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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7941129 | Multi-way messaging with forwarding Systems and methods are disclosed which allow for enhanced SMS forwarding by providing a technique for seamless two-way messaging between a source party and a redirected destination. An advantage of the present technique lies in the ability to replace any routing in... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940732 | Automatic wireless network device configuration A portable wireless configuration device, such as a key fob, is provided which executes an application program to configure a wireless client device to connect to a secured wireless network via an access point. The wireless client device may be unconnected to and re... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940730 | Network-initiated method and system for establishing data communication using IP with a wireless terminal A method and apparatus are provided for establishing data communication between a wireless network and a wireless terminal by means of a packet data protocol connection, using internet protocol. When a determination is made that the wireless terminal is active but d... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938838 | Devices for handling catheter assembly A gripping device for a catheter assembly is disclosed providing enhanced gripping power for the operator of the catheter assembly. The gripping device is situated at the proximal portion of the catheter assembly and the proximal terminus of an external catheter she... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938807 | Devices and methods for securing catheter assemblies A connecting device for a catheter assembly is disclosed allowing a user to connect a catheter assembly to an adhesive pad which is then capable of anchoring the catheter assembly to a patient's leg. The connecting device may have an introducer body with an extensio... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7926107 | Internet security news network A system and method are disclosed for collecting, analyzing, verifying, producing, and broadcasting security data. Internet security-related information may be broadcast continuously from a data center over a broadcast channel, such as a webcast. As additional secur... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925909 | Emergency mobile device power source In various aspects, a portable electronic device includes electrical components supported by a housing, the electrical components including a user interface coupled to a processor and a storage medium including an emergency power storage module coupled to the proces... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921079 | Auditing of wireless network node databases Synchronizing database files of a central node with database files of a local node in which the central node is coupled to the local node via a communication link. The communication link performance being continuously monitored via a periodic signal sent back and fo... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7918831 | Catheter assembly having protective sheath Devices and methods are disclosed for a catheterization process, particularly useful for self-performed catheterizations. A catheter is enclosed in a sheath made from a gas-permeable material. This sheath maximizes gas permeability to prevent air build-up at the dis... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7895629 | Video service buffer management in a mobile rate control enabled network A system for a mobile wireless device to receive and display a video stream while preventing overflow or starvation of its receive buffer by requesting changes to the video streaming or encoding rates and by controlling the video playback frame rate. The current rec... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7895136 | Learning device interaction rules Devices and methods are disclosed for establishing interaction among electronic devices of an environment. The device has a transmitter, receiver, memory for storing interaction rules, and a processor for learning the interaction rules in association with the transm... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7894798 | Updating of intelligent message waiting notification A system, computer-readable medium system, and method which provide for delivering notifications to a mobile device where the provider has first and second mobile technology types. Initially, a notification is received from a notification sub-system. A first communi... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7890586 | Mass multimedia messaging A method and system of mass multimedia messaging in a system having a service provider and a plurality of subscriber communication terminal types supported by the service provider, wherein at least some of the subscriber terminal types have differing messaging capab... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7849181 | Notification device interaction Devices and methods are disclosed for establishing device interaction among electronic devices of a device environment and a notification device interfaced with the user. Notification devices allow the user to communicate directly with the device environment, such a... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7849161 | System and methods for remotely recovering and purging data from a wireless device in a communications network A system and methods are provided for remotely recovering and purging data from a wireless device in a communications network. The system includes a wireless device capable of executing a data recovery/purge application program for receiving a message from a communi... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7849013 | Secure online purchasing In a method of purchasing online, a client device of a customer communicates a purchase selection which is received by a vendor computer system. The vendor computer system, in response, communicates a cost of the purchase selection and fund confirmation address to t... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7848744 | Electronic communications device status determination Methods and systems are provided for alerting a calling or message sending party as to whether a desired receiving wireless electronic communication device is off or out of range for sending and receiving transmissions. When a call is placed to a wireless telephone ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7848732 | Mobile communications devices including environmental hazard monitoring Mobile communications devices include sensors for monitoring for environmental hazards that an individual carrying the mobile communications device may encounter when moving from place to place. Examples of such environmental hazards are smoke, poisonous gases inclu... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7873391 | Call queue in a wireless device A wireless phone includes a memory, a processor, and a call queue function, the call queue function to enable the configuration and storage in the memory of a call queue, the call queue comprising an ordered list of entries to dial, wherein the processor and the mem... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7873355 | Profile-driven response to communication events A method includes storing a setting in a profile of a wireless device to cause an automatic message response to incoming calls. When the profile is set as the active profile and an incoming call is received, an automatic response is provided to the incoming call in ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7869612 | System and method for optimizing the strength and orientation of the inductive field of a hearing aid compatible device A system and method provides optimization of the strength and orientation of the inductive field of a hearing aid compatible (“HAC”) device, relative to a telecoil in a user's hearing aid. One aspect provides control of the drive level of a transmitting telecoil... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7844042 | System and method for forwarding communications to an alternate telephone number The present invention is a method and system for forwarding communications to a first destination number to a second destination number after receipt of a forwarding indication from the second destination number. In the first embodiment, the method comprises the ste... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7842929 | Systems and methods related to radiation delivery Devices and methods are disclosed which relate to the calibration and quality assurance of motion tracking enabled radiation therapy machines. A phantom, capable of mimicking human breathing through inflation and deflation of the lungs, houses an independently movin... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7842050 | Suture passing devices An embodiment of the invention includes a surgical device for passing suture through soft tissue. The surgical device can include at least one elongate superelastic member having a thickness and having a first resting configuration that defines at least one curve ha... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7831701 | Cascading policy management deployment architecture Systems and methods are provided to implement a dynamic and efficient cascading policy management framework architecture for both wired and wireless networks. A plurality of Policy Functions (PFs) are assigned to a plurality of Policy Enforcement Points (PEP). The P... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7831265 | Mobile rate control in mobile to mobile video communication A system for a mobile wireless communications device configured to stream video to a peer device over a mobile wireless network, the device configured to increase the radio channel capacity between the wireless communication devices and the network to allow faster v... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7831245 | Blind mobile-to-mobile number search Wireless user equipment in possession of a user can be identified (e.g., by its telephone number) based upon observations or knowledge of another such user. Information associated with one of a first user and second user, such as a telephone number, can then be prov... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7831240 | System for the centralized storage of wireless customer information A system for storing subscriber information in a centralized location includes a processor, memory coupled to the processor, and a data storage device coupled to the processor. The data storage device includes a subscriber profile portion for storing personal inform... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7813481 | Conversation recording with real-time notification for users of communication terminals A recording device provides conversation recording with real-time notification between users of communication terminals engaged in a conversation. The recording device provides a recording start notification to a second communication terminal in response to receivin... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7813306 | Method and apparatus for providing downlink delay diversity A method and apparatus for providing downlink transmit delay diversity (TDD). In accordance with the invention, a BTS includes at least one simplex transceiver (S-TRX) that does not implement downlink TDD and at least one duplex transceiver (D-TRX) that does impleme... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7802292 | Application of dynamic profiles to the allocation and configuration of network resources A service request is received and associated with a subscriber id. Profile information is accessed for the source of the service request. A copy of the profile information is stored in a network element employed by the source of the service request to access the net... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7801569 | Mobile communications device with distinctive vibration modes Systems and methods for providing distinctive vibration alerts are described herein. In different aspects, the methods may include sensing an event and determining a corresponding vibration definition for the event based on one or more properties of the event. The m... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7801529 | Method and apparatus for providing seamless call handoff between networks that use dissimilar transmission methods Call handoff from an 802.1x network to a cellular network, and vice versa. A wireless device that has both cellular and 802.1x capability detects the strength of a cellular signal and of an 802.1x signal. If a call is taking place over the 802.1x network and the str... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7796984 | Automated tagging of targeted media resources The present disclosure provides systems and methods for tagging or identifying bad, faulty or objectionable media resource files in real time, as the media is playing, by users who are exposed to the media. The tagging is simple to use and easy to remember, allowing... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7793334 | System and method for password protecting a distribution list A method for password protecting a subscriber-created distribution list in a wireless network includes receiving in a wireless network a subscriber-created password and a distribution list of a plurality of destination addresses, storing the distribution list and th... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7769416 | Energy-efficient design of a multimedia messaging system for mobile devices A system and a method for implementing an energy-efficient multimedia messaging system to improve mobile device usability and maximize mobile device battery life. The disclosed system includes a hierarchical messaging system for multimedia content leveraging short m... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7765264 | Selection of bearer mode according to message characteristics A data processing device, such as a wireless telephone, includes logic to identify a first recipient address type for a first recipient of a message, and to identify a second recipient address type different than the first recipient address type for a second recipie... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7756511 | Text message delivery features for an interactive wireless network In general, in one aspect, one embodiment of the present disclosure features a message delivery method. The method includes the steps of receiving a message including delivery instruction and delivery information indicating a time at which the message is to be deliv... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7752270 | Linking sounds and emoticons A method and apparatus for linking sounds and emoticons to allow a recipient of a message containing an emoticon to hear audio associated with the emoticon. In one aspect of the invention, a first user or sender establishes a link or association between the emoticon... | 07/06/2010 |
| D619226 | Toilet assembly | 07/06/2010 |
