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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6201861 | Method for making a continuing call in an intelligent network call In a method according to one intelligent network recommendation, when B subscriber has hung up the phone, a Service Switching Point (SSP) sends a message to a Service Control Point (SCP) about the hanging up. The SCP responds with a request to disconnect ... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6188325 | Long distance remote control An electronic appliance equipped with an infra-red or ultrasonic remote control device in which the device is controlled from a great distance by receiving control signals transmitted from a remote station (6), reformatting the control signals (3) in the ... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6185598 | Optimized network resource location Resource requests made by clients of origin servers in a network are intercepted by reflector mechanisms and selectively reflected to other servers called repeaters. The reflectors select a best repeater from a set of possible repeaters and redirect the c... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6166809 | System for point-by-point measuring of spatial coordinates A system for point-by-point measurement of spatial coordinates comprising: one or more opto-electronic cameras (7, 8) arranged for measuring spatial direction to point-shaped light sources; one or more rangefinders (11) for measuring distance and optional... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6161085 | Method and arrangement for adding a new speech encoding method to an existing telecommunication system A codec is introduced, according to a new speech encoding method, into a speech transmitting transceiver of a digital telecommunications system in order to use a "new" codec and an "old" codec in parallel in the system. A codec is selected by implementing... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6149279 | Indicating instrument for vehicle A straight cold cathode fluorescent lamp is detachably held at the back of a dial plate by a plurality of fork-shaped holders to illuminate a plurality of scales formed on the front surface of the dial plate and accommodated in the reflector which is also... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6145802 | Fluid-sealed type vibration isolating apparatus A vibrating mechanism section comprises an oscillator comprising a vibration coil, a movable iron piece, a stator iron core, a movable shaft, a return spring and so on; a vibration diaphragm driven by the oscillator; and an air pressure generating chamber... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6118834 | Rate adaptation in a non-uniform non-transparent data channel Rate adaptation method and equipment in a telecommunication system for data transmission employ a frame-structured data transmission protocol between the telecommunication equipment of the transmitting party and the telecommunication equipment of the rece... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6101250 | Method for controlling an intelligent network call The invention relates to a method for controlling a call attempt by employing an intelligent network. The method includes (a) processing the call attempt according to the originating half BCSM (O-- BCSM) at a first point (SSP-- A) ha... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6094576 | Connection establishment method and radio system The present invention relates to a connection establishment method and a radio system. When a base station (11) detects a preamble (20) from a subscriber terminal equipment (13), the power adjustment of a closed loop is started for controlling the transmi... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6091788 | Base station equipment and a method for steering an antenna beam A method for steering an antenna beam and base station equipment including at least one antenna array having a plurality of elements and at least one channel unit having a means for phasing a signal to be transmitted and received by the antenna array such... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6067372 | Method and system to enhance robust identification of abnormal regions in radiographs A method and apparatus for detecting abnormal regions in living tissue depicted in a digital radiograph includes identifying suspected abnormal regions depicted in the radiograph and then, for each identified suspected abnormal region, extracting multiple... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6052669 | Graphical user interface supporting method and system for remote order generation of furniture products A graphical user interface to a method and system for configuring office furniture includes interface objects for obtaining configuration criteria from a user; presenting the user with at least one typical configuration satisfying the criteria; selecting ... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6044264 | Method for activating intelligent network services in a mobile communication system, and a mobile communication system The invention relates to a mobile communication network and a method for activating intelligent network services in the mobile communication network. In the invention, the mobile services switching center (MSC) operates as the service switching point of t... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6038371 | Variable length code recording/playback apparatus A variable length code recording/playback apparatus, which by encoding intra-frame data and inter-frame data in variable length code, records them as recorded codes on tracks of a prescribed recording medium and playbacks them, includes a data rearranger ... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6032042 | Cellular radio network having mobile radio station user-activated unlocking of prevention of location-updating feature A cellular radio network including mobile radio stations is provided in which at least some of the mobile radio stations are capable of moving in a primary network, and in at least one other network having a location area configuration different from that... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6020964 | Interferometer system and lithograph apparatus including an interferometer system A composite interferometer system has a plurality of X and/or Y measuring axes which co-operate with an X and/or Y measuring mirror arranged on an object. The interferometer system also has at least one Z measuring axis, which extends partly in an XY plan... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6016337 | Televoting in an intelligent network The invention relates to a method and arrangement for televoting in an intelligent network. In the method, (a) a point (SCP) comprising a service control function SCF sends a televoting activation request to a point (SSP) comprising a service switching fu... | 01/18/2000 |
| 6006094 | Method of routing an international call to a foreign mobile subscriber A new prefix, an international mobile call prefix, is provided in a telecommunications network, such as PSTN, for routing the PSTN originating international call to a foreign mobile subscriber. When a local PSTN exchange receives the international mobile ... | 12/21/1999 |
