Auxiliary Data Signaling (e.g., Short Message Service (sms)) Patents (Class 455/466)
  • Patent number: 11924149
    Abstract: Implementations set forth herein relate to an automated assistant that facilitates the creation of complex messages from user input(s) to the automated assistant. Each message can be created according to a respective template that is selected based on user input that directs the automated assistant to communicate a message to a recipient. Furthermore, sections of a template can be designated for certain content based on prior messages communicated by one or more users to one or more recipients. In this way, in response to a user requesting that the automated assistant send a message, the automated assistant can select a related template and fill out the template accordingly. In some instances, content that is assigned to certain sections of the selected template can come from a variety of different sources and/or may not be explicitly specified in the request from the user to the automated assistant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Sharifi, Victor Carbune
  • Patent number: 11922423
    Abstract: The invention provides one or more consortia of networks that identify and share information about users and/or user devices interacting with the consortia. User devices may be identified, at least in part, by a delta of time parameter between a user device used and a reference time. Other parameters may be analyzed to identify a computer user and/or device and noteworthy transactions. The invention may be used for identity-based applications such as network security, the detection of fraudulent transactions, identity theft, ratings-based communities and law enforcement. User may be permitted to register user devices in order to control access for performing transactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: THE 41ST PARAMETER, INC.
    Inventor: Ori Eisen
  • Patent number: 11916974
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and storage media provide interoperability for advanced messaging features involving proprietary messaging platforms. Exemplary implementations may: register a user of a messaging platform with an external network; associate the user with an identifier of the external network; configure an adapter to receive notifications from the identifier of the external network via a subscription; and receive, via the adapter at the messaging platform, the notifications addressed to the identifier of the external network based on the subscription.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: 8×8, Inc.
    Inventor: Aaron Evans
  • Patent number: 11917030
    Abstract: A push notification distribution system centralizes the management and delivery of push notifications to applications executing on electronic devices. Registration requests to register applications for push notifications may be aggregated and sent as an aggregated registration request. The delivery priority of push notifications may be managed according to specified preferences. Upon receiving a push notification intended for an electronic device, a delivery priority of the push notification may be changed if an application identifier associated with the push notification is found on a list of application identifiers with designed delivery priorities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Huan He, Jonathon Sodos, Nicholas J. Circosta, Sean Geiger, Nelson M. Leduc, Cisto Cyriac, Matthew E. Shepherd, David A. Schaefgen, Elliot T. Garner, Jose A. Lozano Hinojosa, Mursalin Akon, Robert D. Butler, Xudong Liu
  • Patent number: 11902856
    Abstract: An electronic device for securely determining current location information regarding the electronic device, the electronic device comprising a radio communication module and a secure element including a processor and a memory, the secure element being connected to the radio communication module and the processor being configured to obtain one or more beacon messages from one or more beacon devices; determine in real-time the current location information, the current location information comprising one or more distances between the electronic device and the beacon devices; and store the current location information in the memory of the secure element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: LEGIC Identsystems AG
    Inventors: Rainer Troester, Marcel Plüss
  • Patent number: 11893557
    Abstract: A system for managing a financial account in a low cash mode. The system may include a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform operations. The operations may include providing an interface; providing a notification to a user when a balance in the first account is deemed to be in low cash mode; presenting, when the first account balance is deemed to be in low cash mode, an option for a transfer request; receiving, a selection of the option for the transfer request to connect the first account with a second account; transferring funds from the second account to the first account; notifying the user that funds have been transferred from the second account to the first account; and further notifying the user that the balance in the first account is greater than the threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Urich T. Bowers, Mecal McDade, Todd Tkach, Jeremy Moore, Fernando Alfaro, Robert Haberstroh
  • Patent number: 11888828
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a method for secure domain name system, DNS, queries. The method is performed in a DNS client, and the method includes obtaining an encryption key and internet protocol, IP, address for a final DNS resolver, creating a session key, encrypting a DNS query and the created session key with the obtained encryption key, and sending a DNS message containing the encrypted DNS query and the created session key to an intermediate DNS resolver, different from the final DNS resolver, together with the obtained IP address for the final DNS resolver. Methods, nodes, computer programs, and a computer program product for secure DNS queries are also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Niilo Lehtikuja, Patrik Salmela
