52nd week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 91 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20210409875 | SOUND-OUTPUT DEVICE - The present application discloses a sound-output device, including a vibration speaker configured to generate a bone-conducted sound wave; and an air-conducted speaker configured to generate an air-conducted sound wave. The sound-output device further comprises a signal processing module configured to generate a control signal, wherein, the vibration speaker includes a vibration assembly electrically connected to the signal processing module to receive the control signal, and generate the bone-conducted sound wave based on the control signal, and the air-conducted speaker includes a housing coupled to the vibration assembly to generate the air-conducted sound wave based on the bone-conducted sound wave. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409876 | Method for Adjusting a Hearing Aid Device and System for Carrying Out the Method - A hearing aid device is adjusted based on augmented reality. A virtual sound object, such as a bird, is added to a recording of a real-world environment, such as a tree of a forest. Alternatively, a virtual environment may be added to a real-world sound object. The thereby created acoustic—and optionally also visual—scene is then used to optimize the adjustment of the hearing aid device. The adjustment may be done by a user using at least one user control, such as a volume control. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409877 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING PERSONALIZED AUDIO REPLAY ON A PLURALITY OF CONSUMER DEVICES - Systems and methods for processing an audio signal are provided for server-mediated sound personalization on a plurality of consumer devices. A user hearing test is conducted on one of a plurality of audio output devices. Next, the hearing data of the user's hearing test is outputted to a server and stored on the server's database along with a unique user identifier. Next, a set of DSP parameters for a sound personalization algorithm are calculated from the user's hearing data. The DSP parameter set is then outputted to one of a plurality of audio output devices when the user logs in with their unique identifier on an application on the audio output device. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409878 | HEARING AID COMPRISING BINAURAL PROCESSING AND A BINAURAL HEARING AID SYSTEM - A hearing aid configured to be worn by a user, comprises a) an input unit configured to provide an electric input signal representing sound, b1) a wake word detector configured to identify a particular wake word based on said electric input signal, or a signal derived therefrom, and to provide a wake word control signal indicative of whether or not, or with what probability, said wake word is detected, or b2) an own voice detector configured to estimate whether or not, or with what probability, the electric input signal or a signal derived therefrom originates from the voice of the user and to provide an own voice control signal indicative thereof, c) transceiver circuitry configured to establish a communication link to another hearing aid allowing the transmission of said electric input signal, or a signal derived therefrom, to said another hearing aid and/or the reception of an electric input signal, or a signal derived therefrom, from said another hearing aid., and d) a pre-processor configured to control said transceiver circuitry in dependence of said wake word control signal or in dependence of said own voice control signal. A binaural hearing aid system and a method of operating a hearing aid are further disclosed. The invention may e.g. be used in binaural hearing aid systems and associated applications, e.g. communication systems. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409879 | HEARING SYSTEM COMPRISING A HEARING AID AND A PROCESSING DEVICE - A hearing aid system configured to compensate for a hearing impairment of a use comprises A) a wearable device adapted for being worn by the user and comprising a1) an input stage comprising at least one input transducer for converting sound around the user to at least one electric input signal representing said sound, and a2) an input stage for providing stimuli representative of a processed version of said least one electric input signal to said user, said stimuli being perceivable by said user as sound; and B) a non-wearable device comprising b1) a processor, and b2) a power supply interface for providing power to the processor. The wearable device and the non-wearable device comprise respective transceiver circuitry for establishing a low latency wireless audio communication link between them. The processor of the non-wearable device comprises an audio processor configured to process said at least one electric input signal, or a signal originating therefrom, to at least partially compensate for the hearing impairment of the user and to provide said processed version thereof. The power supply interface of the non-wearable device is electrically connected to an electricity network. Thereby an improved processing power of a hearing aid may be provided. The invention may e.g. be used in flexible hearing aid systems with a situation-dependent configurable processing power. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409880 | HEARING DEVICE ASSEMBLY - The present disclosure relates to a hearing device assembly comprising a behind-the-ear base unit and an in-the-ear transducer module, which communicate via a single wire interface and wherein the base unit is configured to take on a communication role in response to a signal asserted by the transducer module. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409881 | Wireless Radio Switching - Examples are provided for establishing a bonded zone comprising a first playback device comprising a respective first wireless radio and a second playback device comprising a second respective wireless radio. The first and second playback devices may establish a bonded zone comprising at least the first and second playback device. While in the established bonded zone, the first playback device may determine that the first playback device is in the established bonded zone and that the first playback device is not currently playing audio in synchrony with the second playback device. Responsive to determining that the first playback device is not playing audio in synchrony, the first playback device may disable communicating via the first wireless radio of the first playback device and send a message to the second playback device to disable communicating via the first wireless radio of the second playback device. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409882 | CENTRALLY CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION AT A VENUE - One example may include a method that includes receiving, at a presentation server, an audio data signal from a mobile device located in a presentation space, identifying a mobile device identification characteristic of the mobile device based on the received audio data signal, determining a mobile device location via a location determination procedure, and playing the audio signal via a loudspeaker. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409883 | Low-Latency Audio Networking - Low-latency audio networking is disclosed. In one embodiment, an example playback device includes a processor and memory having stored thereon instructions executable by the processor. The example instructions are to cause the first playback device to perform functions comprising: receiving audio information; selecting a first frequency channel of a first spectrum based on a threshold latency associated with the audio information; transmitting to the second playback device via a second frequency channel of a second spectrum, control information that identifies the first frequency channel of the first spectrum; and transmitting to the second playback device via the first frequency channel of the first spectrum, the audio information to be played by the second playback device. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409884 | INDUCTIVE EXCURSION SENSING FOR AUDIO TRANSDUCERS - Techniques, methods, systems, and other mechanisms for measuring the excursion of a speaker while being actively driven. Measuring excursion can involve attaching a flexible printed coil (FPC), including a sense coil, to the speaker, and monitoring an induced current as produced though the sense coil, and further detecting that violation of an excursion limit for the speaker may likely occur. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409885 | System and Method for Estimating Temperature of Voice Coil - A system for determining the temperature of a voice coil of a speaker includes a first pre-emphasis filter which has an input coupled to receive a digitized current sense signal. The first pre-emphasis filter applies a gain to signal components at a selected frequency band and provides a pre-emphasized current sense signal. The system includes a second pre-emphasis filter which has an input coupled to receive a digitized voltage sense signal. The second pre-emphasis filter applies a gain to the signal components at the selected frequency band and provides a pre-emphasized voltage sense signal. The system includes a first quantizer module configured to map the pre-emphasized signal to a quantized current sense signal, and includes a second quantizer module configured to map the pre-emphasized voltage sense signal to a quantized voltage sense signal. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409886 | SOUND FIELD ADJUSTMENT - A device includes one or more processors configured to receive, via wireless transmission from a streaming device, encoded ambisonics audio data representing a sound field. The one or more processors are also configured to perform decoding of the ambisonics audio data to generate decoded ambisonics audio data. The decoding of the ambisonics audio data includes base layer decoding of a base layer of the encoded ambisonics audio data and selectively includes enhancement layer decoding in response to an amount of movement of the device. The one or more processors are further configured to adjust the decoded ambisonics audio data to alter the sound field based on data associated with at least one of a translation or an orientation associated with the movement of the device. The one or more processors are also configured to output the adjusted decoded ambisonics audio data to two or more loudspeakers for playback. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409887 | SOUND FIELD ADJUSTMENT - A device includes one or more processors configured to obtain sound information from an audio source. The one or more processors are further configured to select, based on a latency criterion associated with a playback device, a compression mode in which a representation of the sound information is compressed prior to transmission to the playback device or a bypass mode in which the representation of the sound information is not compressed prior to transmission to the playback device. The one or more processors are further configured to generate audio data that includes, based on the selected one of the compression mode or the bypass mode, a compressed representation of the sound information or an uncompressed representation of the sound information. The one or more processors are also configured to send the audio data as streaming data, via wireless transmission, to the playback device. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409888 | SOUND FIELD ADJUSTMENT - A device includes one or more processors configured to receive, via wireless transmission from a playback device, data associated with a pose of the playback device. The one or more processors are also configured to select, based on the data, a particular representation of a sound field from a plurality of representations of the sound field. Each respective representation of the sound field corresponds to a different sector of a set of sectors. A sector represents a range of values associated with movement of the playback device. The one or more processors are further configured to generate audio data corresponding to the selected representation of the sound field. one or more processors are also configured to send, via wireless transmission, the audio data as streaming data to the playback device. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409889 | ACOUSTIC SIMULATION APPARATUS - A virtual reproduction signal generation unit generates a virtual reproduction signal based on a sound pickup signal of a stereophonic sound at a listening position in a compartment, assuming that virtual speakers are respectively located at portions of Np positions in a vehicle, the virtual reproduction signal causing the virtual speakers of the Np positions to reproduce the stereophonic sound. A virtual prediction signal generation unit generates a virtual prediction signal based on the virtual reproduction signal and an information representing a change of acoustic characteristics when at least part of the portions of the Np positions is changed, the virtual prediction signal causing the virtual speakers of the Np positions to output a predicted sound at the listening position. An output signal generation unit generates an output signal based on the virtual prediction signal, the output signal causing speakers of a plurality of positions to output the predicted sound. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409890 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING MULTI-CONVERSATION MODE FOR VEHICLES - A method for supporting a multi-conversation mode for a vehicle of the present disclosure may include: receiving user information of the multi-conversation mode and at least one of a message or speech from a conversation partner participating in the multi-conversation mode; allocating sound spaces on the basis of the user information; and assigning directivity to speech generated on the basis of at least one of the message or the speech and outputting the speech to an allocated space. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409891 | SELECTING A PRIMARY SOURCE OF TEXT TO SPEECH BASED ON POSTURE - A computer converts each content sources from textual content to speech comprising a separate audio selection. The computer applies, to each audio selection, one or more speech attributes to specify the audio attributes that select a respective position of the respective audio selection from among multiple positions within a multidimensional sound space and audibly distinguish one or more characteristics of the respective audio selection from other audio selections, wherein the respective position of the respective audio selection reflects a rank of the respective audio selection as ordered by interest to a user. The computer outputs a simultaneous stream of the multiple audio selections to an audio output device for stereo play of the audio selections within the multiple positions within the multidimensional sound space to the user, with the multiple positions reflecting the content sources ordered by interest. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409892 | AUDIO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present technology relates to an audio processing apparatus and method and a program that make it possible to obtain sound of higher quality. An acquisition unit acquires an audio signal and metadata of an object. A vector calculation unit calculates, based on a horizontal direction angle and a vertical direction angle included in the metadata of the object and indicative of an extent of a sound image, a spread vector indicative of a position in a region indicative of the extent of the sound image. A gain calculation unit calculates, based on the spread vector, a VBAP gain of the audio signal in regard to each speaker by VBAP. The present technology can be applied to an audio processing apparatus. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409893 | AUDIO CONFIGURATION FOR DISPLAYED FEATURES - Techniques for distributing audio to configure a sound field for a user viewing features displayed on a hardware display are disclosed herein. A position of the user may be calculated based on captured image data, and the calculated position may be used to calculate a position of the user relative to a feature on the hardware display. A sound field for the user may be modified and generated in accordance with the calculated position of a user relative to the feature display on the hardware display. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409894 | AUTOMATIC BUILDING DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION USING ELEVATOR/ESCALATOR STAIRS MODELING - SMART CITIES - A system, a method and a computer program product are provided to determine population distribution of users associated with one or more buildings in a geographic region, using a machine learning model. The system may include at least one memory configured to store computer executable instructions and at least one processor configured to execute the computer executable instructions to obtain mobility features associated with the one or more buildings in the geographic region. The processor may be configured to determine using a trained machine learning model, one or more transport modes for the one or more buildings, based on the mobility features. The processor may be further configured to determine, using the trained machine learning model, the population distribution of the users associated with the one or more buildings in the geographic region at a fixed epoch based on the determined one or more transport modes. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409895 | DATA GATHERING ZONE SYSTEM - Described is a data gathering zone system. The system includes a server having a memory for storing area information and a user computing device coupled to the server. The system may operate to allow a user to define a zone around a geographic area to establish a data zone. Mobile device signals that occur within the data zone are collected and aggregated by the server. The server may generate for display the gathered data within the geofenced zone for analysis. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409896 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FUNCTION ON BASIS OF LOCATION AND DIRECTION OF OBJECT - An electronic apparatus according to various embodiments comprises: a wireless communication circuit comprising a broadband communication module and a Bluetooth communication module; a processor; and a memory operationally connected to the wireless communication circuit, wherein the memory may store instructions for controlling the processor, when executed, to measure a distance from a mobile device on the basis of a first signal transmitted and received through the broadband communication module, determine a direction in which the mobile device is located according to whether a second signal transmitted and received through the Bluetooth communication module is measurable, and control execution of a function of the electronic apparatus according to the determined direction of the mobile device when the measured distance of the mobile device is located in an area set for the execution of the function. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409897 | System, Control Unit, and Method for Deciding Geofence Event of Vehicle - A system, a control unit, and a method for deciding a geofence event of a vehicle is disclosed. The control unit includes (i) a first road information generation module configured to generate first road information based on received map data and vehicle location data, the first road information including at least one or more candidate lanes based on a vehicle location, (ii) a second road information generation module configured to generate second road information based on received radar data, the second road information including at least a detected lane based on the radar data, (iii) a calculation module configured to perform integrated calculation on the first road information and the second road information to obtain a confidence level of each candidate lane, and determine a lane of the vehicle based on the calculated confidence level, and (iv) a decision module configured to decide, based on the determined lane, whether to trigger a geofence event, the geofence event including an event that the vehicle enters a geofence and an event that the vehicle exits a geofence. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409898 | POSITION SERVICE TO DETERMINE RELATIVE POSITION TO MAP FEATURES - Systems, devices, media and methods are presented for retrieving a current location of client device, accessing geographic data based on the current location of the client device, analyzing the geographic data to identify a plurality of geographic features, for each geographic feature of the plurality of geographic features, identifying a direction from the current location of the client device to the respective geographic feature and a confidence level indicating a probability that the current location of the client device is at the direction, returning the direction and the confidence level to the client device, and based on the direction and confidence level, causing presentation of graphical data on a user interface within the client device. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409899 | METHOD OF AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING A TOUCHLESS HANDSHAKE BETWEEN TWO OR MORE MOBILE DEVICE USERS - To prevent the spread of Covid-19 and other contagious diseases, a touchless handshake is able to be implemented using mobile devices. The touchless handshake is able to be performed by sending an ultrasonic signal from one device to another (or to multiple devices) which triggers the device to vibrate to simulate a handshake. Additionally, mobile devices are able to be used to send and/or display a wave. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409900 | Dynamic Capability Reporting Based on Position - This document describes techniques and devices for dynamic capability reporting based on position. A user equipment (UE) determines its current radio capability responsive to detecting a change in its position. If the current radio capability at a current position differs from a previous radio capability at a previous position, the UE modifies its radio capability based on the current position and informs a wireless communication network of the modification. The UE can inform the wireless communication network of this radio capability change using a tracking area update (TAU) message, a radio-link failure message, a reconfiguration failure message, or an attach-procedure message. The dynamic capability reporting enables the UE to change its radio capability as it moves to different positions that have different levels of network coverage within a same tracking area (TA) or a same radio access network (RAN) notification area. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409901 | CELLULAR DEVICE GEOLOCATION BASED ON TIMING ADVANCE DATA - Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a network device that comprises a processing system including a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations. The operations include obtaining timing advance data regarding a communication device served by the network; the timing advance data is collected by a network element coupled to the network device, and the network element communicates with the communication device using control-plane signaling. The timing advance data is processed using location data regarding the network element to determine a geolocation of the communication device. The geolocation is stored at a storage device; the network device and storage device are included in a secure portion of the network. The geolocation is provided to equipment of a network customer accessing the secure portion of the network via a secure interface. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409902 | LOCALIZATION BY USING SKYLINE DATA - Methods, systems, and computer code on computer-readable media are provided that are directed to generating area skyline data using a digital elevation or surface models (DEMs or DESs) and shadow casting techniques. Some embodiments use an area of maximum shadow line overlap, for shadow line images based on target location skyline azimuth and elevation angle data, as the best approximation for the position of the target location in an area. Some embodiments select the location showing the best fit to the target skyline azimuth and elevation angle data as the best approximation for the target location. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409903 | CLIENT-RENDERABLE ELEMENT FOR INDOOR BUILDING MAP - A computerized mapping system is provided, including a map server configured to, in a map serving phase, receive a request from a client device to view a portion of a map at least partially including a building for which an indoor map is available, at a requested level of detail that is outside a range for displaying the indoor map, and transmit a target tile with a prerendered bitmap image for the building, and a client-side renderable geometric element with a perimeter and a client-side renderable visual feature of the internal map feature of the indoor map selected according to a selection criterion set by an authorized user of the indoor map, to the client device for display. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409904 | DESTINATION SHARING IN LOCATION SHARING SYSTEM - Methods, systems, and devices are described for predicting a destination of a user and sharing the presumed destination with the other users via a geographically-based graphical user interface. Consistent with some embodiments, an electronic communication containing location information is received from a location sensor coupled to a first client device. A current trajectory of the first user is determined based on the location information. A presumed destination of the first user is determined, by correlating the current trajectory of the first user with historical location information of the first user. A map depicting an icon associated with the presumed destination of the first user is displayed, on a display screen of a second client device of a second user. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409905 | POSITIONING METHOD, POSITIONING DEVICE AND SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a positioning method, a positioning device and system, an electronic equipment and a computer readable medium. The positioning method comprises: establishing connection with a target node in response to feedback information returned by the target node; acquiring initial position information; acquiring real-time position information for multiple times; and positioning the target node according to the acquired initial position information and the real-time position information acquired for multiple times. wherein the real-time position information comprises the direction and the distance of the movement of the source node relative to the last position of the source node, the direction and the distance of the movement of the target node returned by the target node relative to the last position of the target node, and the distance between the target node and the source node. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409906 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR DIGITAL PET IDENTIFICATION - Systems and methods for identifying and tracking pets by use of a pet identification tag or image recognition techniques are disclosed. In exemplary embodiments, a mobile computing device communicates with a pet identification tag over a near-field communication link and a remote server over a wireless communication link. The mobile computing device is configured to identify a pet based on a unique identifier for the tag and/or to provide an image of a pet to the remote server, and to download information about the pet from the remote server using the unique identifier or pet image. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409907 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DISPLAYING A HEAT MAP AND PROVIDING HEAT DATA - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for a computer-implemented method for displaying a heat map are provided. One of the methods includes: receiving heat data from a server, wherein the heat data comprises a color value associated with each of a plurality of regions and one or more geographic locations respectively corresponding to one or more boundary points of each of one or more heat regions among the plurality of regions; generating a first heat map comprising a plurality of pixels; obtaining a second heat map by adjusting the color value of each pixel in the first heat map; and providing the second heat map for display, wherein the second heat is superimposed on a digital map. This method addresses the issue of conventional techniques that service request information may be misrepresented due to abrupt changes in color values across neighboring heat regions. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409908 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes: processing circuitry configured to generate information regarding distances among a plurality of candidate positions of a plurality of wireless devices based on first information indicating the plurality of candidate positions, and determine a first candidate position from the plurality of candidate positions based on the information regarding the distances among the plurality of candidate positions to acquire identification information of a wireless device which is located on the first candidate position among the plurality of wireless devices. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409909 | POSITION ESTIMATION SYSTEM, POSITION ESTIMATION DEVICE, AND POSITION ESTIMATION METHOD - This position estimation system comprises a first wireless node for forming a wireless area; second wireless nodes which move within the wireless area; a plurality of third wireless nodes which are provided within the wireless area; and a position estimation device which estimates the position of the second wireless nodes on the basis of information indicating wireless reception quality at the third wireless nodes and the second wireless nodes. The position estimation device determines, for each of section areas, and on the basis of information pertaining to time resource capacity for wireless communication directed towards second wireless nodes, section areas which collect, in place of the first wireless node, information containing wireless reception quality at the second wireless nodes, and transmits, to one of third wireless nodes provided in the determined section area, and instruction to collect wireless reception quality at second wireless nodes within said section area. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409910 | Systems and Methods for Acquiring Data with a Handheld Device - A method for covertly acquiring data. Information about an activity associated with a first hand-held device is monitored by initiating covert application software in a first configuration in which a log-in must first be input to the first device. When running the software in the first configuration, no image which overtly exhibits a self-evident association with the software can be viewed on the display to identify the software or indicate that the software is running on the client. Prior to initiating monitoring with the software, a feature having no self-evident association with the covert application software can be accessed on a touch screen display of the device to initiate the software. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409911 | METHOD OF GROUPING USER DEVICES - A grouping method of user devices comprises configuring one or more codes for each of the user devices by a base station wherein each of said one or more codes corresponds to a delay tolerance, performing a grouping task by the base station according to the delay tolerances and a determining result of channel-usage demand corresponding to each of the user devices so as to form one or more first-type groups and one or more second-type groups wherein each first-type group corresponds to a first-group delay tolerance and each second-type group corresponds to a second-group delay tolerance, and performing a selection from user devices in the first-type groups and the second-type groups to form one or more target groups by the base station according to the first-group delay tolerances and the second-group delay tolerances. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409912 | NON-REAL-TIME STORE AND FORWARD OF INTERNET OF THINGS SENSOR DATA - A mobile sensor reader for Internet of Things (IoT) devices includes a wireless communications system, a memory configured to store sensor data received via the wireless communications system from an IoT device, and a processor. The processor is configured to monitor for remote electronic data collectors that come within a communication range of the wireless communications system as at least one of the mobile sensor reader or one of the remote electronic data collectors move to different locations; determine a first parameter of a remote electronic data collector that has come within the communication range of the wireless communications system; determine a second parameter of the mobile sensor reader or the sensor data; and forward the sensor data to the remote electronic data collector, via the wireless communications system, at least partly in response to the first parameter and the second parameter satisfying a set of one or more conditions. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409913 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCATION-BASED ELECTRONIC FINGERPRINT DETECTION - A notification system for location-based fingerprint detection includes a wireless device scanner, at least one sensor, and a remote server. The sensor is configured to sense parameters indicative of an event. The system further includes a processor, and a memory having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the notification system to: detect an occurrence of the event based on the sensed parameters; receive, by the wireless device scanner, a wireless signal of a user device; determine a unique identifier of the user device based on the wireless signal, wherein the wireless signal includes a wireless signal noise level for the user device; and transmit the determined unique identifier to the remote server. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409914 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING OF DATA FROM MULTIPLE SENSORS - In an embodiment, a device comprises a memory, which, in operation, stores data samples associated with a plurality of data sensors, and circuitry, coupled to the memory, wherein the circuitry, in operation, generates synchronized output data sets associated with the plurality of data sensors. Generating a synchronized output data set includes: determining a reference sample associated with a sensor of the plurality of sensors; verifying a timing validity of a data sample associated with another sensor of the plurality of sensors; identifying a closest-in-time data sample associated with the another sensor of the plurality of sensors with respect to the reference sample; and generating the synchronized output data set based on interpolation. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409915 | BLOCKCHAIN-BASED SYSTEM FOR CONNECTED VEHICLES - Examples described herein relate to a system including a BC network associated with a plurality of entities in a defined geographic scope. A first entity of the plurality of entities includes a connected vehicle that generates vehicular data. The BC network is governed by a smart contract. The smart contract includes a data sharing policy defined by a user of the connected vehicle, wherein the data sharing policy allows the user of the connected vehicle to selectively share the vehicular data with one or more other entities of the plurality of entities. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409916 | BACKEND APPARATUS FOR TRIGGERING AN AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY CALL FOR AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE, VEHICLE CONTROL UNIT FOR VEHICLE-TO-ENVIRONMENT COMMUNICATION, SYSTEM FOR TRIGGERING AN AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY CALL, METHOD FOR TRIGGERING AN AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY CALL, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR A BACKEND APPARATUS - Backend apparatus for triggering an automatic emergency call for a vehicle is arranged outside the vehicle, comprising a first interface for vehicle-to-environment communication to recurrently obtain a current collision probability from a collision detection device for a collision with an object, a second interface for vehicle-to-environment communication to recurrently obtain a data record updated by the vehicle comprising a time, a location and an identification number of the vehicle. The backend apparatus is designed, if the impact probability is not obtained, and on the basis of the impact probability obtained last, to trigger the automatic emergency call comprising the data record obtained last. A third interface makes the automatic emergency call. The invention also relates to a vehicle control unit for a vehicle-to-environment communication, a system and method for triggering an automatic emergency call, and a computer program product for a backend apparatus. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409917 | VEHICLE-ROAD COLLABORATION APPARATUS AND METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Embodiments of the disclosure provide a vehicle-road collaboration apparatus and method, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The vehicle-road collaboration apparatus includes a service system, which includes a plurality of microservice modules, and each microservice module is configured to process vehicle-road collaboration data to implement a corresponding service function. Thus, scalability and compatibility of a vehicle-road collaboration system are improved. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409918 | HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE PROVISIONING - Methods of provisioning a new household appliance using an existing household appliance are provided. The existing household appliance is connected to a wireless network and provisioned to a user account. A request to add the new household appliance is received by the existing household appliance. The new household appliance searches and/or scans for the existing household appliance. A direct connection is established by and between the existing household appliance and the new household appliance. Network credentials for the wireless network and a provisioning token for the user account are securely transmitted from the existing household appliance to the new household appliance over the direct connection. The new household appliance connects to the wireless network using the securely transmitted network credentials and associates with the user account using the securely transmitted provisioning token. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409919 | POLLING FROM DEVICE TO OTA CORE SYSTEM VIA OTA EDGE SYSTEM - An OTA Edge system, constructed to: (1) receive polling requests, dedicated to an OTA Core system, from one or several mobile end devices; wherein an offload filter implemented in the OTA Edge system and constructed to: (2) accept polling requests from mobile end devices for which contents are present on the OTA Core system, and (2′) reject polling requests from mobile end devices for which no contents are present on the OTA Core system. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409920 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSESSMENT OF COMMUNICATION RANGE TO TRANSFER MESSAGES IN TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5 | 2021-12-30 |
20210409921 | SERVER FOR SENDING NEW APPLICATION PORTIONS TO MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS - A communications system is to communicate with an application server storing a plurality of applications. The communications system includes a mobile wireless communications device configured to store at least one application from among the plurality of applications, the at least one application having stored version information associated therewith. An intermediate server is configured to update the mobile wireless communications device by at least obtaining respective current version information for associated current versions of the plurality of applications and obtaining the stored application version information from the mobile wireless communications device for the at least one stored application. The stored application version information is compared with the current version information for the at least one stored application. New application portions are downloaded from a current application associated with the current version information, and the new application portions are sent to the mobile wireless communications device. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409922 | LWM2M CLIENT STATE SYNCHRONIZATION - A method of re-establishing a connection between a LWM2M client and an LWM2M server following a reconnection of the LWM2M client to the LWM2M server includes determining, at the LWM2M client, a state of the LWM2M client device prior to reconnection of the LWM2M client, transmitting, to the LWM2M server, an indication of the state of the LWM2M client prior to reconnection of the LWM2M client, and receiving a response from the LWM2M server indicating whether the indicated state of the LWM2M client is an expected state or an unexpected state of the LWM2M client. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409923 | GAP AND GATT ADAPTATION PROTOCOL OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL - In a second group of embodiments, an electronic device that provides a virtual Bluetooth gateway is described. During operation, the electronic device may receive a first packet associated with a second electronic device and that has an Internet Protocol (IP)-compatible format (such as a JavaScript Object Notation or JSON format). Then, the electronic device may de-encapsulate a second packet from the first packet, where the second packet is compatible with a Bluetooth communication protocol. Next, the electronic may provide the second packet. Note that the electronic device may not include a physical Bluetooth radio, such as dedicated hardware for a physical Bluetooth radio. Instead, the electronic device may include a virtual Bluetooth device that communicates with the second electronic device via the virtual Bluetooth gateway. This virtual Bluetooth device may have the capabilities of a physical Bluetooth radio (without the dedicated hardware). | 2021-12-30 |
