Patent Applications by Apple Inc. on July 3rd, 2025

Apple Inc.: 45 patent applications

Apple Inc. has applied for patents in the areas of G06F3/011 ({Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality (blind teaching )}, 2), G02B27/0172 (Head-up displays, 2), G02B27/0176 (Head-up displays, 2), A61B3/113 (for determining or recording eye movement, 1), H04B7/088 (at the receiving station, 1), H04L1/1642 (in which the return channel carries supervisory signals, e.g. repetition request signals, 1), H04L12/4135 ({using bit-wise arbitration}, 1), H04M1/026 ({Details of the structure or mounting of specific components}, 1), H04M1/72454 (according to context-related or environment-related conditions, 1), H04N7/152 (Conference systems, 1)

With keywords such as: that, electronic, include, methods, devices, systems, disclosed, implementations, herein, various in patent application abstracts.

Top Inventors:

Thierry Oggier of Langnau am Albis CH (1 patents)
Edward Vail of Menlo Park CA US (1 patents)
Erno H. Klaassen of Los Altos CA US (1 patents)
Wren Nancy Dougherty of San Francisco CA US (1 patents)
Richard C. Kimoto of Fremont CA US (1 patents)

Patent Applications by Apple Inc.

20250213110. SELECTIVE ACTIVATION DURING COHERENCE-BASED EYE TRACKING (Apple .)

Abstract: various implementations disclosed herein include electronic devices, systems, and methods that determine a current position of a portion of an eye based on coherence-based measurements. an example electronic device may include a tracking component that includes an integrated circuit that includes a plurality of lasers and one or more photodiodes. an example method may include determining an expected position of a portion of an eye relative to the tracking component. the method may further include selectively activating a subset of the plurality of lasers to project light towards the portion of the eye, wherein reflected light of the projected light are sensed via a subset of the one or more photodiodes based on the expected position of the portion of the eye. the method may further include determining a current position of the portion of the eye based on coherence-based measurements using the projected light and the reflected light.

20250213125. Blood Pressure Monitoring Using Multi-Function Wrist-Worn Device (Apple .)

Abstract: methods and devices for obtaining a blood pressure measurement of a subject measure a transit time of a blood pulse of the subject. a method includes sensing, with a pulse ejection sensor of a wrist-worn device, ejection of blood from the left ventricle. arrival of a resulting blood pressure pulse at the wrist is sensed via a pulse arrival sensor of the wrist-worn device. a transit time of the blood pressure pulse from the left ventricle to the wrist is determined. a relative blood pressure value of the subject is determined based on the transit time. a reference absolute blood pressure value associated with the relative blood pressure value is received. an absolute blood pressure value for the relative blood pressure value is determined based on the reference absolute blood pressure value and the relative blood pressure value.

20250216512. SURFACE EMITTING LASER-BASED DEVICE LIGHT DETECTION RANGING (Apple .)

Abstract: a device is described that includes a lens, a photonic substrate, and a surface emitting laser mounted and a set of photodetectors mounted on the photonic substrate. the photonic substrate includes a first surface coupler, a second surface coupler, and an interference coupler. the surface emitting laser emits electromagnetic radiation that is modulated according to a continuous wave frequency modulation. the first surface coupler directs a local oscillator portion of the electromagnetic radiation toward the set of photodetectors. the second surface coupler directs, toward the set of photodetectors, a signal portion of the electromagnetic radiation that is reflected from a target and received via the lens. the interference coupler optically interferes the local oscillator portion from the first surface coupler with the signal portion from the second surface coupler to generate a set of optical outputs that are provided to the set of photodetectors.

20250216592. IMMERSED POLARIZERS OPTICAL STRUCTURES (Apple .)

Abstract: optical structures including a polarizer are disclosed. the polarizer is positioned between and in contact with other layers of the optical structure. the polarizer defines an effective refractive index for the polarization aligned with the polarization axis and may be configured to help reduce reflection losses within the optical structure for this polarization.