| 6002919 | Radio system for cordless subscriber line interface The invention relates to a wireless local loop system comprising base stations and an access network node which connects the cordless terminal equipments (T) to the exchange of the fixed network. The air interface between the cordless terminal equipment a... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5987007 | Manipulation of header field in ATM cell A method of manipulating the header field in an ATM cell. In accordance with the method, the ATM cell is transferred via an interface where each byte of the cell appears in a parallel form on a plurality of parallel data conductors and where information o... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5987323 | Starting a short message transmission in a cellular communication system A method for starting a short message transmission in a cellular communication system, a cellular communication system, and a cellular communication system subscriber location register includes the subscriber location register which stores information on ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5978687 | Method for establishing a call in a cellular radio system depending on whether the a PBX is the home PBX of the requesting mobile subscriber A method for call establishment in a cellular radio system including a mobile services switching center and a private branch exchange connected thereto, and a visitor location register for storing subscriber data on subscribers located within the service ... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5973788 | System for point-by-point measuring of spatial coordinates A system for point-by-point measurement of spatial coordinates comprising: one or more opto-electronic cameras (7, 8) arranged for measuring spatial direction to point-shaped light sources; one or more rangefinders (11) for measuring distance and optional... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5970385 | Televoting in an intelligent network The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for televoting an intelligent network. A point, including a service control function SCF, sends a televoting activation request to a point, including a service switching function SSF, whereby instructions... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5966374 | High-speed data transmission in mobile communication networks In a mobile communication system, two or more parallel traffic channels are allocated for high-speed data transmission over the radio path. Different channel numbers are assigned to these parallel traffic channels for the duration of the connection. The d... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5966662 | Subscriber paging control in a mobile communication system A mobile communication system and a method controls subscriber paging messages in a mobile communication system. The base stations of a mobile communication system are arranged according to their traffic load into paging groups with different priorities, ... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5960345 | Location updating in a cellular radio system The invention relates to a cellular radio network and a method for performing location updating in a cellular radio system. The cellular radio network does not employ fixed location areas, as prior cellular radio networks do, but it employs a location are... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5944844 | Method for determining connection quality in a receiver utilizing a Viterbi decoder A receiver and a method for determining connection quality in a cellular radio system. Received signals are decoded with a Viterbi decoder. Decision variables, representing decisions, are converted into a float value format. The converted decision variabl... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5946306 | Allocation of time slots in a mobile communication system A method for allocating time slots in a mobile communication system including a base station and mobile stations, the base station communicating with the mobile stations on a radio frequency divided into TDMA frames, which are further divided into time sl... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5946326 | Method and an equipment for transmitting a file-based multimedia and hypermedia service to a mobile receiver An apparatus and a method for transferring an audio/video/data service from a transmission end to a reception end over a radio interface. The audio/video/data service includes one of audio information, video information and data. The radio interface inclu... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5936979 | Method for frame quality detection and a receiver A method for frame quality detection and a receiver for implementing the method. For frame quality detection, results A and B are compared with each other and with a predetermined threshold. The result A is formed as a sum/product of soft bit decisions or... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5933786 | Subscriber network element A subscriber network element of a radio system provides a wireless local loop for transmitting telecommunication signals between subscriber stations and an exchange. To enable a register recall, the subscriber network element comprises a timer, a buffer a... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5933649 | Method and device for controlling a CPU stop clock interrupt A method and device for controlling a CPU stop clock interrupt of a computer system. The device includes an idle detector and a control processor. A CPU having a stop clock interrupt mode receives a stop clock interrupt signal and sets up and clears the s... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5933423 | Reception method, and a receiver A reception method and a receiver in a cellular radio system, the receiver comprising means for measuring the power level of each received signal. To detect the received signal in an advantageous manner, the receiver of the invention comprises means for d... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930684 | Method for transmitting calls of different priorities which are associated with different power levels in a cellular network The invention relates to a method for transmitting calls of different priorities in a cellular network which comprises in each cell at least one base station (10) communicating with subscriber terminals (11a-11d, 13) within its area, and in which network ... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5929253 | L-aspartyl-L-thienylalanine methyl ester, process for its preparation and use as sweetener L-aspartyl-L-thienylalanine methyl esters of the formula ##STR1## where A is a radical of the formula ##STR2## in which R can be H or CH3, a process for its preparation, and its use as sweetener.... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5921255 | Oral cleansing article and method of cleaning teeth with the same An oral hygiene article adapted to be received as a whole within a mouth so that the article can thereby be manipulated with the tongue to dislodge foreign particles, promote salivary excretion, drag bacterial plaque, and massage the gums. The article inc... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5916063 | Portable memory-mediated system and method for providing customized training program for user of plural units of exercise apparatus A system for programming training on exercise apparatus, with a series of exercises defining a personalized program, includes a central unit with first processor and a bi-directional data transferor; a portable medium, with a portable memory for data stor... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5907808 | Handover with fast moving mobile station detection between a microcell and a macrocell In a hierarchical micro/macro-cell network, a mobile station will be handed over from a microcell to a macrocell if a number of microcells recognize the mobile station as fast, so that the fast moving mobile stations do not cause a considerable number of ... | 05/25/1999 |