  • Patent number: 11889429
    Abstract: Various schemes pertaining to encoding and transmit power control for downsized trigger-based (TB) physical-layer protocol data unit (PPDU) transmissions in next-generation WLAN systems are described. A station (STA) receives a trigger frame indicating an allocated resource unit (RU) of a first size. The STA performs channel sensing responsive to receiving the trigger frame. In response to detecting at least one subchannel being busy from the channel sensing, the STA performs a downsized trigger-based (TB) transmission with a downsized RU or multi-RU (MRU) of a second size smaller than the first size by utilizing downsized RU or MRU allocation information while maintaining a value of each of one or more parameters unchanged in an encoding process to perform the downsized TB transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Shengquan Hu, Jianhan Liu, Thomas Edward Pare, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11869660
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of medical fluid management devices, in particular dialysis machines. The object of the invention is to design methods and devices, such that the monitoring and control of medical fluid management devices from a remote site are possible. To do so, the screen content of the output device of a fluid management device is transmitted at least partially to an output device of a remote control unit. The screen content optionally has user interfaces, which can be selected on the remote control device and lead to changes in the control of the transmitting medical fluid management device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Brand, Daniel Hauck, Peter Kloeffel, Thomas Stahl
  • Patent number: 11869014
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices supporting physical proximity graphing are described. Some systems may store a limited set of location information for a set of humans (e.g., refraining from tracking device location information to maintain user privacy). A system may send a survey to each person indicating a suggested list of people based on the location information. The people may provide feedback confirming whether encounters occurred with each suggested human. The system may use this information to generate a graph using hashed identifiers to obfuscate user identities, where the graph tracks connections between people (e.g., based on encounters within a time period). Based on a trigger event, the system may analyze the graph and identify a set of hashed identifiers connected to a person of interest (e.g., traversing multiple levels of the graph). The system may transmit messages to people corresponding to the identified set of hashed identifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Prithvi Krishnan Padmanabhan, Amanda Grady
  • Patent number: 11864148
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, by an equipment identity register application in the target mobile network, an International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) of a user equipment (UE) associated with the subscriber and a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) identifier (ID) identifying an inactive SIM card inserted into the UE or an inactive electronic SIM (eSIM) profile installed at the UE, determining that the UE is attempting to attach to the target mobile network for a first time based on the IMEI and the SIM ID, adding an event to an event queue of the target mobile network, and processing the event by accessing subscriber data stored at the source mobile network to validate that the IMEI of the UE is indicated in the subscriber data stored at the source mobile network, wherein the subscriber data includes a subscriber account indicated by the IMEI of the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: T-Mobile Innovatons LLC
    Inventors: Mukesh Agarwal, Ryan P. Dreiling, Philip Warren Uehling, Vijay Bhanu Reddy Yelmat
  • Patent number: 11846646
    Abstract: For the method and system (1) for measuring physical parameters, several motion sensor assemblies (2) are arranged in different positions on a trampoline (10) and activated to measure any motion over time during jumps performed by a competitor on a trampoline. Following the processing of measurements made in each sensor assembly, data signals are transmitted to a base station (25). As a result of the various measurements received over time from each sensor assembly, the base station determines a time of flight for each of the competitor's jumps, and a position of contact of the competitor on the bed (21) to award points to the competitor for the performance of a determined number of jumps during the competition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: SWISS TIMING LTD
    Inventor: Laurent Varone
  • Patent number: 11837337
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to systems, methods, and user interfaces for providing voice-activated ambulance booking. Initially, a non-medical user initiates a workflow, via a voice command, that enables the user to provide information about a patient that can be utilized to prioritize the booking of ambulances for patients. Upon providing the initial voice command, the workflow is provided, via a user interface of the user device. The workflow comprises a series of questions corresponding to a status of the patient that can easily be answered merely by observing the patient (e.g., is the patient conscious, is the patient breathing, is the patient bleeding). Based on responses provided by the user, an ambulance is requested for the patient. User device vitals including battery charge levels and signal strength can be used to resolve conflicts if multiple requests are made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc.
