Auxiliary Data Signaling (e.g., Short Message Service (sms)) Patents (Class 455/466)
  • Patent number: 11449120
    Abstract: Systems and methods for centralized power management of wireless user devices are disclosed. In embodiments, a method comprises: monitoring, by a computing device, battery charge levels for remote user devices; identifying, by the computing device, that a battery charge level of a first user device of the remote user devices is below a predetermined threshold value based on the monitoring; identifying, by the computing device, at least one in-use device from the remote user devices based on real-time data indicating that the at least one in-use device is in use by a user; and sending, by the computing device, an alert to the at least one in-use device based on the identifying the at least one in-use device, wherein the alert includes information about the first user device and information regarding the battery charge level of the first device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: KYNDRYL, INC.
    Inventor: Cesar Augusto Rodriguez Bravo
  • Patent number: 11445398
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems for configuring minimization of drive test in a wireless network with a multi-connectivity architecture are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method performed by a first wireless communication node is disclosed. The method comprises: transmitting, to a second wireless communication node, configuration information for a minimization of drive test (MDT) measurement; and receiving, from the second wireless communication node, a feedback in response to the configuration information for the MDT measurement. The first wireless communication node and the second wireless communication node are both nodes in a wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Inventors: Dapeng Li, He Huang, Yin Gao
  • Patent number: 11443353
    Abstract: A system is disclosed that comprises a presentation system configured to receive a request from a wireless communication service customer and initiate an application programming interface call to an action tool. The system also comprises the action tool that accesses and analyzes customer analytics data and determines and sends potential actions based on the analysis to a rules engine. The system additionally comprises the rules engine that applies rules to select and send an action to the presentation system. The presentation system is further configured to generate and provide a customized GUI comprising a selectable button corresponding to the action to a display of an electronic device associated with the customer. The system further comprises a provisioning system configured to provision the customer with a different wireless communication service plan in response to the electronic device receiving an input to the customized GUI indicating selection of the selectable button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Sean L. Davis, Michael R. Edwards
  • Patent number: 11438754
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media are set forth for providing digital and non-digital content to a segment of a population that is identified using geolocation data and other activity data. In some implementations, non-digital content is delivered via postal mail to a segment of a population according to whether the segment of the population viewed certain content before, during, or after visiting a particular geographic location. In other implementations, digital content, such as phone calls or voice messages, can be delivered to a segment of a population according whether the segment of the population is present or has recently been present at a particular location and previously viewed certain content associated with the location. Segmenting populations in this way can conserve computational resources and materials that might otherwise be wasted on serving a larger population that may have less of an interest in the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: EL TORO.COM, LLC
    Inventors: Stacy B. Griggs, David T. Stadler, III, Daniel L. Kimball, Richard M. Teachout, III
  • Patent number: 11438737
    Abstract: A method and device for generating message notifications at a mobile device is provided. A current operating context of the mobile device is determined. A first display representation for the received message in accordance with notification display settings associated with the determined current operating context is determined. Gesture information from a touch input component is determined and a second display representation comprising at least a portion of the received message and an action area for performing a direct action in response to the received message in response to the determined gesture information is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Ryan David Steeves, Rudolph Ferdinand Ziegler, Alexander James Pedwysocki, Jonas Ove Arbsjö, Haobin Li
  • Patent number: 11437018
    Abstract: Described herein are systems, methods, and computer readable media for dynamically determining a language variant to use for vehicle output to a vehicle occupant based on the vehicle's location. A geographic region may include multiple sub-regions, each of which may be associated with a respective one or more language variants. As an example, a geographic region may be a state or province, and each sub-region may have one or more dialects that are spoken by individuals in that sub-region. In some cases, a particular dialect may be predominant in a given sub-region. As a vehicle traverses a travel path, it may determine its current location, which geographic sub-region includes that location, and which language variant (e.g., dialect) is predominant there. That language variant may then be selected for in-vehicle communication with a vehicle occupant. The vehicle location determination may be made at or near where the occupant entered the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Pony AI Inc.