20250216599. PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS SUBSTRATE NOISE COUPLING MITIGATION (Apple .)

Abstract: embodiments are directed to photonic integrated circuits that include a photonic die having a set of layers supported by a substrate and defining a cavity that extends through the set of layers. the photonic integrated circuits further include an electronic component connected to a bottom wall of the cavity, which may position one or portions of the electronic component in close proximity to the substrate. to mitigate substrate noise coupling between the electronic component and the substrate, a reference component and an electrically insulating layer are positioned between the substrate and the electronic component. the reference component may be electrically connected to an electrical reference plane (e.g., ground or another fixed reference voltage), which may act to shield the electronic component from the substrate and vice versa.

20250216603. OPTICAL SYSTEMS BEAM-SHAPING FACETS (Apple .)

Abstract: embodiments are directed to photonic integrated circuits, as well as optical systems incorporating these photonic integrated circuits, that include emitters having asymmetric, aspheric on-chip lenses. these on-chip lenses may each generate an emission light beam that has a different intensity profile, along a slow axis of the emission light beam, relative to an input light beam that is used to generate the emission light beam. this may allow for individual tailoring of the intensity profiles of different emission light beams, which may simplify the design of optical systems that incorporate these emitters.

20250216628. GRADIENT-BASED TUNABLE ECHELLE GRATING MUX/DEMUXES (Apple .)

Abstract: embodiments are directed to photonic integrated circuits that include a tunable echelle grating mux/demuxes. the tunable echelle grating mux/demuxes are configured to, during operation, selectively generate a monotonic refractive index gradient across a free propagation region in order to adjust the peak transmission wavelength(s) of one or more channels of the echelle grating mux/demux. the tunable echelle grating mux/demuxes described herein may tune these peak transmission wavelengths in a power efficient manner as compared to conventional tunable echelle grating mux/demuxes.

20250216681. CONNECTABLE LENS ASSEMBLIES (Apple .)

Abstract: an electronic device can include lens assemblies that provide vision correction and are securely attached to optical assemblies of the electronic device. each of the lens assemblies can maintain a position and orientation with respect to a corresponding one of the optical assemblies by the secure attachment. the attachment mechanisms can transition to extend during attachment and retract during detachment to maintain a low profile while separated. such mechanisms can help ensure that the lens assembly is maintained at a desired position and orientation to provide the desired optical effect.

20250216682. Electronic Device Stray Light Redirection Structures (Apple .)

Abstract: an electronic device such as a head-mounted device may have a transparent layer supported by head-mounted support structures. a light source may emit light through the transparent layer, and an optical sensor may detect light that has reflected from an external object, such as to track the external object. a stray light redirecting structure may be formed in the transparent layer. the stray light redirecting structure may be configured to block stray light that is reflecting within the transparent layer. this reduces the amount of stray light received by the optical sensor. the stray light redirecting structure may formed from protrusions, recesses, gaps in the transparent layer, textured regions, micro-bubbles, and/or index-matched coatings. an opaque masking layer may be coupled to the transparent layer to absorb the stray light and further reduce the amount of stray light that reaches the optical sensor.

20250216686. ELECTRONIC DEVICE SECUREMENT STRAP (Apple .)

Abstract: a securement band for a head-mountable device can include a variable length strap, a first load spreader connected to the variable length strap, and a second load spreader connected to and separated from the first load spreader by the variable length strap. the first and second load spreaders can be fixed in length. the variable length strap can include elastic material and the first and second load spreaders can be rigid.

20250216687. CONFORMABLE FACIAL INTERFACE (Apple .)

Abstract: a wearable electronic device including a display, a frame attachable to the display, a facial interface movably attached to the frame, and a linkage assembly movably connecting the facial interface to the frame. the linkage assembly can include a first arm pivotably attached to the frame, the first arm comprising a first end and a second end, a second arm pivotably attached to the first end and attached to the facial interface, and a third arm pivotably attached to the second end and attached to the facial interface.

