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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120084766 | METHOD FOR UPDATING AN APPLICATION PROGRAMS ON WIRELESS TERMINALS IN A CONTROLLED MANNER A method for updating an application program on a wireless terminal in a controlled manner is disclosed. When, a server receives an inquiry from a wireless terminal for updating an application program, the server determines whether there is an updated program available ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120054032 | DETECTED ARRIVAL AT NAVIGATED DESTINATION AUTOMATICALLY TRIGGERS DELIVERY OF RELEVANT LOCAL INFORMATION TO USER A mobile navigation system may include a navigation computer, an arrival detection system, and an information delivery system. The navigation computer may be configured to receive a destination to which a user of the mobile navigation system wishes to travel and to prov... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053966 | DETECTED ARRIVAL AT NAVIGATED DESTINATION AUTOMATICALLY TRIGGERS DELIVERY OF ARRIVAL NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY A mobile navigation system may include a navigation computer, an arrival detection system, and a notification system. The navigation computer may be configured to receive a destination to which a user of the mobile navigation system wishes to travel and to provide guida... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053833 | PARKING SPACE LOCATION AUTOMATICALLY RECORDED FOLLOWING DETECTED ARRIVAL AT NAVIGATED DESTINATION A mobile navigation system may include a navigation computer, an arrival detection system, a parking detection system, a location recordation system, and a location recordation trigger system. The navigation computer may be configured to receive a destination to which a... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120033654 | WIRELESS MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH AUTONOMOUS WI-FI CONTROL BASED ON LOCATION OF DEVICE A wireless mobile communication device may include a Wi-Fi data communication system, an operational condition detection system, and a Wi-Fi activation system. The operational condition detection system may include a location sensor. The operational condition detection ... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120033653 | WIRELESS MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH AUTONOMOUS WI-FI CONTROL BASED ON MOTION OF DEVICE A wireless mobile communication device may include a Wi-Fi data communication system, an operational condition detection system, and a Wi-Fi activation system. The operational condition detection system may be configured to detect an operational condition of the wireles... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120033594 | WIRELESS MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH AUTONOMOUS WI-FI CONTROL BASED ON USAGE OF BATTERY IN DEVICE A wireless mobile communication device may include a Wi-Fi data communication system, an operational condition detection system, and a Wi-Fi activation system. The operational condition detection system may include a battery use detector. The operational condition detec... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20110269484 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING AN APPLICATION FROM A MOBILE STATION Systems and methods for recommending an application from a mobile station are shown and described. Components of the network and components in communication with the network cooperate to confirm whether a mobile station recommended to receive the application is capable ... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110314518 | PREVENTING MULTIPLE BACKEND CALLS AT BROWSER LAUNCH DURING MOBILE BROADBAND PROVISIONING To reduce or avoid multiple calls for authentication, during mobile device provisioning for broadband connectivity which might otherwise be caused by add-ons associated with a browser, a provisioning gateway or server system maintains a database of records of source add... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110252464 | AUTHENTICATING A MOBILE DEVICE BASED ON GEOLOCATION AND USER CREDENTIAL Mobile devices provide security based on geographic location. With such a technique, a mobile device may automatically check its current location against geographic information as to the location(s) in which it is permitted to operate. When the user attempts access to t... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110225291 | USING SOCIAL NETWORKING TO HELP USERS PURCHASE MOBILE APPLICATIONS AND DEVICES A social network helps mobile device users purchase applications for their devices and to purchase new mobile devices. The network utilizes information from a user's friends to effectively “recommend” applications and mobile devices, and in particular recommend mobi... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110207483 | REASSIGNED MOBILE MESSAGE NOTIFICATIONS The instant application describes a method of managing a customer's mobile station and providing a notification of a resultant change. The method includes steps of communicating over the air through a mobile communication network with a subscriber device management appl... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110207438 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SCHEDULING PHONE CALL USING SMS A schedule for a desired call, obtained, for example as an SMS message sent from a user's mobile station, enables a server to automatically initiate set-up of a voice call for the user's mobile station at a scheduled time selected by the user and indicated in the messag... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110161880 | BROWSER BASED OBJECTS FOR COPYING AND SENDING OPERATIONS A disclosed method of transferring information between application programs on a mobile device may involve executing a browser application program on the mobile device to display a page containing one or more objects on a touch panel display; responsive to user touching... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110159924 | MATCHING THEMES BETWEEN ACCESSORIES AND ASSOCIATED ELECTRONIC DEVICES An accessory which has a theme and which may be used with an electronic device may be configured to electronically communicate information about that theme to the electronic device. Correspondingly, the electronic device may be configured to receive the theme informatio... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110159912 | ENHANCED POWER HEADROOM REPORTING Method and system for power headroom reporting in a mobile device capable of supporting multiple radio transmissions via different channels. The available maximum power variation of a second channel is estimated based on power usage in radio transmission of a first chan... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110159845 | AUTOMATED LOCATING OF A MOBILE STATION WITHOUT AN ALERT AT THE MOBILE STATION A mobile station is configured to respond to a mobile messaging service message bearing a predetermined code to determine its location and send location information back to the requestor in a response message. Typically, the mobile station received such a message from a... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110151831 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENDING THRESHOLD NOTIFICATION IN REAL TIME A mobile station user is informed of reaching of at least one threshold level of data usage via a wireless communication network in real time. An account of the mobile station user has a maximum data plan limit defined by a user's plan and a data usage balance reflectin... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110143753 | DETERMINING MOBILE STATION OPERATING COUNTRY TO ENABLE SYSTEM SELECTION OR OTHER LOCATION BASED DEVICE FEATURES WITHOUT NETWORK ASSISTANCE A mobile station automatically determines a country in which mobile station is or will operate from readily available information, without direct assistance from the local wireless communication network. A multimode mobile station, for example, capable of both 3GPP and ... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110143720 | LOCATION-TRIGGERED ALERTS FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES Requests to issue alerts may be stored in a central database. Each request may identify a mobile communication device and a location at which an alert is to be issued when the mobile communication device is at the location. Mobile communication devices may repeatedly re... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110111737 | METHOD OF REGISTERING A MOBILE STATION WITH A SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE A method of registering a mobile station with a website includes the steps of receiving an identification of the mobile station at the website and, determining whether or not the mobile station is already registered at the website, based on the received identification. ... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110105187 | FLEXIBLE HOME PAGE LAYOUT FOR MOBILE DEVICES The flexible user interface layout includes a split-screen display that provides flexibility in determining which information will be displayed on the screen, such as a home page. The screen may be divided into display panes in which a user may drag a center point or no... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110105150 | APPLICATION SUGGESTIONS FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE BASED ON LOCATION-BASED DIRECTORY INFORMATION A mobile communication device may include a mobile communication system configured to facilitate wireless mobile communications. A location sensing system may be configured to sense the location of the mobile communication device. A location-based points of interest app... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110099230 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING AN APPLICATION OVER A MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK Systems, methods, and an article of manufacture for delivering an application to a mobile station are shown and described. In some instances, a list of mobiles stations not currently executing a specific application is generated, processed, and used to send a solicitati... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110092191 | ENABLING A USER TO PURCHASE A RING BACK TONE The instant application describes a method for enabling a user of a mobile device to purchase a Ring Back Tone (“RBT”). The method includes steps of receiving an identifier associated with the mobile device that has received the RBT as a result of a call to another ... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110040867 | MECHANISM TO DETECT RESTRICTED ACCESS VIA INTERNET HOTSPOT The disclosed wireless device automatically detects the redirection of its internet access via a wireless hotspot network. The exemplary device algorithm provides the flexibility to detect either or both of DNS redirection and HTTP redirection, as well as to automatical... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110039571 | MOBILE DEVICE DATA COLLECTION FOR USE IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK IMPROVEMENTS Capabilities of mobile stations are leveraged to measure operational characteristics of a mobile communications network and capture data regarding those measurements. Information related to where the measurements occurred is also captured. The captured measurement data ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110028128 | BROADCAST MEDIA INFORMATION CAPTURE AND COMMUNICATION VIA A WIRELESS NETWORK An accessory device, such as a mobile telematics unit, captures tags for user desired media content items from a content broadcast, such as a digital radio broadcast or television broadcast. Each tag provides one or more parameters for identification of a song or other ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110025491 | FIREARM AND SYSTEM FOR NOTIFYING FIREARM DISCHARGE A firearm equipped with a capability of wireless communication reports a discharge of the firearm to a reporting center terminal via a wireless communication link. The firearm includes a firearm housing including a trigger assembly. A sensor is coupled to the firearm ho... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110022834 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHARED SECRET DATA GENERATION Disclosed examples of secure communications involve generating, by a mobile communication network device, a shared secret data having a length of M units. A first operation on groups of one of N units of a randomly generated base shared secret data and one of a pluralit... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20100330986 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING MULTIPLE SUBSCRIBER IDENTITIES TO PROVIDE DIFFERENTIATED SERVICES TO SUBSCRIBERS The techniques disclosed here enable a mobile station device having a plurality of subscriber identities to select an identity for registration with a network for wireless communications in a way that takes advantage of the most favorable roaming agreements between oper... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100291912 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC USER-ENABLED ACCOUNT IDENTIFIER ASSOCIATION Systems, methods, and an article of manufacturing for automatically associating an identifier of a particular mobile station with a mobile communications network account are shown and described. In some circumstances, an identifier is automatically captured from a mobil... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100262928 | SMART OBJECT BASED GUI FOR TOUCH INPUT DEVICES The mobile terminal, configured to execute a variety of functions, has a touch panel display and circuitry for controlling the touch panel display and responding to touching of the touch panel display. The touch panel display is configured to display a number of functio... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100075675 | ROBUST AND FAST INTER-EBS HANDOFF MECHANISM A communications system provides a robust and fast inter-base station handoff mechanism, e.g. for networks using Enhanced Base Stations (EBS) equipment. A method for connecting a mobile device to a destination base station in the wireless communications system, may incl... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100029308 | DIRECT MOBILE STATION-TO-MOBILE STATION COMMUNICATION OF MULTIMEDIA MESSAGE SERVICE (MMS) MESSAGES Multimedia message service (MMS) communications directly between mobile stations avoid interactions with a MMS Center (MMSC). In the examples, the originating station sends a short message service (SMS) message notifying the destination mobile station of the availabilit... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100020686 | DYNAMIC SETTING OF OPTIMAL BUFFER SIZES IN IP NETWORKS A communications system provides a dynamic setting of optimal buffer sizes in IP networks. A method for dynamically adjusting buffer capacities of a router may include steps of monitoring a number of incoming packets to the router, determining a packet arrival rate, and... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20090285196 | SCHEDULING WITH QUALITY OF SERVICE SUPPORT IN WIRELESS SYSTEM Systems and methods for scheduling wireless communications of a base station with multiple user mobile stations involve grouping the user mobile stations in clusters based on a predetermined criterion, such as a QoS profile of a user mobile station. Each cluster is assi... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090254969 | Method and system for managing security of mobile terminal A method for enabling security on a mobile terminal having a communication link with a circuit switched network against suspicious activities is provided. Activities performed at the mobile terminal are performed according to a security policy provided from the circuit ... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090201878 | Low latency handover between wireless communication networks using different radio access technologies A communications system for providing a user's mobile station (MS) with an Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity, has an IP network gateway for allocating an IP address to the MS to enable it to access an IP network. First and second base stations are respectively configu... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090197597 | Route optimization using network enforced, mobile implemented policy A method for performing route optimization based on network enforced, and mobile implemented, policy. The method includes establishing, from a mobile device, a communication session with an access router; receiving, via the established communication session, a first IP ... | 08/06/2009 |
