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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120129556 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USING SUBJECTS IN INSTANT MESSAGING SESSIONS ON A MOBILE DEVICE A system and method are provided that incorporate subjects or subject lines into instant messaging sessions or conversations on a mobile device. During an instant messaging session, the user is provided with an option to specify a subject for at least the current portio... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120129555 | Mobile Phone An object of the present invention is to provide a mobile phone which allows a user to continuously watch a television broadcast even if there is a call from the other party phone. If a call comes from the other party phone in a state of displaying television image on a... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120105214 | Aggregating and Routing Sensor Data at a Community Sensor-Coordinating Entity In one embodiment, a method includes receiving sensor data from multiple sensors associated with multiple persons; for each of the sensors, identifying the person associated with the sensor; determining whether the sensor data are valid; and, for the sensor data that ar... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120108274 | Method and System of Communication That Allow People Unknown to Each Other Who Have Visual Contact to Communicate by SMS or E-mail Method and system of communication that allow people unknown to each other who have visual contact, to communicate by sms or e-mail based on the identification of system users through the perception of codes of registered users, formed from the combination of graphic sy... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120108275 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC SESSION PLACEHOLDER FOR MESSAGE COLLECTION USER INTERFACE A method and apparatus for representing a conversation of related messages is provided. In a message collection user interface for displaying messages sent and received by a communications device, a dynamic session placeholder is used for a respective conversation of re... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120083243 | Communication Network Signaling Short message service (SMS) message processing is described. An SMS message is addressed in a short message entity (SME) device. The SMS message is addressed without providing any message content for the SMS message. The SMS message is sent to an SMS center, and rated b... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083296 | Multimedia messaging service center and method for caching mobile phone newspaper thereof A multimedia messaging service center (MMSC) and method for caching mobile phone newspaper thereof are disclosed. The MMSC comprises a memory module, a mobile phone newspaper message processing module and a network attached shortage (NAS) module. In this method, after r... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083294 | INTEGRATED IMAGE DETECTION AND CONTEXTUAL COMMANDS An image is received by a data processing system. A text recognition module identifies textual information in the image. A data detection module identifies a pattern in the textual information and determines a data type of the pattern. A user interface provides a user w... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083295 | TRANSMISSION OF HANDWRITING OVER SMS PROTOCOL The invention provides a method of transmitting a handwriting pattern over Simple Message Service (SMS), comprising the steps of: (a) normalizing a set of points forming the handwriting pattern to produce a homogenized set of points representing the handwriting pattern;... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083297 | AUTOMATICALLY ENABLING THE FORWARDING OF INSTANT MESSAGES Techniques are described for forwarding an instant message addressed to an intended instant messaging recipient to the recipient's mobile telephone when the recipient's mobile telephone number is known to the instant message sender. In one example, an instant message is... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083270 | FEMTOCELL APPROVED USER LIST MANAGEMENT VIA SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE (SMS) A system and methodology that facilitates user friendly and/or dynamic femtocell access provisioning based on Short Message Service (SMS) communication is provided. In particular, the system can enable users to update and/or view a femto access control list associated w... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083287 | Short messaging system auto-reply and message hold A system and method for auto-replying to a short message service (SMS) message addressed to a mobile device is provided. A designated short code SMS message is received to activate an auto-reply feature for a mobile device. Automatic transmission of a designated SMS mes... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120071179 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SENDING MESSAGES OVER TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS The object of the present invention is to provide an economic alternative to the current systems for sending messages, both text messages (SMS) and multimedia messages (MMS), between telecommunication network users. For this purpose, use is made of the advantages of cal... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120071180 | Multi user text PBX with multi message system capabilities Systems, methods and computer program products for facilitating the communication of business-related (SMS) messages from PBXs to wireless devices are disclosed. In an aspect of the present invention, a service provider offers a web, cloud-based service that enables an ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120052890 | System and Method for Subscription Management A subscription manager module or message processing engine operating within a messaging inter-carrier vendor (MICV) provides value added services to both service users (e.g., mobile telephone users) and service providers (e.g., information brokers, vendors, news sources... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120052887 | Power Saving Operation of User Equipment in a Cellular Communication System Mobile User Equipment (UE) is operated in a first mode in which radio functions are enabled. In response to a predetermined condition, the UE is operated in a power saving mode involving disabling all radio functionality for a first period of time during which no connec... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120052886 | TELEPHONE MESSAGING PRIVACY A user can select to automatically delete sent and received text messages from a phone, to avoid complications of another person having access to the phone reading stored messages.... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120052857 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPORTING LOSS OF BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY The subject disclosure provides a system and methods for a central network monitoring authority to be automatically alerted upon loss of broadband connectivity at a residential gateway. In connection with detecting a connectivity loss in a residential gateway, traceable... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050046 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING PHYSICAL, BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A PERSON, ANIMAL, OBJECT AND/OR SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT Systems (100) and methods (500, 600) for monitoring at least one dynamic characteristic (DC) of a surface or surrounding environment. An RFID Tag and Sensor Module (RFID-TSM) is disposed on a surface. The RFID-TSM (1081, . . . , 108 | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120052888 | 2-WAY TEXTING THROUGH HOSTED APPLICATIONS The invention is apparatus for communicating between a subscriber and a second party in a 2-way texting system. The apparatus includes a hosted application system, having a host application server, storage, communication apparatus and a hosted application. A subscriber'... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120052889 | Wireless Messaging Using Notification Messages in a Wireless Communication Network A wireless communication system, comprising a host service, a wireless router system coupled to the host service, a wireless network coupling the wireless router system and a wireless mobile communication device (“mobile device”), adaptively delivers data to the mob... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120046052 | Text Messaging To And From Cable Services System Devices Routing of short message service (SMS) communications from a networked communication device to a networked cable television (CATV) services system device (e.g., set-top box STB) is provided. SMS messages may be sent to a user's wireline phone, mobile phone, or other com... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120046053 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BLOCKING THE USE OF A SERVICE IN A TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM A method and system for controlling the use of a short message service in a telecommunication system that includes a telecommunication network, a terminal device by which a subscriber is connected to the network, a mobile services switching center connected to the netwo... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120046054 | Phone to Phone Data Exchange An information management system for operation over a network includes a first mobile device having a first application module, the first mobile device operating over the network and in communication with a second mobile device having a second application module, a firs... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120042365 | DISPOSABLE BROWSER FOR COMMERCIAL BANKING Methods, computer program products, and apparatuses are provided for performing and facilitating secure communication between a client-side computing device and a remote application server through a virtual computing environment provided by an intermediate virtualizatio... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120040699 | PUSH NOTIFICATION SERVICE Gateway devices maintain presence information for various mobile devices. Each gateway is associated with a zone and manages presence information only for mobile devices associated with that zone. Courier devices back-propagate presence information for the mobile device... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120034897 | REAL TIME TEXT MESSAGING METHOD AND DEVICE Embodiments include communication devices and texting methods performed by communication devices. When the communication device detects that a text session has been initiated with a potential real time text (RTT) destination specified as a destination for text messages ... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120034939 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR COST-EFFECTIVE BILINGUAL TEXTING A method for facilitating texting in a non-Latin-based language includes storing mapping between a non-Latin-based language and a Latin-based language in a computer storage. The characters in the non-Latin-based language are mapped to a first group of characters in the ... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120034938 | REAL TIME TEXT MESSAGING METHOD AND DEVICE Embodiments include communication devices and texting methods performed by communication devices. When the communication device detects that a text session has been initiated with a potential real time text (RTT) destination specified as a destination for text messages ... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120034940 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING SMS AND TAGGED MESSAGE TO SEND POSITION AND TRAVEL INFORMATION TO SERVER AND/OR PEERS The GPS position or other short information related to a wireless telephone is encapsulated in a tagged protocol such as XML and sent using short message service (SMS) to peers or Internet servers, which can parse the tagged messages and extract, e.g., position informat... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120028658 | Communication system for exchange of messages at a facility A social networking communication system of the type for exchanging messages among cellular telephone users without requiring the users to divulge their cellular telephone numbers to one another, the improvement comprising of collecting and recording personal informatio... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120028606 | IDENTIFYING ABUSIVE MOBILE MESSAGES AND ASSOCIATED MOBILE MESSAGE SENDERS Systems, methods, and devices that identify abusive mobile messages and associated abusive mobile communication device users are presented. A core network can comprise a message abuse detector component (MADC) that can selectively or randomly monitor or sample mobile me... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120028660 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NOTIFYING DEVICES OF NEW MESSAGES In one embodiment, the present disclosure is a method and apparatus for notifying devices of new messages. In one embodiment, a method for notifying a subscriber device of the presence of a new message includes receiving the new message containing message content, and s... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120028661 | INTERWORKING CIRCUIT SERVICE FALL BACK Techniques, apparatuses, and systems include mechanisms for interworking circuit service fallback. In one implementation, a system for wireless communications can include one or more first base stations forming a first radio access network to provide wireless communicat... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120028607 | MOBILE-ORIGINATED SMS LOCAL BROADCAST A method and system for local broadcasting of messages from a wireless mobile device to many others located within the same geographic area. This can be done using SMS messaging wherein a message to be broadcast is addressed to a particular designated address and, when ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120028659 | COVERT MESSAGE REDACTION AND RECOVERY IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE A wireless communication device comprises a user interface, a memory, a wireless communication interface, and a processing system. The wireless communication interface is configured to wirelessly receive a message. The processing system is configured to direct the memor... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120021785 | Method and System for Transmission and Display of Rich-Media Alerts There is provided a method and system of generating a rich-media message using a short message service (SMS) message. In one aspect, the method comprises encoding data and rich-media content information to generate an encoded rich-media message, and formatting the encod... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120021786 | METHOD OF SENDING A MESSAGE USING A MOBILE PHONE Presented is a method and system for sending a message using a mobile phone. The method includes composing a message for sending to a recipient, generating a contact-label having contact information of the recipient, combining the message and the contact-label, capturin... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120021781 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DELIVERY OF MULTIMEDIA MESSAGES A system and method concerned with supporting or implementing functionality to provide efficient delivery of MMS messages to a plurality of recipients. In at least one arrangement the delivery status of already transmitted MMS messages is monitored; for a plurality of m... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120021784 | Method of Processing Short Messages (SMS) and Wireless Communication Apparatus Enabling Such Processing The method of processing short messages within a wireless communication system comprises an assignment to said short messages of indicators transmitted with said short messages, an initialization (11), upon the transmission of a short message initiating a discuss... | 01/26/2012 |