20250216703. ARM WRAP ADJUSTABILITY MECHANISMS (Apple .)

Abstract: a head-mountable device can include a viewing frame and a securement arm extending from the viewing frame. the securement arm can include a first portion having a first electronic component and a second portion rotatably connected to the first portion. the second portion can include a second electronic component. the securement arm can also include an electrical connector extending through the joint and electrically connecting the first electronic component and the second electronic component.

20250216896. MOUNT CABLE MANAGEMENT HEAD-MOUNTABLE DEVICE (Apple .)

Abstract: a head-mountable device can include a display, a support attached to the display and configured to retain the display on a user's head, and an attachment feature configured to removably couple a battery to the support, the attachment feature positioned opposite the display to at least partially counterbalance the display.

20250216904. Electronic Device Flexible Display Structures (Apple .)

Abstract: an electronic device may have a flexible display. the electronic device may have housing portions that are rotatably coupled to each other so that the flexible display may fold along one or more bend axes. a device may have rollers that store a flexible display and that help deploy the display from within a housing when additional display area is desired. a touch screen in a housing may be overlapped by a flexible display that has been scrolled outwardly from the housing. wireless transmitter and receiver circuitry may be used to convey image data to display driver circuitry. the display driver circuitry may display images on a pixel array in a flexible display based on the image data. magnets may be used to outwardly bias edge-mounted bistable support structures to help prevent a rolled flexible display from wrinkling.

20250216930. CONTEXTUAL SPACES FOCUS MODES (Apple .)

Abstract: methods, devices, and systems, in some implementations, configure an xr environment using a workspace that stores information from a prior activity associated with the workspace (e.g., initial workspace setup or prior use session). the workspace stores info identifying the applications, application states, and application spatial positions/sizes from the prior activity. note that workspaces are not limited to storing information about occupational work uses, e.g., they may store information about work, educational, recreational, fitness, and other types of uses. the prior activity may be a user session in which the user manually or semi-manually configures and saves the workspace or a user session in which the user just uses an already-created workspace, e.g., repositioning applications, pulling up content in the applications, etc. the use of a workspace may be initiated (a) manually; (b) automatically based on day, time, location, or other context; or (c) automatically based on a focus being triggered.

20250216931. PRESENTING AVATARS THREE-DIMENSIONAL ENVIRONMENTS (Apple .)

Abstract: in some embodiments, a computer system receives data representing a pose of at least a first portion of a user and causes presentation of an avatar that includes a respective avatar feature corresponding to the first portion of the user and presented having a variable display characteristic that is indicative of a certainty of the pose of the first portion of the user. in some embodiments, a computer system receives data indicating current activity of one or more users is activity of a first type and, in response, updates a representation of a user having a first appearance based on a first appearance template. the system receives second data indicating current activity of the one or more users and, in response, updates the appearance of the representation of the first user based on the current activity of the one or more users using the first or a second appearance template.

20250216936. HEAD-MOUNTABLE DEVICE USER GUIDANCE (Apple .)

Abstract: a head-mountable device can facilitate user thought processes by recording user-perceivable experiences during a first mode while the head-mountable device is operated in a capture mode. while in the capture mode, the head-mountable device can record inputs from the user. during a second mode, the head-mountable device can reproduce the previously recorded experiences as well as the user inputs so that the user can resume development of the thoughts and ideas associated with the first mode. the head-mountable device can also track the user's conditions to monitor attention levels of the user and provide indicators to prompt a user to perform activities that will help the user refocus and/or provide additional inputs.

