Auxiliary Data Signaling (e.g., Short Message Service (sms)) Patents (Class 455/466)
  • Patent number: 12093403
    Abstract: An access validation device includes a user interface and one or more processors. The user interface includes at least one of a display and an audio output device. The one or more processors cause an identity wallet to generate a credential regarding a medical status of a user using credential data representative of the status received from a distributed ledger. The one or more processors cause the identity wallet to present an indication of the status using the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH
    Inventor: Graeme Jarvis
  • Patent number: 12087298
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device. The electronic device may execute an application for transmitting and receiving at least one of text data or voice data with another electronic device using the communication module, in response to occurrence of at least one event, based on receiving at least one of text data or voice data from the another electronic device, identify that a confirmation is necessary using the digital assistant based on at least one of text data or voice data being generated based on a characteristic of ab utterance using a digital assistant, generate a notification to request confirmation using the digital assistant based on confirmation being necessary, and output the notification using the application. A method for identifying that a confirmation is necessary may include identifying using voice data or text data that is received from another electronic device using a rule-based or AI algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Donghyeon Lee, Seonghan Ryu, Yubin Seo, Eunji Lee, Sungja Choi, Jiyeon Hong, Sechun Kang, Yongjin Cho, Seungchul Lee
  • Patent number: 12086916
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for performing operations for generating a voice note. The operations include receiving, by a messaging application, a request from a first participant to send a voice message to a second participant in a communication session. The operations include, in response to receiving the request, generating an audio file comprising a specified duration of speech input received from the first participant. The operations include associating the audio file with an avatar that represents the first participant. The operations include presenting an interactive visual indicator of the avatar among a plurality of messages in the communication session. The operations include receiving, by the messaging application, input that selects the interactive visual indicator of the avatar. The operations include, in response to receiving the input, rendering an animation of the avatar speaking the speech input while playing the audio file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Dylan Shane Eirinberg, Daniel Trinh
  • Patent number: 12081607
    Abstract: The present technology pertains to initiating and then sharing a capture session. According to at least one example, the present technology includes receiving, from a first device, a request to initiate a shared capture session. In response, the first device launches a capture session that receives audio, video, and screen data from the first device. The first device can then share the capture session with another user, via a link. After a second user selects the link at a second device, audio and video data from the second device are added to the capture session. The capture session aggregates and captures the audio, video, and screen data from both devices. After the capture session ends, a captured media object from the capture session can be stored at the first device, and sent to the second device, and the content management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Adam Boht, Kevin Li
  • Patent number: 12079563
    Abstract: A sentence communicating a desired vanity message is parsed into the component parts. A sequence designation character is assigned to each of related words in a group based on a relative likelihood of use among the group to communicate the message. Coding instructions define code characters in a code for each of the related words in the group for use in generating a non-phonetically coded message. The code characters include at least one of the following: a starting alphabet letter character of the word, the sequence designation character assigned to the word, or a character representing the coded message communicated by the word.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: CRKL, INC.
    Inventor: M. Peri Periasamy
  • Patent number: 12075315
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a data packet transmission method and a device, which relate to the communications field, so as to reduce a storage burden on a base station in a data transmission process. The method includes: acquiring, by a base station that serves a UE, instruction information of a small data packet; and after receiving a radio resource control message sent from the UE, acquiring, by the base station that serves the UE, the small data packet from a core network device according to the instruction information of the small data packet, and sending the small data packet to the UE. The embodiments of the present invention are used for data packet transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuliang Zhi, Yanyan Chen
  • Patent number: 12069613
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may prioritize a transmission scheme for a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state for receiving a downlink message from one or more transmission reception points (TRPs). The UE may receive a downlink control message via a first carrier that schedules a downlink signal for the UE via a second carrier. The UE may select one or more TCI states for reception of the downlink signal based at least in part on the prioritization of the first transmission scheme. The UE may receive the downlink signal via the second carrier in accordance with the selected one or more TCI states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sungwoo Park, Wooseok Nam, Tao Luo, Mostafa Khoshnevisan
  • Patent number: 12063576
    Abstract: The present invention includes a system for providing a mobile-based crowdsourcing platform configured to provide an intuitive and semi-automated means of collecting and managing user-driven data by leveraging text messages. The crowdsourcing platform is configured to leverage a Short Message Service (SMS) communication system for generating and transmitting command text messages to mobile devices of users of the service. The command text messages essentially elicit or otherwise train/educate the user's mobile device to automatically transmit requested data back to the crowdsourcing platform, the requested data including the location or position of the user within a given environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: CrowdComfort, Inc.