    Inventors: Vikas S. Kumar, Amar Mavinagidad, Deepika Roy, Soumen Tapadar
  • Patent number: 11831807
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments may include a method that includes receiving profile data associated with a user, the profile data comprising a first phone number, receiving browsing data from a user device associated with the user, storing the browsing data with a store time, receiving a phone call from the first phone number at a call time, identifying the user from the first phone number, retrieving the browsing data, determining whether the store time is within a time threshold of the call time and whether the browsing data comprises trigger data. When the browsing data comprises the trigger data and the store time is within the time threshold of the call time, generate a customized audio IVR menu based on the browsing data and present the customized audio IVR menu to the user over the phone call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Jose Moreno, Jonatan Yucra Rodriguez, Andrew Veenstra, Vu Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11831596
    Abstract: Systems and methods relating to communication over relatively low power protocols by adding reliability functionality are presented. Sent messages having reliability functionality include an acknowledgment request flag that indicates that the message includes a request to acknowledge the request once received and an application payload that includes data for the message. The acknowledgment request flag causes responding devices to send an acknowledgment message to the sending device indicating that the sent message has been received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Pradip De, Jay D. Logue
  • Patent number: 11830346
    Abstract: The present invention exists as a mobile application and includes systems and methods for allowing users and authority figures to communicate. Tenants living within a community are grouped by a site ID. Authorities such as security guards or law enforcement are assigned an organization ID corresponding with the site ID for the community they serve. Tenants may make requests through the application to authorities with a matching ID comprising anonymous reports, live chat, live calls, or dispatch to a certain location. Tenants may also bypass the corresponding authorities and contact a 911 dispatcher directly. Certain requests may open a direct line of communication between an authority and a tenant. Other requests, including anonymous reports and dispatches, may be sent to all authority figures with an organization ID matching the requesting tenant's site ID. Authorities may send broadcasts through the application to tenants with a matching ID. All communications are encrypted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: BLUEWAVE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Don Leslie Carr, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11829586
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to techniques for reacting to a message in a communication platform. An exemplary method implemented at least in part by a user computing device of a user associated with a communication platform comprises: displaying the message in a message area; identifying, based on the message, one or more reactive emojis; displaying one or more graphical representations of the one or more reactive emojis; receiving, from a user, an input selecting a graphical representation of the one or more reactive graphical representations; in response to receiving the input, displaying a reaction to the message in a reaction area; and displaying a response input area for inputting a response to the message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Slack Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Fong, Mark Christian
  • Patent number: 11823170
    Abstract: An integrated communications network may be integrated with existing payment systems to provide for more efficient and secure payment related communications. The integrated communications network may use mobile network protocol encapsulation to provide more efficient, faster, and more robust payment related communications to a payment processor across a mobile network. The integrated communications network may implement a location-aware network communications system that may allow a payment processor to obtain additional information about a consumer using a location-aware header of a network communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Quan Wang, Steven Countway
  • Patent number: 11818381
    Abstract: Methods, systems and devices for signaling picture information in access units in video bitstream processing are disclosed. An example method of video processing includes performing a conversion between a video comprising one or more pictures and a bitstream of the video, wherein the bitstream conforms to a format rule, wherein the format rule specifies that a flag and a syntax element, when included in the bitstream, are access unit (AU) specific, and wherein the flag indicates, in response to a current AU not being a first AU in the bitstream in a decoding order, whether a nominal coded picture buffer (CPB) removal time of the current AU is determined relative to (a) a nominal CPB removal time of a previous AU associated with a buffering period supplemental enhancement information (SEI) message, or (b) a nominal CPB removal time of the current AU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventor: Ye-kui Wang
  • Patent number: 11816724
