Inventor

Stephen William Edge

Inventor

Escondido, CA, US

Overview

2003–2021

Patent span

Electricity

Primary field (CPC H)

Patents· 244 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

H04Wprimary

H04WWireless communication networks44%

H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication22%

G01SRadio direction-finding20%

H04MTelephonic communication3%

H04BTransmission2%

G06FElectric digital data processing2%

G08BSignalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems1%

H04HBroadcast communication1%

G01CMeasuring distances, levels or bearings1%

Y02DClimate change mitigation technologies in information and communication technologies [ict], i.e. information and communication technologies aiming at the reduction of their own energy use1%

PatentTitleYear

11,134,361Systems and architectures for support of high-performance location in a Next Generation Radio Access Network2021 11,128,985Systems and methods for 5G location support using service based interfaces2021 11,057,861Navigation and positioning system using radio beam support information2021 11,057,859Systems and methods for limiting a message size for a positioning protocol2021 11,044,693Efficient positioning enhancement for dynamic spectrum sharing2021 11,032,792Navigation and positioning system using radio beam2021 11,019,487Systems and methods for uplink high efficiency location in a wireless network2021 11,006,384Methods and systems for using bandwidth parts information during positioning of a mobile device2021 10,972,893Cellular vehicle to everything assisted next generation emergency call2021 10,966,209Systems and methods for super low latency location service for wireless networks2021 10,959,078Systems and methods to support distress signaling from a wireless device2021 10,959,055Systems and methods for locating a user equipment using generic position methods for a 5G network2021 10,959,203Low power periodic and triggered location of a mobile device using early data transmission2021 10,952,028Location of a mobile device with wireless access using a user plane location solution2021 10,952,178Low power periodic and triggered location of a mobile device using control plane optimization2021 10,939,239Systems and methods for coexistence of different location solutions for fifth generation wireless networks2021 10,939,247Method and/or system for positioning of a mobile device2021 10,892,866Almost-blank subframe-based gapless inter-frequency positioning reference signal measurement in carrier aggregation mode2021 10,887,005Terrestrial wireless positioning in licensed and unlicensed frequency bands2021 10,863,475Method and apparatus for supporting positioning for terminals in a wireless network2020 10,863,319Systems and methods for locating a user equipment using generic position methods for a 5G network2020 10,859,595Systems and methods for improving location accuracy for a mobile device using sensors2020 10,848,949Emergency call redial on different PS domains2020 10,841,729Network independent location services2020 10,834,696Method and apparatus for supporting positioning for terminals in a wireless network2020 10,805,784Methods and systems for efficient location support for wireless emergency alerts2020 10,779,256Systems and methods for positioning mobile devices in a fifth generation wireless network2020 10,779,126Systems and methods for PRS muting in a fifth generation wireless network2020 10,757,713Orthogonality and encapsulation for positioning and navigation signals2020 10,736,074Systems and methods to facilitate location determination by beamforming of a positioning reference signal2020 10,708,748VoIP emergency call support2020 10,708,879Enhanced cell identification location determination2020 10,694,581Techniques for determining vicinity information for access points using location assistance data2020 10,667,090Flexible periodic and triggered location of a mobile device in a wireless network using a codeword2020 10,660,109Systems and methods to support multiple configurations for positioning reference signals in a wireless network2020 10,649,064Method and/or system for acquisition of a positioning signal2020 10,644,922Protected use of navigation and positioning signal2020 10,616,858Optimized observed time difference of arrival (OTDOA) in licensed-assisted access (LAA)2020 10,595,238Systems and methods to improve mobility for a mobile device in ecall-only mode2020 10,567,905Systems and methods for locating a mobile device using angle of arrival and inertial sensor measurements2020 10,568,062Positioning for WLANs and other wireless networks2020 10,567,943Methods and systems for handover of an emergency call