20250216951. DYNAMIC DIRECT USER INTERACTIONS VIRTUAL ELEMENTS 3D ENVIRONMENTS (Apple .)

Abstract: various implementations interpret user activity as user interactions with virtual elements (e.g., user interface elements) positioned within in a 3d space such as an xr environment. some implementations enable a user to provide input using a direct input modality in which the user interacts with virtual content by virtually touching the virtual content. as examples, a user may move their finger to directly tap, pinch, swipe, or otherwise interact with a user interface (ui) element within a 3d space. some implementations perform touch detection (e.g., detecting when a user's finger virtually makes, continues, and breaks virtual contact with a ui element in 3d space) using position and velocity information about the user.

20250216984. ARCHITECTURE DIFFERENTIAL DRIVE SENSE TOUCH SENSOR PANEL (Apple .)

Abstract: differential driving and/or differential sensing can reduce noise in the touch and/or display systems of a touch screen. in some examples, the touch sensor panel can include column and row electrodes routed vertically to a first edge of the touch sensor panel. in some examples, a touch sensor panel can be divided into banks. in some examples, the routing traces for rows can be implemented using four routing tracks per column for three banks. in some examples, the arrangement of routing traces within routing tracks can improve optical characteristics and/or reduce routing trace resistances and loading. in some examples, interconnections between routing traces and row electrodes can have a chevron pattern, an s-shape pattern, or a hybrid pattern. in some examples, differential sense routing can reduce cross-coupling within the touch sensor panel. in some examples, staggering differential drive signals can reduce parasitic signal loss.

20250217002. THREE-DIMENSIONAL USER INTERFACES (Apple .)

Abstract: the present disclosure generally relates to providing and/or displaying three-dimensional user interfaces.

20250217009. IDENTIFYING APPLICATIONS WHICH CONTENT IS AVAILABLE (Apple .)

Abstract: in some embodiments, an electronic device receives an input corresponding to a request for information about a user-specified topic. in response, the electronic device displays information about media that is relevant to the user-specified topic, including concurrently displaying: a representation of respective media that is available for viewing on a first set of applications, the electronic device having a second set of applications downloaded on it, and a respective selectable user interface element associated with the respective media. in some embodiments, if the second set of applications includes at least one application in the first set of applications, the respective selectable user interface element is selectable to initiate a process for launching a respective application of the first set of applications.

20250217026. TECHNIQUES PROVIDING INPUT MECHANISMS (Apple .)

Abstract: the present disclosure generally relates to techniques for providing input mechanisms.

20250217207. Translation Barrier Instruction (Apple .)

Abstract: an apparatus may include a processor circuit that may be configured to execute a translation barrier instruction. to execute the translation barrier instruction, the processor circuit may be configured to prevent, until after the translation barrier instruction completes, address translations for instructions that occur subsequent to the translation barrier instruction in program order. the processor circuit may be further configured to complete the translation barrier instruction based on finishing all address translations for instructions that occur prior to the translation barrier instruction in program order.

20250217466. USER INTERFACES DIGITAL IDENTIFICATION (Apple .)

Abstract: the present disclosure generally relates to digital identification user interfaces.

20250217565. Functional Circuit Block Harvesting Integrated Circuits (Apple .)

Abstract: an integrated circuit (ic) configurable for use in one of a number of possible platforms is disclosed. the ic includes a number of different functional circuit blocks and a plurality of programmable register. the programmable registers, when programmed, can cause corresponding functional circuit blocks to be fully or partially disabled. the different platforms support different sets of peripherals. the ic is thus configured, using the programmable registers, for use in a particular platform to support its corresponding set of peripherals, while another instance of the ic may be configured for use in another platform, supporting its particular set of peripherals.

20250218330. RESAMPLER ELECTRONIC DISPLAY HAVING MULTIPLE PIXEL LAYOUTS (Apple .)

Abstract: an electronic device may include a display panel implementing a first region having a first pixel layout and a second region having a second pixel layout, a sensor disposed behind the first region, and image processing circuitry communicatively coupled to the display panel. the image processing circuitry may process image data associated with the first region of the display panel using a first pixel layout resampler and process image data associated with the second region of the display panel using a second pixel layout resampler.

