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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180861 | System and method for providing a communications client on a host device A system and a method (100, 500) for integrating an uncertified client (104) with a certified host device (102) are provided. The integration system (100) is configured to integrate the uncertified client (104), which has a plurali... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180284 | Method and system for coordinating necessary radio transmission events with unrelated opportunistic events to optimize battery life and network resources A method and apparatus for sending an event from user equipment operating in a mobile network, the method comprising the steps of: monitoring whether an unrelated opportunistic event has occurred; and sending said event with said unrelated opportunistic event. ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8160583 | Method and apparatus for best service rescan scheduling for mobile device operating in an EVDO hybrid mode A method and apparatus for best service rescan scheduling on a mobile device operating in an EVDO hybrid mode, the method comprising the steps of: blocking a best service rescan on the mobile device if the mobile device in an EVDO traffic state, the mobile device ch... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8135892 | Method and apparatus for transferring data between USB client devices by toggling a USB Vline A method and apparatus for transferring data from a first electronic device to a second electronic device, both first and second electronic devices having Universal Serial Bus (USB) client interfaces, the method comprising the steps: connecting the two electronic de... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8133621 | Location of a fuel cell on a mobile device A mobile device having: a keyboard; a printed circuit board having at least one contact responsive to the keyboard; and a fuel cell assembly having: a fuel cell located between the keyboard and the printed circuit board, the fuel cell having a membrane and at least ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131292 | Method and apparatus for CDMA timer-based registration on a mobile device A method and apparatus for improved timer based registration for a mobile device with a network, the network having a standard slot cycle time for interrupts, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, at the mobile device, a system parameter message from the ne... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131264 | Method and apparatus for electronic mailing of data utilizing a data reference A mobile device for electronic mailing of data utilizing a data reference, the mobile device having: a communications subsystem for communicating with a wireless gateway; a user interface; a processor interacting with the user interface and the communications subsys... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126446 | System and method for provisioning a third party mobile device emulator A method and apparatus for provisioning a third party mobile device emulator from desktop provisioning software, the method having the steps of: designating a common file space between the third party mobile device emulator and the desktop provisioning software; wri... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122024 | Method and system for storing multiple geo-tagged media files and rendering the same A method and apparatus for organizing a geographically tagged media file, the method obtaining geographical information for the media file; identifying a subfolder for the media file; and placing the media file in the identified subfolder. Also, a method and apparat... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8115731 | Method of operating a handheld device for directional input A directional input device for use in a handheld device is disclosed herein. The directional input device provides input to an element of the user interface in response to the inclination of the handheld. The input device can be embedded into any handheld communicat... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112797 | System and method to provide built-in and mobile VPN connectivity A system and method for facilitating the establishment of a virtual private network between a network and a remote computer, the system having: a mobile device connectable to the remote computer and storing a user profile, virtual private network information, and pa... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8107954 | System and method for wireless network selection by multi-mode devices Systems and methods are provided for wireless network selection by multi-mode devices. A mobile device maintains an indication of any wireless network services currently provided to the mobile device. According to an embodiment of the application, the mobile device ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103318 | Method and system for recovering from DRX timing de-synchronization in LTEACTIVE A method for recovering from discontinuous reception (DRX) timing de-synchronization between the UE and the eNB in an LTE_ACTIVE state having the steps of: the eNB detecting DRX timing de-synchronization; transmitting an indicator to a User Equipment (UE) to resume ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098761 | Method and apparatus for optimizing transmitter power efficiency A peak to average power ratio signal is generated from a first mapping function that selects the peak to average power ratio signal that corresponds to the data rate or data format of the signal to be transmitted. The selected peak to average power ratio signal is s... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095607 | Method and system for optimizing metadata passing in a push content processing protocol A method and system of optimizing content delivery at a processing element in a dynamic content delivery architecture, the method having the steps of: receiving a content and metadata envelope at the processing element; checking the content and metadata envelope to ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090380 | Method and apparatus for radio resource control profile creation in a UMTS network A method for creating a radio resource control profile for a radio resource allocation or a state-transition profile having the steps of receiving a parameter associated with a user equipment (UE), associating the parameter with the radio resource control profile fo... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090319 | Method and system for automatic frequency control optimization A method and apparatus for automatic frequency control in a receiver of a wireless device, the method determining a channel estimation for a received signal; calculating a signal to noise ratio for the channel estimation; applying a weighting factor determined based... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8078178 | Method and apparatus to restore always-on connectivity during network handover A method and apparatus to restore always on connectivity to user equipment, the method having the steps of: monitoring whether the user equipment has transitioned to a network that supports concurrent voice and data; performing, upon the monitoring step detecting th... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8068060 | Combination of tube assembly and clip for wireless antenna grounding An antenna tube configured to accommodate a grounding clip and an antenna, the antenna tube having a cylindrical tube having an upper end and an inner end opposite the upper end; a circumferentially extending groove in the cylindrical tube located between the upper ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8064929 | Method of optimizing data communication devices' auto-on functionality In a network comprising mobile data devices having corresponding transceivers, a method and apparatus for temporally spreading network traffic associated with auto-on functionality of the data devices, the method comprising activating transceivers of the data device... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8051149 | Method and apparatus for provisioning a communications client on a host device An apparatus for provisioning a data communications client on a host communications device, the host communications device adapted to operate on a communications network, the apparatus comprising: a first data store adapted to store variant configuration information... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8045953 | Method and apparatus for the autoselection of an emergency number in a mobile station A method and apparatus for the selection of an emergency number in a mobile station having a geographic indicator, the method comprising the steps of and the apparatus characterized by means for: determining whether a user is attempting to reach an emergency service... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8036633 | Method and apparatus for a mobile station to enhance the probability of successful emergency call completion and successful callback from emergency service centre A method and apparatus for enhancing the probability of a successful emergency call completion and emergency callback on a mobile station in a network, the method comprising the steps of: during an emergency call attempt, monitoring whether the mobile station has re... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8024500 | Universal peripheral connector A universal peripheral connector apparatus for a mobile device and in communication with the mobile device. The universal peripheral connector apparatus including: at least one universal serial bus (USB) connector providing at least one connection; at least one USB ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8018388 | Low profile antenna insert nut An antenna mount comprising a front cylindrical mount, the front cylindrical mount having a threaded interior for installing an antenna; a flanged central portion; a base mount consisting of a hollow cylinder cut away along a longitudinal axis, leaving a half-circul... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7979906 | Method and system for multifaceted scanning A method and system for multifaceted scanning, the method having the steps of receiving a data source; processing the data source for a plurality of scanning aspects, the processing step utilizing rules and policies for the plurality of scanning aspects to provide t... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7962171 | Audio management in a dual processor environment In a dual processor mobile device one processor is a radio processor and one processor is an application processor, the mobile device further including a polyphonic audio chip, a method and apparatus for audio control, the method having the steps of: connecting the ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7917174 | Method and system for the configuration of a mobile station baseband circuit for an acoustic accessory A method and system for the configuration of a mobile station baseband circuit for an acoustic accessory having an identifier, the method comprising the steps of: determining whether the mobile device recognizes the identifier of the acoustic device; and configuring... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912462 | Method for conducting digital interface and baseband circuitry tests using digital loopback In a mobile device having a primary baseband circuit and a secondary baseband circuit and an interface between the primary baseband circuit and a secondary baseband circuit, a method for testing the interface and primary and secondary baseband circuits comprising th... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7908509 | Method and apparatus for controlling an upper layer in a protocol stack to delay timeouts In a device communicating over a network, a proxy to delay timeout of an application on the device where the proxy is on a communications path between the application and the network, the proxy comprising means for registering a data request from the application to ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7885616 | Method and system for coordinating necessary radio transmission events with unrelated opportunistic events to optimize battery life and network resources A method and apparatus for sending an event from user equipment operating in a mobile network, the method comprising the steps of: monitoring whether an unrelated opportunistic event has occurred; and sending said event with said unrelated opportunistic event. ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7882557 | System and method to provide built-in and mobile VPN connectivity A system and method for facilitating the establishment of a virtual private network between a network and a remote computer, the system having: a mobile device connectable to the remote computer and storing a user profile, virtual private network information, and pa... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7882288 | Method and apparatus for transfering data between USB client devices by toggling a USB Vline A method and apparatus for transferring data from a first electronic device to a second electronic device, both first and second electronic devices having Universal Serial Bus (USB) client interfaces, the method comprising the steps: connecting the two electronic de... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7882145 | Method and system for orchestration of content processing in mobile delivery frameworks A method and system for coordinating content processing in a mobile delivery framework, the method having the steps of embedding, within a metadata envelope associated with content, external references to external enablers; and inserting content processing coordinat... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7852968 | Method and apparatus for optimizing transmitter power efficiency A peak to average power ratio signal is generated from a first mapping function that selects the peak to average power ratio signal that corresponds to the data rate or data format of the signal to be transmitted. The selected peak to average power ratio signal is s... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7831269 | System and associated method for facilitating push-to-talk communications A push-to-talk (PTT) mobile station having a PTT ready mode, the mobile station having a controller adapted for executing computer program code; a memory connected to the controller for storing computer program code; computer program code stored in the memory and ex... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7826478 | Method and apparatus for soliciting connectivity from wireless data networks According to the embodiments of the techniques of this application, a wireless data device or other data node sends solicitation messages periodically to a wireless gateway, such as a PDSN, when there is no data traffic between the wireless data device and a wireles... | 11/02/2010 |
| D626612 | Bat | 11/02/2010 |
| 7801562 | System and method of wireless device activity messaging A method and system of reachability indication between a wireless device and at least one push server, the method comprising the steps of: sending device status information from the wireless device to the at least one push server; and receiving the status informatio... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7778225 | Method and apparatus for dynamic packet transport in CDMA2000 networks A method and apparatus for saving network resources in a CDMA2000 network, the method comprising the steps of receiving a data packet for a wireless data device at a base station controller in the CDMA2000 network; determining a frame transport capability of a forwa... | 08/17/2010 |