    Abstract: A system includes a content generation subsystem that features a playlist controller and multimedia service logic. The playlist controller is configured to generate a presentation playlist that controls retrieval and playback of audio clips along displayable images. The multimedia service logic, in response to receiving at least a vehicle identification number from the playlist controller, (i) automatically determines vehicle option codes associated with the vehicle, each vehicle option code identifies an option installed on the vehicle; (ii) automatically translate the vehicle option codes into information that is used in recovery of a plurality of text descriptions directed to features of the vehicle, and (iii) automatically determine the a plurality of audio clip links corresponding to the plurality of text descriptions that are used in the formation of the playlist. The second plurality of audio clip links is greater in number than the first plurality of audio clip links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Autodata Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory T. Perrier, Hans Otten, Robert Giguere, Andrew Awaijane
  • Patent number: 11809680
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling an Internet of Things (IoT) device through interaction with an augmented reality (AR) camera includes pairing an interactable augmented reality (AR) overlay with the IoT device. The interactable overlay includes control information for generating a control signal for controlling the IoT device when the interactable overlay is interacted with by the AR camera. The interactable overlay is presented on a display of the AR camera when the IoT device is in a field of view of the AR camera. An indication that the user has pointed the AR camera at the interactable overlay associated with the IoT device on the display of the AR camera is provided, and a control signal associated with the interactable overlay pointed at by the AR camera is provided to the at least one IoT device associated with the interactable overlay pointed at by the AR camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventor: Shin Hwun Kang
  • Patent number: 11811939
    Abstract: A system and method for authenticating an application that employs cryptographic keys and functions is provided with white box cryptography employed to secure the application, and to secure communications with the application. The white box includes a transformation of the application and the keys. A secure channel between the white box and a crypto token is used for communications. In some cases, the transformed keys can be employed in authenticating the white box to the crypto token. The presence of a valid crypto token can be periodically determined. In the presence of a valid crypto token, the white box can provide a verifiable message to a remote server. The remote server can verify the message and initiate a service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Medvinsky, Lex Aaron Anderson
  • Patent number: 11805068
    Abstract: Implementations set forth herein relate to conditionally delaying fulfillment of client update requests in order to preserve network bandwidth and other resources that may be consumed when an ecosystem of linked assistant devices are repeatedly pinging servers for updates. In some implementations, a server device can delay and/or bypass fulfillment of a client request based on one or more indications that certain requested data is currently, or is expected to be, expired. For example, a user that is modifying assistant settings via a cellular device can cause an update notification to be pushed to several other assistant devices before the user finishes editing the assistant settings. Implementations herein can limit fulfillment of update requests from the client devices according to certain criteria—such as whether the user is continuing to modify the assistant settings from their cellular device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Benedict Liang, Bryan Christopher Horling, Lan Huo
  • Patent number: 11798411
    Abstract: A device may receive three-dimensional geographical map data for a geographical region associated with a vehicle device of a vehicle and may process the three-dimensional geographical map data, with a data model, to transform the three-dimensional geographical map data into transformed geographical map data with a format that corresponds to a particular standard. The device may generate a message based on the transformed geographical map data and may cause the message to be provided to the vehicle device. The device may perform one or more actions based on the message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Baker, Jr., Randall Paul Carver, Chad Hammond
  • Patent number: 11799895
    Abstract: Systems and methods to determine an aggregate risk score are described. In one embodiment, a first dynamic risk factor and a second dynamic risk factor are generated associated with a first incident and a second incident respectively at a site. One or more static risk factors are retrieved from a database. The static risk factors and the dynamic risk factors are mapped to a first threat. A first threat risk score associated with the first threat is computed. A second risk score associated with a second threat is computed. A first total risk score associated with a first computing device included in a computer network associated with the site is computed. A second risk score associated with a second computing device included in the computer network is computed. The first total risk score and the second total risk score are aggregated to compute an aggregate risk score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: NETSKOPE, INC.