    Inventors: Peter G. Diehl, Robert Dingli
  • Patent number: 11430029
    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: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Seven Networks, LLC
    Inventors: Jay Sutaria, Brian Daniel Gustafson, Robert Paul van Gent, Ruth Lin, David Merriwether, Parvinder Sawhney
  • Patent number: 11429963
    Abstract: The present invention relates to providing a financial transaction and, more particularly, to a system and method for proceeding with a financial transaction in a financial terminal such as an automated teller machine (ATM) using an approval number resulting from pre-approval. The present invention is directed to providing a system and method for proceeding with a financial transaction, such as a cash withdrawal or a purchase of a gift certificate, by obtaining transaction approval in advance with a portable terminal through communication with a financial institution server or the like and then transferring only a result of the transaction approval to an ATM or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: HAREX INFOTECH INC.
    Inventors: Kyung Yang Park, Dae Yeon Kim, Moon Ho Yang, Hoon Joon Jung
  • Patent number: 11431811
    Abstract: Users receiving incoming messages may provide their preferences for how they wish to be notified of the incoming messages. A plurality of user devices may be caused to output indicators of the incoming messages, and at least one of the user devices may also provide an acknowledgement of the notification, and the indicators may be cleared.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Connelly, Sharma Kanchinadham, Bhagabati Prasad Maharana, Louis Rubin, Michael Cook, James Tobin, Jeffrey Lewis, Bavani Subramaniam
  • Patent number: 11425540
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of sending vertical SMS messages comprising a lead administrator contacting a first server with a request to create a group and providing certain identifying information to the first server; assigning an identification number to the group; creating and assigning at least one access code to the group; sharing the access code to desired members of the group and adding members to the group that send the access code to the identification number; and sending a SMS message to members of the group from the lead administrator, wherein the SMS messages are only shared vertically within the group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Inventors: Jim Heffernan, Robert Sorrells
  • Patent number: 11416467
    Abstract: An electronic device reservation system that reduces the burden on an on-disk database is disclosed that comprises an on-disk database including a reservation table and an in-memory database storing a count of available electronic devices for each type of electronic device. The system also comprises a server comprising one or more application programming interfaces configured to receive a reservation request for a type of electronic device, access the in-memory database to determine whether there is enough inventory, modify the reservation table in the on-disk database for the reservation request in response to determining that there is enough inventory, decrement the count of available electronic devices for the type of electronic device in the in-memory database in response to the modification, and send a notification to a subscriber indicating that they have reserved a place in line electronically for a pre-order of the requested type of electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Robin Dale Katzer, Deepthi Kota, Vijayendra Nannapaneni
  • Patent number: 11419073
    Abstract: Method and apparatus, for synchronising communications between a radio access network (RAN) node and a wireless device (WD) provisioned with a set of synchronised communication configurations. The method comprises, after receiving, by the RAN node, a downstream protocol data unit (PDU), selecting a synchronised communication configuration from the set of synchronised communication configurations where each synchronised communication configuration includes a downlink portion governing downlink data transmissions to the WD, an uplink portion governing uplink data transmissions from the WD, and a sidelink portion governing sidelink data transmissions between WDs, respective ones of the set of synchronised communication configurations being associated with a periodic communications synchronisation indicator (PCSI).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: William Anthony Gage
  • Patent number: 11418920
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are disclosed for verifying geolocation data provided with an electronic content request received from a mobile device. One method includes: receiving, over a network, a content request including a unique identifier and geolocation data; determining a unique device identifier of a mobile device based on the received unique identifier; transmit, over the network, a verification request that requests geolocation data of the mobile device, the verification request including the unique identifier of the mobile device; receiving, over the network, verified geolocation data of the mobile device in response to the transmitted verification request; verifying the geolocation data included with the content request based on the verified geolocation data; and transmitting, over the network, a verification result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Seth Mitchell Demsey
  • Patent number: 11417419
    Abstract: A method includes displaying a window of a first application which includes text corresponding to a patient identifier for a first patient. The method further includes receiving input corresponding to a preconfigured input sequence associated with an electronic health records (EHR) agent, and initiating, by the EHR agent in response to the preconfigured input sequence, a patient information overlay process. The patient information overlay process includes sending a copy command to copy first text from the window of the first application to the clipboard, accessing the first text, searching the accessed first text for an identification of a patient, determining that the patient identifier represents an identification of a patient, accessing patient information for the first patient based on the patient identifier, and displaying an overlay interface overlaid over the window proximate a cursor, the overlay interface including accessed patient information for the first patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Inventor: Andre Hamer
  • Patent number: 11411813
    Abstract: Disclosed are various examples for staging client devices. In one example, a computing device identifies a user profile logged in a client device based on receiving a profile identifier from a management component executed on the client device. The computing device determines that user profile is to be unmanaged by a management service based on a list of associated user profiles for the client device. A message is transmitted to the client device. The message causes the management component to refrain from enforcing a plurality of policies of the management service on the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: AIRWATCH, LLC.