20250218637. Inductors Including Magnetic Films Trenches (Apple .)

Abstract: an inductor for an integrated circuit may include a conductive trace and one or more magnetic films surrounding a top, a bottom, and sides of the conductive trace. the one or more magnetic films may include one or more trenches along a first path directly above a length of the conductive trace, and one or more trenches along a second path directly above a width of the conductive trace, to form a plurality of sections of the magnetic film. in some implementations, one or more multi-layer stacks may surround a top, a bottom, and sides of the conductive trace. other aspects are also described and claimed.

20250219689. METHOD CONTROL SIGNALING MULTI-BEAM PUSCH REPETITION TRANSMISSION (Apple .)

Abstract: a method is provided for a base station (bs) in communication with a user equipment (ue). the ue is configured with codebook based transmission or non-codebook based transmission for multi-beam physical uplink shared channel (pusch) repetition. various options are provided for the ue to derive uplink precoders for the multi-beam pusch repetition.

20250219710. BEAM MANAGEMENT DISTRIBUTED MULTI-ANTENNA SYSTEMS (Apple .)

Abstract: a distributed multi-antenna system includes a first access point configured to emit first beams to a user equipment device. the first access point is also configured to receive, from the user equipment device, an indication of a first beam selected from the first beams via a beam sweeping procedure. the distributed multi-antenna system also includes a second access point configured to receive, from the user equipment device or the first access point, the indication. the second access point is also configured to emit a second beam of second beams corresponding to the second access point to transmit data to the user equipment device based on the indication and a location of the second access point.

20250219766. Initial Control Frame Design Per-User Frame Check Sequence (Apple .)

Abstract: this disclosure relates to methods for transmitting an initial control frame with pre-padding frame check sequence in a wireless local area network. an initial control frame that includes one or more per-user frame check sequences may be transmitted from an access point to multiple recipient wireless devices. each per-user frame check sequence may be included in a user info field of the initial control frame corresponding to a recipient wireless device. the recipient wireless device may perform a frame check sequence check for the initial control frame using the per-user frame check sequence.

20250219867. SIGNALING TIME COMMUNICATION BETWEEN INTEGRATED CIRCUITS USING MULTI-DROP BUS (Apple .)

Abstract: embodiments relate to including information in a data packet transmitted by a transmitting integrated circuit (e.g., soc) to account for a time delay associated with an unsuccessful arbitration attempt to send the data packet over a multi-drop bus. the unsuccessful arbitration attempt by the integrated circuit may delay the transmission of the data packet until the multi-drop bus becomes available for the integrated circuit to send the data packet. the data packet includes a data field to include time delay information caused by the unsuccessful arbitration attempt. a receiving integrated circuit may determine the time that the data packet would have been sent out from the transmitting integrated circuit absent the unsuccessful arbitration attempt based on the delay information. embodiments also relate to a synchronization generator circuit in an integrated circuit that generates timing signals indicating times at which periodic events occur at another integrated circuit.

20250220095. HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE (Apple .)

Abstract: a portable electronic device may include a housing having a wall defining an opening in the housing and at least a portion of four side surfaces of the portable electronic device. the portable electronic device may further include a display at least partially within the housing, a front cover positioned in the opening in the housing and over the display, the front cover defining a front surface, a peripheral side surface extending from the front surface and at least partially surrounded by the wall of the housing, and a notch that, together with a portion of the wall of the housing, defines an acoustic port of the portable electronic device. the electronic device may further include an acoustic port cover positioned at least partially in the acoustic port and a speaker at least partially within the housing and configured to direct sound through the acoustic port cover.