between different wireless networks2020 10,560,942Sub-band utilization for a wireless positioning measurement signal2020 10,555,126Method and/or system for positioning of a mobile device2020 10,547,979Systems and methods for locating a user equipment using generic position methods for a 5G network2020 10,517,061Enhanced cell identification location determination2019 10,516,971Systems and methods for supporting control plane location in a fifth generation wireless network2019 10,512,057Positioning of a mobile device using an enhanced exchange of capabilities2019 10,506,543Low power periodic and triggered location of a mobile device using early data transmission2019 10,506,412Methods and systems for a connected building emergency service2019 10,499,229Enhanced fallback to in-band mode for emergency calling2019 10,477,340Methods and systems for on-demand resource allocation for location determination of a mobile device2019 10,469,217Disentangled orthogonal frequency division multiplexing for navigation and positioning signals2019 10,461,847Terrestrial wireless positioning in licensed and unlicensed frequency bands2019 10,433,275Systems and methods for positioning mobile devices in a fifth generation wireless network2019 10,419,890Client access to mobile location services2019 10,405,145Method and/or system for positioning of a mobile device2019 10,396,883Terrestrial wireless positioning in licensed and unlicensed frequency bands2019 10,383,081Methods and systems for positioning of a mobile device using broadcast of assistance data2019 10,383,166Method and apparatus for supporting location services via a home node B (HNB)2019 10,375,669Methods and systems for locating a mobile device using an asynchronous wireless network2019 10,341,853Methods and systems for enabling control of privacy for crowdsourcing2019 10,327,109Methods and systems for location determination of a mobile device using partial RF bands2019 10,313,487Support of location services using a positioning protocol2019 10,313,825Control plane LCS solution for improving multiple reporting LPP messaging2019 10,285,016Methods and systems for returning an early positioning fix2019 10,278,016Systems and methods for position estimation using proximity devices2019 10,267,892Locating a device using a reference point to align location information2019 10,243,839System and method for selection of an evolved packet data gateway for wireless local area network access to an evolved packet system2019 10,200,967Systems and methods for limiting a message size for a positioning protocol2019 10,194,265Systems and methods for supporting positioning beacons compatible with legacy wireless devices2019 10,178,522VoIP emergency call support2019 10,165,395Methods of supporting location and emergency calls for an over-the-top service provider2018 10,158,970Location logging and location and time based filtering2018 10,154,470Control plane location solution to support wireless access2018 10,149,275Method and apparatus for supporting positioning for terminals in a wireless network2018 10,121,014Obfuscating the locations of access points and femtocells2018 10,111,078Techniques to support emergency calls with over-the-top service provider2018 10,097,979Location by reference for an over-the-top emergency call2018 10,085,142Location by reference for an over-the-top emergency call2018 10,080,176Secure user plane location (SUPL) redirection and mobile location protocol (MLP) tunneling to a discovered SLP2018 10,080,098Systems and methods for uplink high efficiency transport of location information in a wireless network2018 10,063,642Method and apparatus for supporting location services via a generic location session2018 10,051,684Transfer of uncompensated barometric pressure information2018 10,027,432Location and time based filtering of broadcast information2018 10,021,737Techniques for determining common characteristics of groups of wireless access points2018 10,009,319Methods, apparatuses and articles for identifying and authorizing location servers and location services using a proxy location server2018 9,998,872Methods and systems for returning an early positioning fix2018 9,998,856Method and/or system for positioning of a mobile device2018 9,992,631In-building location security and privacy2018 9,946,883Methods and apparatuses for protecting positioning related information2018 9,936,526Systems and methods to authenticate a request to modify or access information related to an asset in association with a transfer of management2018 9,912,662'Indoor location server provision and discovery'2018 9,900,860'Positioning protocol, positioning capability and position method identification in