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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120129507 | Communication Method and a Communication System for Tailored Mobile Communication The invention relates to a method and system for tailored communication between at least two mobile clients. In the communications system, calling party data is conveyed from a library server to the called mobile client before a voice initiation message of the calling m... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120108221 | AUGMENTING COMMUNICATION SESSIONS WITH APPLICATIONS Embodiments include applications as participants in a communication session such as a voice call. The applications provide functionality to the communication session by performing commands issued by the participants during the communication session to generate output da... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120108222 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR USING ALTERNATIVE NUMBERS FOR ROUTING VOICE CALLS AND SHORT MESSAGES IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK A system, method and computer-readable medium for allowing the use of an alternative numbering plan for delivering short messages to mobile subscribers using the public mobile telephone network is provided. Users of an enterprise or other closed networks as well as user... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120052850 | Image Selection for an Incoming Call Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, are described for selecting an image of a caller associated with an incoming call. In one aspect, a method includes identifying a caller associated with an incoming call f... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120028610 | PRIVACY-ENABLED TELEPHONE DIRECTORY A privacy-enabled telephone directory is disclosed that is implemented through a contact facilitator. The contact facilitator receives a contact request from a caller which includes the name of the party to be called and disambiguation information to distinguish the cal... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120021730 | INBOUND CALL IDENTIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT Examples of inbound call identification and management are described including a call management system that includes one or more repositories that can include data representing call action policies and data representing attributes associated with the caller devices and... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120015638 | Handheld Electronic Device Having Improved Phone Call Log and Associated Method An improved handheld electronic device and an associated method provide an improved call list that presents information relating to logged phone calls in a collapsed manner. A single entry is displayed on the call list to represent a call log of phone calls from the sam... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120015639 | Telephone Caller Classification In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for identifying telephone spam. An indication of an incoming telephone call and a calling device telephone number for the incoming telephone call is ... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110319062 | Telecommunications Network In a telecommunications network including a plurality of mobile terminals, a method of analysing missed call events in relation to at least one of the plurality of mobile terminals, the method including: determining the occurrence of a missed call event; recording the m... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110319061 | Automated Mobile Intelligent Communication Processing System A system and method for providing enhanced information to a mobile communication device regarding a calling device is described. The system and method includes receiving an incoming call request at a mobile communication device including the identifier of the calling de... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110306328 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR LINKING COMMUNICATIONS WITH LOCATION DATA An electronic device includes a communication component; a location-determining component; a display; and a computing device all housed within a portable, handheld housing or other enclosure. The communications component transmits and receives mobile communications over... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110294478 | Telephone Caller Classification In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for identifying telephone spam. An indication of an incoming telephone call and a calling device telephone number for the incoming telephone call is ... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110294479 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSIGNING A SENDERID A method for sending Short Message Service (SMS) messages includes receiving a request to generate a senderID, determining senderIDs based on a business name, and receiving a selected senderID from the senderIDs. The method further includes receiving a request to send a... | 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 |
| 20110281561 | Method and apparatus for call handling There is provided a system and method of call handling comprising a first communications device having an acceptor of call purpose from a first party for a call, a communications channel including a conveyor of call purpose and a second communications device coupled to ... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110281568 | MANAGEMENT OF INCOMING TELEPHONY COMMUNICATIONS IN A LOCAL MEDIA NETWORK Systems and methods are provided for locally managing incoming telephony communication events on a user equipment display. In one embodiment, a user equipment device may include an input/output interface, a notification module, and a display device. The input/output int... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110281549 | SINGLE NUMBER PRESENTATION FOR DUAL-MODE PHONES Providing a single number presentation to the party called by a dual-mode phone. The operation of the cellular side of a dual-mode phone is altered such that when the user attempts to place an outgoing call using the cellular phone, the call is redirected to a preprogra... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110269439 | METHOD, DEVICES AND SYSTEM HAVING OUT OF OFFICE BASED PRESENCE A communication device receives an out-of-office message regarding a first contact. An application executing on the communication device displays a name of the first contact and an out-of-office indication regarding the first contact without displaying said out-of-offic... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110263236 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION RECORD LOGGING A method for maintaining a log of communications initiated or received at a portable electronic device of a first party. The communications include at least one of short message service (SMS) messages, personal identification number (PIN) messages and cellular telephone... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110263235 | IN-CALL, AUDIBLE CALL WAITING A handsfree device is disclosed that offers additional wireless telephone services to the user of a wireless device in a minimally distracting manner. A call-waiting notification of a second call is presented acoustically via the handsfree device to a user. A responsive... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110263234 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING A CALL RECEIVED AT A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE A method, apparatus and system for handling a call received at a mobile communication device, in association with an automated number identification (ANI) number are provided. The ANI number is compared with a list of ANI numbers associated with an applications server, ... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110250874 | ENHANCED TELEPHONY SERVICES Techniques for providing a smart dial controller for enhancing a telephone voice call using a data connection. In an exemplary embodiment, a dial controller may be provided in a calling device for calling another user, and/or a called device for receiving a call from an... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110244833 | Telephone Service Logic and Control In the preferred computer system, the user is provided with a separate Internet-accessible entity referred to here as the “personal page.” A personal page, preferably, includes memory for storing information related to the user. For example, on his/her personal page... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110244840 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH CALLER IDENTIFICATION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF A method of operation of a communication system includes: obtaining a current location for locating a calling device; identifying a caller number for identifying the calling device; and selecting a caller location label based on the caller number and the current locatio... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110238752 | VEHICLE BASED SOCIAL NETWORKING A social networking hub located in an automobile that provides updates to a social networking site includes an information gathering module that receives and stores information from one or more information sources. The hub also includes an update manager that receives i... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110237233 | System and method for providing called party awareness information A system and phone for providing called party awareness information to a calling party. As disclosed, a communication service provider can receive identification information associated with a called device from the keypad of the phone. The communication service provider... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110223896 | Meeting mode for cell phones A cellular telephone or other portable communication device is provided with program instructions which cause the device to be set into a “meeting mode” by a user. When in this mode, callers are provided with a message indicating the meeting status. The called party... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110223898 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AQUIRING AN IMEI ASSOCIATED TO AN IMSI A method comprises the steps of establishing a call between a first user equipment and a second user equipment, acquiring the identity of the second user equipment, and providing the identity of the second user equipment to the first user equipment. The invention has th... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110223897 | COMMUNICATION ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH PROSPERITY MARKETING A communication assistance system includes a database having a plurality of listings therein, each of the listings includes a least one contact name and a contact information. A means is provided for receiving incoming communications from a plurality of requesters seeki... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110212713 | Outbound Call Correction for Non-Telematic Mobile Directory Number Dialed by Telematic Operator The described principles provide a method and system for enabling a telematic operator to determine that an outbound call has been placed to a non-telematic mobile directory number by the telematic operator in error. In one aspect, the invention allows the telematic ope... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110212712 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A CONTACT ASSOCIATED WITH AN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION A method is provided on an electronic communications device having a subscriber identifier, the method for identifying a contact entry associated with an electronic communication specified by a communication identifier. The method comprises searching an address book ass... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110212709 | ANONYMOUS CALL BLOCKING IN WIRELESS NETWORKS Wireless networks and methods are disclosed that provide for anonymous call blocking in wireless networks. A wireless network of the invention includes an MSC system and an HLR system. When a calling party initiates a call to a called party, the MSC system receives the ... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110201321 | MANAGING MULTIPLE CLI IDENTITIES A caller identity provision system comprises a receiver component that receives a call request, the call request originates from a mobile handset that is associated with multiple numbers. An analysis component analyzes the call request and selects a caller line identifi... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110201320 | AUTOMATED CALLER IDENTIFIER FROM CONTACT LISTS OF A USER'S CONTACTS When a call or message is received from an unidentified sender on the user's communication device, the caller identifier application launches a text-based messaging application and causes it to send an “invisible” text-based message to the user's contacts. The messa... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110189983 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL SYSTEM, MOBILE COMMUNICATION SWITCHING DEVICE, SUBSCRIBER INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD In a communication control system 1, in an acquisition step of acquiring routing information before a line is set, a first mobile communication switching device 100 generates an acquisition request signal of routing information, which includes calling/call... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110183657 | VERIFYING AND IDENTIFYING INCOMING PBX CALLS ON MOBILE DEVICES Aspects relate to provision of enterprise call capabilities to mobile devices. For example, a mobile device can indicate, over a data channel, that a PBX is to make a call on its behalf to a called party. The PBX can call back the mobile device, call the called party, a... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110171935 | COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM AND METHOD OF RECORDING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN PARTIES USING TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICES A computerized system of recording communications between a first party and a second party automatically notifies the second party to the recording of the communication. A request is received at a first telecommunications device, utilized by the first party, to initiate... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110159859 | METHOD FOR MANAGING COMMUNICATION TRAFFIC OF DEVICES BASED ON AVAILABLE POWER RESOURCES The present disclosure is a method and system for managing communication traffic of devices based upon available power for a device. A method for managing communication traffic may include receiving available power resource information from a device and routing communic... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110151849 | Geographically constrained network services A method and system are disclosed for determining the geographic location of a user communicating on a communications network such as the Internet. In one embodiment, a provider of a product or service: (a) receives the user's phone number (or other identification for c... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110151850 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR AUTOMATICALLY SAVING INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH ONE OR MORE UNKNOWN CONTACTS An apparatus for generating information associated with an unknown contact(s) may include a processor and a memory storing executable computer program code that causes the apparatus to at least perform operations including determining if a communication identifier(s) is... | 06/23/2011 |