20250220109. UTILIZING CONTEXT INFORMATION ELECTRONIC DEVICE (Apple .)

Abstract: the present disclosure generally relates to the utilization of context information by an electronic device. in one example, the electronic device determines a predicted status for one or more contextual categories of a potential communication participant. if the predicted status for the one or more contextual categories satisfies a set of one or more communication criteria, a recommendation to initiate a first type of communication with the potential communication participant is provided. if the predicted status for the one or more contextual categories does not satisfy the set of one or more communication criteria, a recommendation to initiate a second type of communication with the potential communication participant is provided.

20250220139. OPTIMIZING MEDIA EXPERIENCE CONFERENCING DIVERSE PARTICIPANTS (Apple .)

Abstract: participant systems in an audiovisual (av) conferencing can, in one embodiment, use methods to ensure that all participants have a common platform to support av conferencing, such as a common codec, and also attempt to provide higher quality av conferencing (e.g., better than the common codec) based on available bandwidth and other criteria. the participant systems can use the common codec as a fallback platform when bandwidth or other criteria dictate a reduction in the quality of the av conferencing. other embodiments are also disclosed.

20250220330. ACOUSTIC DETECTION IN-EAR HEADPHONE FIT (Apple .)

Abstract: a method performed by an in-ear headphone. coupled to the in-ear headphone is a first ear tip that is inserted into an ear canal of a user. the method obtains an audio signal from an audio source device paired with the in-ear headphone and uses the signal to drive a speaker of the headphone to output a sound into the ear canal. the method obtains a microphone signal that is responsive to the outputted sound. the method notifies the user to replace the first ear tip with a second ear tip in response to a parameter associated with the microphone signal being less than a threshold.

20250220351. LOCATING WIRELESS DEVICES (Apple .)

Abstract: systems, methods, devices and non-transitory, computer-readable storage mediums are disclosed for location-tracking wireless devices. in an embodiment, a method performed by an electronic device comprises: playing, or initiating the playing of, a sound through a loudspeaker of an accessory device via a communication link. the sound is played at a specified frequency that utilizes a frequency response of the loudspeaker (or loudspeaker plus speaker enclosure). the sound is received through two or more microphones of the electronic device and filtered by one or more filters. the one or more filters are configured to pass the sound at or around the specified frequency and to reduce masking of the sound by ambient noise. the filtered sound is associated with direction data generated from sensor data provided by one or more inertial sensors of the electronic device. in another embodiment, the specified frequency is higher than the maximum human hearing range.

20250220385. VISUAL CONTENT PRESENTATION VIEWER POSITION-BASED AUDIO (Apple .)

Abstract: various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that display visual content as part of a 3d environment and add audio corresponding to the visual content. the audio may be spatialized to be from one or more audio source locations within the 3d environment. for example, a video may be presented on a virtual surface within an extended reality (xr) environment while audio associated with the video is spatialized to sound as if it is produced from an audio source location corresponding to that virtual surface. how the audio is provided may be determined based on the position of the viewer (e.g., the user or his/her device) relative to the presented visual content.

20250220410. DYNAMIC PROFILE RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY SELECTION BASED APPLICATION NETWORK SLICE REQUIREMENTS (Apple .)

Abstract: embodiments described herein relate to wireless communications, including methods and apparatus for dynamically selecting subscriber identity module (sim) profiles, electronic sim (esim) profiles, multi-sim operating modes, and/or wireless access networks for network slice based applications of wireless devices. a wireless device can include at least two sim/esim profiles and switch use of sim/esim profiles, change between dual sim operating modes, and/or select a registration mode based on requirements of one or more applications in use and availability of network slices via different wireless networks.

20250220412. DIRECT eSIM TRANSFER BETWEEN WIRELESS DEVICES (Apple .)

Abstract: the described embodiments set forth techniques for transferring an electronic subscriber identity module (esim) with the same integrated circuit card identifier (iccid) value from a source mobile wireless device to a target mobile wireless device directly with a mobile network operator (mno) provisioning server. the target mobile wireless device downloads the esim from the mno provisioning server after deletion of the esim on the source mobile wireless device and reassignment of the esim with the same iccid value to the target mobile wireless device.

