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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2020
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Cupertino, CA (US);
Birgit Breining, Bavaria-Bayern, DE;
Dawei Zhang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Fangli Xu, Beijing, CN;
Haijing Hu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Longda Xing, Cupertino, CA (US);
Rama Diwakara Rao Noolu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Srirang A. Lovlekar, Cupertino, CA (US);
Yuqin Chen, Beijing, CN;
Zhibin Wu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/0209 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.02);
Abstract
Apparatuses, systems, and methods are provided for managing UE upgrade requests using UE assistance information (UAI), including network controlled upgrade support, UE initiated upgrade requests, and/or budget based upgrade requests.