SUPL'2018 9,867,161'Method and apparatus for supporting positioning for terminals in a wireless network'2018 9,860,695'Location reporting with secure user plane location (SUPL)'2018 9,854,404Techniques for generating environment and reference data reports for particular environments on behalf of mobile devices2017 9,854,392Method and apparatus for performing session info query for user plane location2017 9,836,613Obfuscating the locations of access points and femtocells2017 9,832,612Generic positioning protocol2017 9,798,010'Devices, methods, and apparatuses for mobile device acquisition assistance'2017 9,794,984'Techniques for utilizing access point vicinity information'2017 9,794,226'Methods, apparatuses and articles for identifying and authorizing location servers and location services using a proxy location server'2017 9,788,181'VOIP emergency call support'2017 9,756,664'Methods of supporting location and emergency calls for an over-the-top service provider'2017 9,743,228'Transport of LCS-related messages for LTE access'2017 9,743,374'Methods and apparatuses for requesting/providing assistance data associated with various satellite positioning systems in wireless communication networks'2017 9,733,337'Support of downlink positioning using coherent and non-coherent signal acquisition'2017 9,706,408'Authentication in secure user plane location (SUPL) systems'2017 9,699,758'Verifying generic broadcast of location assistance data'2017 9,693,184'Control plane location solution to support wireless access'2017 9,681,262'Method and apparatus for supporting location services via a home node B (HNB)'2017 9,681,282'Techniques for supporting telematics-enhanced emergency calls from mobile phones'2017 9,651,653'Positioning reference signal (PRS) generation for multiple transmit antenna systems'2017 9,648,651'Methods and apparatus to determine distance between devices for device to device communication and proximity services'2017 9,641,984'Support of OTDOA positioning using ambiguous cells'2017 9,622,027'Systems and methods for network centric WLAN location of a mobile device'2017 9,612,114'Access network node based barometric reference pressure network'2017 9,609,539'Techniques and methods for controlling crowdsourcing from a mobile device'2017 9,602,962'Methods and systems for providing location based services in a venue using femtocells'2017 9,603,053'Segmented data transfer with resume capability'2017 9,602,990'Method for providing network-based measurements for user equipment-based positioning'2017 9,591,523'Segmented data transfer with resume capability'2017 9,591,608'Methods and systems for discovery of home node B gateway support of positioning'2017 9,578,115'Indoor location server provision and discovery'2017 9,565,530'Methods and apparatus for identifying and authorizing location servers and location services'2017 9,560,624'Method and apparatus for configuring and locating a home base station'2017 9,549,289'Efficient periodic location reporting in a radio access network'2017 9,526,067'Method and apparatus for scanning for a wireless access point'2016 9,521,526'Controlling the transfer of telematics data using session related signaling'2016 9,507,027'Determining location of a target device based on relative change in location information'2016 9,500,738'Utilizing a reference signal for indoor positioning'2016 9,496,971'Techniques for determining actual and/or near states of proximity between mobile devices'2016 9,491,575'Positioning beacons with wireless backhaul'2016 9,491,620'Enabling secure access to a discovered location server for a mobile device'2016 9,485,794'Methods and apparatus for using device to device communications to support IMS based services'2016 9,474,012'Focused assistance data for WiFi access points and femtocells'2016 9,467,856'Secure mechanism for obtaining authorization for a discovered location server'2016 9,462,448'Adaptive positioning reference signal (PRS) for indoor location'2016 9,435,874'Method and apparatus for supporting positioning for terminals in a wireless network'2016 9,432,815'Location support using a device identification conveyed by a positioning protocol'2016 9,420,411'Method and apparatus for configuring secure user plane location (SUPL) enabled terminals'2016 9,402,163'In-building location security and privacy'2016 9,402,177'Authentication in secure user plane location (SUPL) systems'2016 9,398,442'Supporting version negotiation for positioning for terminals in a wireless network'2016 9,386,406'Method and apparatus for performing session info query for user plane location'2016 9,386,408'Generic positioning protocol'2016 9,377,522'Utilizing a reference signal for indoor