    Inventor: Adam Hardy
  • Patent number: 11405967
    Abstract: A device may include a memory storing instructions and processor configured to execute the instructions to receive a request for a connection from a user equipment (UE) device via cellular wireless signals and detect that the request identifies the connection as a private local data connection associated with a private network. The processor may be further configured to select a private application service network slice, from a plurality of network slices, for the connection, in response to detecting that the request identifies the connection as a private local data connection, and route packets associated with the connection to destination devices in the private network using wireless signals while preventing the packets associated with the connection from leaving the private network via a backhaul connection associated with the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Zhi-Hong Zhang, Said Hanbaly
  • Patent number: 11394760
    Abstract: In one general aspect, a method can include receiving, at a server computing device, a launch request to launch and stream media content pertaining to a game session, the launch request being provided by a mobile device, selecting, using the launch request, a media host configured to stream the media content, verifying a user associated with the mobile device and launching the game session for streaming to the user on a device other than the mobile device. In addition, the method can include during the game session and while streaming the media content, receiving a plurality of real time control requests from the mobile device, and executing the control request by compositing, in real time, the at least one change and the media content and to produce a composite display and transmitting, to the device other than the mobile device, the encoded composite display for streaming in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Dov Shimon Zimring, Ali Naddaf, Michael Jon Sundermeyer, Rishi Chandra, John Affaki, Sarah Walter, Rob McCool, Majd Bakar
  • Patent number: 11388560
    Abstract: A radio terminal (1) is configured to transmit data using a first communication architecture type, in response to an occurrence of a request for specific data transmission when the radio terminal (1) has already been configured by a network (3) to use a second communication architecture type. This contributes to, for example, when the radio terminal has already been configured by the network to use the second communication architecture type that involves suspension and resumption of an RRC connection, facilitating effectively performing communication according to the first communication architecture type that involves data transmission over a control plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisashi Futaki, Sadafuku Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11388668
    Abstract: A method for controlling, via a terminal, a standby mode of a first communication module of the terminal. The first communication module exchanges data with a first wireless access network. The terminal includes a second communication module, which exchanges data with a second wireless access network. The second communication module has a maximum data rate that is lower than a maximum data rate of the first communication module. The terminal belongs to a group of terminals sharing a set of one or several identification codes for connecting to the first wireless network. When the first communication module is in standby mode, the second communication module listens to a downlink between the second wireless access network and the terminal. The first communication module is activated and connects to the first wireless network using the indicated identification code in the activation request received from the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SIGFOX
    Inventor: Raoul Mallart
  • Patent number: 11382147
    Abstract: First identification information is a detach type for requesting disconnection from a system optimized for Internet of Things (IoT). A procedure includes a step of transmitting a detach request message that includes at least the first identification information to a core network, and a step of receiving a detach accept message from the core network as a response to the detach request message. Thus, a communication procedure such as an attach procedure suitable for a CIoT terminal is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yudai Kawasaki, Masafumi Aramoto
  • Patent number: 11379822
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for splitting a transaction among multiple participants. A system configured to practice the method first identifies a group of individuals associated with a shared transaction. Then the system identifies a primary individual from the group of individuals and a non-primary group of individuals from the group of individuals, wherein the primary individual is associated with a primary account that existed prior to the shared transaction, and wherein each individual of the non-primary group of individuals is associated with a respective non-primary account that existed prior to the shared transaction. The system establishes a policy for monitoring the primary account for completion of the shared transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: GIFTYA, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas M. Isaacson, Ryan C. Durham, Jason Wolfe, Patrick Ledbetter, Adam Ludwig
  • Patent number: 11373136
    Abstract: An express package delivery request is received from a courier terminal that indicates identifier information of a courier and first positioning information corresponding to a location of the courier. The express package delivery content information corresponding to a recipient address is retrieved from a database. The identifier information of the courier and the first positioning information corresponding to the location of the courier is determined to be within proximity to the retrieved recipient address. The second positioning information of a recipient that can receive an express package is determined corresponding to an account in the retrieved express package delivery content information. A notification is provided to the courier terminal to deliver the express package identified in the express package delivery request if the determined second positioning information of the recipient coincides with the retrieved recipient address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wenbin Jin
