Apple Inc. patent applications published on April 25th, 2024

Summary of the patent applications from Apple Inc. on April 25th, 2024

1. **Summary**: Apple Inc. has recently filed patents related to wireless communication technologies. These patents focus on enabling communication between user equipment (UE) and base stations using different radio access technologies (RATs), facilitating voice communication through wireless ad hoc networks, and enhancing sidelink communication management based on downlink control information. The innovations aim to improve connectivity, efficiency, and resource allocation in wireless communication systems.

2. **Key Points of Patents**:

  * Patent 1: Enables communication between UE and base stations using different RATs.
  * Patent 2: Wireless communication device for voice communication via ad hoc networks.
  * Patent 3: Service device for processing sidelink communications based on downlink control information.

3. **Notable Applications**:

  * Optimizing network performance for mobile network operators.
  * Developing advanced communication systems for telecommunications equipment manufacturers.
  * Enhancing connectivity in IoT devices for diverse network environments.

Patent applications for Apple Inc. on April 25th, 2024

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROBUST PULSE OXIMETRY USING ASYMMETRIC DISTANCE-DEPENDENT CALIBRATION (18456462)

Main Inventor

Paul D. MANNHEIMER

Detecting Conditions Using Heart Rate Sensors (18374233)

Main Inventor

Stephen J. Waydo

EYE DETECTION METHODS AND DEVICES (18403599)

Main Inventor

Erdrin AZEMI

MERGED FLOATING PIXELS IN A TOUCH SCREEN (18389672)

Main Inventor

Isaac CHAN

ULTRA-THIN TOUCH SENSORS (18393367)

Main Inventor

Jeffrey M. WEISSE

DIGITAL ASSISTANT INTERACTIONS IN EXTENDED REALITY (18278372)

Main Inventor

Jessica J. PECK

THREE-DIMENSIONAL PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT (18278481)

Main Inventor

Scott Bassett

INTELLIGENT AUTOMATED ASSISTANT IN A MEDIA ENVIRONMENT (18395247)

Main Inventor

Lia T. NAPOLITANO

USER INTERFACES FOR INDICATING TIME (18368521)

Main Inventor

Kevin W. CHEN

Error Detection and Recovery When Streaming Data (18490675)

Main Inventor

Marc A. Schaub

Data Pattern Based Cache Management (18360352)

Main Inventor

Michael R. Seningen

SUBSEQUENT ACCESSORY SETUP (18370371)

Main Inventor

Anshul JAIN

ACCESSORY SETUP USING A SETUP CODE (18370369)

Main Inventor

Anshul JAIN

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CONTROLLER THAT PROCEDURALLY TAILORS ITSELF TO AN APPLICATION (18390452)

Main Inventor

Ross R. Dexter

MULTI-LEAST SIGNIFICANT BIT (LSB) DITHERING SYSTEMS AND METHODS (18446694)

Main Inventor

Jongyup Lim

LATENCY HANDLING FOR POINT-TO-POINT COMMUNICATIONS (18244883)

Main Inventor

Emily A. WIGLEY

Light Emitting Structure (18494109)

Main Inventor

John A. Higginson

ELECTROLYTES FOR LITHIUM-CONTAINING BATTERY CELLS (18535610)

Main Inventor

Woo Cheol Shin

PFC DESIGN TECHNIQUE FOR HIGH PEAK LOAD (18175848)

Main Inventor

Chanwit Prasantanakorn

Signal Transmitters with Size-Reduced On-Chip Memory (18500959)

Main Inventor

Long Kong

Transceiver with Shared Filter for both Transmit and Receive Modes (18493799)

Main Inventor

Yashar Rajavi

Network Slice Quota Management Enhancements (18546661)

Main Inventor

Vijay VENKATARAMAN

INITIAL ACCESSORY SETUP (18370366)

Main Inventor

Anshul JAIN

User Equipment Authentication and Authorization Procedure for Edge Data Network (18546809)

Main Inventor

Shu GUO

Virtualized Network Function Management (18392751)

Main Inventor

Meghashree Dattatri KEDALAGUDDE

CROSS LAYER OPTIMIZATION FOR SELECTION OF A BEST CELL FROM CONDITIONAL SPECIAL CELL CHANGE CANDIDATE CELLS (18168293)

Main Inventor

Sushant Vikram

PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS RELATED TO APPLICATION TRIGGERING AND SMS OVER NAS (18400502)

Main Inventor

Yizhi Yao

Control Indicator for Power Saving in a Mobile Wireless Communication Device (18403571)

Main Inventor

Yuchul Kim

User Equipment (UE) and Methods for Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) Sidelink Communication in Accordance with a Short Transmission Time Interval (TTI) (18383360)

Main Inventor

Alexey Khoryaev

DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION (DCI) FOR SIDELINK GRANT (18392983)

Main Inventor

Chunhai Yao

Point-to-Point Ad Hoc Voice Communication (18385461)

Main Inventor

Esge B. Andersen

COMMUNICATIONS USING MULTIPLE RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES (RAT) FOR A MULTI-MODE USER EQUIPMENT (UE) (18497414)

Main Inventor

Sharad SAMBHWANI