positioning'2016 9,380,609'Method and apparatus for processing emergency calls'2016 9,374,759'Secure user plane (SUPL) redirection and mobile location protocol (MLP) tunneling to discovered SLP'2016 9,374,798'Support of multiple positioning protocols'2016 9,363,642'Radio frequency interference awareness assistance data'2016 9,357,439'Method and apparatus for maintaining location continuity for a UE following handover'2016 9,344,991'Methods and systems for responding to handover events during positioning sessions'2016 9,338,717'Methods and apparatus for increasing emergency call success rate by reducing retries in the same domain'2016 9,312,970'Location and time based filtering of broadcast information'2016 9,307,454'Method and apparatus for maintaining location continuity for a UE following handover'2016 9,301,093'Methods and apparatus for identifying and authorizing location servers and location services'2016 9,280,778'Location logging and location and time based filtering'2016 9,276,684'Efficient means of broadcast and relaying information between wireless terminals'2016 9,271,256'Verifying generic broadcast of location assistance data'2016 9,252,896'Efficient means of broadcast and relaying information between wireless terminals'2016 9,241,322'Enhanced LTE positioning protocol information transfer procedures for control plane LCS on LTE'2016 9,226,257'Positioning for WLANs and other wireless networks'2015 9,198,053'Positioning using enhanced pilot signal'2015 9,185,516'Radio frequency interference awareness assistance data'2015 9,154,907'Efficient periodic location reporting in a radio access network'2015 9,155,029'Method and apparatus for scanning for a wireless access point'2015 9,144,054'Distributed A-GNSS positioning of static devices'2015 9,137,311'Method for secure user plane (SUPL) version negotiation'2015 9,137,770'Emergency circuit-mode call support'2015 9,125,048'Method and/or apparatus for location privacy via uniform resource identifier (URI) provisioning'2015 9,125,018'Triggered location services'2015 9,119,065'Authentication in secure user plane location (SUPL) systems'2015 9,119,167'Generic broadcast of location assistance data'2015 9,119,028'Method and apparatus for supporting location services via a Home Node B (HNB)'2015 9,100,787'Position location message flows'2015 9,100,388'Secure mechanism for obtaining authorization for a discovered location server'2015 9,094,810'Transfer and modification of location related data during an ongoing location session'2015 9,094,784'Registration of a terminal with a location server for user plane location'2015 9,083,745'Network independent location services'2015 9,078,102'Techniques for generating environment and reference data reports for particular environments on behalf of mobile devices'2015 9,066,308'Method and apparatus for using supported network information for positioning'2015 9,042,917'Positioning for WLANS and other wireless networks'2015 9,026,134'Target positioning within a mobile structure'2015 8,971,840'Method and apparatus for supporting emergency calls and location for FEMTO access points'2015 8,971,920'Enhanced LTE positioning protocol information transfer procedures for control plane LCS on LTE'2015 8,965,415'Short packet data service'2015 8,965,413'Locating a wireless local area network associated with a wireless wide area network'2015 8,954,068'Extended capability transfer between a user equipment and a wireless network'2015 8,942,667'Method and/or apparatus for location privacy via uniform resource identifier provisioning'2015 8,942,660'Method and apparatus for performing handover of an emergency call between wireless networks'2015 8,942,102'Segmented data transfer with resume capability'2015 8,929,919'Method and apparatus for performing position determination with a short circuit call flow'2015 8,917,206'Mobile-based positioning with non-conforming use of assistance data'2014 8,909,239'Scheduling generic broadcast of location assistance data'2014 8,909,257'Positioning protocol conveyance'2014 8,874,134'Location reporting with secure user plane location (SUPL)'2014 8,868,101'Secure user plane location (SUPL) redirection and mobile location protocol (MLP) tunneling to a discovered SLP'2014 8,862,126'Secure user plane location (SUPL) redirection and mobile location protocol (MLP) tunneling to a discovered SLP'2014 8,848,653'Extended capability transfer between a user equipment and a wireless network'2014 8,849,183'Location and time based filtering of broadcast information'2014 8,838,132'Enhanced positioning assistance data for reduced signaling'2014 8,811,939'Method and/or apparatus for location privacy via uniform resource identifier