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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110022506 | Location Visit Detail Services for Wireless Devices A location visit detail service, typically provided by a wireless carrier to a subscriber includes a portable wireless device, a location identification means and a central processor. The central processor periodically receives location data generated by the location id... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20100332596 | Location and Time Sensitive Wireless Calendaring A computer-implemented method provides location-sensitive and time-sensitive calendaring to a wireless device, such as a cell phone, pager, PDA, etc. A user's calendar is maintained with a number of appointments, start times and end times for the appointments, meeting p... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100329143 | Method and Apparatus for Relating to Quality of Service in Wireless Networks A method for adapting quality of service to dynamics of a wireless telecommunications network is provided. The method includes collecting data relating to operation of an element in the network, wherein the collected data comprises radio-frequency (RF) data relating to ... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100316028 | Systems and Methods for Dynamic Aggregation of Bandwidth Systems and methods are presented for the dynamic aggregation of communications network bandwidth. Communication devices are bonded in a community in which the communication resources of a bonded device can be used to transfer data on behalf of another bonded device. In... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100312900 | METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AN OBSERVER DEVICE WITH ACCESS TO A COMMUNICATION SESSION An observer device is provided with access to a communication, session between participant devices. A request for initiating a communication session between a host participant device and at least one other participant device is received. The communication session betwee... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100306590 | Automated Testing Platform for Event Driven Systems A platform for the automated testing of event driven software applications is provided. A source environment is replicated to a target environment. The target environment includes a target system. A test case is defined with a target system, specific attributes and veri... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100304746 | Customized Location Area Paging Methods for determining a customized location area (CLA) for a subscriber in a cellular network are provided herein. One such method includes the steps of monitoring the cell to which a mobile station registers; storing data corresponding to the cell within a database; ... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100304705 | Systems and Methods for Providing Emergency Callback Procedures Enhanced services, such as call restriction, call forwarding, anonymous call rejection, and proprietary services, may interfere with an emergency callback potentially preventing the callback from reaching the intended destination. Systems and methods for processing emer... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100303268 | System and Method for Enhancing the Inductive Coupling Between a Hearing Aid Operating in Telecoil Mode and a Communication Device A method and system to optimize the relative position of an inductive field of a hearing aid compatible device and a telecoil of a hearing assistive device, are provided. A Steerable Hearing Aid Compatible Device (SHAD) has a steerable inductive field for locating an in... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100287241 | Enhanced Messaging Feature The present disclosure provides various systems and methods for providing enhanced messaging features. An exemplary method for providing a predictive response messaging feature includes receiving a message from a first device (108) at a second device (110)... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100284385 | LAN BASED WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM A method of routing calls from a mobile unit to a destination location can include registering the mobile unit with a wireless adjunct, wherein the wireless adjunct is in communication with a switching unit and a packet based network and is operable to receive data from... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100279776 | Location-Based Mobile Gaming Application and Method for Implementing the Same Using a Scalable Tiered Geocast Protocol A method is disclosed for initiating real-time geo-game using geocast messaging according to a scalable tiered geocast protocol. The method includes a first wireless terminal (WT), programmed with a geo-gaming application and the scalable tiered geocast protocol, geocas... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100271942 | Providing a Quality of Service for Various Classes of Service for Transfer of Electronic Data Packets A quality of service for various classes of services for the transfer of electronic data packets is provided by establishing classes of packets for a customer and for assigning bandwidths to the classes for the customer. Accordingly, the amount of bandwidth for one type... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100263032 | Web to IMS Registration and Authentication for an Unmanaged IP Client Device Systems and methods are for registering and authenticating an unmanaged IP device to an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS). An exemplary method includes implementing a system from which an unmanaged IP device retrieves IMS credentials needed to register and authenticate to t... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100254265 | Systems and Methods for Dynamically Adjusting QoS Parameters A method for dynamically adjusting QoS parameters associated with a virtual circuit is disclosed. The virtual circuit includes a first end connected to a first router and a second end connected to a second router. The method includes receiving an offer message at the se... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100241761 | Content Engine for Mobile Communications Systems An exemplary content engine includes a content gateway configured to analyze and route content requests to a content server. The content server can be a cache server or a mobile content server. The cache server can be configured to receive and store cacheable web conten... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100234038 | Intelligent Utilization of Resources in Mobile Devices A programmable intelligent activation module to intelligently allow access to GPS resources is provided. In accordance with pre-programmed settings, an intelligent activation module will control the frequency by which a GPS module is allowed to access a GPS or GSM netwo... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100227625 | System and Method for Accessing Computer Services Via a Wireless Network Server access is provided to a wireless apparatus via a wireless network. A message is received containing a service request. The service and sever capable of servicing the service request is determined. The service is requested from the server and a reply is received. ... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100222024 | Systems and Methods for Providing a Password Reset Feature A method for providing a voicemail password reset feature can include receiving a password reset request message (220) from a mobile device (118) at a voicemail system (102), resetting a current password to a default password (222) at the voi... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100220867 | Active Cancellation Hearing Assistance Device An apparatus and method for active cancellation of interference at a hearing assistive devices are presented. The apparatus includes an interference cancellation circuit for cancelling an interference component of a composite signal, and an activator circuit for enablin... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100216502 | System and Method for Mobile PTT Communication A push-to-talk communications device (PCD) provides improved push-to-talk (PTT) communications. The PCD may include a PTT activator and a PTT module having a buffer and communications logic for providing full duplex PTT communications. In a Point-to-Point PTT mode of op... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100198460 | G.P.S. Management System A management system using Global Positioning System receivers for tracking remote units from a central office and quickly and conveniently determining if those remote units have varied from a set of predetermined parameters of operation. The system also includes provisi... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100195807 | Secure Visual Voicemail A method (200) for managing voicemail messages for a visual voicemail system (102) can include establishing a secure data session (212) between a voicemail system (102) and a mobile device (118). The voicemail system (102) can r... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100189229 | Toggling Voicemail Class of Service A method (200, 400) for toggling voicemail class of service (CoS) including receiving a subscriber-initiated CoS change request (202, 402) at a billing system (109), wherein the CoS change request includes a request to change from a first CoS associ... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100189043 | Seamless Wireless Mobility Seamless wireless mobility is described. In one embodiment, a mobility manager can query a subscriber catalog for a current registration status of handset. The mobility manager can then use the registration status to send a first signal to the handset over either a wire... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100167762 | IMS and MMS Interworking A method for providing multimedia message service (MMS) in an Internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) network can include establishing a first session initiation protocol (SIP) session between a source IMS device and a next generation multimedia message servic... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100167699 | Systems and Methods for Consolidating Wireline and Wireless Voicemail Boxes Voicemail systems (24, 26, 28) can include at least one memory and at least one processor. A memory can store data relating to one or more users. An incoming communication can be handled by the voicemail system (24, 26, 28), forwarded to another voicemail ... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100159891 | Enhanced Messaging With Language Translation Feature A method (400) for creating and managing a distribution list can include creating a distribution list (410) at a voicemail system. The distribution list can include at least one recipient and at least one language preference for one or more of the at least... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100159890 | Video Greetings for Voicemail Systems A method for operating a voicemail system (110) can include receiving a call (302, 502) at the voicemail system (110), wherein the call originates from a calling party device (106), determining if the calling party device (106) is comp... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100159889 | Voicemail Archival and Forwarding Functionality for Communications Networks and Devices A voicemail system (18, 24) includes a memory (36, 62) and a processor (32, 60). The memory (36, 62) can store data relating to one or more users. An incoming communication can be handled by the voicemail system (18, 24) and provided w... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100159888 | Voicemail Forwarding Functionality for Communications Networks A voicemail system (18, 30) includes a memory (38, 64) and a processor (34, 62). The memory (38, 64) can store data relating to one or more users. An incoming communication can be handled by the voicemail system (18, 30) and provided w... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100159886 | Systems and Methods for Updating Voicemail With Selective Establishment of PDP Contexts and Data Sessions A method for updating voicemail data at least partially stored at a device (30) can include obtaining a command to update the voicemail data at a device (30). The device (30) can activate a data session through which voicemail data can be downloaded... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100153204 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING ITEM PRICE NOTIFICATION TO A MOBILE DEVICE An exemplary system for delivering an item price notification to a mobile device can include a processor, an inventory database including a plurality of inventory items, and a memory that is in communication with the processor. The memory can be configured to store inst... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100151815 | Location Blocking Service for Wireless Networks The invention disclosed is a location blocking service for use in a wireless network that tracks the location and identity of network users, such as networks complying with enhanced 911 standards. The service provides a network user with the ability to prevent the locat... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100146410 | MARKUP LANGUAGE STREAM COMPRESSION USING A DATA STACK Markup language streams are compressed during transport by using a data stack. During parsing of the stream, a push command is sent in conjunction with an encountered open tag to instruct that the encountered open tag be pushed onto a next location of the data stack of ... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100144368 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING LOCATION DATA IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK A system and method for sharing location data amongst wireless communication devices uses a token system to grant permission to share location data. The tokens may be created automatically as the result of user activation of a different function. Location data may be ex... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100142693 | Method and System for Providing Calling Number Restoral A system and method for restoring the original calling number in a call routed through an out-of-network enhanced service provider to a forwarding destination. The system comprises a service control point, a service switching point in communication with the service cont... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100138377 | Systems and Methods for Detecting and Coordinating Changes in Lexical Items Systems and methods for efficiently detecting and coordinating step changes, trends, cycles, and bursts affecting lexical items within data streams are provided. Data streams can be sourced from documents that can optionally be labeled with metadata. Changes can be grou... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100136977 | System and Method for Providing Intelligent Cell Reselection for Delay Sensitive Data Applications A mobile station for receiving delay-sensitive data from a wireless communications network is provided with a data buffer and cell reselection controller. The data buffer receives data from the network and stores the data for communication to a delay-sensitive data appl... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100134355 | Methods and Systems for Determining a Telecommunications Service Location Using Global Satellite Positioning Methods and systems are provided for obtaining information related to a customer service location and directions for routing a service technician from one customer service location to another. One embodiment includes requesting at least one set of coordinates associated... | 06/03/2010 |