    Inventors: Srinivas Akella, Shahab Sheikh-Bahaei
  • Patent number: 11797424
    Abstract: Techniques are described for managing creation and/or implementation of compliance-based procedures and policies for computing environments executing software programs using computing resources. In at least some situations, the described techniques include performing one or more defined compliance tests on a target computing environment by employing user-defined and/or predefined compliance profiles to test one or more computing resources in the target computing environment. Profiles typically include one or more user-defined or predefined controls that each includes one or more compliance tests, which in turn utilize one or more user-defined or predefined testing-implementation modules to execute the tests. Profiles can introduce dependencies so that one profile can access and utilize the controls or testing-implementation modules in other profiles. A user can dynamically execute a profile, and/or profiles can be scheduled for execution (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christian Dominik Richter, Christoph Thomas Hartmann
  • Patent number: 11792645
    Abstract: Methods and devices and systems for implementing the methods for authenticating plaintext and ciphertext in a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) message include generating ciphertext from a plaintext message to be transmitted in a V2X message, generating a hash of the ciphertext and a hash of the plaintext message, generating a digital signature of a concatenation of the hash of the ciphertext and the hash of the plaintext message, and sending to a network node a V2X message that includes the ciphertext, the hash of the plaintext message, and the digital signature. The hash of the plaintext message, and the digital signature may be configured to enable the network node to verify that the V2X endpoint node signed the concatenation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: William Whyte, Sean Vincent Maschue, Drew Foster Van Duren, Virendra Kumar
  • Patent number: 11792455
    Abstract: A system comprising a smart security device and a communication device. The smart security device may be configured to capture pixel data to generate video frames, capture audio, analyze the video frames and the audio, detect an event in response to the analysis, communicate the video frames and the audio and communicate a notification. The communication device may be configured to receive the video frames, the audio and the notification, display the video frames and the notification and playback the audio and override a do not disturb mode of the communication device in response to an emergency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: KUNA SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sai-Wai Fu, Harold G. Sampson, Murali Sharma
  • Patent number: 11790417
    Abstract: Systems and methods for authenticating access to multiple data stores substantially in real-time are disclosed. The system may include a server coupled to a network, a client device in communication with the server via the network and a plurality of data stores. The server may authenticate access to the data stores and forward information from those stores to the client device. An exemplary authentication method may include receipt of a request for access to data. Information concerning access to that data is stored and associated with an identifier assigned to a client device. If the identifier is found to correspond to the stored information during a future request for access to the store, access to that store is granted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SEVEN NETWORKS, LLC
    Inventors: Jay Sutaria, Brian Daniel Gustafson, Robert Paul van Gent, Ruth Lin, David Merriwether, Parvinder Sawhney
  • Patent number: 11777900
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method comprises: receiving, by a root network device providing a DAG topology in a low power and lossy network (LLN), one or more multicast registration messages from an LLN device and identifying distinct properties of the LLN device; receiving, by the root network device, one or more multicast address group identifiers of one or more multicast streams to which the LLN device has subscribed, and associating the one or more multicast address group identifiers with the distinct properties; receiving a multicast message specifying one of the multicast address group identifiers; and generating, by the root network device, a directed multicast message having a multi-dimensional addressing data structure comprising a selected one of the distinct properties and the one multicast address group identifier, causing parent network devices in the DAG topology to selectively retransmit based on determining a child network device has the selected one distinct property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Pascal Thubert, Yinfang Wang, Huimin She, Feiliang Wang
  • Patent number: 11777891
    Abstract: A message sender crafts an electronic message and addresses the electronic message to at least one message recipient. The message sender can further specify one or more discoverability criteria, such as a time criterion, a geolocation criterion, etc. In some embodiments, the message sender can create the electronic message and specify the discoverability criteria utilizing an application program executing on an electronic communication device of the sender or a browser-based application. The sender submits the electronic message to a message service, which can be provided, for example, by a message server coupled to the Internet. Although the electronic message is submitted to the message service, content of the electronic message is not immediately delivered to the message recipient. Instead, the message server reveals the content of the electronic message to the message recipient when at least some, and in some cases all, of the discoverability criteria are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Koya Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon H. Werner, Cherie Werner, Caryn Noel Werner, Courtney Werner
