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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120108215 | REMOTE NOTIFICATION DEVICE A remote notification device and various mounting configurations for notifying a user of an incoming call or message to a mobile communication device are described. In an example, a receiver is coupled to a housing. The receiver receives a notification signal from a mob... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120083248 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TELEPHONE CALL NOTIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT Various embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide methods and systems to receive an incoming call message via a data interface upon activation of a trigger established with a voice communication network and activated when the voice communication network receiv... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120071136 | System And Methods For Data Communications In A Wireless Communication System In one illustrative example, a mobile device receives from a relay services node an enable message which indicates a pending data message to be retrieved from a host service. The pending data message may comprise a body of text. Subsequent to the receiving of the enable... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120034903 | MMS BREW MESSAGE DELIVERY HYBRIDIZATION ARCHITECTURE Techniques and equipment are provided to allow Multimedia Message Service (MMS) communication between applications on a platform on a mobile station and third party websites or web servers by using a hybridized architectural design of MMS and BREW services. The followin... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120028614 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING UNIFIED STATE CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS An embodiment of the present invention provides a computer system for processing state change notifications. The system includes at least one state server configured to generate a state change notification to be delivered to a terminal. The system also includes a State ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120028615 | TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION OF EVENTS BETWEEN A MOBILE DEVICE AND REMOTE CLIENT The present application allows two-way communication between a remote client and a mobile device, such as a mobile phone. User's can be informed of phone events in real time, regardless of their proximity to the mobile device. A two-way communication link allows a remot... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120009903 | PUSHED CONTENT NOTIFICATION AND DISPLAY Presenting content within an application on a device is disclosed. Receiving notification of new content within an application at a device is disclosed. Presenting the received notification at the device is disclosed. Receiving a selection of the notification, and displ... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110319056 | REMOTE ACCESS TO A MOBILE DEVICE The disclosed subject matter relates to various architectures that can facilitate establishing a remote user interface (UI) by way of a secure connection session. The remote UI can reflect one or more interfaces extant on a mobile device (e.g., a smartphone with a Linux... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110294470 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND AMPLIFYING NOTIFICATION SIGNALS A holster for a mobile electronic device, comprising at least one input for detecting at least one notification signal generated by the mobile electronic device, at least one output for generating at least one amplified notification signal, and a processor connected to ... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110294471 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING USER NOTIFICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH TASKS THAT ARE PENDING COMPLETION A device and method for generating user notifications associated with tasks that are pending completion on a mobile device. When additional input is required from a user of the mobile device to complete performance of a task and is not being received from the user withi... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110287746 | INTELLIGENT CALL NOTIFICATION IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK Notification of missed voice calls directed to non-responsive called party devices in a communication network is provided. An incoming call directed to a called party device, when the called party device is in a non-responsive state, are received at a messaging platform... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110280161 | Communications Systems And Methods For Exchanging Messages Between Users A communications system exchanges messages between users. A messaging store stores the messages. A messaging server accesses and manages messages of the message store. A plurality of servers interface between the messaging server and different networks of the users. Pro... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110275350 | Method of Simulating Communication A method of simulating a conversation includes providing at least one pre-programmed conversational script on a storage device; selecting the at least one pre-programmed conversational script for playback on the mobile communications device at a predetermined time; rece... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110269431 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERRUPT CONTROL ON A HANDHELD DEVICE An interrupt message is sent over one of a plurality of transport mediums from a first mobile device to a second mobile device. The interrupt message may include a first mobile device identifier associated with a transport medium that is independent of the plurality of ... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110269430 | Change Detection Of Target Identification Data In Lawful Interception Systems A node of telecommunications network comprises comparing means for comparing current mobile station ID information with previously stored mobile station ID information. The node also comprises preparing means for preparing a notification message including both the previ... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110263227 | System and Method for Optimizing Network Communication in Response to Network Conditions A system and method for facilitating communications between a mobile device and a network application are provided. A mobile device transmits a request for data change information that includes a time out interval. The network application receives the request and measur... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110250871 | TASK MANAGEMENT BASED ON TRAVEL DISTANCE Methods, program products, and systems for task management based on travel distance are disclosed. In general, in one aspect, a method executed on a mobile device can include receiving a request to perform a task in a first subsystem (e.g., an application subsystem) of ... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110237225 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION RELATED TO VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS TO WIRELESS DEVICES Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are disclosed for providing information related to virtual environments. One such method includes receiving user input identifying an event related to the virtual environment for which a notification is to be provided to a m... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110217955 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING INFORMATION TO A TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DEVICE The present invention provides systems and method for delivering information to a transmitting and receiving device. The device receives a notification alerting a user of the device that information is available to be obtained and, in some embodiments, providing a short... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110195693 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD An origination terminal UA100 in accordance with the present invention is provided with a control unit 320 for controlling, when receiving information indicating that a destination terminal uses a network different from a network desired by an originator, ... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110183649 | DTMF SIGNALLING BETWEEN MOBILE AND SERVER In a method of processing an incoming sequence of one or more DTMF tones at a mobile device, the sequence is decoded to thereby identify any encoded message. Where the decoding does not identify a message, at least applying an error correction algorithm to the sequence ... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110171936 | SMS MESSAGE NOTIFICATION ARRANGEMENT A method for applying personalized rules to an incoming e-mail message includes receiving an e-mail message addressed to a user and forwarding a copy of the e-mail message to a mobile communication device associated with the user. One or more pre-defined rules associate... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110171937 | PERSONAL DIGITAL NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD A system, method, and apparatus for receiving notifications from a notifying device, and alerting a user as to the notification are provided. Embodiments of the present invention include a connectivity transceiver, and a notifying device transceiver positioned within a ... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110143720 | LOCATION-TRIGGERED ALERTS FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES Requests to issue alerts may be stored in a central database. Each request may identify a mobile communication device and a location at which an alert is to be issued when the mobile communication device is at the location. Mobile communication devices may repeatedly re... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110136464 | ANONYMOUS HAZARDOUS CONDITION ALERT SYSTEM An anonymous hazardous condition alert system and process enable individuals to alert property owners of potentially hazardous conditions associated with their property, and in a manner that, if desired, maintains the relative anonymity of both the alerting user and the... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110136474 | AGGREGATED MULTI-NUMBER VISUAL VOICEMAIL SERVER A system, in which a server is connected to a group of voicemail servers, is provided. A first voicemail server provides voicemail services to landline telephone devices. A second voicemail server provides voicemail services to wireless telephone devices. The server rec... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110117886 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING DELIVERY OF NOTIFICATIONS IN REAL-TIME COMMUNICATIONS BASED ON COMMUNICATION CHANNEL STATE A critical notification is reliably delivered to at least one participant in a real-time communication session. A candidate delivery channel is selected, and a set of one or more communication state variables associated with the candidate delivery channel are identified... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110117887 | Client Management of Visual Voicemail Data Communications Data communications sessions for visual voicemail data communications are terminated under the control of a wireless device's visual voicemail client. In one embodiment, a visual voicemail client can be configured to transmit a request or command to terminate a data com... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110117888 | Signalling Optimisation In A Presence Service A method of handling notifications associated with a presence service provided over a communications network and to which service a plurality of users are subscribed. The method comprises subscribing a first user to presence information of one or more peer users. In the... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110111733 | 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 communicati... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110113333 | CREATION AND DELIVERY OF RINGTONES OVER A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK A method on a server for providing a ringtone based on a video can be provided. The method can include providing a graphical user interface to a user over a communications network and receiving, via the graphical user interface, identifying information for a video file ... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110098021 | Dynamically Organizing Visual Voicemail Visual voicemail is dynamically organized according to detected criteria. Voicemail may be automatically associated with a category, priority, or other attribute. The attributes may be assigned based on user-configured associations with particular senders, the detection... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110092188 | Enhanced Voice Mail System for Accessing RSS (Really Simple Syndication) Feeds A method and an enhanced voice mail system for subscribing to RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds on behalf of a user are provided. The enhanced voice mail system subscribes with RSS server(s) to obtain one or more RSS feeds for a user and further obtains the RSS feed... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110092189 | WIRELESS MESSAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS A messaging system for selectively performing an action on information, for remote retrieval of messages, for performing action on information at different times, for selective paging, for providing a user interface for message access and having integrated audio visual ... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110092190 | Methods And Apparatus For Reliable Voicemail Message Deletion Alerts At Mobile Communication Devices A voicemail system apparatus produces a voicemail notification message corresponding to a voicemail message received and saved at a voicemail system, and causes the voicemail notification message to be sent to a mobile device. Subsequently, the apparatus causes a voicem... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110081891 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOBILE DEVICE PROFILE TONES A system and method are provided that utilize a set of heuristics to more intelligently determine when to utilize an audible tone associated with a notification profile or other mechanism used to alert a user of events such as an incoming instant message. The heuristics... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110053564 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME An operator is prevented from accidentally operating a communication apparatus during short range communication, even if there is an incoming call/mail. A communication apparatus has at least a first communication unit that performs wireless communication for a call or ... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110053563 | PORTABLE HANDSFREE DEVICE WITH LOCAL VOICEMAIL SERVICE FOR USE WITH A MOBILE TERMINAL A portable handsfree device for use with a mobile terminal is disclosed. The portable handsfree device has an audio interface over which a user may conduct voice calls, a processing unit, and a memory unit. The processing unit is adapted for providing a local voicemail ... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110045803 | METHOD OF INFORMING OCCURRENCE OF A MISSED EVENT AND MOBILE TERMINAL USING THE SAME A method of informing occurrence of an event and a mobile terminal using the same are disclosed. The method includes: determining whether a missed event occurs; sensing a user's attention to the mobile terminal; and informing the occurrence of the missed event when the ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110034151 | VOICE MAIL PROCESSING A user directly accesses a stored voicemail message through an SMS and circuit switched voice channel. This has the benefits for the user to directly access a particular voice message stored in the network without the need to listen sequentially through some or all stor... | 02/10/2011 |