  • Patent number: 11374708
    Abstract: This application discloses a communication method and a communications apparatus. The method implemented by a terminal includes: determining a configuration mode of one or more pilots used for K repeated transmissions, where in a first configuration mode, the terminal device sends a same pilot in each of first N of the K repeated transmissions, and does not send a pilot in remaining K?N transmissions; in a second configuration mode, the terminal device sends a first pilot in first N of the K repeated transmissions, and sends a second pilot in the remaining K?N transmissions; and in the third configuration mode, the terminal device sends the first pilot in each transmission in a first round of K transmissions, and sends the second pilot in each transmission in a second round of K transmissions; and sending the pilots based on the determined configuration mode when performing the K repeated transmissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Wang, Yan Chen, Xiuqiang Xu, Lei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11368562
    Abstract: An electronic device for sending electronic data includes an electricity-using target, a storage unit and a processing unit. The storage unit stores a first communication target identifier used to identify a first communication target under a first specific application communication protocol, and a second communication target identifier used to identify a second communication target under a second specific application communication protocol being different from the first specific application communication protocol. The processing unit accesses the first and the second communication target identifiers by means of the electricity-using target, sends the electronic data toward the first communication target based on the accessed first communication target identifier and the first specific application communication protocol, and sends the electronic data toward the second communication target based on the accessed second communication target identifier and the second specific application communication protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Inventor: Kuo-Chen Chung
  • Patent number: 11363435
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method for use in a core network node comprises: obtaining a mapping of core network (CN) slice identifiers to radio access network (RAN) slice identifiers; receiving a slice registration request from a user equipment (UE); determining a slice identifier associated with the slice registration request; and sending a slice registration response to the UE. The slice registration response includes the determined slice identifier. According to some embodiments, a method for use in a network node comprises obtaining a mapping of CN slice identifiers to RAN slice identifiers. The method may further comprise receiving a connection request from a UE that includes a network slice identifier; determining a RAN slice identifier based on the network slice identifier; and applying a policy of a network slice associated with the determined network slice identifier to the requested connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Elena Myhre, Angelo Centonza, Paul Schliwa-Bertling, Peter Hedman
  • Patent number: 11356421
    Abstract: A mobile network gateway receives, from a user equipment device (UE), a session request for a session between the UE and an application hosted by a hosting device, where the session request includes an application identifier (ID) associated with the application. The mobile network gateway identifies a network slice of a mobile network based on the application ID and an ID associated with the UE, and retrieves a security profile from memory based on the application ID and the identified network slice. The mobile network gateway establishes a secure tunnel between the gateway and the hosting device using the retrieved security profile, and forwards data units associated with the requested session between the UE and the hosting device via the secure tunnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Amir Saghir, Said Hanbaly, Mun Wei Low, Nimalan Kanagasabai
  • Patent number: 11356838
    Abstract: A method in a network node (115) comprises receiving (615, 715, 820, 920, 1015, 1304), from a user equipment (UE) (110) configured in an inactive state (605, 705, 805, 905, 1005), a request to resume a connection as part of a non-access stratum procedure. The method comprises resuming (620, 720, 825, 925, 1020, 1308) the connection in response to the request. The method comprises obtaining (645, 745, 845, 945, 1045, 1312) an indication that signaling associated with the non-access stratum procedure is complete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Patrik Rugeland, Gunnar Mildh
  • Patent number: 11334913
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for facilitating immediate activation of a promotion. One example embodiment may include an apparatus for facilitating immediate activation of a promotion, the apparatus comprising registration circuitry configured to receive promotion component information, the promotion component information comprising one or more products or services and a price, generate a promotion comprising the promotion component information, and assign promotion identification information to the promotion; and activation circuitry configured to receive information provided in a text message, the text message comprising at least the promotion identification information, a command, the text message addressed to a short code, the command indicative of an instruction to perform with regard to the promotion identified by the promotion identification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: GROUPON, INC.