  • Patent number: 11757822
    Abstract: Examples described herein include systems and methods for performing email synchronization in situations where mobile-device connectivity is lacking. The mobile device can send an SMS message to an email notification server requesting email synchronization and the email notification server can request synchronization with the email server associated with the user's email account. After receiving an email from the email server, the email notification server cart encrypt the email and break it into various chunks, with each chunk including a header having identifying information. The chunks can be transmitted as SMS messages to the mobile device. The email application can retrieve the SMS messages, decrypt them, and reconstruct the email. The email application can then display the email for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Ramanandan Nambannor Kunnath, Nikhil Jere
  • Patent number: 11747957
    Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for application data displayed through a selectable application icon. A computing device, such as a mobile smart phone, may include one or more processing application, such as a payment application to utilize an online payment provider. The application may include a desktop or folder icon, or other visual icon that may be presented within an interface of the device's operating system. Additionally, the application may include application data normally presented to the user of the device during operation of the application. The application or the device's operating system may select an informational element of the application information to present to the user. The informational element may then be presented on the application icon while the application is unopened or executing in the background of the operating system. Multiple informational elements may be cycled through on the application icon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventor: David Paul Bozovich, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11749386
    Abstract: In some examples, a system obtains respective information about users and, based on the respective information, generates respective events including an action and parameters defining a trigger for the action. For each user, the system generates a code with data corresponding to a respective event and information, the data including executable data for configuring the respective event and parameters in one or more applications. The system transmits the code to a device associated with the user, which when processed at the device, cause the respective event and parameters to be configured in an application on the device and the trigger to activate the application or device to perform the action, including transmitting, to the system or a display, an indication of a status of the respective event and/or action. The system can also receive an indication when the event has occurred or the trigger has been satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Inventor: Olusegun Adekunle Ishmael
  • Patent number: 11729216
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a delivery service provided by a device receives one or more Messaging Layer Security commit messages comprising a plurality of public and private keys for a Messaging Layer Security group. The delivery service identifies subsets of the plurality of public and private keys to be sent to different destination subgroups in the Messaging Layer Security group. The delivery service maps each of the subsets to Hybrid Information-Centric Networking names. The delivery service sends, based on the Hybrid Information-Centric Networking names, the subsets of the plurality of public and private keys to destination subgroups in the Messaging Layer Security group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Olivier Roques, Luca Muscariello, Giovanna Carofiglio
  • Patent number: 11729738
    Abstract: A method performed by a network node for restoring a Short Message Service (SMS) service in a connection between User Equipment (UE) and a communications network is provided. The UE is attached to the communications network with Evolved Packet System (EPS) attach and SMS only, via a radio network node, a Visitor Location Register (VLR) Mobile Switching Centre (MSC), and the network node. When receiving information that indicates a restart of the VLR MSC in the connection, network node sends (202) to the radio network node, an indication to trigger the UE to send a Tracking Area Update (TAU) request with SMS only. The network node receives (203) the TAU request with SMS only, triggered by the UE according to the indication sent to the radio network node. The network node then restores (204) the SMS service based on information in the TAU request with SMS only, received from the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Xiaoming Li, Yixin Chen, Zhiwei Qu
  • Patent number: 11729625
    Abstract: Associating a user service with a telephony identifier. The user service is accessible by a user of a telephony device via an application on the telephony device. The telephony device is operable in a radio telephony network (RTN) and is contactable via the telephony identifier when operating in the RTN. Network equipment: communicates, between the network equipment and the application on the telephony device, first data comprising a communicated token; receives, from the telephony device, second data comprising a received token, wherein the second data is received from the telephony device via an RTN-native service; receives, from a network node in the RTN, the telephony identifier in control signalling associated with the RTN-native service; and based at least on correlating the received token with the communicated token, associates the received telephony identifier with the user service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Metaswitch Networks Ltd.