    Inventors: Abdullah Daoud, B. Eric Graham
  • Patent number: 12061823
    Abstract: A method for enabling a customer service representative (CSR) to review a print job including a digital graphics file for printing. The CSR receives an incoming electronic communication containing job instructions with the file attached, selects a job instruction preset from the user interface, and initiates preflighting of the file based upon the presets and the printing system. The user interface includes a display screen having a plurality of areas displaying information about the graphics file and annotations relating to results of the preflighting operation, a page of the job, selectable thumbnail images for the job pages, and selectable presets. If preflighting identifies problems, a prepopulated outgoing electronic communication communicating the problems is created and sent to the customer. If no problems are identified, the job instructions and digital graphics file are saved, and an automatic notification is sent to a prepress operation address indicating the job is ready.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Esko Software BV
    Inventors: Joana Silva, Wim Jan C. Fransen, Liesbet Olbrechts
  • Patent number: 12045806
    Abstract: Various examples are directed to systems and methods for securely sending and using proxy element in a mobile wallet system. Through a user interface associated with a proxy originator wallet, user input may be received that defines the parameters of the proxy element. The parameters may include one or more of a spending limit, a time duration, a use number condition, and a transfer condition, and a product condition. A request may be sent from the proxy originator wallet to a proxy approver system to create the proxy element. The originator wallet may receive a proxy grant acknowledgement from the proxy approver system. The grant acknowledgement may instructions for obtaining credentials for the proxy element. The proxy element including the parameters and the instructions for obtaining credentials may be sent to a mobile wallet of a recipient. The recipient mobile wallet may use the proxy element for payment or non-payment transactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Thomas Hayes, Joon Maeng, Ramanathan Ramanathan
  • Patent number: 12045566
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for providing an untrained machine learning model with a combined message and an appropriate emoji reaction icon. An embodiment operates by receiving a first and second user message. The first and second user comprises a first and second user text or a first and second user-inserted emoji reaction icon, respectively. The first or second user text is associated with a first or second system-specified emoji reaction icon, respectively. Thereafter, the first user message is determined to be associated with the second user message, the combined message is created based on the first and second messages, and the appropriate emoji reaction is identified as associated with the combined message. The combined message and associated appropriate emoji reaction icon are then sent to an untrained machine learning model configured to for training.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Joshua Edwards, Eric Loucks, Kevin Osborn, George Bergeron, Kyle Johnson, Brian Lee
  • Patent number: 12039107
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to display a message for notifying a user, store a storage object that is at least one of a screen displaying the message or the message in a storage unit, in a case where a first gesture operation is detected, and display the screen displaying the message or the message, in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied after the display of the message is erased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoko Sato
  • Patent number: 12041525
    Abstract: A system and method for generating and transmitting emergency messages and for maintaining real-time emergency communications sessions between users and emergency dispatch centers. A system receives data transmitted from a user device and constructs an emergency message related to a specific type of emergency scenario as well as the location, meta-data and background information of the user. The generated emergency message is transmitted via a communications network and delivered to an appropriate emergency dispatch center. The method enables the user to deliver a detailed request for help regardless of his or her location or, in another instance, delivers the basic emergency response related information for the user. The generated emergency message is universally compatible with emergency communications center infrastructure so long as the communications centers possess basic voice call equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: RapidSOS, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Bozik, Nicholas Horelik, Michael John Martin, Anil Mehta
  • Patent number: 12035177
    Abstract: A communication device, user terminal, communication system, notification method, and program for handover connections is provided. The communication device may specify a type of handover used to request a communication handover executed by a user terminal, and may notify a user terminal of information related to a specified interface handover type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Otaka, Hideki Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 12034724
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to adverse user behavior detection and mitigation. In examples, a user account of a social platform may be trusted or untrusted. If the user account is untrusted, activity of the user account may be buffered so as to not directly affect social metrics of the social platform. For example, if the untrusted user account follows a target user account, the untrusted user account may be added to a separate set of followers or otherwise separated from a set of trusted followers of the target user account. Eventually, each user account in the separate set is evaluated to determine whether the user account has transitioned to a trusted user. If the user account is now trusted, it may be migrated to the set of trusted followers. However, if the user account is untrusted, it may be removed from the separate set, thereby reverting the activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kristopher Aaron Makey, Alexis Descre, Donald T. Sprague, William Sean Sheehan, Warren Michael Alpert, Robert Mitchell Smith, Arnav Kumar Agrawal
  • Patent number: 12028918