    Inventor: Azmath Mohamad
  • Patent number: 11334924
    Abstract: A system for generating an advertisement is provided. The system may receive an advertisement request from a client device and select an advertisement from a database in response to the advertisement request. The system may identify an advertiser web server associated with the advertisement, for example a landing page. The system may retrieve a picture from the advertiser web server and integrate the picture with the advertisement to generate an enhanced advertisement. The system may serve the enhanced advertisement to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Yahoo Ad Tech LLC
    Inventors: Gerald Pesavento, Sachin Sudhakar Farfade, Venkat Kumar Reddy Barakam, Ramu Adapala, Sripathi Ramadurai, Pierre Garrigues
  • Patent number: 11337042
    Abstract: A short message service (SMS) message processing method and apparatus, and an electronic device, are provided in the field of information technologies. The method includes receiving a new SMS message; extracting identification information of the SMS message, where the identification information is information about a number used to send the SMS message and/or a content keyword; determining a processing manner corresponding to the identification information from a prestored correspondence between an identification information group and a processing manner according to the identification information, where each identification information group includes at least one piece of identification information; and processing the SMS message according to the determined processing manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Honor Device Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuguang Li, Gaofeng Du
  • Patent number: 11330408
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus that effectively utilizes contexts and has the highly convenient messaging function, a method thereof and a terminal device used for message communication. The information processing apparatus includes a communication section and a control section. The communication section communicates a message between respective terminal devices used by a plurality of users. The control section acquires is a context of one or more users among the plurality of users, and controls at least one of creation or communication of message-related information including content or a format of the message on the basis of the acquired context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Negishi, Takashi Ogata, Tamotsu Ishii, Masatomo Kurata, Sota Matsuzawa
  • Patent number: 11330404
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method manage a telephone number in a terminal, which can separately manage telephone numbers, a call to each of which an attempt to originate has been made and to each of which the call has failed to be connected, and then enable a convenient attempt to re-originate a call to the telephone number. The apparatus includes: a memory including a temporary list which stores a non-connecting telephone number, to which a call has been originated and has failed to be connected; and a controller for performing a control operation so as to store a particular telephone number in the temporary list as the non-connecting telephone number, when an attempt to originate a call to the particular telephone number is made and the call fails to be connected to the particular telephone number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung-Chun Moon, Dae-Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 11323406
    Abstract: An email message body is processed to identify groups of characters that match patterns from a set of predefined signature data patterns. For each identified group of characters, a respective block of the email message body is reviewed to identify other groups of characters within the respective block that also match patterns from the set of predefined signature data patterns. A block score is generated for the respective block based on the groups of characters identified as matching patterns from the set of predefined signature data patterns. One of the blocks is selected based on the block scores generated for the respective blocks, and signature contact information is retrieved from the selected block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Introhive Services Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Glidden, Paul Graham, Carl Moeller, Ming Wong
  • Patent number: 11314890
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein for assembling/evaluating automated assistant responses for privacy concerns. In various implementations, a free-form natural language input may be received from a first user and may include a request for information pertaining to a second user. Multiple data sources may be identified that are accessible by an automated assistant to retrieve data associated with the second user. The multiple data sources may collectively include sufficient data to formulate a natural language response to the request. Respective privacy scores associated with the multiple data sources may be used to determine an aggregate privacy score associated with responding to the request. The natural language response may then be output at a client device operated by the first user in response to a determination that the aggregate privacy score associated with the natural language response satisfies a privacy criterion established for the second user with respect to the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Sandro Feuz, Sammy El Ghazzal
  • Patent number: 11316678
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). Embodiments herein provide method and system for end-to-end security over signaling plane in a mission critical data (MCData) communication system. The proposed method includes various ways of securing MCData data payload transmitted over signaling plane using short data service (SDS). The proposed method allows usage of multiple security keys to encrypt the MCData SDS message as per the requirements. Various Keys such as, signaling plane key or media plane key or a dedicated MCData data payload signaling key can be used independently or in a combination thereof to achieve the desired security context. The proposed method allows protection of all the application level components with the signaling plane security context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rajavelsamy Rajadurai, Nishant Gupta
  • Patent number: 11307036
    Abstract: A system for guiding an object using a robot is provided. The system includes a server and a robot. The server is configured to receive a request and a location of an object from a device of the object, instruct a vehicle to move to a first location based on the location of the object in response to receiving the request, obtain information about a second location related to a robot, and transmit information about the second location to the device of the object. The robot is configured to identify the object at the second location, and guide the object from the second location to the first location in response to identifying the object at the second location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Seyhan Uçar, Baik Hoh, Kentaro Oguchi