    Inventor: Mark Stewart
  • Patent number: 11722444
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for retrieving assets associated with branding for an entity, generating an interactive message comprising at least a first mechanical object, updating the first mechanical object with one or more of the assets associated with branding for the entity, and sending the generated interactive message to a plurality of computing devices. The systems and methods further provided for receiving from at least a subset of the plurality of computing devices, usage data associated with interaction by each computing device of the subset of computing devices with the interactive message, generating metrics for the interactive message from the usage data for the interactive message, and generating at least one report based on the metrics for the interactive message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Jean Luo, Carolina Arguelles, Trevor Stephenson, Grygoriy Kozhemiak
  • Patent number: 11716666
    Abstract: This application relates to the field of communications technologies, and provides a cell handover method and an apparatus in a high-speed movement scenario, to resolve problems of a relatively high service drop rate and a relatively high re-establishment rate of a terminal device in the high-speed movement scenario.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tao Guo, Shujun Dang, Zhongjin Li, Chuan Li, Zhiyuan Hou
  • Patent number: 11706590
    Abstract: A method and system for enabling MMS message delivery to a recipient device. An MMSC receives and stores MMS message content to be delivered to the recipient device, and the MMSC responsively sends to the recipient device an MMS-notification message carrying an address of the MMS message content stored at the MMSC and then receives a reply indicating that the recipient device received the MMS-notification message. The MMSC then detects that, after the MMSC received the reply, (i) at least a predefined threshold amount of time has passed and (ii) the MMSC has not yet received from the recipient device a request to download the MMS message content. And responsive to at least the detecting, the MMSC then sends to the recipient device a data-service-trigger message that triggers turning on data service of the recipient device, thus enabling MMS-message delivery to the recipient device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum LLC
    Inventors: Mark Peden, Raymond E. Reeves, Simon Youngs
  • Patent number: 11704005
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to a collaborative achievement system for: detecting, at a client device associated with a first user, a collaborative achievement between at least the first user and a second user; selecting an achievement designator based on attributes of the collaborative achievement, wherein the achievement designator comprises personalization instructions for the achievement designator; retrieving, at the client device, user profile information from a first user account and a second user account associated with the first user and the second user; personalizing the achievement designator based on the user profile information and the personalization instructions; and causing display of a presentation of the personalized achievement designator at the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Colin Grantham, Jeremy Voss, David Whyte, Haibo Zhao
  • Patent number: 11706613
    Abstract: An information processing method is provided. The method includes: receiving a connection request of establishing a call connection, the connection request including a communication identifier of a requester; upon determining the communication identifier of the requester meeting a privacy condition, verifying an identity of a responder; and determining whether to permit a response of the responder to the connection request based on a verification result of the identity of the responder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liang Zhang, Shutao Wang
  • Patent number: 11700510
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for short message delivery status report validation are disclosed. One method occurs at a first network node. The method includes receiving a short message delivery status report appearing to be associated with a short message delivery to a mobile subscriber; determining, using a data store containing information about short message delivery attempts, whether the short message delivery status report is valid or invalid, wherein the information about the short message delivery attempts indicates a validation time period for receiving a valid short message delivery status report; and performing a processing action based on the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rajeev Chaurasia, Vipin Kumar, Ravindra Madhukar Patil
  • Patent number: 11700428
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide media based on a detected language being spoken. In one embodiment, the system electronically detects which language of a plurality of languages is being spoken by a user, such during a conversation or while giving a voice command to the television. Based on which language of a plurality of languages is being spoken by the user, the system electronically presents media to the user that is in the detected language. For example, the media may be television channels and/or programs that are in the detected language and/or a program guide, such as a pop-up menu, including such media that are in the detected language.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: DISH NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
