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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7890082 | Method and apparatus for billing telecommunications services A method for billing wireless telecommunications services based upon density parameters includes determining a cell resolution for a subscriber during a billing period, associating the cell resolution with the subscriber, translating the cell resolution into a set o... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7889848 | Telecommunication service with pre-paid access A method and system for implementing pre-paid telephone service with direct dial pre-paid access and direct dial or indirect dial post paid access. The method includes receiving a telephone call and routing the telephone call to a pre-paid platform if the access des... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7889677 | SS7 network planning and forecasting tool A Signaling System 7 (SS7) tool for planning an SS7 network having a plurality of network elements is provided herein. The SS7 tool is configured to obtain current traffic data from the SS7 network and determine a current peak utilization of each of the network elem... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7873708 | Systems and methods for providing mobile advertising and directory assistance services Rich multimedia content is provided to a wireless device, particularly in response to a request for directory assistance generated by a client application. The multimedia content is provided as a multimedia message including bundled multimedia elements such as image... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7873369 | Location blocking service for wireless networks The invention disclosed is a location blocking service for use in a wireless network that tracks the location and identity of network users, such as networks complying with enhanced 911 standards. The service provides a network user with the ability to prevent the l... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7873317 | Methods and apparatuses for communicating with wireless peripheral devices A wireless communication system includes a wireless peripheral device, a computer device, and a wireless interface capable of communicating with the peripheral device and the computer device. The wireless interface is configured to receive a communication directed t... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7869820 | Providing contact data in a wireless telecommunication system Providing contact data in a wireless telecommunication system comprises receiving a contact data record from a first mobile device and storing the contact data records in a contact database remote from the mobile device. A selection can be received remotely for the ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7864729 | Prioritized display of cell broadcast messages Devices, systems, and methods for creating, procuring, and maintaining a priority scheme for cell broadcast messages. In an exemplary embodiment, the priority scheme includes a plurality of cell broadcast channels (CBCH) that are assigned logic groups, which in turn... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7853244 | Exclusive wireless service proposals Provided herein are systems and methods for providing exclusive wireless service proposals to subscribers. A method for providing an exclusive wireless service proposal to a subscriber includes the steps of conducting measurements of at least one metric; sending mea... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7844262 | Method for announcing a calling party from a communication device A system and method are disclosed for announcing a calling party from a communication device. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a call processing system (102) can have a controller (108) for proces... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7813950 | Location and time sensitive wireless calendaring A computer-implemented method provides location-sensitive and time-sensitive calendaring to a wireless device, such as a cell phone, pager, PDA, etc. A user's calendar is maintained with a number of appointments, start times and end times for the appointments, meeti... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7805156 | Systems and methods for dynamic aggregation of bandwidth Systems and methods are presented for the dynamic aggregation of communications network bandwidth. Communication devices are bonded in a community in which the communication resources of a bonded device can be used to transfer data on behalf of another bonded device... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7787889 | Customized location area paging Methods for determining a customized location area (CLA) for a subscriber in a cellular network are provided herein. One such method includes the steps of monitoring the cell to which a mobile station registers; storing data corresponding to the cell within a databa... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7756130 | Content engine for mobile communications systems An exemplary content engine includes a content gateway configured to analyze and route content requests to a content server. The content server can be a cache server or a mobile content server. The cache server can be configured to receive and store cacheable web co... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7742440 | Networks and methods integrating digital mobile standards Communications in a wireless communication system based on two or more communication standards are configured for delivery to cell sites or to subscribers using a digital link having channels assigned to the two or more communication standards. A T-1 level can be di... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7720040 | Seamless wireless mobility Seamless wireless mobility is described. In one embodiment, a mobility manager can query a subscriber catalog for a current registration status of handset. The mobility manager can then use the registration status to send a first signal to the handset over either a ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7720039 | LAN based wireless communications system A method of routing calls from a mobile unit to a destination location can include registering the mobile unit with a wireless adjunct, wherein the wireless adjunct is in communication with a switching unit and a packet based network and is operable to receive data ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7711366 | Seamless enterprise and consumer mobility Tools and techniques for providing seamless enterprise and consumer mobility are described. More particularly, the tools manage network connections between a communications device and two or more networks. A first network has a first type, and a second network has a... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7689221 | System and method of providing intelligent cell reselection for delay sensitive data applications A mobile station for receiving delay-sensitive data from a wireless communications network is provided with a data buffer and cell reselection controller. The data buffer receives data from the network and stores the data for communication to a delay-sensitive data ... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7676233 | System and method for accessing computer services via a wireless network Server access is provided to a wireless apparatus via a wireless network. A message is received containing a service request. The service and sever capable of servicing the service request is determined. The service is requested from the server and a reply is receiv... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7664496 | Local number portability for mobility management A mobility management analysis architecture for call management. Systems and methods are provided for routing of a landline-mobile and mobile-mobile call using a switching network (landline or mobile originating) to serve effectively as the “GMSC/tandem” switchi... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7664495 | Voice call redirection for enterprise hosted dual mode service Systems and methods provide a single E.164 number for voice and data call redirection and telephony services such as caller identification, regardless of in which type of network a dual mode mobile device operates. When the dual mode device registers and is active i... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7657463 | Systems and methods for delivering item price notifications to a mobile device An exemplary system for delivering an item price notification to a mobile device can include a processor, an inventory database including a plurality of inventory items, and a memory that is in communication with the processor. The memory can be configured to store ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7650138 | Methods for providing overdraft protection for post-paid communication service plans Methods for adding data blocks to a data subscription plan period. The methods include determining whether a threshold number of data blocks have been reached during the data subscription plan period; and incrementally adding data blocks to the data subscription pla... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7627683 | System and method for dynamically refreshing an active home screen A system and method for providing time-sensitive information to a handset using a scrolling ticker. The method includes receiving the time-sensitive information at a server, determining the time period before the next update for a second set of information, and if l... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7626962 | Prioritized display of cell broadcast messages Taught herein are devices, systems, and methods for creating, procuring, and maintaining a priority scheme for cell broadcast messages. In an exemplary embodiment, the priority scheme includes a plurality of cell broadcast channels (CBCH) that are assigned logic gro... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7606745 | System and method for tracking a billing cycle A system for tracking a billing cycle in a billing system includes a data tracking engine and a rule-based engine. The rule-base engine retrieves information from the billing system during the billing cycle based on a set of rules, and provides the data to the data ... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7603118 | System and method for providing USSD-like features in a wireless network A system for providing USSD-like features in a wireless network is provided. Furthermore, the system provides for an automated customer service response in a wireless network. The system comprises a mobile switching center configured to analyze a digit string receiv... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7599793 | Methods and systems for routing travel between origin and destination service locations using global satellite positioning Methods and systems are provided for obtaining information related to a customer service location and directions for routing a service technician from one customer service location to another. One embodiment includes requesting at least one set of coordinates associ... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7593741 | System and method for automatically transferring a call from a first telephone to a designated telephone in close proximity A system and method of automatically transferring a call between telephones based on the distance between the two telephones is provided. First the proximity of a first telephone to a second telephone is determined. If the proximity is within a predetermined limit o... | 09/22/2009 |