provisioning'2014 8,792,902'Method and apparatus for providing location services with short-circuited message flows'2014 8,788,684'Method for secure user plane (SUPL) version negotiation'2014 8,786,491'Methods and apparatuses for requesting/providing assistance data associated with various satellite positioning systems in wireless communication networks'2014 8,755,818'Location reporting with secure user plane location (SUPL)'2014 8,738,027'Methods and apparatus for identifying and authorizing location servers and location services'2014 8,723,726'Global navigation satellite system'2014 8,706,141'Method and apparatus for supporting location services with a streamlined location service layer'2014 8,699,460'Position location call flow'2014 8,676,233'Methods and apparatuses supporting multiple positioning protocol versions in wireless communication networks'2014 8,660,540'Supporting version negotiation for positioning for terminals in a wireless network'2014 8,660,574'Generic positioning protocol'2014 8,627,422'Authentication in secure user plane location (SUPL) systems'2014 8,626,926'Method and apparatus for performing session info query for user plane location'2014 8,618,980'Methods and apparatuses for requesting/providing code phase related information associated with various satellite positioning systems in wireless communication networks'2013 8,620,255'Method and apparatus for supporting emergency calls and location for femto access points'2013 8,600,403'Method and apparatus for configuring and locating a home base station'2013 8,593,344'Methods and apparatuses for requesting/providing code phase related information associated with various satellite positioning systems in wireless communication networks'2013 8,483,706'Location services based on positioned wireless measurement reports'2013 8,483,732'Method and apparatus for timestamping uplink messages'2013 8,467,806'Method and apparatus for supporting location services with a streamlined location service layer'2013 8,437,288'Network selection by wireless terminals'2013 8,412,227'Positioning using enhanced pilot signal'2013 8,375,135'Method for secure user plane (SUPL) version negotiation'2013 8,340,626'System and method for supporting voice call continuity for VOIP emergency calls'2012 8,340,627'Support of voice call continuity (VCC) for wireless emergency calls'2012 8,334,807'Global navigation satellite system'2012 8,306,523'Methods and apparatuses supporting multiple positioning protocol versions in wireless communication networks'2012 8,254,877'Method and apparatus for extended call establishment for IMS emergency calls'2012 8,237,610'Methods and apparatuses for requesting/providing code phase related information associated with various satellite positioning systems in wireless communication networks'2012 8,200,185'Method and apparatus for supporting emergency calls (eCalls)'2012 8,145,769'Method for secure user plane (SUPL) version negotiation'2012 8,068,056'Location reporting with secure user plane location (SUPL)'2011 7,974,639'Method and apparatus for performing position determination with a short circuit call flow'2011 7,893,869'Global navigation satellite system'2011 7,768,449'Global navigation satellite system'2010 7,454,217'Method and apparatus for wireless network timekeeping and synchronization'2008 7,359,711'Methods and apparatus for improving accuracy of radio timing measurements'2008 7,155,244'Precise common timing in a wireless network'2006 6,606,554'Method and apparatus for defining location coordinates'2003 6,597,916'Hybrid architecture for supporting location determination in a wireless network'2003

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

2003–2021Based in Escondido, CA, US· patent location history

2008–2019Patents assigned to EDGE STEPHEN WILLIAM (26)· patent assignee history

2008–2020Based in San Diego, CA, US· patent location history

2010–2021Patents assigned to QUALCOMM INC (238)· patent assignee history

2012–2017Patents assigned to EDGE STEPHEN W (43)· patent assignee history

2012–2019Patents assigned to FISCHER SVEN (22)· patent assignee history

2012–2019Patents assigned to BURROUGHS KIRK ALLAN (14)· patent assignee history

2015Based in Esondido, CA, US· patent location history

2016Based in Escondidio, CA, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
QUALCOMM INC	238	2010–2021
EDGE STEPHEN Wself	43	2012–2017
EDGE STEPHEN WILLIAMself	26	2008–2019
FISCHER SVEN	22	2012–2019
BURROUGHS KIRK ALLAN	14	2012–2019

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Escondido, California, US	234	2003–2021
San Diego, California, US	7	2008–2020
Escondidio, California, US	2	2016
Esondido, California, US	1	2015