    Inventor: Rajesh Palaniswami
  • Patent number: 11696098
    Abstract: Systems and methods define an enhanced charging function (CHF) in a communication network by creating a type of slice analysis functionality. For example, the system can access slice information from multiple Policy Control Functions (PCFs) and determine analytics for multiple slices associated with a subscriber user/device or group of subscriber users/devices. Using the enhanced CHF, the system can trigger slice level decisions at a higher level of the hierarchy based on information being aggregated for family devices/plans, category, quota, usage, or other groupings at the CHF instead of just at the individual slice level (e.g., similar to standard PCF functionality).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Ravi Saxena, Bo Wang
  • Patent number: 11687972
    Abstract: A method and a system include receiving an alert enrollment request based on a user selection from a mobile device of a user, the mobile device corresponding to a communication endpoint identifier; generating a user interface element that corresponds to a confirmation of an option to initiating a communication channel; in response to receiving an indication of the confirmation, initiating the communication channel via the mobile device; and transmitting an invitation of a survey communication through the communication channel, the survey communication including an identity verification request associated with a selected phrase to be repeated by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: EBAY INC.
    Inventor: George Vincent Friborg, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11689420
    Abstract: The techniques described herein relate to methods that include: obtaining criteria for a mobile network deployment; selecting a server configuration template for a server configuration based upon the criteria; generating the server configuration for the mobile network deployment based upon the server configuration template; validating the server configuration to ensure the criteria are met by the mobile network deployment of the server configuration; deploying the server configuration as the mobile network deployment; obtaining key performance indicators from the mobile network deployment; updating the mobile network deployment in response to obtaining the key performance indicators; and updating the server configuration template in response to obtaining the key performance indicators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Anupam Divesh, Xuejie Zhang, Mahe Kishan Korukonda, Niraj R. Londhe
  • Patent number: 11682075
    Abstract: Systems and methods for processing items in a queue, a system including one or more memory devices storing instructions and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to perform operations including: analyzing training data to build a predictive model; applying the predictive model to items in a queue to determine scores of the items based on respective probabilities of an entity completing an action for each item; listing the items, sorted by the scores, in a first display view; identifying a first and a second item, respectively having highest and next highest scores; grouping, with each of the first and second items, items that satisfy a grouping condition based on characteristic information of the items; and listing the groups of items including the first and second items, sorted based on the scores of the first and second items, in a second display view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Drake R. Sanderson, Thomas Busath, Sarita Ayyalasomayajula, Taylor Geron, Jaiden Gerig
  • Patent number: 11677707
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to various configurations or methods of displaying push information such as a number or a substance of push information which is received by an app implemented to a data processing terminal such as a smartphone. More particularly, this disclosure relates to various methods of creating and using (1) an unread content which a sender selects a user as a labeled receiver but the user has not yet confirmed or read), and (2) a labeled icon badge which can represent a number of such unread labeled contents or a substance of such labeled contents. This disclosure also relates to various methods of creating and using a labeled icon badge which can distinguish a labeled content from an unlabeled content, where the labeled content is the one with more need for a user to confirm and where the unlabeled content is the one with less need for a user to confirm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Inventors: Jae kyu Lee, Youngtack Shim, Jae lark Jung
  • Patent number: 11676438
    Abstract: A charger for an electronic nicotine delivery systems (“ENDS”) device, which may include aerosol delivery devices provides functionality for authentication, including age verification. Such devices may be restricted based on age or other factors that require some form of authentication, verification, and/or identification to satisfy the restriction. The accessory or charger may provide or connect with a verification system for confirming an age of a user. If the authentication or verification is not satisfied, the charger or accessory will not charge the device, rendering it unusable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Sawyer Hubbard, Leigh Ann Joyce, Jared Aller, Jake Novak, Sean Daugherty