Apple Inc. patent applications published on July 11th, 2024

Summary of the patent applications from Apple Inc. on July 11th, 2024

1. **Summary**: Apple Inc. has recently filed patents related to UE aggregation for downlink communications, enhanced PHR reporting for UE antenna scaling, and unified access control in wireless communication systems. These patents focus on improving network efficiency, enhancing signal quality, and streamlining communication processes.

2. **Key Points of Patents**:

  * UE aggregation for downlink communications:
    * Combining multiple UE connections for increased data transmission speeds.
    * Improving network efficiency and performance.
    * Addressing issues related to data throughput and network congestion.
  * Enhanced PHR reporting for UE antenna scaling:
    * Activating or deactivating antenna elements for antenna scaling.
    * Generating PHR reports based on beamforming gains pre and post scaling.
    * Improving signal quality and coverage.
  * Unified access control in wireless communication systems:
    * UE entering an update needed state and accessing the network based on pending communication.
    * Enhancing network security and access control mechanisms.
    * Simplifying access control procedures.

3. **Notable Applications**:

  * These patents can be applied in telecommunications, IoT devices, and smart city infrastructure.
  * Enhancing network performance, security, and resource allocation.
  * Improving user experience, signal reception, and overall network efficiency.

Patent applications for Apple Inc. on July 11th, 2024

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

Main Inventor

Paul D. MANNHEIMER

Sensing Contact Force Related to User Wearing an Electronic Device (18444396)

Main Inventor

Tyler S. Bushnell

Sensing Contact Force Related to User Wearing an Electronic Device (18615370)

Main Inventor

Tyler S. Bushnell

Detecting Conditions Using Heart Rate Sensors (18374233)

Main Inventor

Stephen J. Waydo

ANODIC OXIDE COATING WITH HIGH TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE (18316530)

Main Inventor

James A. Curran

FIT DETECTION SYSTEM FOR HEAD-MOUNTABLE DEVICES (18559555)

Main Inventor

PAUL X. WANG

MODULAR STRAP FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE (18538720)

Main Inventor

Kendall L. Helbert

Folded Camera with Actuator for Moving Optics (18611579)

Main Inventor

Shashank Sharma

Content Manipulation via a Computer-Generated Representation of a Trackpad (18613570)

Main Inventor

Anette L. Freiin von Kapri

QUIET HOURS FOR NOTIFICATIONS (18584477)

Main Inventor

Imran A. CHAUDHRI

ACTIVE AREA ROUTING FOR TOUCH ELECTRODES (18615701)

Main Inventor

Ashray Vinayak GOGTE

Systems, Methods, and Computer-Readable Media for Managing Collaboration on a Virtual Work of Art (18412265)

Main Inventor

Matthew Jacob Sarnoff

DIGITAL ASSISTANT INTERACTIONS IN EXTENDED REALITY (18278372)

Main Inventor

Jessica J. PECK

THREE-DIMENSIONAL PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT (18278481)

Main Inventor

Scott Bassett

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING NOTIFICATIONS RECEIVED FROM MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS (18593223)

Main Inventor

Imran CHAUDHRI

Content Stacks (18563057)

Main Inventor

Shih-Sang Chiu

SELECTIVE ROTATION OF A USER INTERFACE (18414402)

Main Inventor

Duncan Robert KERR

Performing Multiple Bit Computation and Convolution in Memory (18417868)

Main Inventor

Shahzad Nazar

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

Intelligent Inset Window Placement in Content (18612689)

Main Inventor

Adam P. Williams

Palettization of Kernel Vector in Neural Network Processor (18094251)

Main Inventor

Sung Hee Park

DIRECTIONAL SCALING SYSTEMS AND METHODS (18416654)

Main Inventor

Jim C. Chou

ENVIRONMENT CAPTURE AND RENDERING (18582835)

Main Inventor

Long H. NGO

Method and an Apparatus for Determining a Gaze Point on a Three-Dimensional Object (18581765)

Main Inventor

Jan Hoffmann

Perspective Correction With Depth Clamping (18612967)

Main Inventor

Maxime Meilland

Foveated Anti-Aliasing (18612941)

