Apple Patent Applications

TECHNOLOGIES FOR DISCARDING MECHANISM

Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number: 20250119789
The present application relates to devices and components, including apparatus, systems, and methods for discarding packet data units (PDUs).

MEASUREMENT BEFORE RADIO LINK FAILURE

Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number: 20250119780
The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for performing measurements before a radio link failure. In an example, a condition is detected by a UE in advance of a time point in which a non-terrestrial network (NTN) node is to stop providing service to the UE. The condition can be a timing-based condition related to, for example, t-service, a location-based condition related to, for example, a reference location, a coverage hole,…

Mesh Compression with Base Mesh Information Signaled in a First Sub-Bitstream and Sub-Mesh Information Signaled with Displacement Information in an Additional Sub-Bitstream

Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number: 20250117965
A system comprises an encoder configured to compress and encode data for a three-dimensional dynamic mesh. The three-dimensional dynamic mesh is compressed and signaled using a base-mesh sub-bitstream and an atlas sub-bitstream (e.g., displacement and/or attribute sub-bitstream). The atlas sub-bitstream comprises displacement information to be applied at sub-division points of the base mesh to recreate the three-dimensional dynamic mesh at a given moment in time and may also include…

DETERMINATION AND PRESENTATION OF CUSTOMIZED NOTIFICATIONS

Granted: April 10, 2025
Application Number: 20250114661
A user fitness goal may be determined based at least in part on i) historical fitness data that was tracked by a fitness application during a plurality of periods that together correspond to a historical period, or ii) or a user input. Current fitness data may be tracked by the fitness application during a current period. A coaching notification may be determined based on the current fitness data and the user fitness goal. The coaching notification may correspond to progress toward…

CONCEALED SHALLOW-DEPTH RECEPTACLE

Granted: April 3, 2025
Application Number: 20250112403
Connector receptacles and related structures that can be hidden and protected, and that have a low-profile or shallow depth. An example can provide an electronic device having a connector receptacle, where the connector receptacle can be hidden using a cover. The cover can hide the connector receptacle and protect it from debris. The connector receptacle can also have a shallow depth making it suitable for use in small devices. Various cover mechanisms can be used. These cover mechanisms…

TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUPPORTING EIGHT TRANSMIT UPLINK OPERATION

Granted: April 3, 2025
Application Number: 20250113346
The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for supporting eight transmitter uplink operation.

MULTI-LAYER INTERFERENCE DETECTION IN A MOBILE WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE

Granted: April 3, 2025
Application Number: 20250113224
Techniques are described for multi-layer interference detection. The method can include transmitting data to a system using a connection on a wireless network, the system configured to provide access to a functionality of a device. The method can further include accessing at least one of link quality monitoring (LQM) information from a medium access control layer of the user device or transmission control protocol (TCP) information from a transport layer of the device during a…

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION

Granted: April 3, 2025
Application Number: 20250113190
The present application relates to devices and components, including apparatus, systems, and methods for an application function (AF) direct access to a radio access network (RAN) management function.

SECURE PIN ENTRY USING A VIRTUAL TERMINAL

Granted: April 3, 2025
Application Number: 20250112778
Techniques for using a virtual terminal on a multipurpose device for PIN entry to authorize a data transfer are described herein. These techniques provide the secure receipt of each PIN digit by the device and encryption of the PIN multipurpose device and while the PIN entry data is transferred, while still providing the information to a server for further processing.

AC POWER DELIVERY FOR REDUCED CORROSION

Granted: April 3, 2025
Application Number: 20250112488
Electric fields that can cause corrosion of contacts can be compensated for by embodiments of the present invention. For example, voltage waveforms at the contacts can be made to have a zero volt average, and therefore have a zero net electric field. Galvanic voltages generated by dissimilar metals used by a contact and a housing can generate an electric field, and currents motivated by the galvanic electric field can be blocked by capacitively coupling the contacts to their…

ERROR DEBUGGING NETWORK

Granted: April 3, 2025
Application Number: 20250110821
The present disclosure describes a debugging system that includes an aggregation network and a distribution network. The aggregation network can include leaf nodes and a first root node coupled to the leaf nodes. The leaf nodes can collect error information about error events in a functional circuits and transmit the error information to the first root node. The distribution network can include a second root node coupled to the first root node. The second root node can receive the error…

SELF-ALIGNING SMT CONTACTS

Granted: April 3, 2025
Application Number: 20250112385
Structures, methods, and apparatus for soldering contacts of multiple connector receptacles to pads on a board while also providing high-speed data paths between the multiple connector receptacles and the pads on the board.

