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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120129513 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROGRAMMABLE SIM CARD USING OVER THE AIR COMMUNICATED INFORMATION Methods, systems, and techniques for configuring mobile media devices to communicate with different networks are provided. Example embodiments provide a technique for receiving, for example, over-the-air, electronic-based SIM access information, and then reconfiguring a... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120129514 | SERVICING ATTRIBUTES ON A MOBILE DEVICE Enabling remote customer service and maintenance using a visual identifier is disclosed. In response to a user enrolling in a service capability associated with a mobile device, the process utilizes a visual identifier to associate the service capability with the custom... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120108211 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND AUTOMATIC MODE-CHANGING METHOD A mobile communication system includes: a mobile terminal; plural base stations each of which can conduct communication with the mobile terminal; and a cooperative server that can conduct communication with the base station. The base station detects entrance and exit of... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120108226 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING TIMING OF NETWORK PERFORMANCE LOGGING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A method and system controls timing of network performance information logging of a cellular network by configuring a mobile device to automatically collect data about physical characteristics of the cellular network and log that data. The mobile device initially receiv... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120071152 | NO-COST MOBILE DEVICE MESSAGING, SUCH AS FOR PROVISIONING AN APPLICATION ON A MOBILE DEVICE An application stored in a mobile device is provisioned using provisioning data received from remote data storage via a network. Provisioning data is obtained at no cost to a user of the mobile device. In some implementations, the provisioning data is received after the... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120052854 | SERVICE DELIVERY NETWORK A service delivery network provides a variety of services to a caller placing a call to the network through a vehicle communication system. The network includes automatic call routing, and has access to one or more databases with various caller services. These databases... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120046022 | Systems, methods, and computer program products for providing device updates to a mobile device operating in a wireless telecommunications network Systems, methods, and computer program products are for generating a file including a set of instructions for handling a device update for the mobile device and a uniform resource locator (URL) of a server configured to host the device update and handle the device updat... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120046023 | LOCATION MECHANISM FOR MOBILE DEVICE A location mechanism for a mobile device, in which an electronic communication including a code is received at the mobile device and the code is parsed from within the received electronic communication. The code parsed from within the electronic communication is used to... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120028603 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING REAL TIME TELECOMMUNICATIONS USAGE DATA FROM MOBILE DEVICES AND COMPARING THAT DATA TO LIFE CYCLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS EXPENSE MANAGEMENT (TEM) DATA In one embodiment, a signal having a real-time usage value associated with operation of a mobile device is received from the mobile device. Information on a service agreement for the mobile device is received. A command is sent to the mobile device when the operation of... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120015643 | 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 devi... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120015642 | FIRMWARE UPDATE METHOD FOR MOBILE TERMINAL AND MOBILE TERMINAL USING THE SAME A method for updating a firmware of a mobile terminal over the air in a mobile communication system and a mobile terminal using the same are provided comprising an internal memory and a detachable external memory and downloading an update file of a firmware from a firmw... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120015644 | Virtual Instance Architecture for Mobile Device Management Systems System and method for remotely managing mobile devices. A virtual instance mobile device is maintained for each physical mobile device to be managed. Each virtual instance mobile device is executable in a computer runtime environment and includes a hardware emulation co... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110312314 | Telecommunications Device Localization & Alarm A system for bringing a portable telecommunications device into compliance with local telecommunications requirements is described. Systems on the portable telecommunication device scan the local environment to determine if the operating characteristics of the portable ... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110306332 | Method and Apparatus For Requesting A Connection In A Cellular Communication Network A network element comprises a management logic module and a translator service logic module arranged to be operably coupled to each of: a communication access point via a first communication link, an auto configuration server (ACS) logic module via a second communicatio... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110300848 | Map Version Control Methods And Apparatus For Updating The Use Of Network-Maintained Map Data Sets For Mobile Communication Devices A method in a mobile device for use in receiving updates of network-maintained map data sets is described. The mobile device receives, through a wireless network, map data for rendering a map. The map data has a plurality of layers, where each of the plurality of layers... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110300847 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING EMOTION IN AN INTERACTIVE NETWORK Embodiments of the invention provide a method, devices, and system for monitoring and sharing emotion-related data from one or more persons connected via the internet. An emotion monitoring device (EMD) measures physiological signals obtained from biosensors and compute... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110294490 | REMOTE CONTROL OF A TELEPHONE A method of remotely controlling a mobile electronic device includes initiating communication between the mobile electronic device and a remote electronic device having a user interface. First output of the mobile device is converted into a first HTML file. The first HT... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110294489 | Device with Multidirectional Control for Selecting Actions to Perform on a Telecommunication Device An electronic device and a telecommunication device that are locally connected and methods of utilizing those devices are described herein. The electronic device detects a pattern or duration of user interactions with a multidirectional control of the electronic device.... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110287757 | REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD A remote control system and method for controlling and interacting with a variety of devices and systems is disclosed. The system comprises at least one command server which is operable to receive control commands from a handheld communications device and to generate an... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110269446 | METHOD FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING STATUS OF SMART PHONE, SMART PHONE AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM In an exemplary method for remotely controlling status of a smart phone, a message is remotely sent to the smart phone, the smart phone monitors the content of the message and then is controlled to be set in a target status when the content of the message contains a seq... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110250876 | METHOD FOR RESETTING A NON-RESPONSIVE MOBILE UNIT THEN-CURRENTLY OCCUPYING A CELLULAR TRAFFIC CHANNEL OF A WIRELESS NETWORK A method for resetting a non-responsive mobile unit then-currently occupying a cellular traffic channel of a wireless network is disclosed herein. The method involves recognizing, at an external entity, that the mobile unit is in a non-responsive state that is occupying... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110250877 | METHOD FOR REACTIVATING A THEN-CURRENTLY DEACTIVATED MOBILE UNIT A method for reactivating a then-currently deactivated mobile unit involves submitting a request to a call center to reactivate the mobile unit and, upon receiving the request, submitting another request to a cellular service provider from the call center, where such ot... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110250878 | COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND METHODS THEREOF Communication devices and methods thereof. The communication device comprises a communication module, a memory module, and a control module. The communication module receives a data object exceeding a predetermined data size from a device management server. The memory m... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110244845 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF The present invention includes a mobile terminal and controlling method including a wireless communication unit configured to externally exchange a wireless signal, a display unit, and a controller, when a text message is received from a text message server via the wire... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110237237 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS FOR NETWORK TIME AND DATE DETERMINATION A method, system, and apparatus for time and date determination using a wireless network is disclosed. A wireless device searches for a network to establish a connection, and, when a network is found, the wireless device attempts to establish a connection. The wireless ... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110237236 | PARENT-CONTROLLED EPISODIC CONTENT ON A CHILD TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICE Techniques for remotely establishing sequences of content to be enabled on a child device are described herein.... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110207449 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY SETTING ENVIRONMENT OF USER TERMINAL A system for automatically setting an environment of a user terminal includes a space and context-aware device for sensing a space and a context using a plurality of sensors, defining environment setting information corresponding to the sensed space and context, and sen... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110183659 | COMMUNITY GROUP CLIENT AND COMMUNITY AUTO DISCOVERY SOLUTIONS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK A Community Group Client and Community Auto-Discovery for use in a wireless communications network. The Community Group Client and Community Auto-Discovery are used with Community Group features for Advanced Voice Services or Advanced Group Services in wireless communic... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110151854 | REMOTE MANAGEMENT OVER A WIRELESS WIDE-AREA NETWORK USING SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE A method and device for remote management over a wireless wide-area network includes receiving a short message over a wireless wide-area network (WWAN) using an out-of-band (OOB) processor of a computing device. The OOB processor is capable of communicating over the WWA... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110143740 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SMALL BASE STATION An apparatus and a method for controlling a small base station using a macro base station may reduce interference between the small base station and the macro base station. The method includes determining whether a small base station is in a blank state; transmitting a ... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110143741 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CROSS-PLATFORM APPLICATIONS ON A WIRELESS PHONE A system and method for operation of cross-platform applications on a wireless phone is provided. The applications can be cross-platform applications in that the same application code can be run on different wireless phone platforms. The method and system can for a wire... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110124325 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAINTAINING USER SETTINGS FOR OVER-THE-AIR UPGRADES A method and apparatus for performing a software upgrade are disclosed. The method determines a plurality of mobile endpoint devices affected by a wireless network access software upgrade, and schedules a deployment of the wireless network access software upgrade. The m... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110111743 | Methods For Mobile Phone Applications A set of systems and methods are described that: a) provides methods for viral mass distribution of mobile phone applications by use of phone book, contact lists, or other social network information, b) enable any Internet-enabled mobile device user to download and use ... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110111744 | DEMAND-BASED PROVISIONING FOR A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE 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 device and in response to the provisioning update request... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110105101 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECEIVER ADAPTATION BASED ON KNOWLEDGE OF WIRELESS PROPAGATION ENVIRONMENTS A method and apparatus for receiver adaptation of a mobile device communicating with a network cell, the method determining propagation environment information at a processor of the mobile device; and configuring at least one of an algorithm and control parameters of a ... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110105102 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROXIMITY-BASED RADIO MANAGEMENT A multi-modal wireless communication device contains multiple radios for communication with wireless networks utilizing different communication protocols. When a communication link with a first base station using a first communication protocol is broken, and a communica... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110098030 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACTIVATING SERVICES An approach is provided for activating a service for a mobile device. A message is received from a mobile device specifying a unique hardware identifier associated with the mobile device for activating a service for the mobile device. Creation of a provisional account i... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110092197 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS TO ENABLE BACKUP WIRELESS DEVICES Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed to enable backup wireless devices. An example method disclosed herein includes receiving an activation code associated with a backup wireless device to activate the backup wireless device, and in response to receiving the ac... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110086630 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING OPERATIONS OF A COMMUNICATION DEVICE A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to provision a matching network that controls one or more operational characteristics of one of a receiver portion and a transmitter porti... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110088028 | Mobile Point-Of-Presence for On Demand Network Client Services and Security Devices, systems and methods are disclosed which relate to implementing a point-of-presence system on a mobile service network. Such a point-of-presence system includes a mobile device communications network; a mobile device; a point-of-presence logic installed on a mob... | 04/14/2011 |