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to example SMS processing methods in an Internet of Things, mobility management network elements, and terminal devices, to provide an SMS service for an Internet of Things terminal device. One example method includes receiving, by a mobility management network element in a packet switched (PS) domain, a non-combined registration request from a terminal device, where the non-combined registration request carries SMS only indication information. When determining that the mobility management network element in the PS domain cannot transfer an SMS for the terminal device through the PS domain, the mobility management network element in the PS domain sends a location update request to a mobility management network element in a circuit switched (CS) domain The location update request is used to implement registration of the terminal device with the CS domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lin Shu, Caijuan Wang
  • Patent number: 12028476
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a conversation creating method, including: receiving, by the terminal device, a first input which is performed on a first image that includes at least one face image (201) by a user; displaying, in response to the first input, an icon of at least one communication program (202); receiving, by the terminal device, a second input which is performed by the user (203); and displaying, in response to the second input, a conversation interface that includes M target identifiers (204), where each of the target identifiers is used to indicate one user, M users indicated by the M target identifiers include users indicated by K face images in the at least one face image, and the M target identifiers are identifiers in a target communication program corresponding to the second input, where M and K are both positive integers, and K is less than or equal to M.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yubing Zhang
  • Patent number: 12028755
    Abstract: A method performed by user equipment (UE) includes receiving a request to access a service unavailable through a first network cell associated with the UE, and receiving a message from an access device associated with the first network cell, wherein the message identifies a plurality of second network cells providing the service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited
    Inventors: Richard Charles Burbidge, Takashi Suzuki, David Philip Hole, Johanna Lisa Dwyer, Venkata Ratnakar Rao Rayavarapu, Maiyuran Wijayanathan, Stephen McCann, Mark Earnshaw, Chen-Ho Chin
  • Patent number: 12017584
    Abstract: A method for playback of messages in a transportation vehicle, wherein messages are received by components of the transportation vehicle. In response to messages being present at the same time, these messages are prioritized relative to each other based on a category allocated in each case. The prioritized messages are played back according to the respective priorities thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Mathias Stäbler, Daniela Schlott
  • Patent number: 12021818
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a method for managing chat conversation retention models. The method may include causing display of an interface that enables a user to select one of multiple retention models for association with an electronic chat conversation, and receiving, via the selector interface, a selection of a particular retention model. The retention model specifies an amount of time that each individual message in the electronic chat conversation is accessible upon being read by a receiving user. The method further includes storing a newly received message as part of the chat conversation, where the storing includes configuring a retention duration attribute for the message in accordance with the amount of time specified by the retention model. The method further includes erasing the message in accordance with the retention duration attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Voss, Jonathan Brody, Nathan Kenneth Boyd
  • Patent number: 12003474
    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: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Inventors: Jae Kyu Lee, Youngtack Shim, Jae Lark Jung
  • Patent number: 11997578
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, over a network from a plurality of mobile devices via a plurality of installed SDKs, sensor data captured by one or more sensors of the plurality of mobile devices, where the sensor data includes geomagnetic data captured within a particular building; providing, over the network, the sensor data to a geomagnetic mapping server to enable generation of a geomagnetic footprint for the particular building that is aggregated with indoor mapping data for the particular building and stored as a map in a mapping repository; and providing, over the network, the map of the particular building to a communication device for presentation at the communication device along with real-time locations of first responders in the particular building, where the real-time locations are determined according to real-time sensor data including real-time geomagnetic data captured by sensors of the first responders. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: David Hildebrant, Mingwun Li, Shih-Ming Wang
  • Patent number: 11991135
    Abstract: Differentiated message presentation in a communication platform is described. In an example, a message to be posted to the communication platform can be received, wherein the communication platform is associated with a plurality of users that are permissioned to access content associated with the communication platform. In an example, a first user profile of a first user of the plurality of users can be associated with a first characteristic of the first user and a second user profile of a second user of the plurality of users can be associated with a second characteristic. Techniques described herein enable differentiated presentation of the message, in respective user interfaces of the communication platform, based at least in part on the first characteristic and the second characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Felix Rieseberg, Tyler Lewis, Jan Hannemann
  • Patent number: 11989722
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to event processing. A computing platform may prefetch, prior to receipt of a purchase request, a plurality of pay to addresses (associated with an omnibus account, used to route funds from the omnibus account to a merchant account, and not associated with a particular merchant account when prefetched). The computing platform may receive, from a client, a request to make a purchase from a merchant, and may associate the client and the merchant with one of the prefetched pay to addresses/notify the client of the prefetched pay to address. The computing platform may monitor the prefetched pay to address for receipt of a predefined amount of cryptocurrency associated with the purchase. Upon detecting receipt of the predefined amount of cryptocurrency, the computing platform may transfer funds corresponding to the purchase from the omnibus account to an account for the merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Coinbase, Inc.
