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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8095163 | System and method for push-to-talk communication in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexed communication system A system to permit push-to-talk communications in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) communication network. Individual wireless communication devices that are part of a Group Call are assigned the same set or sets of OFDM tones for a downlink timesl... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8069188 | Database system storing a data structure that includes data nodes connected by context nodes and related method A database system storing a data structure. The data structure includes a plurality of data nodes that each store a type and a value. None of the data nodes are linked directly to one another. The data structure also includes a plurality of context nodes that are ea... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068799 | Radio frequency receiver systems that are configured to achieve high dynamic range A radio frequency (RF) receiver system that is configured to achieve high dynamic range may include at least one antenna and a plurality of receivers connected to the at least one antenna. The plurality of antennas may be configured to provide different gains. The R... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8027667 | System and method for wireless coupon transactions A system and method for delivering coupon messages to a consumer wireless device utilizes a fixed communication device that functions as a base station for the consumer wireless device. The fixed communication device has limited coverage zone. When the consumer wire... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8019886 | Systems and methods for enhanced data delivery based on real time analysis of network communications quality and traffic A system for improving digital data content delivery based on real time analysis of one or more network communications states. The networked computing system may include a network service provider device, a user equipment, a network link monitor, a data transfer age... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7995529 | System and method for cell planning in a wireless communication network A cellular network having a plurality of mobile stations and a plurality of cells. Each cell is configured to provide communication services to the plurality of mobile stations using at least two overlapping channels. Each cell includes a base station configured to ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7983688 | Establishing a communication channel in a wireless network A method of operating a communication system is disclosed. The method includes transmitting from a remote unit to a base station remote unit channel data. The remote unit channel is generated at the remote unit and includes data about a first portion of communicatio... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7978711 | Systems and methods for broadcasting content using surplus network capacity A system and method are described for broadcasting/multicasting content using surplus network capacity. The systems and methods are directed to solving the problem of how to simultaneously broadcast/multicast large content files to a plurality of users for later ret... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7970351 | System and method for direct communication between wireless communication devices A wireless communication device includes conventional components to permit a network communication link to be established with a wireless communication network. In addition, the wireless communication device includes a non-network short-range transceiver that detect... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7921196 | Adaptive file delivery with transparency capability system and method An adaptive file delivery system and method transmits a data file, such as an audio-video file, over a network or collection of networks in segments, each segment transmitted during a different time period. Each time period has a transmission portion to transmit its... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7852787 | Extensible micro-mobility wireless network architecture A network having an access service network (“ASN”) configured to provide full mobility to mobile stations located within a service area. The ASN includes a Layer 2 or data link layer network that is larger, incorporates more nodes, or carries more data communica... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7836124 | RTP, UDP, IP header compression on the circuit switched type airlink access Following initial call establishment negotiation to build a call context between a network and a remote unit, the base processes the header of the data packets. The base acts as an intermediate nodal point to establish call contexts with the endpoints on the traffic... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7804771 | Method and apparatus for protection switching in virtual private networks Protection switching of a virtual private network is provided whereby working VPN paths and protection VPN paths are defined. The working VPN path is monitored for increased data traffic and failures, and in response, data is switched from the working VPN path to th... | 09/28/2010 |
| RE41642 | Precisely wavelength-tunable and wavelength-switchable narrow linewidth lasers Continuously tunable and precisely wavelength-switchable fiber lasers combine fiber Bragg gratings and the transmissive filtering properties of high finesse fiber Fabry-Perot filters. This laser arrangement adapts to multiple wavelength ranges based on the selection... | 09/07/2010 |
| RE41613 | Tunable bragg grating devices employing the same The present invention relates generally to electro-optically active waveguide segments, and more particularly to the use of a selective voltage input to control the phase, frequency and/or amplitude of a propagating wave in the waveguide. Particular device structure... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7769375 | System and method for communication utilizing time division duplexing An integrated communication system includes a satellite portion and a terrestrial portion. A plurality of timeslots are allocated for transmission and reception of data by the various components of the satellite portion and terrestrial portion. The allocation of tim... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7734252 | System and method for wireless transactions A system and method for using a consumer wireless device in retail transactions utilizes a fixed communication device that functions as a base station for the consumer wireless device. The fixed communication device has a limited coverage zone. When a consumer wirel... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7720468 | Polling methods for use in a wireless communication system Polling methods for use in a communication system, such as a fixed wireless communication system, are described. The fixed wireless communication system includes at least one wireless base unit and a plurality of fixed-location wireless transceiver units, where each... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7703848 | Vehicle sound and vibration simulator for use with an infant vehicle seat The invention includes a vehicle simulator for simulating the sounds and vibrations generated by a moving vehicle. The vehicle simulator includes a housing configured to receive any standard infant carrier including infant vehicle seats. An acoustic system, includin... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7696981 | Wireless human input device The wireless human input device comprises at least one wireless human transmitting unit and a wireless human receiving unit. The wireless human transmitting unit generates leading signals and data signals and transmits the signals to the wireless human receiving uni... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7694988 | Bicycle sound generator A bicycle sound generator manufactured using a thin, deformable, plastic material. The sound generator is wrapped around an attachment location, such as a bicycle fork, and secured using a fastener. In an exemplary embodiment, the fastener is a cable tie with a one-... | 04/13/2010 |
