sample users are located and the number of access times corresponding to the region pair, and in which the region group is acquired based on division of map data, and the map data includes boundary information of an entity in a real world; determining a region where a first user is currently located; and recommending region information of the region of interest for the first user based on the access data and the region where the first user is currently located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: BELTING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanyan Li, Xinjiang Lu, Jianguo Duan
  • Patent number: 11668784
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for determining the quality of a civic address produced by a reverse geocoder, utilizing the uncertainty of a geodetic location and a distance between the geodetic location and a geocoded location (i.e., a civic address) determined by the reverse geocoder. Upon receiving a request by a PSAP for a civic address corresponding to a UE initiating a call for emergency services, a node initially identifies a geodetic location of the UE and an uncertainty of the geodetic location. The node initiates an API call to a reverse geocoder API. The node receives a geocoded location corresponding to the geodetic location and compares the geocoded location to the geodetic location to determine a distance between them. Based on the uncertainty of the geodetic location and the distance between the geodetic location and the geocoded location, a quality of the civic address is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC
    Inventor: Wei-Ming Lan
  • Patent number: 11651842
    Abstract: A server is disclosed. The server comprises: a communication interface for communicating with a user terminal device and an electronic device; a storage for storing healthcare information corresponding to an avatar of a user; and a processor for acquiring the healthcare information corresponding to the avatar of the user from the storage when information including the avatar of the user and health data is received from the user terminal device, and controlling the communication interface such that guide information for guiding user behavior is transmitted to the user terminal device and/or the electronic device on the basis of the acquired healthcare information and the received health data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun-joo Jung, Young-jae Oh, Seong-je Cho, Chul-ho Cho, Hyoung-seon Choi