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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185936 | Automatic device-profile updates based on authentication failures A method and medium are provided for automatically updating user profiles based on authentication failures associated with network-access requests from mobile communications devices. A mobile communications device requests access to a mobile network and the access i... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185912 | Rerouting messages to parallel queue instances A method, system, and medium are provided for re-routing messages from a particular parallel queue instance that is experiencing below normal message throughput by lowering the priority setting of the particular queue instance. The messages are re-routed to the othe... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185501 | Conditional fractional data store replication A computer implemented method for providing enhanced customer support is provided. The method comprises a replication server selecting a plurality of first entries in a source lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) data store based on at least one attribute of... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185139 | Presenting mobile-device message information on a television A system and associated methods and media are disclosed for delivering to a user of a display device a notification of an incoming message and a series of interactive options such that the user can provide message-handling instructions to a wireless communications n... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184530 | Providing quality of service (QOS) using multiple service set identifiers (SSID) simultaneously Quality of Service (QoS) is provided to a secure data tunnel such an IPsec tunnel using information about the tunnel and the underlying data session to formulate a set of bandwidth requirements. A policy server operates to receive the information to create the set o... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181867 | Transit card credit authorization A system is provided for transit card credit authorization. An authorization component on a mobile device determines whether a balance on a transit card application on the mobile device is below a threshold, and determines whether a communication signal is too weak ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180825 | Traffic differentiated network services Network services are provided to client devices based on the network traffic to be communicated between the device and the network. A number of home agents are configured to provide network services to mobile nodes. The system is configured in such a way that a mobi... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180399 | Wireless interface extension for mobile devices A wireless interface extension for mobile devices is provided. The wireless interface extension includes a user interface, a wireless communication link, and a processor. The processor communicates with a mobile device over the wireless communication link and enable... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180386 | Promoting push-to-talk communication A system is provided for promoting push-to-talk communication. An exchange component identifies a voice call between a first mobile device and a second mobile device. The exchange component determines whether the first mobile device selects to share a first push-to-... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180371 | System and method for mobile device self-location A system is provided for mobile client-side location determination. The system includes a mobile device, which includes base transceiver station location data, a memory, a processor, and a location engine stored in the memory. When executed by the processor, the loc... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180357 | Frequency band class control for a wireless communication device A wireless access node provides a wireless communication service to a plurality of wireless communication devices over a first frequency band class, where a set of the wireless communication devices are currently in idle mode. A node control system detects a conditi... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179906 | Communication network elements with application stacking A communication network element comprises an I/O interface, memory, processing circuitry, and bus structure. The I/O interface receives and transfers a user packet. The memory stores the user packet, management software, and communication applications. The processin... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179792 | Packet de-duplication From a packet stream, a first packet, one or more intervening packets, and a second packet are received in the preceding order. The first packet is inserted into a buffer. The one or more intervening packets are inserted into the buffer after the first packet. At le... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176532 | Secure access point for scada devices A programmable control unit interacts with a physical system. The physical system has a public network interface for communicating with remote computer systems. A user computer system is located remotely from the programmable control unit. A front-end security gatew... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176431 | Overlay menus for web interaction A web-browser add-on is described herein that is configured to enable a web browser to present a menu of options with a web page in a web-browser window. The options are determined by various web-surfing characteristics, device information, network-authentication in... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175614 | Method and system for associating a location with a wireless modem There is disclosed herein a method, system and computer software product for associating a location with a wireless modem, wherein the modem has a modem identifier and a registered address associated therewith and wherein the method comprises: receiving a communicat... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175112 | Monitoring and control of an Ethernet link using pseudo-wire interfaces A communication system uses an Ethernet link to provide services to a user. The services have service priorities and bandwidth allocations on the Ethernet link. A pseudo-wire interface exchanges user communications for the services over the Ethernet link and transfe... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174988 | Quality-of-service control on a wireless communication device that controls the communication paths used by a communication network A wireless communication device receives a media request from a user and transfers a message to a media server. The media server receives the message, and in response, transfers media to the wireless device in a first set of packets that have a first sequence of pac... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171472 | Separation and reuse of versions directory in execution framework installations A method is provided for executing multiple applications concurrently on a single computer. The method comprises discriminating static from non-static execution framework files, installing the non-static files in a first directory on a host computer, installing the ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170547 | Dynamic adjustment of a base transceiver station in a wireless communication system A system is provided for dynamic communication adjustment. The system includes a server that obtains data associated with a base transceiver station. The server also compares the data to at least one threshold. Additionally, the server promotes adjustment of an oper... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170545 | Information technology support system and method A computer support tool is provided. The tool includes diagnostic software and a user interface. The diagnostic software identifies information associated with a computer problem, wherein the information is based on the needs of help desk personnel. The user interfa... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169949 | Audio/video/media handoff split and re-providing Ways for facilitating a method of controlling a media session that includes audio and video data are provide. One variation of the method includes establishing a wireless communications link between a source device and a target wireless device, receiving from the so... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169907 | Method and system for delivering a multi-user packet A method, system, and computer readable media are provided for transmitting multi-user packets in an evolution data only (EVDO) network. Upon receipt of the data rate control requests of access terminals in the network, an access node can group particular access ter... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169904 | Feedback for downlink sensitivity A method, system, and medium are provided for managing bandwidth associated with a communication session characterized by a plurality of data packets being transmitted from a sender to a receiver. The receiver can include functions that monitor communication session... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166189 | Click stream insertions A method and medium are provided for augmenting content to be communicated to a user. The method can include receiving original content from a server; determining the extent to which augmentative content should be provided; determining contextually relevant augmenta... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8166019 | Providing suggested actions in response to textual communications A system, method, and computer-readable media are described for suggesting an action based on multiple descriptors within a textual communication (e.g. email, text message). In one embodiment, event descriptors within an email are identified and displayed to the ema... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165961 | Method and system for setting levels of electronic wallet security A method of a portable electronic device providing payment from an electronic wallet is provided. The method comprises prompting for input of a personal identification number (PIN) after the wallet has been opened and providing payment from the wallet after receivin... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165801 | Navigation service over wireless voice networks A wireless communication device transmits first text messaging to a navigation computer system. The first text messaging indicates an identity, initial location, and destination location for the wireless communication device. The navigation computer system processes... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165559 | Dynamic access mode determination for emergency service calls A call system comprising an interface system configured to receive a call request, and a processing system coupled to the interface system and configured operate in a current mode of a plurality of modes, to determine if the call is for an emergency service while in... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164205 | Power generation for a cellular tower Generating electrical power for a cellular tower using solar troughs. Unlike typical long, straight solar troughs, the solar troughs are formed into circular or other shapes such that they at least surround the cellular tower and may be attached to it at different h... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161417 | Enhancing usability of a moving touch screen A system and method for improving the usability of a touch screen on a moving mobile device are provided. Upon determining the mobile device is moving in a pattern that is consistent with a person walking while carrying the mobile device, a new interface that is eas... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161174 | Deriving time attributes for a device A method and system are provided to derive time attributes for a device. An embodiment of the method includes obtaining a time attribute based on a device-mode and a corresponding time attribute based on a device-location. The corresponding time attributes are compa... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160831 | Gyroscope monitoring for an antenna system A gyroscope monitoring system operates with an antenna system that has a gyroscope that controls the position of multiple antennas. The monitoring system receives data indicating reference signal strengths and test signal strengths for the antennas. The monitoring s... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160812 | Tracking and guidance architecture and method A tracking and guidance system is provided. The system comprises a first device configured to transmit a location of the first device. The system further comprises a second device configured to receive the location from the first device, to display the location on a... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160623 | Redirection of SMS messages to satellite radio for delivery Methods, media, and systems are provided for delivering short messaging service (SMS) messages via a satellite radio network are provided. A cellular-satellite gateway (CSG) server is coupled to both the network of a terrestrial cellular telecommunications provider ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160564 | Remote control of computing device applications using mobile device Embodiments described herein are directed to controlling an application on a computing device with a mobile device. The mobile device captures an image of the application (i.e., by taking a photograph of the computing device's screen). A request is made to the compu... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160539 | Location provisioning for 911 calls received at a telecommunications relay service A call processing system is configured to receive a call request for a first call from a mobile device operated by a user, wherein the call request comprises a user input and a caller identification, transfer a key and the caller identification to a call conference ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160501 | Test device for gain level determination of wireless repeater systems What is disclosed is a test device for a wireless repeater system in a wireless communication network. The test device includes a transmitter configured to establish a call with the wireless communication network through the wireless repeater system and determine a ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160231 | Aggregation onto a signaling tunnel of signaling for telephone calls through a digital communication network A communication system is provided which includes a digital communication network having a network endpoint and a signaling server. The network endpoint is coupled with the signaling server via signaling tunnels through the digital communication network. Also includ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160230 | Integrated number portability and user mobility for a communication system A computer system receives a first message from an originating communication node indicating a telephone number for a user. The computer system processes the telephone number, number portability data, and user mobility data to identify a first route number for a hom... | 04/17/2012 |