  • Patent number: 11308494
    Abstract: A system for making a remittance between persons and making payments offline, and for securely being able to conduct these transactions is disclosed. A participant terminal stores verified TX information to which is added a verified TX object, which represents a transaction (TX) and has been verified by a verifier. Each participant terminal stores unverified TX information to which is added an unverified TX object, which represents a TX and has not been verified by a verifier. When a TX arises between a first participant and a second participant, the first participant terminal and the second participant terminal mutually retain the same unverified TX object group including the unverified TX object of that TX. When the first participant terminal is online, verification of the unverified TX object is requested, and, when the verification is successful, that object is added to the verified TX information as a verified TX object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Hironori Emaru, Kei Fukuta
  • Patent number: 11307763
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method performed at a portable electronic device with a touch screen display includes simultaneously displaying a character input area operable to display text character input and emoji character input selected by a user, a keyboard display area, and a plurality of emoji category icons. In response to detecting a gesture on a respective emoji category icon, the method also includes simultaneously displaying: a first subset of emoji character keys for the respective emoji category in the keyboard display area and a plurality of subset-sequence-indicia icons for the respective emoji category. The method also includes detecting a gesture in the keyboard display area and, in response: replacing display of the first subset of emoji character keys with display of a second subset of emoji character keys for the respective emoji category, and updating the information provided by the subset-sequence-indicia icons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bradford Allen Moore, Bas Ording, Elizabeth Caroline Cranfill, Stephen J. Chick, Kenneth Kocienda
  • Patent number: 11310320
    Abstract: A method for Procedure Transaction Identity (PTI) error handling on 5G Session Management (5GSM) procedures is proposed. If a User Equipment (UE) receives a PDU SESSION AUTHENTICATION COMMAND or PDU SESSION AUTHENTICATION RESULT message in which the PTI value is an assigned value, the UE transmits a 5GSM STATUS message including 5GSM cause #81 “invalid PTI value”. If the UE receives a PDU SESSION ESTABLISHMENT ACCEPT or REJECT message, a PDU SESSION MODIFICATION COMMAND or REJECT message, or a PDU SESSION RELEASE COMMAND or REJECT message in which the PTI value is an unassigned value, the UE ignores the received message. If the UE receives any 5GSM message in which the PTI value is a reserved value, the UE ignores the received 5GSM message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: MediaTek INC.
    Inventors: Chien-Chun Huang-Fu, Yu-Chieh Tien
  • Patent number: 11310654
    Abstract: An electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) profile delivery and activation system is disclosed comprising a user equipment that includes an eSIM, a WIFI transceiver, a radio modem, and an application. The application is configured to detect that the eSIM is not initially provisioned with an eSIM profile, and in response to the detection, request, receive, and store via the WIFI transceiver a branding information handle from an over-the-air (OTA) platform in the eSIM, and reboot the eSIM and/or the radio modem. The radio modem is configured to receive the branding information handle stored in the eSIM after reboot, determine which subscription manager data preparation (SMDP+) server to access based on the handle, and obtain and configure the eSIM profile from the SMDP+ server into the eSIM. The radio modem is subsequently rebooted and configured to communicate with a carrier specific OTA platform to finalize activation of the eSIM profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventor: Dhananjay Indurkar
  • Patent number: 11304244
    Abstract: A method in a SCEF is provided. The method comprises receiving a message indicating that non-IP data is to be delivered to a UE. The method further comprises retrieving information associated with a MME serving the UE. The method further comprises transmitting, to the MME, a message triggering establishment of a connection between the SCEF and the MME for delivering the non-IP data. Other devices and methods for connection establishment between MME and SCEF are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Xiaoming Li, Hui Gu, Qiong Song
  • Patent number: 11303652
    Abstract: Embodiments for generating appropriate data sets for learning to identify user actions. A user uses one or more applications over a suitable period of time. As the user uses the applications, a monitoring device, acting as a “man-in-the-middle,” intermediates the exchange of encrypted communication between the applications and the servers that serve the applications. The monitoring device obtains, for each action performed by the user, two corresponding (bidirectional) flows of communication: an encrypted flow, and an unencrypted flow. Since the unencrypted flow indicates the type of action that was performed by the user, the correspondence between the encrypted flow and the unencrypted flow may be used to automatically label the encrypted flow, without decrypting the encrypted flow. Features of the encrypted communication may then be stored in association with the label to automatically generate appropriately-sized learning set for each application of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: COGNYTE TECHNOLOGIES ISRAEL LTD
    Inventors: Ziv Katzir, Gershon Celniker, Hed Kovetz
  • Patent number: 11290352
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for message routing optimization. The message routing optimization system receives requests to transmit messages to recipient devices. The message routing optimization system determines whether to allocate the messages to an optimal routing provider or a secondary routing provider. The message routing optimization ranks the set of routing providers based on a conversion rate index and determines the optimal routing and secondary routing providers based on the ranking. The message routing optimization system allocates messages to the selected routing providers to be delivered to their intended recipients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Twilio Inc.
