Centurion+ Patent Holders as of March 12, 2024

Welcome to the 12th of March 2024: Our goal is to celebrate the patent holders who have reached noteworthy milestones in their fields this week.

Patent №: 11930533 (March 12, 2024) – Channel occupancy time aware sensing and resource selection for new radio-unlicensed sidelink. This disclosure introduces COT-aware sensing and resource selection for NR-U sidelink operations. A first UE determines a sensing window based on LBT completion time, senses a subset of resources, gathers COT-SI from neighboring UEs, identifies in-COT and out-of-COT resources, then randomly selects transmission resources from both and transmits to a second UE.

Patent №: 11930530 (March 12, 2024) – Early LBT failure reporting for multi-TTI grant for sidelink communication in unlicensed spectrum. This disclosure describes a method for wireless communication by a transmitter UE. It involves receiving DCI from a network entity, performing an LBT channel access procedure, and transmitting LBT reports to the network entity on a PUCCH resource before another resource used for acknowledgment feedback.

Patent №: 11930517 (March 12, 2024) – CSI difference report. Methods, computer programs, and devices for CSI difference reporting are disclosed. A UE receives a configuration from a base station for reporting statistics on the difference between source CSI (from a CSI-RS) and target CSI (from a PDSCH or PDCCH). The UE then transmits the CSI difference report to the base station according to the received configuration.

Patent №: 11930516 (March 12, 2024) – Positioning calibration with reference point. Various wireless communication techniques are disclosed. In one aspect, a UE determines its location within a calibration region and reports this information to a network entity. In another aspect, the network entity obtains calibration error information related to the UE and the calibration region, and then shares this information with the UE, a base station, or both.

Patent №: 11930488 (March 12, 2024) – Techniques for signaling uplink transmission configuration indicator states. Methods for signaling uplink TCI states are disclosed. A base station determines UE capabilities and corresponding uplink TCI states, then transmits this signaling to the UE.

Patent №: 11930483 (March 12, 2024) – Scrambling methods for piggybacked downlink control information. This disclosure describes wireless communication methods, systems, and devices. A UE receives a first control message from a base station, which schedules resources for a second control message. The UE identifies a scrambling sequence for the second message and receives it, scheduling resources for a data message. Finally, the UE receives the data message in the scheduled resources.

Patent №: 11930469 (March 12, 2024) – Timing advance in full-duplex communication. The disclosure involves a UE receiving a timing advance command from a network node and adjusting it based on its capability before transmitting an uplink signal. The network node receives the adjusted signal and the capability information from the UE.

Patent №: 11930466 (March 12, 2024) – Frequency pre-compensation for wireless networks. Certain aspects of this disclosure involve wireless communication techniques by a UE, including receiving reference signals from two transmission reception points (TRPs) associated with a BS, and then transmitting to the BS an indication of the preferred carrier frequency for demodulation based on the received signals.

Patent №: 11930419 (March 12, 2024) – Autonomous handover on a shared communication medium. The disclosure describes techniques for autonomous handover signaling on a shared communication medium. An access terminal receives configuration messages from an access point, defining handover triggering events. The access point performs mobility measurements and monitors for these events. The access terminal then autonomously initiates a handover from a source to a target access point based on this monitoring.

Patent №: 11930480 (March 12, 2024) – Reduced sensing procedure for sidelink communications . The sidelink UE limits received communications during a sensing window, selects resources for future transmission based on what it received, and sends the transmission using those resources. This can involve reducing reservation distance or employing discontinuous sensing or periodic sensing for different types of traffic.

Patent №: 11929961 (March 12, 2024) – Handling collisions between multiple acknowledgement transmissions and an uplink data transmission. The described wireless communication methods, systems, and devices involve a base station transmitting control and data to a user equipment (UE). The UE schedules its uplink transmission and acknowledgment messages based on received downlink transmissions. If overlap occurs, the UE generates codebooks and multiplexes them with its uplink data transmission on the uplink channel. Timing thresholds determine the multiplexing process.

Patent №: 11929956 (March 12, 2024) – ACK/NACK-based relaying scheme for uplink coverage improvement. A relay scheme for uplink coverage enhancement involves a relay station receiving feedback from a destination device regarding a data transmission. If the destination device doesn’t successfully receive the data, the relay station communicates a second feedback transmission. Additionally, the relay station sends a second data transmission, containing at least part of the original data, based on the second feedback transmission.

Patent №: 11929811 (March 12, 2024) – Channel state information report cancellation. Wireless communication methods, systems, and devices for a first user equipment (UE) involve receiving channel state information reports and a transmission configuration indicator from a second UE via a sidelink channel. The first UE selects and cancels redundant information from the reports based on the indicator, then receives a data transmission.

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Patent №: 11929169 (March 12, 2024) – Personalized sensory feedback. Personalizing sensory feedback in extended reality involves maintaining user-specific parameters for different contextual situations. Based on the user’s current context, appropriate sensory feedback levels are selected and applied using stimulus devices. This involves electronically communicating with the devices to control stimuli provided to the user.

Patent №: 11928226 (March 12, 2024) – Content protecting collaboration board. A collaboration board located in a first place detects a marking, leading to the analysis of created content elements. A first privileged content element is classified, triggering a scan of the board’s location. If an unauthorized person is identified, a security response is initiated for the board and its content elements.

Patent №: 11928153 (March 12, 2024) – Multimedia linked timestamp validation detection. A computer method involves receiving a post mentioning multimedia content, identifying a time in the post, generating a validity score from contextual data of that time, determining a correlation between the post time and multimedia content based on the score, and publishing the post with an interactive link to the relevant multimedia time.

Patent №: 11930625 (March 12, 2024) – Thermal management system and method for power optimization for cooling an electronic rack. A thermal management system for IT components includes a thermoelectric cooling element, load and temperature sensors, and a controller. The system adjusts power to the cooling element and component based on changes in power drawn, ensuring continuous operation at a lower power level if necessary.

Patent №: 11929477 (March 12, 2024) – Optimization of thermal management control of lithium-ion battery system. A battery system for IT equipment maintains the temperature of a lithium-ion battery at or below its optimal storage temperature when inactive using a primary cooling system. If insufficient, a secondary cooling system is activated. The optimal storage temperature is determined considering cooling efforts and battery degradation.

Patent №: 11930322 (March 12, 2024) – Conditioning audio signals including overlapping voices. The system comprises a wearable camera and microphone capturing images and sounds. A processor analyzes audio signals to detect distinct voices. It selectively conditions these signals, transmitting the processed signal to a hearing interface device.

Patent №: 11929087 (March 12, 2024) – Systems and methods for selectively attenuating a voice. These systems and methods amplify or attenuate audio signals. They involve at least one microphone capturing sounds and a processor receiving and processing the audio signal. If the signal includes user speech, it attenuates that portion; otherwise, it amplifies other audio. The modified signal is then sent to a hearing interface device.