20250220450. CANOPY COVERAGE DETERMINATION IMPROVED WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY (Apple .)

Abstract: the embodiments disclosed herein include capturing images via cameras or light sensors of a mobile communication device, processing the image to determine obstructed (e.g., by foliage) portions and unobstructed (e.g., open sky) portions of the images, and generating a grid indicating the obstructed and unobstructed portions. the device may then adjust operating characteristics, such as synchronizing with a communication hub or other mobile communication device, performing a handover with the communication hub or other mobile communication device, determining transmission power or an amount to increase transmission power, selecting an antenna, determining a beam direction, determining a discontinuous reception cycle or a frequency for receiving data, providing an indication to stop or proceed through certain areas (e.g., to take advantage of areas with higher signal quality or avoid areas with lower signal quality), and the like, based on the obstructed and unobstructed portions identified in the grid.

20250220601. DERIVATION SSB INDEX TARGET CELLS (Apple .)

Abstract: disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations including: receiving, by a user equipment (ue) from a serving cell serving the ue, a message comprising: (i) synchronization signal block (ssb) information associated with a target ssb burst of a target cell, and (ii) a flag indicating that the ue is allowed to use timing of a reference cell to derive an index of the target ssb burst, wherein the target ssb burst comprises one or more ssbs; calculating a tolerance of a frame boundary alignment between the reference cell and the target cell; and determining, based on the tolerance, an index of the target ssb burst.

20250220614. UPLINK TRANSMIT SWITCHING MULTIPLE TIMING ADVANCE GROUPS (Apple .)

Abstract: this application relates to wireless communications, including methods and apparatus to manage uplink (ul) transmit switching with multiple timing advance groups (tags) for wireless devices. a wireless device is configured to use multiple carriers selected from a set of available carriers that can be associated with different tags. when a second set of carriers, used after switching from a first set of carriers, includes carriers that belong to different tags, the wireless device determines whether to transmit on one or more first uplink transmission occasions for each of the carriers in the second set of carriers based on whether a first ul transmission occasion for at least one carrier overlaps a switching gap time period. the wireless device can disallow transmission on first ul transmission occasions of one or more carriers to accommodate the overlap.

20250220644. Initial Control Frame Design Intermediate Frame Check Sequence (Apple .)

Abstract: this disclosure relates to methods for transmitting an initial control frame with pre-padding frame check sequence in a wireless local area network. an initial control frame that includes an intermediate frame check sequence may be transmitted from an access point to multiple recipient wireless devices. an intermediate frame check sequence may be located between the last user info field and the padding field of the initial control frame. the recipient wireless device may perform a frame check sequence check for the initial control frame using the intermediate frame check sequence.

20250220664. SCHEDULING USER DEVICES GROUPS (Apple .)

Abstract: a method includes receiving one or more requests to register a first user equipment (ue) and a second ue in a device group. the method includes obtaining, from the one or more requests, information about a plurality of ues in the device group and a plurality of data flows corresponding to the plurality of ues. the information includes dependency information between a first data flow and a second data flow of the plurality of data flows. the method includes sending, to a base station, instructions to configure the device group. the instructions include scheduling information for the first ue and the second ue.

20250220742. Extending Use Cellular Communication Capabilities Wireless Device Another Device (Apple .)

Abstract: extending cellular telecommunication service from a first ue to another device. the first ue may register for cellular telecommunication service with a cellular network using a first cellular service account, using a cellular communication link via a cellular radio. a second device may be discovered and a communication link may be established between the first ue and the second device. the second device may be registered to use cellular telecommunication capability provided by the first ue. communications between the second device and the cellular network may be conveyed via the communication link between the first ue and the second device and the cellular communication link. conveying communications between the second device and the cellular network may provide use of the first cellular service account for cellular telecommunication service to the second device.