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Granted Patent B2
US 12,452,319 · App. 18/300,159 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

Voice call device

Inventors: Jaehyeuk Yang (Palo Alto, CA); Xin Xu (Palo Alto, CA); Yongsheng Shi (Palo Alto, CA)
Assignee: INNOPEAK TECHNOLOGY, INC.
H04L65/1073H04L65/1016H04L65/1096H04W36/00226
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Patent No.
US 12,452,319
App. No.
18/300,159
Granted
Oct 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The voice call device includes a processor, and a memory having instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations as follows. After a voice call is initiated via a user equipment (UE) device over 5G NR, a status of an IMS registration (e.g., failed, in progress, etc.) for the UE is identified. For example, in response to determining that the status of IMS registration for the UE is in-progress, the voice call can be held, and a wait timer initiated. If the IMS registration completes prior to the wait timer expiring, the voice call is conducted over 5G NR or 4G Long-term Evolution (LTE).

Claims (22)

1. A voice call device, comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory having instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

initiate a voice call, wherein the voice call comprises a voice session over 5G new radio (NR) initiated via a user equipment (UE);

determine a status of a registration to an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) for the UE;

in response to determining that the status of registration to the IMS for the UE indicates that the registration to the IMS for the UE has failed,

determine a 5G disable criteria has been met by the UE; and

in response to determining that the 5G disable criteria has been met by the UE, disable 5G on the UE.

2. The voice call device of claim 1 , wherein the 5G disable criteria comprises a timer-based 5G disable criteria.

3. The voice call device of claim 2 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

initiate a 5G disable timer upon detecting a first occurrence of an IMS registration failure for the UE; and

prior to the 5G disable timer expiring, detect a subsequent occurrence of an IMS registration failure for the UE and determine that the timer-based 5G disable criteria has been met by the UE.

4. The voice call device of claim 1 , wherein the 5G disable criteria comprises a location-based 5G disable criteria.

5. The voice call device of claim 4 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

in response determining that the status of registration to the IMS for the UE is failed, detect a current location of the UE at the time of the registration failure;

compare the current location of the UE to 5G failures locations defined by the location-based 5G disable criteria; and

upon determining that the current location of the UE is approximately in the same area as one or more of the 5G failures locations, determine that the location-based 5G disable criteria has been met by the UE.

6. The voice call device of claim 5 , wherein the current location of the UE may be identified using one or a combination of location tracking mechanisms implement by the UE or 5G network.

7. The voice call device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

in response to disabling 5G on the UE, conduct the voice call as a voice session over 4G Long-term Evolution (LTE).

8. The voice call device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

conduct, in response to determining that the 5G disable criteria has not been met by the UE, the voice call as a voice session over 5G NR or 4G Long-term Evolution (LTE).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 17, 2023
From: YANG, JAEHYEUK; XU, XIN; SHI, YONGSHENG
To: INNOPEAK TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 063344/0908 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation PCTUS2021055233 · Oct 15, 2021
Provisional Application 63092252 · Oct 15, 2020
Related Publication 20230262099A1 · Aug 17, 2023
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