US 12,652,097 B2 · Segmented communication over wireless networks

Abstract

A communications system may include user equipment (UE) that transmits data to a recipient via a network. The UE may receive user input and may generate the data based on the input. When a terrestrial network is unavailable to the UE, the UE may transmit segments of the data over a satellite constellation as the UE continues to receive input and while connectivity to the constellation exceeds a threshold. If a portion of the input includes an edit to a previous segment, the UE may include an edit flag in the corresponding segment. Once input has finished, the UE may sign the segments and may transmit a signature over the constellation. The network may store the segments as received from the constellation, may replace edited segments with more recent segments containing edit flags, and may compile and transmit all of the segments to the recipient upon receipt of the signature.

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Dependent claims

A method of operating a network to transmit data from a user equipment (UE) device to a recipient device, the method comprising:

storing, at storage circuitry, a first segment of the data received via a satellite constellation at a first time, the first segment being generated by the UE device based on a first user input received by the UE device;
storing, at the storage circuitry, a second segment of the data received via the satellite constellation at a second time after the first time, the second segment being generated by the UE device based on a second user input received by the UE device after the first user input;
generating, using one or more processors, reconstructed data by combining the first segment and the second segment;
and
transmitting the reconstructed data to the recipient device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Segmented communication over wireless networks

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Segmented communication over wireless networks

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Abstract

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