20210409924 | METHOD FOR PAIRING DEVICES USING NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING SAME - Various embodiments of the present invention pertain to a method for pairing devices using near field communication and an electronic apparatus using the same. The electronic apparatus comprises: a first wireless communication module supporting first wireless communication; a second wireless communication module supporting second wireless communication; a memory; and a processor operatively connected to the first wireless communication module, the second wireless communication module and the memory, wherein the processor is set to: detect a tag of an external electronic apparatus via the first wireless communication module; transmit a first command for driving a designated application of the external electronic apparatus to the external electronic apparatus via the first wireless communication module; receive, via the first wireless communication module, Bluetooth address information of the external electronic apparatus corresponding to the driving of the designated application; and perform, via the second wireless communication module, pairing with the external electronic apparatus on the basis of the received Bluetooth address information, wherein the pairing is performed in a tagging manner instead of a scanning manner during the pairing of the electronic apparatus with the external electronic apparatus, to thereby intuitively select the external electronic apparatus to be paired and simply perform a pairing process. Various other embodiments are possible. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409925 | Method To Identify Tractor And Trailers And The Order Of Hook Up - Connected tractor and trailer identifications and the order of hook-up of multiple trailers to a tractor is are determined by identifying trailer VINs using a PLC system and eliminating Bluetooth signals that do not broadcast trailer VINs that match the PLC system. A tractor-based Bluetooth trailer order and a trailer-based Bluetooth trailer order utilizing RSSI value strengths are determined. The trailer order is set if the tractor-based Bluetooth trailer order matches the trailer-based Bluetooth order. If the order does not match, a RSSI value weighting process is used to choose between the tractor-based order and the trailer-based order. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409926 | Function Execution Device and Communication Terminal - A system and method for providing an authentication state of a function execution device to a communication terminal is described. In some examples, the authentication state indicates whether authentication information is needed from the communication terminal before the communication terminal can request performance of one or more functions performable by the function execution device. In other examples, the communication terminal may provide to the communication terminal the authentication information irrespective of whether the function execution terminal has previously provided its authentication state to the communication terminal. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409927 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE SOLUTIONS - An emergency response system (ERS) configured to acquire equipment location data, target terminal location data, and emergency responder terminal location data; determine a horizontal distance measure between the emergency responder terminal and a select unit of equipment, determine a vertical distance measure between the emergency responder terminal and a select unit of equipment, engage a camera component of the emergency responder terminal to capture images of at least a portion of the surrounding real-world scene, providing such images for display on the touchscreen display of the emergency responder terminal, and/or providing an equipment display object for display on the touchscreen of the emergency responder terminal such that, when an image provided for display spans a region of the real-world scene within which the equipment is located, the equipment display object dynamically overlays a segment of the image associated with the acquired equipment location data. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409928 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENT EMERGENCY CALLING - Disclosed are devices, systems, methods, and media for efficient emergency calling using digital devices. In some embodiments, a user is able to make an emergency call by a one-touch or dual-touch process. An authentication process may reduce inadvertent and unauthorized emergency calling. Persistent emergency buttons are also disclosed that may be used for calling emergency in different states of the device. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409929 | CONVEYING PRECISE CIVIC ADDRESS WITH AN EMERGENCY CALL - A system for appending an emergency call (e.g., E911) with a location is described herein. The system appends the emergency call to a public safety answering point (PSAP) with a location from which the E911 call occurred. A user equipment (UE), which places the emergency call, connects to the beacon via short-range communication and acquires the location from a beacon. The UE transmits the location to the PSAP via a telecommunications network. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409930 | RESPONSE TO A DISCOVERY CHANNEL MESSAGE EMBEDDED IN A VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE GROUPCAST TRANSMISSION - The methods, devices, and systems discussed herein describe a wireless communication device transmitting a discovery channel message, at least a portion of which, is embedded in the control channel of a groupcast transmission. In some examples, the discovery channel message is transmitted using a pre-defined, fixed transmit power and modulation and coding scheme (MCS), which facilitates the receiving wireless communication devices' ability to decode the control channel, including the embedded discovery channel message. If a receiving wireless communication device can decode the discovery channel message above a configured threshold (e.g., a received power threshold and/or a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR)) but is unable to decode the data portion of the groupcast transmission, which was intended for the receiving wireless communication device, then the receiving wireless communication device will transmit a negative-acknowledgement (NACK) to the wireless communication device that transmitted the groupcast transmission. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409931 | SERVERLESS CORE NETWORK ARCHITECTURE - Methods for provisioning a service in a first network and providing the service by an entity in a second network are disclosed. The methods comprising maintaining in a software repository in the first network, one or more software images (I | 2021-12-30 |
20210409932 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication system is presented in which a base station operates a first cell using a first component carrier and a second cell using a second component carrier. A control channel and reference signals of a first type are provided using the first component carrier. The control channel and the reference signals of the first type are not provided, and reference signals of a second type are provided, using the second component carrier. The base station determines from results of measurements performed on reference signals of the second type whether or not the mobile communication device is within an area covered by said second cell and, if it is, transmits cell configuration information to the mobile communication device. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409933 | Method and Apparatus for Interworking Between Communication Systems - A communication method applicable to different scenarios of interworking between communications systems includes determining, by a session management network element, a first data channel in a first system, where the first data channel is a data channel to be synchronized with a terminal device; and synchronizing, by the session management network element in an interworking procedure for the terminal device from the first system to a second system, at least one of the first data channel or a second data channel that is in the second system and that corresponds to the first data channel. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409934 | PROCEDURE TO UPDATE THE PARAMETERS RELATED TO UNIFIED ACCESS CONTROL - The present disclosure relates to a method for a user equipment, UE, which includes a mobile equipment, ME, and a subscriber identity module, SIM. The method comprises checking whether the ME and the SIM have a 5th generation, 5G, specific parameter or not, and sending, to a network node, a first message containing a first information element, IE, indicating whether the UE has a valid 5G specific parameter or not, so as to fetch a 5G specific parameter value from a unified data management, UDM. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409935 | Self-Learning UE Capability Verification from Partial Reported Capabilities - An apparatus of a node of a network comprises one or more baseband processors to process a first user equipment (UE) capability report from a first UE, and to process a second UE capability report from a second UE, wherein the first UE capability report and the second UE capability report include a same UE capability ID for the first UE and the second UE, and wherein the first capability report includes partial UE capability information for the first UE and the second capability report includes partial UE capability information for the second UE. The apparatus can include a memory to store the first capability report and the second capability report. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409936 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RELAY REPORTING SIDELINK USER EQUIPMENT (UE) CAPABILITY INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and device are disclosed from the perspective of a User Equipment-to-User Equipment (UE-to-UE) Relay to report sidelink UE capability information. In one embodiment, the method includes the UE-to-UE Relay receiving a first sidelink UE capability information from a first UE and a second sidelink UE capability from a second UE. The method also includes the UE-to-UE Relay transmitting the first sidelink UE capability information and the second sidelink UE capability information to a network node or transmits a combined sidelink UE capability information to the network node, wherein the combined sidelink UE capability information is derived from the first sidelink UE capability information and the second sidelink UE capability information. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409937 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USER EQUIPMENT (UE) REPORTING SIDELINK UE CAPABILITY INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and device are disclosed from the perspective of a second User Equipment (UE) to report sidelink capability information. In one embodiment, the method includes the second UE receiving, from a UE-to-UE Relay, a first sidelink UE capability information of a first UE and a second sidelink UE capability information of the UE-to-UE Relay or receives, from the UE-to-UE Relay, a combined sidelink UE capability information, wherein the combined sidelink UE capability information is derived from the first sidelink UE capability information and the second sidelink UE capability information. The method further includes the second UE transmits the first sidelink UE capability information and the second sidelink UE capability information to a network node or transmits the combined sidelink UE capability information to the network node. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409938 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK DEVICE - Disclosed in embodiments of the present invention are a wireless communication method, a network device, and a terminal device. The method comprises: a first device receives network slice information sent by a second device, wherein the network slice information is to indicate multiple network slices; the first device determines a target network slice from the multiple network slices, the target network slice comprising at least one network slice supported by the first device; and the first device performs wireless communication according to the target network slice. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409939 | METHOD, UE, AND NETWORK FOR PROVIDING KDF NEGOTIATION - A method for providing a key derivation function (KDF) negotiation in a 5G network is provided. The method which includes: selecting a specific KDF at a UE and at the network for at least one security related key derivation; and transmitting, said selected KDF to the UE and to other network functions to indicate said selected KDF for generating specific security key at a receiver side. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409940 | Small Data Communication Security - Methods and apparatus for small data communications over a user plane in a wireless communication network. A method performed by a wireless device comprises receiving, from mobility management network equipment (e.g., implementing an AMF), control signaling indicating that the wireless device is to horizontally derive a base security key and/or that the wireless device is to derive a small data transfer, SDT, security key from the base security key. The base security key may be included in a non-access stratum, NAS, security context at the wireless device and at the mobility management network equipment. The method may further comprise, responsive to receiving the control signaling, deriving the SDT security key from the base security key and a freshness parameter. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409941 | SECURITY PROCEDURE FOR UE's IN 5GLAN GROUP COMMUNICATION - This disclosure is related to the security procedures for UE ( | 2021-12-30 |
20210409942 | APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a memory storing one or more instructions and a processor. The processor execute the one or more instructions to: receive update information from an external apparatus, the update information corresponding to a network communication; obtain a Subscription Concealed Identifier (SUCI) based on the update information; and transmit the SUCI to the external apparatus. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409943 | AUTOMATIC NETWORK CONFIGURATION BASED ON BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION - Devices, systems, and techniques for automatic network configuration based on biometric authentication are described herein. In one example, one or more processors may obtain first biometric data derived from one or more sensor signals generated by one or more sensors of a first device coupled to a user. The one or more processors may obtain second biometric data derived from one or more sensor signals generated by one or more sensors of a second device. The one or more processors may compare the first biometric data and the second biometric data, determine that the second device is coupled to the user based on the comparison, and establish a communication link with the second device based on the determination that the second device is coupled to the user. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409944 | Method and Apparatus for Managing Embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card EUICC - A method is implemented by an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) installed in a terminal, where a profile is installed in the eUICC, and where the profile is locked according to a policy rule. The method includes determining, by the terminal, identifier information and verification information of the profile that needs to be unlocked, where the identifier information of the profile is used to identify the profile installed in the terminal, and sending, by the terminal, a first unlock message to the eUICC, where the first unlock message carries the identifier information and the verification information of the profile, and where the first unlock message is used to instruct the eUICC to determine the profile and unlock the profile according to the policy rule after verification performed according to the verification information succeeds. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409945 | QUORUM-BASED SECURE AUTHENTICATION - Representative embodiments of secure authentication to a resource in accordance with a predefined, electronically stored quorum-based authentication policy include causing electronic interaction among multiple devices that constitute a quorum in accordance with the policy, computationally determining whether the interaction satisfies the policy, and if so, electronically according access to the resource to one or more individuals associated with the interacting device(s). | 2021-12-30 |
20210409946 | MOBILE DEVICE TOOLS FOR AUTHENTICATED SMART VEHICLE PAIRING AND WIRELESS ROUTING CONFIGURATION AND METHODS OF USE - Configuration methods and systems include a smart vehicle router associated with router information stored in a router file in a cloud network, and a smart mobile device comprising a camera and software application tool. The router information includes a unique authentication certificate to permit a one-to-one pairing such that another pairing is not available. The configuration system is configured to read an image of an identification component associated with the smart vehicle router and the router information, apply an authentication algorithm to the image to provision the tool with the unique authentication certificate, authenticate the smart vehicle based on the image and authentication algorithm, pair the authenticated smart vehicle with the tool in the one-to-one pairing based on the unique authentication certificate and the router information, and automatically configure the tool on the smart mobile device to retrieve data associated with the authenticated smart vehicle. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409947 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A TRUSTED SESSION - A method for establishing a trusted session between a first computing device and a computer server includes obtaining identifying information for the first computing device and a second computing device. The identifying information includes identifying information corresponding to the networks to which each of the computing devices are directly connected. Based on the identifying information it may be determined that there is sufficient correspondence between the first and second computing devices. If so, an indication is sent to the second computing device requesting confirmation that the first computing device should be authenticated to the account. An indication confirming this may then be received and, responsive thereto, the first computing device is authenticated to the account. Related computer systems and computer-readable media are also disclosed. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409948 | SERVING GATEWAY EXTENSIONS FOR INTER-SYSTEM MOBILITY - Methods, devices, and systems related to serving gateway extensions for inter-system mobility in integrated small Cell and WiFi networks. An SGW may be extended into a common intermediate gateway for both LTE and WiFi access. A GTP-based “SI a” interface between a TWAN and an SGW is introduced. The STa interface between TWAN and 3 GPP AAA server/proxy is extended to enable selection of an SGW for establishment of the disclosed Sla interface. The extended SGW and protocols may be used to optimize inter-system mobility between LTE small cells and trusted WiFi. SGW and PDN Gateway (PGW) functionality is disclosed to support GTP-based IP Flow mobility via multi-access (LTE and WiFi) connectivity to the same packet data network (PDN). Non-access stratum (NAS), EAP, and GTP-C protocols may also be extended to include a “multi-connection” indication in addition to existing “handover” indication. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409949 | Intelligent Network Access Controller and Method - A method for controlling access to wireless communications includes generating an overlay to a portion of an existing wireless network by controlling radio frequency (RF) equipment to establish a defined geographical volume as the overlay; receiving an indication of wireless devices within the volume, the indication including three-dimensional positions of the wireless devices within the boundary; establishing identities for the wireless devices, the identities selected from the group consisting of allowed, unknown, and restricted; generating a private network encompassing at least a portion of the volume; locking and maintaining locked unknown and restricted wireless devices to the processor; and directing allowed wireless devices to access the private network for wireless communications within the volume. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409950 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADDRESSING UNREPORTED THEFT OR LOSS OF MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES - A method is provided for evaluating the usage of a mobile communications device that itself provides access to a resource. In the method, a detected usage of the mobile communications device is compared to a stored usage pattern of an authorized user. When a measure associated with the difference between the detected usage and the stored usage pattern exceeds a threshold, it is concluded that the mobile communications device is being used by an unauthorized user. In response to this conclusion, a restriction is placed on an ability of the mobile communications device to access the resource. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409951 | END-TO-END ENCRYPTION WITH DISTRIBUTED KEY MANAGEMENT IN A TRACKING DEVICE ENVIRONMENT - A tracking device can provide a hashed identifier to a mobile device, for instance within an advertisement packet. The mobile device can query each of a plurality of entities with the hashed identifier to identify an entity associated with the hash key used to generate the hashed identifier. In some embodiments, the mobile device can query a centralized key server, which in turn can query the plurality of entities to identify the entity associated with the hash key. The mobile device can then receive a public key from the identified entity, can determine a location of the mobile device, and can encrypt the location with the public key. The mobile device can then provide the hashed identifier and the encrypted location to the identified entity, which can provide the encrypted location to an owner of the tracking device for decryption using a private key corresponding to the public key. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409952 | Security Parameter Negotiation in a Wireless Communication System - The invention relates to a method is performed by a wireless device. The method comprises transmitting (step 1), by the wireless device, capability signaling which indicates one or more values that the wireless device supports for a security parameter. The method further comprises receiving (step 7), by the wireless device, selection signaling that indicates a value selected (step 4a) by a home network of the wireless device for the security parameter and that includes integrity-checking information (step 4c). The method further comprises checking (step 10), using the integrity-checking information and a security key shared with the home network, an integrity of integrity-protected information, wherein the integrity-protected information includes the capability signaling as received by the home network. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409953 | INTRUSION DETECTION IN A WIRELESS NETWORK USING LOCATION INFORMATION OF WIRELESS DEVICES - Systems and methods for detecting and/or preventing intrusions in a wireless network based on location information of wireless devices are provided. According to one embodiment, a database is maintained by a wireless network security system that includes historical location information and a media access control (MAC) address for multiple wireless devices observed by wireless access points (APs) of a wireless network of an enterprise. Information regarding one or more probe signals originated by a wireless device of the multiple wireless devices is received by the wireless network security system from the multiple APs. A location of the wireless device is determined by the wireless network security system based on the information. A potential attack being conducted by the wireless device or in which the wireless device is involved is identified based on one or more of behavior exhibited by the wireless device, the location and the database. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409954 | SECURITY PROTOCOL FOR PAIRING COLLOCATED USERS - A system to perform operations that include: detecting, at a first client device, a second client device in proximity with the first client device; generating a pairing code in response to the detecting the second client device in proximity of the first client device; establishing a communication pathway between the first client device and the second client device based on at least the pairing code; and presenting a collocation indicator at the first client device based on the establishing the communication pathway, according to certain example embodiments. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409955 | PROXIMITY BASED AUTHENTICATION OF A USER THROUGH A VOICE ASSISTANT DEVICE - Disclosed are various approaches for authenticating a user through a voice assistant device and creating an association between the device and a user account. The request is associated with a network or federated service. A user account can be implicitly authenticated based on proximity of a client device to the voice assistant device. An association between the user account and the voice assistant device can then be created. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409956 | System And Method For Location Determination Using Mesh Routing - Embodiments of the invention relate to determining a mobile communication device's location, even if the mobile communication device does not have an active data connection. Embodiments of the invention also relate to achieving connectivity between a mobile communication device not having an active data connection and to another mobile communication device, server computer, or third-party computer. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409957 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PARTITION RADIO SPECTRUM IN A MIXED CLIENT ENVIRONMENT FOR EFFICIENT 802.11AX TRANSMISSIONS - Systems and methods for partitioning radio spectrum in an AP to support a mixed client environment while maintaining efficient 802.11ax transmissions is provided. Clients in a zone may be categorized into 802.11ax and legacy clients, and those clients may further be categorized into a majority population and a minority population. Assignment of the minority and majority populations can be effectuated by considering the number of available channels to be assigned to each population of client devices, as well as steering load/cost and a client device's ability to be steered to another channel. Moreover, assignment of the minority and majority populations can take into account maintaining a particular client-channel density. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409958 | ACCESS POINTS (AP) MULTI-LINK DEVICE (MLD) CONFIGURED FOR MULTI-LINK OPERATION (MLO) - Embodiments of an access point (AP), station (STA) and method of communication are generally described herein. The AP may be configurable to operate as a controlling AP of a multi-AP group. The controlling AP may establish the multi-AP group by: transmitting one or more messages to advertise the multi-AP group; and exchanging signaling with one or more of the other APs of the multi-AP group. The signaling may include at least one message related to one of the other APs joining the multi-AP group. The controlling AP may establish the multi-AP group to enable usage of AP Trigger Frames (AP TFs) for coordination of resources to be used for downlink transmissions of the APs of the multi-AP group. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409959 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC, PRIORITIZED SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATION - Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum utilization management. The system includes at least one monitoring sensor, at least one data analysis engine, at least one application, a semantic engine, a programmable rules and policy editor, a tip and cue server, and/or a control panel. The tip and cue server is operable utilize the environmental awareness from the data processed by the at least one data analysis engine in combination with additional information to create actionable data. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409960 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC, PRIORITIZED SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATION - Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum utilization management. The system includes at least one monitoring sensor, at least one data analysis engine, at least one application, a semantic engine, a programmable rules and policy editor, a tip and cue server, and/or a control panel. The tip and cue server is operable utilize the environmental awareness from the data processed by the at least one data analysis engine in combination with additional information to create actionable data. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409961 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING A CHANNEL SWITCH MECHANISM BETWEEN DFS CHANNELS - Systems and methods are provided for optimizing the channel switching process in an access point. Periodic background scanning of a current channel on which a radio is operating to determine channel utilization can be used to generate a ranked channel list from which to select an alternative channel to which the radio can migrate, for example, in the event of a radar signal(s) being detected on its current channel. To maintain connectivity for clients, the clients may be temporarily transitioned to a non-DFS channel while an isolated/dedicated radio chain is used to perform the requisite Channel Availability Check (CAC) assessment on a DFS channel if the radio, based on the ranked channel list, selects a DFS channel as the alternative channel. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409962 | FLOW CONTROLLER RESOURCE ALLOCATION - A flow controller executing at a network element of a telecommunication network can dynamically allocate portions of spectrum to use for different types of network traffic and/or different user equipments (UEs). For example, the flow controller can use packet characteristics, UE characteristics, and/or network characteristics to determine a state of the telecommunication network. Based on the state of the telecommunication network, the flow controller can determine that certain portions of spectrum should be used to transport certain traffic, and in turn cause base stations to use those portions of spectrum for corresponding connections with one or more UEs. The allocated portions of spectrum can include frequencies in low band spectrum, mid-band spectrum, and/or high band spectrum. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409963 | SPECTRUM DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A spectrum coordination device is used in a wireless communication system that includes a first coexisting system and a second coexisting system, the first coexisting system comprises a spectrum coordination device and one or more sub-systems divided into coexisting groups, the second coexisting system comprises one or more sub-systems, and the spectrum coordination device includes a processing circuit, which is configured to generate spectrum modification information used for modifying spectrum resources of the sub-systems in the first coexistence system and/or for modifying spectrum resources of the sub-systems in the second coexistence system when coexistence management requirements of the first coexistence system are not satisfied. By using the spectrum device, wireless communication system, wireless communication method and storage medium according to the present disclosure, spectrum resources can be reasonably allocated to the sub-systems, so as to make more effective use of resources without mutual interference among the sub-systems. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409964 | Assigning Frequencies Without Coordination In A Shared Spectrum Regime - Aspects of the disclosure relate to a non-coordinated shared spectrum system. One or more processors are configured receive data associated with a notification from a device experiencing interference on an assigned channel. The one or more processors may determine a coverage area of an antenna providing the assigned channel to the device and determine based on the data associated with the notification, available channels within the coverage area of the antenna. The one or more processors may generate a map based on the data associated with the notification, wherein the map indicates the available channels within the coverage area of the antenna. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409965 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING NETWORK CONTROLS BASED ON COMMUNICATION DEVICE INFORMATION - Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, transmitting a first identifier associated with a processing system to a communication device, transmitting first data to the communication device, obtaining, from the communication device and based on the transmitting of the first identifier and the first data, a first directive, wherein the first directive directs the processing system to utilize a first radio access technology for a first communication session, and utilizing, based on the first directive, the first radio access technology for the first communication session. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409966 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATION ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS AND NETWORK DESIGN CONSIDERING RADIO WAVE INCOMING UNIT OF STRUCTURE - The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for combining a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate than a 4G system with an IoT technology, and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to 5G communication and IoT related technology-based intelligent services (for example, smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail business, security and safety related services, etc.). A method for identifying a wireless signal transmission characteristic in a wireless communication system according to one embodiment of the present specification includes the steps for: identifying a signal transmission location; identifying a structure; identifying at least one radio wave incoming structure located on the structure, and identifying a transmission characteristic of a wireless signal transmitted from the signal transmission location on the basis of information on the at least one radio wave incoming structure. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409967 | Beam Management Methods and Apparatuses for Positioning Measurements in a Communications Network - The embodiments herein relate to method performed by a radio network node or a LMF, a method performed by a UE and a UE for downlink and uplink beam management for positioning measurements. The method comprising at least: configuring the target UE; receiving at least one report from the UE; exchanging the report(s) with neighboring network nodes and/or a location measurement function; providing instructions the UTE; receiving at least one measurement report from the UE; and estimating the location of the UE using received information. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409968 | BEAM REFINEMENT REFERENCE SIGNAL BEFORE PAGING DCI RECEPTION - A base station may transmit a beam refinement reference signal prior to a paging physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasion to improve reception of a paging downlink control information (DCI). A user equipment (UE) may receive at least one transmission indicating the beam refinement reference signal transmitted prior to the PDCCH monitoring occasion. The UE may receive the beam refinement reference signal prior to the paging PDCCH monitoring occasion based on the at least one transmission. The UE may receive a downlink control information on the paging PDCCH monitoring occasion based on the beam refinement reference signal. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409969 | BEAMFORMING METHODS AND METHODS FOR USING BEAMS - A method, apparatus, system, and computer readable medium may be used to perform beamforming. The method may include a first communication device sending a first plurality of beamforming training frames to a second communication device using a first beamforming weight vector; the first communication device receiving from the second communication device a second beamforming weight vector; and the first communication device sending a second plurality of beamforming training frames to the second communication device using the second beamforming weight vector. The apparatus, method, system, and computer readable media may use spatial diversity with beam switching, spatial diversity with a single beam, weighted multipath beamforming training, single user spatial multiplexing, and beamforming training for beam division multiple access (BDMA). | 2021-12-30 |
20210409970 | Beam Generation Method And Apparatus - This application provides a beam generation method and an apparatus, to help improve precision of estimating a spatial direction of a terminal device. The method includes: A network device determines whether spatial directions of N beams converge to a spatial direction of a terminal device, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 3; and generates a data transmission beam when the spatial directions of the N beams converge to the spatial direction of the terminal device, where the data transmission beam is capable of being aligned with a center of coverage of the N beams, and that the spatial directions of the N beams converge to the spatial direction of the terminal device means that measurement results of the N beams meet a preset condition. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409971 | COMMUNICATION TO UNDER-SERVED AREAS USING COMMUNICATION ENABLED VEHICLES - A mobile receiving vehicle may be directed to cover an area to maximize the communication opportunities for mobile computing devices. The demands on the mobile receiving vehicles may change over time and the mobile receiving vehicles may move according to a plan to maximize network access. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409972 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CELLULAR NETWORK ENHANCEMENTS - Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing cellular network enhancements may utilize sensors mounted on or within a cellular base stations to collect information concerning environmental and/or shelter conditions. The collected information may be used by processing devices to predict a future load on a cellular network and may be used to optimize the number of channels needed for a particular base station. The collected information may also be transmitted to electronic devices in a cell coverage area to inform users of the electronic devices of the detected environmental and/or shelter conditions. | 2021-12-30 |
20210409973 | BEAM MANAGEMENT IN DISCONNECTED MODE - A method of operating a wireless communication device ( | 2021-12-30 |
20210409974 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NETWORK OPTIMIZATION AND RADIO NETWORK OPTIMIZATION CONTROL FUNCTIONAL UNIT (RCF) - A method and apparatus for network optimization, a Radio network optimization Control Functional unit (RCF), and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are disclosed. The method includes determining real-time features according to real-time data of a radio access network by a RCF in an edge computing system, generating a radio optimization assistance policy according to the real-time features by the RCF, and issuing the radio optimization assistance policy by the RCF. | 2021-12-30 |