    Inventors: Jamie O'Shaughnessy, Riivo Kikas, Kaarel Kitsemets
  • Patent number: 11283914
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus comprises a communication unit and a controller. The communication unit acquires first information regarding another side device. The controller performs first processing based on first information in response to a transmission instruction from a user regarding a first telephone communication with the another side device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Akihito Hatanaka, Tomoki Iwaizumi, Youji Hamada, Hisae Honma, Kousuke Nagase, Tomohiro Sudou
  • Patent number: 11277508
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is proposed, which comprises generating at least one SMS message, wherein the at least one SMS message comprises a predefined character pattern followed by one or several character sequences respectively corresponding to actions responsive to the at least one SMS message suggested to a user recipient of the at least one SMS message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: ORANGE
    Inventor: Brendan McGarvey
  • Patent number: 11277364
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for sending serialized data for an interactive message comprising a first session data item to a second computing device to render the interactive message using the first session data item and display the rendered interactive message comprising a first media content item associated with a first interactive object and receiving, from the second computing device, a second media content item associated with a second interactive object of the interactive message. The systems and methods further provided for generating a second session data item for the second interactive object of the interactive message, adding the second session data item to the serialized data, and sending the serialized data to a third computing device to render the interactive message using the serialized data and display the rendered interactive message comprising the first media content item and the second media content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Grygoriy Kozhemiak, Victor Shaburov, Trevor Stephenson
  • Patent number: 11265158
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). Embodiments herein provide method and system for end-to-end security over signaling plane in a mission critical data (MCData) communication system. The proposed method includes various ways of securing MCData data payload transmitted over signaling plane using short data service (SDS). The proposed method allows usage of multiple security keys to encrypt the MCData SDS message as per the requirements. Various Keys such as, signaling plane key or media plane key or a dedicated MCData data payload signaling key can be used independently or in a combination thereof to achieve the desired security context. The proposed method allows protection of all the application level components with the signaling plane security context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rajavelsamy Rajadurai, Nishant Gupta
  • Patent number: 11252559
    Abstract: A telecommunication network provides telecommunication service to a user equipment (UE) and a communication device that is connected to the telecommunication network via a private branch exchange. Both the UE and the communication device utilizing a Mobile Station International Subscriber Directory Number (MSISDN) for the telecommunication service, and the telecommunication network stores a profile associating both the UE and the communication device with the MSISDN. Additionally, the telecommunication network enables communication between the communication device and a communication partner device and notifies the UE of the communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Adrian T. Synal, Shelby Seward, Vinod Ravichandran, Michele Kinsey
  • Patent number: 11252539
    Abstract: In order to make it possible to suppress increase in the cost of message retransmission, this message delivery device delivers a message, stores a history relating to the success or failure of the delivery to each of destinations of the message in a history storage unit, when the delivery of the message has failed, determines on the basis of the history whether to perform retransmission of the message, and when determining to perform the retransmission, performs the retransmission of the message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tadayuki Oono
  • Patent number: 11249785
    Abstract: Methods and systems for a unified application notification framework are described herein. A server may receive a notification from a service provider. The service provider may be associated with an application executable on a virtual machine. The virtual machine may be part of a virtual environment that includes a user interface. The server may determine an identifier for the received notification. The identifier may indicate the application on the virtual machine associated with the service provider. The server may provide the received notification to the user interface for display to a user. The received notification may be displayed without execution of the application on the virtual machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Mingming Ren, Yue Yao