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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8156449 | Graphics stack system and method A system and method are provided for drawing graphics, such as to display a user interface on a display of a mobile device. A graphics stack is used to store pre-computed coordinate values to improve performance for drawing graphics, such as to display a user interf... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8068864 | Advanced user interface operations in a dual-mode wireless device A system and method are provided for mobile stations for enhancing the ease of use of a mobile station. Through the system and method, a user may more easily view the phone number of a caller identification card. The user may be alerted when the user tries to send m... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8040322 | System and method for user interface generation Systems and methods for use in displaying user interface components upon user interfaces of computing devices. A system and method could be configured to receive an image to be displayed upon a user interface of the device. One or more indicators can be used to spec... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8032128 | Methods and systems for handling software operations associated with startup and shutdown of handheld devices Systems and methods for improving software operations on startup. A system and method can provide for the storage of volatile memory contents of an application upon shutdown of a mobile device, and restoration of the contents upon startup. ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8019789 | System and method of object-oriented persistence A system and method for handling an application's access of persisted objects for use within a mobile communications device. The device includes a non-volatile storage device that has at least a portion of its storage locations addressable by the application. A refe... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8010989 | System and method for configuring devices for secure operations Systems and methods for establishing a security-related mode of operation for computing devices. A security-related mode of operation is established through security mode configuration data. The security mode configuration data specifies the proper security mode or ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7992216 | Message service indication system and method Systems and methods for displaying messages to a user, the messages having different levels of security, are provided herein. One method of displaying to a user messages having different levels of security includes receiving a message over a network includes examini... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7958300 | Data storage methods and systems for use on a mobile device Systems and methods for operating upon a mobile communications device. A system and method can be used with data operations with respect to the mobile communications device's memory, wherein the memory has sectors. Data structures are used with the data operations t... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954055 | Systems and methods for content delivery over a wireless communication medium to a portable computing device A system which analyzes, organizes and stores electronic documents in a document object model using a common markup language. The document object model is stored on a server the content is delivered to the wireless devices in a universal content system format. By ut... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7934015 | System and method for addressing a mobile device in an IP-based wireless network A system and method for addressing a mobile device in an IP-based wireless network is provided. Push service providers prepare data for transmission to the mobile device using a first IP address. The addressed data is then transmitted to a push proxy. The push proxy... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7920857 | Event reminder method A method is performed by first and second mobile wireless communication devices used respectively by first and second users. In the method, a first user selects, on the first device, a first task for the first user to perform. The first device sends to the second de... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920074 | Apparatus and method for an accelerated thumbwheel on a communications device An accelerated roller apparatus on a handheld electronic communications device that handles urgency conditions. The device includes a manipulable mechanism that is capable of generating a manipulation-related signal. Changes in the signal occur whenever motion is im... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7917126 | System and method of exchanging identification information for mobile stations A system is provided for allowing mobile stations to exchange identification information using a predetermined communication path for the purpose of obtaining identification information to use in establishing a different communication path for communicating. ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912977 | Always-on wireless internet protocol communication In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are provided for always-on wireless IP communication. An access provider network (APN) that includes an always-on packet data serving node (PDSN) may be used to communicate over a wireless commun... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7899926 | Pseudo-interactive input processing in wireless environments An electronic communication device includes a buffer and a controller. The buffer stores characters as they are being input by a user. The controller transmits the stored characters over a network when a pause in the input of characters exceeds a threshold time peri... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7899449 | Demand-based provisioning for a mobile communication device In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are provided for providing demand-based provisioning for a mobile communication device. A provisioning server may be used to receive a provisioning update request from the mobile communication de... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7895734 | Camera module insertion machine with gripper An assembly system includes an electronic component, a gripper, and a socket. The electronic component has sides and a top face, the top face has a top-face peripheral area and a top-face central area. The gripper has a gripper head, the gripper head being movable t... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7894605 | Systems and methods to securely generate shared keys A method for secure bidirectional communication between two systems is described. A first key pair and a second key pair are generated, the latter including a second public key that is generated based upon a shared secret. First and second public keys are sent to a ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7885645 | Information system with detachable information module An information system includes a first module and a second module that interoperate over first and second communication ports. Interoperation over the first and second communication ports provides the first module access to functions and features of the second modul... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7881743 | Handheld mobile communication device A digital communications device with a reduced size, enhanced keyboard and large screen is disclosed. The mobile device has an auxiliary input such as a keyboard with a plurality of keys that is arranged in a first position to minimize the size of the device, and in... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7881527 | Display processing system and method Pixel data is stored in a data field corresponding to a pixel of an image. The data field includes an opacity bit, a first set of bits, and a second set of bits. If the opacity bit is set to an opaque-indicating state, then a color level value of a first component c... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7849313 | Secure peer-to-peer messaging invitation architecture A system and methods providing immediate peer-to-peer messaging between mobile devices in a wireless system. An invitation architecture is disclosed which enables the exchange of personal identification numbers (PINs) without requiring a user to directly access or p... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7870228 | System and method for remotely controlling mobile communication devices A system for remotely controlling mobile communication devices includes a redirection system, a remote control system and a mobile data communication device. The redirection system detects a triggering event at a host system and in response to the triggering event c... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7869180 | Spark gap apparatus and method for electrostatic discharge protection An apparatus for providing electrostatic discharge protection includes a plurality of conductive circumferential extensions defined by overlapping circular voids between a first conductor surface and a second conductor surface. ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7860972 | Duplicate mobile device PIN detection and elimination A method and system for detecting and eliminating duplicate wireless mobile communications device Personal Identification Numbers (PINs) stored in user administration records associated with a server system is disclosed. The PIN of a wireless mobile communications d... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7860644 | System and method for navigating a mobile device user interface with a directional sensing device An electronic mobile device includes a display, a tilt sensor and a processor. The display is for displaying a graphical element. The tilt sensor is configured to measure a tilt angle of the mobile device. The processor is configured to store the measured tilt angle... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7843413 | System and method for achieving optimal display contrast in a mobile communication device A method is for calibrating a contrast offset value for an LCD contrast control system in a mobile device. The method includes the steps of adjusting a user contrast setting on the mobile device to a desired optimal value, initializing the contrast offset value, det... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7835759 | System and method of wireless instant messaging Instant messaging clients transmit, to a server, presence information indicating that the respective client is in a communicative state in which the client is receptive to communicating with the other clients. A server determines, for each client, that the respectiv... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7835335 | Optimized data reconnect A method of optimizing reconnection of a point to point protocol link layer in a mobile device comprising the steps of: monitoring whether the mobile device has entered a new zone; starting a stabilization period when the mobile device enters a new zone; checking wh... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7831267 | Text messaging conversation user interface functionality A computer readable medium, method and user device for a user interface functionality for SMS and SMS-like message conversations is provided. A group of individual SMS messages is treated as a single entity by the SMS conversation UI, the SMS conversation history UI... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7828212 | Combined battery and smart card An apparatus for seating within a battery compartment and a smart card compartment of a device, including a battery component and a smart card component. The battery component is coupled to the smart card component. The smart card component is configured to seat wit... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7827497 | User interface and method for viewing short messages on a wireless device A method is performed by an electronic communication device. The method includes storing electronic messages, and storing criteria for determining whether a stored message is related to a current message. A current electronic message is displayed to a user of the co... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7827406 | System and method for processing encoded messages for exchange with a mobile data communication device A system and method are provided for pre-processing encrypted and/or signed messages at a host system before the message is transmitted to a wireless mobile communication device. The message is received at the host system from a message sender. There is a determinat... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7825631 | Battery management system and method A battery management system for managing a plurality of subsystem circuits and functions of a mobile communication device powered by a battery is disclosed. The battery management system includes a battery monitoring circuit, a user interface, and a battery manageme... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7817988 | System and method for real time self-provisioning for a mobile communication device A system and method of provisioning services for a mobile communication device are disclosed. A provisioning request including provisioning information and specifying a provisioning operation and a first communication service is prepared on the mobile communication ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7817976 | System and method for inverting automatic frequency control A method includes a foreground process and a background process. In the foreground process, an input signal is processed using a first reference signal to generate an output. A first frequency control signal is generated from the output. A frequency of the first ref... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7808292 | Clock circuit for a microprocessor A wireless communication device is described having a transmitter that generates electromagnetic interference when operating in a transmit mode. The wireless communication device comprises a clock circuit including a first clock element configured to generate a firs... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7805729 | System and method for an extendable mobile communications device user interface A system and method for an extendable software interface includes a software architecture for use in a mobile device having a processor and a memory device. The software architecture includes a set of first-order controller software instructions configured to interf... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7805159 | Dual-mode keypad for a mobile device In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are provided for implementing a dual-mode keypad for a mobile device. The mobile device may operate in a telephony mode and a text-entry mode. The dual-mode keypad may include a plurality of dual... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7787694 | Scalable stroke font system and method A method of creating font format data from source font data includes analyzing the source font data to obtain glyph data for a plurality of glyphs, dissecting the glyph data, extracting midline data from the dissected glyph data, classifying the midline data as uniq... | 08/31/2010 |