EXTENDED-RANGE HIGH-SPEED INTERCONNECT

Granted: April 3, 2025
Application Number: 20250112383
Examples can provide extended-range high-speed interconnect by providing microcoax cables in a hybrid flexible circuit board, which can be referred to as a hybrid flex or microcoax flex. This hybrid flex can be used to convey signals an extended distance within an electronic device. Multiple signals can be conveyed using corresponding microcoax cables. The microcoax cables can include a center conductor, an insulating layer, and an outside shield layer. The cables can be held in position…

BATTERY WITH LAMINATED ELECTRODE TAB

Granted: April 3, 2025
Application Number: 20250112340
A battery, comprising a battery can housing defining an opening, an electrode stack housed within the battery can housing, an internal electrode tab disposed within the interior volume. The internal electrode tab includes a conductive layer and an insulated lamination layer on the conductive layer, the conductive layer is electrically coupled to the electrode stack, and the insulated lamination layer is positioned between the conductive layer and the enclosure. An external electrode tab…

BATTERY WITH PATHWAY

Granted: April 3, 2025
Application Number: 20250112300
A battery, comprising a battery can housing including a main portion and a ledge that extends from a sidewall of the main portion at a transverse angle to the sidewall, an electrode stack housed within the main portion, and an electrical contact electrically coupled to the electrode stack. A portion of the electrical contact extends from the ledge at the transverse angle to the sidewall.

SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE WITH ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE IMMUNITY

Granted: April 3, 2025
Application Number: 20250112172
The present disclosure describes a structure that includes an electromagnetic interference (EMI) immunity layer and a doped epitaxial layer on the EMI immunity layer. The EMI immunity layer has a first resistivity and a first thickness. The doped epitaxial layer has a second resistivity and a second thickness. A sum of thicknesses is defined by a combination of the first thickness and the second thickness. A first ratio is the sum of the first thicknesses to the second thickness. A…

MAGNETIC SYSTEMS INCORPORATING ELECTROPERMANENT MAGNET ARRAYS

Granted: April 3, 2025
Application Number: 20250111972
Magnetic systems can include a controllable magnet array and a fixed magnetic array. The fixed magnetic array can include an array of permanent magnets having alternating polarization direction transverse to the array. Some controllable magnet arrays can include electropermanent magnets (EPMs) arranged end-to-end, with pole pieces between them aligned to the permanent magnets of the fixed magnet array. Each EPM can include a permanent magnet having a fixed magnetic orientation lateral to…

TECHNIQUES FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN HUB DEVICE AND MULTIPLE ENDPOINTS

Granted: April 3, 2025
Application Number: 20250111851
Techniques are disclosed for coordinating interactions between a user device and a plurality of accessory devices. In one example, a user device receives information identifying one or more accessory devices in communication with the user device. The user device may implement accessory interaction instances for each of the identified accessories. A first accessory interaction instance can be associated with a first accessory among the identified accessories and receive a first audio…

CONTENT BASED IMAGE PROCESSING

Granted: April 3, 2025
Application Number: 20250111486
Some embodiments relate to sharpening segments of an image differently based on content in the image. Content based sharpening is performed by a content image processing circuit that receives luminance values of an image and a content map. The content map identifies categories of content in segments of the image. Based on one or more of the identified categories of content, the circuit determines a content factor associated with a pixel. The content factor may also be based on a texture…

AUTHORIZER FOR OPERATIONS OF A VIRTUAL TERMINAL

Granted: April 3, 2025
Application Number: 20250111031
Techniques for using an authorizer in a virtual terminal on a multipurpose device to authorize operations of a cryptographic applet in a secure element associated with the multipurpose device are described herein. These techniques include receiving an authorization token and setting authorization criteria for the operation of the cryptographic applet based on the authorization token.