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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7502606 | Computer-readable medium, method, and device for associating information with a contact A method, computer-readable medium, and a computing device are provided for associating one or more data objects and other information with one or more contacts. In certain embodiments, an association application operates to access, analyze, and associate one or mor... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7499696 | Method to optimize hierarchical modulation for a diversity system The present invention involves a method for transmitting data having primary and secondary data. A first transmit signal is transmitted from a first communication satellite wherein the first transmit signal is produced when the transmitter modulates the primary and ... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7480500 | Divitas protocol proxy and methods therefor A mobility architectural arrangement for managing telecommunication mobility for a handset is provided. The arrangement includes a DiVitas protocol proxy (DPP), which is configured to manage connectivity between a mobility client of the handset and a mobility server... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7447520 | Expedited communication graphical user interface system and method A method for managing expedited communication functions for a mobile device having a processing subsystem, a memory subsystem, a display subsystem, a communication subsystem, and a keyboard subsystem includes displaying a graphical key representation of mobile devic... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7444134 | Device and method for transmitting long training sequence for wireless communications A device and method transmits a frame of a wireless communication. The frame includes a preamble that includes a short training sequence and a long training sequence. The long training sequence includes non-zero energy on each of a plurality of subcarriers except a ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440744 | Method of controlling multimedia call sessions in a cellular mobile radio system A multimedia call session control method for use in a cellular mobile radio system, the method including: performing a negotiation operation for determining the characteristics of the components of the session, and allocating resources based on characteristics deter... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440745 | Signaling in a mobile cellular communication network with pooled MSCs To achieve an efficient and flexible routing of signaling messages between a core network and an access network in a mobile communication cellular network, it is proposed to provide a pool of mobile switching apparatuses between the core network and the access netwo... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440774 | Wireless enabled memory module A wireless-enabled memory module provides host devices access to a memory via a standard memory expansion interface and further incorporates embedded processing capability and a wireless network capability. The wireless-enabled memory module can be used in any host ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7437141 | Apparatus and method for easily restoring a connection to a telephone A method, system, and article of manufacture for restoring a telephone connection between a first communication device and at least one other communication device. In some embodiments, the method includes establishing a first telephone call between a first communica... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433673 | Method and system for providing location information for a wireless local area network (WLAN) Each wireless access point in a wireless local area network (WLAN) is allocated a set of one or more identifiers. A correlation database stores information that relates the geographic location of each wireless access point and the identifiers allocated to it. When a... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433348 | Time division multiplexing protocol for wireless networks A multi-node time division multiplexing (TDM) system is disclosed. The improved method and apparatus utilizes an asynchronous synchronization packet (ASP) to synchronize the timing in all the nodes of the system. In some embodiments, the ASP also maps the time slots... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433699 | Information processing system and information processing method There is provided an information processing system, which includes measures to address issues regarding the access control and/or session control, capable of transmitting and receiving a control packet from a remote apparatus that is placed on a network in a locatio... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433899 | Apparatus, system, and method for managing multiple copy versions An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for managing multiple copy versions of a source volume. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a replication record management module, a pre-pairing record management module, and a copy record module. The replication... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433671 | M:N path protection An 1:n or m:n path protection mechanism is provided. Rather than defining an automatic protection protocol, use is made of the existing tandem connection monitoring function, tandem connection reverse defect indication, and tandem connection trail trace identifier. ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7428409 | Method of obtaining user data to be transmitted to a network side, and a radio control base station To provide a method of obtaining user data to be transmitted to a network side, which can simplify the processing for selecting and combining optimum user data from user data including a transport block transmitted from the same mobile terminal, to minimize a delay.... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7428277 | Method of determining an acquisition indicator bit in a communication system A method of determining an acquisition indicator bit AIs at a receiver in a communication system which includes receiving multiplexed acquisition indicator bits y=B×AI+n, where B is the signature matrix known at both base station and UE, AI is all the ac... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426384 | Network communication system including a database of codes and corresponding telephone numbers This disclosure concerns systems and methods for network communications. In one example, the method includes: providing subscriber terminals of each network with a respective publicly-known telephone number for allowing communications to be addressed to each subscri... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7423997 | Group scheduling in wireless communication systems A wireless communication network (100) wherein information is communicated in frames comprising multiple sub-frames, including grouping a terminal in first and second groups, assigning the first and second groups to less than all sub-frames in a frame, assign... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7415287 | Image apparatus In an imaging apparatus, call information is added to a picked-up image, and stored in a memory, and then image data and the call information are transmitted to a communication apparatus. The call information is about a preset destination or a destination entered af... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7410100 | Portable terminal device, program for reading information, and recording medium having the same recorded thereon A portable terminal device and a program for reading information, which can read a code correctly with simple operations, and a recording medium having the program recorded thereon. A portable telephone with a camera has a camera for inputting information of an imag... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7412223 | Mobile communication terminal A transmission-reception device receives site screen data transmitted from an IP server. An SRAM records the site screen data received by the transmission-reception device. When in a reception standby state, the CPU reads the site screen data recorded in the SRAM, g... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7412224 | Portable local server with context sensing A system for distributing information via short-range wireless communication. A mobile server receives information from an information provider for distribution to encountered devices. The information received from the service provider may contain both content to be... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409201 | Automated provisioning, maintenance, and information logging of custom access point names in packet-based mobile cellular networks Systems, methods, and computer readable media are provided for automating the process of provisioning and maintaining Access Point Names (“APNs”) for use in digital networks, such as GPRS networks. A plurality of network elements including but not limited to GGS... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7406060 | Coverage improvement in wireless systems with fixed infrastructure based relays Infrastructure relays are used to relay signals to multi-antenna receivers where the received signals are then processed using MIMO processing. The transmissions can use spatial multiplexing and/or space time block coding. ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7406326 | Mobile communication system and control station In a mobile communication system 1 comprising a control station 204, a base station 201, and a mobile station 202, in which the control station 204 sets a dedicated channel with the mobile station 202 via the base station | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403771 | Telecom equipment with memory Embodiments of telecommunications equipment with a memory device are presented herein. ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7394388 | System and method for providing visual and physiological cues in a matching system A system and method for displaying a match alert. First and second user monitors are configured to communicate with an interrogator to establish the presence of the user monitors in a defined space. An information server is configured to determine whether profiles o... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7391331 | System and method for providing visual and physiological cues in a security matching system A system and method for displaying a security alert. First and second user monitors are configured to communicate with an interrogator to establish the presence of the user monitors in a defined space. An information server is configured to determine a degree to whi... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389104 | Methods, systems and apparatus for providing urgent public information Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for distributing urgent public information. For example, one exemplary of the invention provides a method for providing an alert to a subscriber. The exemplary method comprises receiving an alert message from ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7386273 | Receiving apparatus A decision portion decides whether a tuner can receive real-time broadcast content delivered from a server apparatus. If the real-time broadcast content can be received, a control portion controls the tuner so that it may receive the delivered real-time broadcast co... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386323 | Systems and methods for operating a computing device having image capture capabilities Systems and methods for operating a portable computing device having a broad set of functionality, such as image or audio/video capture capabilities, are provided. One or more specialized modes are provided in a portable computing device, such as a smart phone, for ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7379904 | Method and storage medium for obtaining an offer for a sale of a product or a service Systems and methods for obtaining an offer for a sale of a desired product or a service are provided. The method includes iteratively transmitting a first signal including a first data message using a mobile transceiver device. Each of the first data messages includ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7379729 | Locator system A locator system is disclosed. An e911-enabled wireless network including a switching center is configured receive a request to generate location information regarding a remote mobile station, and send said location information to a subscriber only after obtaining c... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7376433 | Subscriber delivered location-based services A method and apparatus are disclosed for providing subscriber delivered and personalized location-based services. In one embodiment, the invention is implemented in an intelligent wireless network (100). A subscriber initiates the location-based service proce... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373135 | Communication system, communication apparatus, communication method, and program A collision of data transmitted in an ad hoc network in which a communication system such as a wireless LAN system is managed without a master control station is minimized. A communication station in the network estimates a time at which a neighboring station will t... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372447 | Microdisplay for portable communication systems The invention relates to a microdisplay system that utilizes a small high resolution active matrix liquid crystal display with an illumination system and a magnifying optical system to provide a hand held communication display device. The system can employ an LED il... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372826 | Providing advanced communications features Advanced communications features are provided in a mobile communications network having at least one mobile switching center and at least one mobile station subsystem. The mobile switching center and mobile station subsystem each communicate signaling messages accor... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373140 | Wireless communication system and method of changing language to be displayed in wireless client A wireless communication system is provided which supplies an only necessary font to a wireless client and avoids incorrect display on the wireless client. A wireless communication gateway server receives language information from the wireless client, and supplies a... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373137 | Method to challenge cell phone user for fraudulent use A method and system for monitoring calls being made from a cellular phone and preventing calls being made to unauthorized numbers, as defined by the owner of the cellular phone. A security challenge is issued to a cell phone user when a suspicious, previously unknow... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373134 | Multiple-CPU portable terminal with communication function and control method In response to the occurrence of an application event in a portable terminal with the communication function that has an application control CPU (ACPU) and a communication control CPU (CCPU), the operation of a control target unit, which is under control of a CCPU a... | 05/13/2008 |