| RE41204 | Tunable bragg grating and devices employing the same The present invention relates generally to electro-optically active waveguide segments, and more particularly to the use of a selective voltage input to control the phase, frequency and/or amplitude of a propagating wave in the waveguide. Particular device structure... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7613456 | System and method for automatic registration notification for over-the-air activation A method and system automatically activates a mobile station in a wireless communications network. The system includes an over the air activation function (OTAF) processor in the network that initiates an activation process in response to receiving a registration me... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7598943 | Resizable wireless pointing device with a storable receiver The present invention relates to a resizable wireless pointing device with a storable receiver. The body housing comprises at least one inner compartment which is located next to the back of a wheel and used for storage of the wireless receiver. A sliding cover, loc... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7565692 | Floating intrusion detection platforms The present invention is a “floating” intrusion detection system that can use any computer on the network as an intrusion detection platform. A software agent program called a “socket” is installed on each computer that is to be available to be an intrusion ... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7551913 | Methods and apparatus for anonymous user identification and content personalization in wireless communication Methods and apparatus for providing personalized content to a user of a wireless network include establishing an anonymous user identifier and delivering the user identifier to a content provider. Based on the user identifier, communication with a predetermined data... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7551583 | Method and system for coordinating operation modes of a GPRS network A system and method for coordinating network operation modes of a GPRS network is disclosed. The system includes a database storing a preferred list of network operation modes of the GPRS network. A SGSN detects the status of an interface for GPRS packet data servic... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7548978 | Network access using network identification A network system that identifies a home network of a user by a network identification in an access request. When the access request is received in a network, the accessed network extracts a network identification from the access request and determines whether the ac... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7548746 | General purpose automated activation and provisioning technologies Automated activation and provisioning technologies can be applied in a variety of scenarios. For example, an automated activation and provisioning server can translate user desired features into associated provisioning directives. The directives can then be sent to ... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7548745 | Method and system for delivering a voice mail notification to a subscriber using cellular phone network A method and system of the present invention delivers a voice mail notification to a subscriber of a voice mail system to indicate that a voice mail message is waiting in the subscriber mailbox. The voice mail system cellular phone network. The voice mail notificati... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7526290 | Establishing a communication channel in a wireless network A method of operating a communication system is disclosed. The method includes transmitting from a remote unit to a base station remote unit channel data. The remote unit channel is generated at the remote unit and includes data about a first portion of communicatio... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7519372 | Methods and apparatus for mobile station location estimation Methods and apparatus for estimating mobile station location include receiving reported signal strengths or other attachment indicator values from a mobile station. The reported signal strengths are compared with characteristic received signal strength values in a c... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7515903 | Speech to message processing Voice message processors are configured to produce text representations of voice messages. The text representations can be compacted based on one or more abbreviation libraries or rule libraries. Abbreviation processing can be applied to produce a compact text repre... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7511603 | Filtered in-box for voice mail, e-mail, pages, web-based information, and faxes The present invention is directed to a system for displaying, organizing, and prioritizing the incoming information on a wireless device. Using the present invention the wireless device can display the number of voice mails, e-mails, pages, and Internet information ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7503001 | Text abbreviation methods and apparatus and systems using same Text processors are configured to shorten or compact text based on one or more abbreviation libraries or rule libraries. Messaging methods include such text abbreviation processing to reduce message length based on display properties or to enhance user perception. M... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7500010 | Adaptive file delivery system and method An adaptive file delivery system and method transmits a data file, such as an audio-video file, over a network or collection of networks in segments, each segment transmitted during a different time period. Each time period has a transmission portion to transmit its... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7474894 | System and method for IMEI detection and alerting A system and method for detecting and storing information regarding a mobile communications device within a mobile communications network. Initially, a first data record is received at a subscriber/device database comprising subscriber/device data. Next, a second da... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7460561 | Delay compensation In a discrete tone system, a base station receives a transmission burst from a remote unit being installed that includes delay compensation pilot tones that are uniformly spread throughout the transmission bandwidth. The arrival time transmission burst is not synchr... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7457613 | Method and apparatus for indicating to a wireless network the operational mode of a wireless communicator A method for communicating on a wireless network includes receiving a mode signal from a network node. The mode signal represents an operational mode of the network node. The operational mode is defined by selecting from among a plurality of services at least one se... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7453187 | Piezoelectric micro-transducers, methods of use and manufacturing methods for same Various micro-transducers incorporating piezoelectric materials for converting energy in one form to useful energy in another form are disclosed. In one embodiment, a piezoelectric micro-transducer can be operated either as a micro-heat engine, converting thermal en... | 11/18/2008 |