Main Inventor

Jad-Nicolas Khoury

METHODS FOR CONTROLLING AND INTERACTING WITH A THREE-DIMENSIONAL ENVIRONMENT (18473176)

Main Inventor

Matan S. STAUBER

Context Aware Fall Detection Using a Mobile Device (18617381)

Main Inventor

Sriram Venkateswaran

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

CONTINUOUS DIALOG WITH A DIGITAL ASSISTANT (18614510)

Main Inventor

Garrett L. WEINBERG

Single-Pick-Multiple-Print Micro LED Mass Transfer with Elastomer Stamp (18562211)

Main Inventor

Mingjing Ha

LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE REFLECTIVE BANK STRUCTURE (18415536)

Main Inventor

Kapil V. Sakariya

Light Emitting Structure (18494109)

Main Inventor

John A. Higginson

STRUCTURAL BATTERY PACK ADHESIVE COATING STACKUP (18376365)

Main Inventor

Edward T Hillstrom

STRUCTURAL BATTERY PACK ADHESIVE COATING STACKUP (18151960)

Main Inventor

Edward T. Hillstrom

MAGNETIC CIRCUIT FOR MAGNETIC CONNECTOR (18616102)

Main Inventor

John C. DiFonzo

Power Converter Circuit For Use with Multiple Low-Current Power Rails (18153057)

Main Inventor

Victor Zyuban

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

System and method for fast single-DCI and multi-DCI mode switching (18418759)

Main Inventor

Yushu Zhang

BLOCK ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR A MULTICAST TRANSMISSION WITH MULTIPLE CONCURRENT STREAMS (18616003)

Main Inventor

Yoel BOGER

DYNAMIC UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL CARRIER SWITCHING (17905296)

Main Inventor

Sigen Ye

DMRS OVERHEAD ADAPTATION WITH AI-BASED CHANNEL ESTIMATION (17904413)

Main Inventor

Sigen Ye

BEAM INDICATION FOR INTER-CELL MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION (MULTI-TRP, MTRP) OPERATION (17905236)

Main Inventor

Yushu Zhang

Network Slice Quota Management Enhancements (18546661)

Main Inventor

Vijay VENKATARAMAN

PORTABLE MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR AN EMAIL CLIENT (18595207)

Main Inventor

Stephen O. LEMAY

PORTABLE MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR AN EMAIL CLIENT (18595210)

Main Inventor

Stephen O. LEMAY

PORTABLE MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR AN EMAIL CLIENT (18595214)

Main Inventor

Stephen O. LEMAY

PORTABLE MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR AN EMAIL CLIENT (18595217)

Main Inventor

Stephen O. LEMAY

INITIAL ACCESSORY SETUP (18370366)

Main Inventor

Anshul JAIN

Reducing Power Consumption of a Lenticular Display (18374120)

Main Inventor

Pavel V. Dudrenov

Global Shutter Pixel with Vertically Integrated Multi-Phase Charge Transfer (18326940)

Main Inventor

Jiaju Ma

Processing Sound in an Enhanced Reality Environment (18611407)

Main Inventor

Christopher T. Eubank

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

Main Inventor

Shu GUO

ENHANCED CSI REPORTING FOR MULT-TRP OPERATION (17905292)

Main Inventor

Haitong Sun

Terminal, Base Station, and Method for Transforming a Measurement Configuration (17906707)

Main Inventor

Qiming Li

MEASURMENT GAP CANCELLATION (17905231)

Main Inventor

Qiming Li

COMMUNICATION CONNECTIVITY MANAGEMENT BASED ON UE MOBILITY CONTEXT (18408925)

Main Inventor

Said Medjkouh

Unified Access Control Improvements (18582412)

Main Inventor

Basant Kumar

ENHANCED PHR REPORTING IN SUPPORT OF UE ANTENNA SCALING (17904808)

Main Inventor

Xiang Chen

PHR Reporting for Multi-Beam PUSCH Transmissions (18609421)

Main Inventor

Yushu ZHANG

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

USER EQUIPMENT AGGREGATION FOR DOWNLINK COMMUNICATIONS (17802136)

Main Inventor

Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian

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