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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8175259 | Handheld electronic device having improved phone call log, and associated method An improved handheld electronic device and an associated method provide an improved call log that presents information relating to logged phone calls in a collapsed manner, meaning that for each phone number having a call stored in the memory of the device, only the... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8167114 | System and method for product removal A product removal method that includes providing a blade adjacent a conveyor belt along a path of the conveyor belt and operating the conveyor belt. A product removal system that has a rod oriented generally parallel to a conveyor drum is disclosed. A frame is rotat... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165068 | User equipment detach with multiple packet data network connectivity A system is provided that includes a component configured to promote detachment of a user equipment (UE) from a plurality of packet data network (PDN) gateways by sending a message to each of the plurality of PDN gateways to which the UE has at least one active bear... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8154245 | Systems and methods for charging a chargeable USB device Systems and methods are provided for charging a USB device. A USB connector may be used to couple the system to a USB port on the USB device, the USB connector including a bus voltage (Vbus) connector, a positive data (D+) connector, and a negative data (D−) conne... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151585 | System and method of disabling an HVAC compressor based on a low pressure cut out A system and method is provided for monitoring a system pressure to infer whether a high pressure cut out (HPCO) switch has opened disabling a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) compressor. A system and method are also provided for determining whether... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151583 | Expansion valve control system and method for air conditioning apparatus A vapor compression air conditioning system includes a motor operated expansion valve and control unit including sensors for determining the amount of superheat of the working fluid at or adjacent to the compressor inlet. Expansion valve position is adjusted to main... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8144695 | System and method for configuring and executing communication diversion with a globally routable user agent uniform resource identifier A method for diverting a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message is provided. The method includes receiving a SIP message comprising a Globally Routable User Agent Uniform Resource Identifier (GRUU). The method further includes evaluating a diversion rule includin... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8131310 | Method and system for discontinuous reception de-synchronization detection A method and apparatus for detecting loss of discontinuous reception synchronization, the method comprising the steps of: finding the shorter of a new discontinuous reception period and an old discontinuous reception period; and sending a message at a multiple of th... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130687 | Multi-stage setup for long-term evolution multimedia broadcast multicast service transmissions A system for providing a service is provided. The system includes a central control to promote a plurality of cells to use a first counting method to determine whether user equipment within the plurality of cells are interested in the service. Based on responses fro... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8125994 | Method and apparatus for assembling network layer data units A method and apparatus for assembling a first network layer data unit from one or more second layer data units is described. The approach comprises receiving multiple second network layer data units, identifying whether all second network data layer units required f... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8117862 | Device and method for recording air conditioning system information HVAC apparatus is configured to include a control system with a controller which may be connected directly to a personality module for transferring information stored in the controller related to historic operating conditions of the apparatus to the module, or infor... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116911 | System and method for sump heater control in an HVAC system A system and a method are provided for powering up a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system and operating a sump heater for a compressor for a first predetermined period of time in response to the HVAC system being powered up. A heating, ventilatio... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8113789 | System and method of disabling an HVAC compressor based on a high pressure cut out A system and method is provided for monitoring a system pressure to infer whether a high pressure cut out (HPCO) switch has opened disabling a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) compressor. A system and method are also provided for determining whether... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8111644 | Polling method and apparatus for long term evolution multimedia broadcast multicast services A device for wirelessly communicating a service to user equipment is provided. The device includes a transmitter, a receiver, and a processor. The processor is programmed to promote the transmitter polling to determine whether user equipment desire a service and res... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111040 | Method and apparatus for handling a charging state in a mobile electronic device In accordance with the teachings described herein, a method and apparatus for handling a charging state in a mobile electronic device is provided. A universal serial bus (USB) interface may be used for connecting the mobile device to a USB host. A processing device ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8103730 | Use of persistent sessions by a presence access layer A method for a watcher to receive presence information. The method includes the watcher requesting presence information from a presence access layer and then disconnecting from the presence access layer. The method further includes the presence access layer receivin... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098601 | Slow adaptation of modulation and coding for packet transmission Systems and methods for performing MCS adaptation are provided. In some cases, the network performs MCS adaptation based on received NACKs. In other cases, the mobile station determines an MCS based on channel quality measurements, and feeds back the MCS adaptation ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8091375 | Humidity control for air conditioning system In an air conditioning system for circulating cooled air to an enclosed space, a controller including a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor and a microcontroller for controlling the indoor fan or blower to prevent operation of same if a fan run-on mode is selected... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8091373 | Method of twinning air conditioning units Heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment units are provided with controllers which may be interconnected to a third or common controller, such as a communicating thermostat, and provide information in a process to determine if two or more of such a... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8089942 | System and method for inter-radio access technology signal measurement A multi-mode user equipment is provided. The multi-mode user equipment includes a processor configured to promote measurement of a signal strength of a microtechnology-based network during a portion of a macrotechnology-based communication from a network component t... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8089933 | Inter-radio access technology measurement system and method A macrotechnology-based system is provided. The system includes a processor configured to promote macrotechnology-based transmission to a multi-mode user equipment of a signal including a plurality of data portions and a plurality of gaps between one or more of the ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8081606 | Method and apparatus for allocation of an uplink resource A component in a telecommunications network including a processor configured, responsive to receiving a scheduling request from a user equipment (UE), to grant a minimum level of resource capacity to the UE for an uplink transmission from the UE to the component. Th... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8078184 | Method and apparatus having improved handling of state transitions A method, in a wireless communications device, for transitioning between communication states, the wireless communications device compliant for use in a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), the method comprising: checking for radio bearer mapping infor... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073447 | System and method to identify voice call continuity (VCC) subscriber A mobile device, method, and machine instructions for mobile device communication are provided. The mobile device includes a voice call continuity status checker to determine a voice call continuity status and use the voice call continuity status to determine whethe... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8064403 | Mobility mechanism for service continuity A system comprising an inter-RAT/inter-network redundancy controller (IRC) is provided. The IRC is configured to communicate with a source gateway in communication with a source radio access network (RAN) using a first radio access technology (RAT). The IRC is furth... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8061415 | Plate fin with hybrid hole pattern A fin having a leading edge, a trailing edge opposing the leading edge, and a plurality of leading holes substantially centered along a leading axis. The fin further having a plurality of secondary holes substantially centered along a secondary axis, the secondary a... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8047151 | System and method for mooring of offshore structures A system and method for configuring and supporting mooring lines deployed on offshore structures, e.g. Spar-type platform, are provided with recessed portions that are located around the splash/ice zones for “cutting” through waves. An offshore structure may be ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8040904 | System and method for autonomous combining A user agent capable of autonomous combining. The user agent can be implemented as a processor configured to promote receiving a first signal from an access node and a second signal from a relay node. The processor may be further configured to combine the first and ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8037211 | Method and apparatus for enabling enhanced USB interaction Systems and methods for configuring a universal serial bus (USB) including for connection by a peripheral device by detecting an attach event at a USB port on the peripheral device; receiving, at the USB port, a first request for device identification; sending, at t... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8031693 | System and method for timing synchronization The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for timing synchronization. Uplink synchronization is a necessary component of a UE operating in a mobile, wireless network. Reliable uplink synchronization generally requires regular uplink transmissio... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8028074 | Obtaining information associated with established sessions A user agent (UA) is provided. The UA comprises a processor configured to send a message specifying a subset of a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Dialog-Info Event package that is to be returned to the UA. A method for a user agent (UA) to manage notifications rel... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8007859 | Manufacturing method of electrolyte filled cathode for molten carbonate fuel cell Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing the electrolyte-filled cathode of a molten carbonate fuel cell. The method includes the steps of a) manufacturing an air electrode through a sintering process; b) dispersing electrolyte powder throughout one surface of t... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8000292 | Multimedia broadcast multicast service channel mapping and multiplexing A system is provided for mapping multimedia broadcast multicast services. The system includes one or more processors programmed to map a plurality of multicast transport channels (MCHs) to a plurality of multicast/broadcast single frequency networks (MBSFNs) such th... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7995562 | System and method to trigger a mobile device in different domains based on unsuccessful initialization or handover A system to promote communication in a second domain responsive to a failure in a first domain. The system includes a first domain for communicating, and a second domain for communicating. The system includes a rejection message and a mobile device. The rejection me... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7990960 | Globally routable user agent uniform resource identifier system and method A system and method for concealing an identity by receiving a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message, the SIP message containing a field, the field containing a Globally Routable User Agent Uniform Resource Identifier (GRUU) identifying a node, the GRUU containin... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7986939 | System and method for handling restoration operations on mobile devices Systems and methods for handling restoration operations for a mobile device. A mobile device receives a kill pill command, wherein the command causes some or all data on the mobile device to be wiped. An indicator is stored to indicate that the kill pill command was... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7984318 | Apparatus and method to support USB enumeration of a bus powered handheld device A handheld communication device to communicate with a remote universal serial bus (USB) host controller via an integrated power and data port is provided. The device includes a microprocessor communicating with a power management integrated circuit (IC), wherein sai... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7975494 | Control system interface with display for air conditioning apparatus A user interface for a control system for an air conditioning apparatus includes a visual display and keys for scrolling menu items and entering commands to the control system. The interface is mounted in the apparatus cabinet and on a rotatable bracket to orient th... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7969941 | Configuring signaling radio bearer information in a user equipment protocol stack In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are provided for configuring signaling radio bearer information in a user equipment protocol stack. A wireless network may be used that includes a radio access network for transmitting informatio... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7945797 | System and method for portable power source management A system is provided that includes a host system configured with a portable power source and a host power manager. The host power manager is configured to monitor an available power level of the portable power source and at least one power usage by one or more auxil... | 05/17/2011 |