    Inventors: Dustin Kinsey, Jason Li, Jim Cai
  • Patent number: 11985585
    Abstract: A communication system includes a service responsible for sending signaling to a user equipment or an access network serving the user equipment. The service receives a request to send the signaling to the user equipment or the access network together with access type control information indicating whether the signaling is transmittable using any of a plurality of access types or a specific access type provided in the request. The service selectively forwards the signaling to the user equipment or the access network based on the access type control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Nicolas Drevon, Laurent Thiebaut
  • Patent number: 11985107
    Abstract: Methods are provided in which a domain name system (DNS) service obtains a lookup request for information about a source of a traffic flow being transmitted to a network resource external of a service cluster and performs, based on the lookup request, a lookup operation for a microservice that is the source of the traffic flow, among a plurality of microservices of the service cluster registered with the DNS service. The methods further include providing information about the microservice based on the lookup operation. The information includes at least a name of the microservice for visibility of the microservice external of the service cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Szigeti, David John Zacks, Akram Ismail Sheriff, Guy Keinan, Walter T. Hulick, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11973723
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for transmitting a message in an electronic device are provided. The method for transmitting a hidden message includes displaying one or more hiding frames in an input message display area of a display, and transmitting a message including information on the hiding frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Choel-Hwi Kwon
  • Patent number: 11960580
    Abstract: A system and method of managing applications and event notifications using a cursor-based GUI, wherein the cursor-based GUI is located adjacent to the cursor and provides a user with the ability manage and monitor a plurality of dynamically updated applications, commands and event notifications via a persistent and centralized interface. Since the cursor-based GUI is persistent in nature, the plurality of applications, commands and event notifications can be accessed regardless of the user's computer environment. The user can manage user authentication requirements and other configuration information for the cursor-based GUI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Transparence LLC
    Inventor: James J. Nicholas, III
  • Patent number: 11960546
    Abstract: A processor may analyze one or more unread messages. The one or more unread messages may be from one or more respective conversations. The processor may generate, from the analyzing, an ambiguous strings model. The processor may summarize, via utilization of the ambiguous strings model, the one or more unread messages. The processor may genericize the ambiguous strings model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Adam John Gibbons, Seumas McLean Goddard, Shivani Joshi, James Kirk, Daphne Coates
  • Patent number: 11954659
    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 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Inventors: Urich T. Bowers, Mecal McDade, Todd Tkach, Mike Kirch, Eric Romantino, Jeremy Moore, Fernando Alfaro
  • Patent number: 11956284
    Abstract: A method for performing initial registration is provided. The method includes receiving a server timeout message, the server timeout message including at least a field set to a value equal to a value received during a first registration. The method further includes initiating restoration procedures by performing an initial registration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Jan Hendrik Lucas Bakker, Adrian Buckley, Andrew Michael Allen
  • Patent number: 11956194
    Abstract: A text communication management system is provided that receives, analyzes, and enforces recipient actions regarding phone-based text communications. The text communication management system can obtain recipient action data regarding a recipient's action with respect to a particular text communication, and enforce the recipient action with respect to future text communications. The management system can also or alternatively analyze the recipient action data in connection with recipient action data from multiple other recipients to generate a model for use in determining whether future phone-based text communications should be permitted, determining the likelihood that such communications will cause recipients to opt-out, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Callfire, Inc.
    Inventors: Shannon Elizabeth Donohue, Vijesh Rajnikant Mehta, Norman William Happ, Aaron Horvath
  • Patent number: 11950120
    Abstract: A MDT measurement log transmission method, a terminal, and a readable storage medium. The MDT measurement log transmission method comprises: transmitting an available indication to a network side via a first signaling bearer, the available indication being used to indicate to the network side that log-type MDT measurement log information has been stored; receiving a reporting indication message transmitted by the network side via a second signaling bearer, the reporting indication message being used to indicate that the log-type MDT measurement log information has been reported; and determining a third signaling bearer, and transmitting the log-type MDT measurement log information to the network side on the basis of third signaling. The solution reports a MDT measurement log via a MN link or a SN link, thereby reporting a MDT measurement result in a timely manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Lifeng Han
  • 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: RE50092
    Abstract: Systems are provided for managing a small cell telecommunication system servicing multiple network operators. In one aspect, a small cell telecommunication system can include management sub-system including a controller, multiple baseband processing units in communication with the controller, a transport module, and multiple remote antenna units. The controller can communicate with multiple core networks. Each core network is operated by a separate network operator for providing telecommunication services to terminal devices. Each of the baseband processing units can process data plane data and control plane data from at least one respective core network. The transport module can communicate signals between the baseband processing units and the remote antenna units of the small cell network. The management sub-system can provide a respective amount of capacity via the small cell network for each core network based on a respective subset of the baseband processing units assigned to the core network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Luigi Tarlazzi