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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7881704 | Methods, systems and computer program products for joint account registers A first account profile is on a first mobile communications device and a second account profile is on a second mobile communications device. User input of transactional information is accepted on the first mobile communications device. The first account profile on t... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7881701 | Method and system for verifying telephone numbers A system for verifying and updating a telephone number. After dialing a telephone number, a contact name and a timestamp in a service provider database is compared with a contact name and a timestamp in a storage device. If the contact name in the service provider d... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7881702 | Interactive entertainment, social networking, and advertising system A system includes a personal wireless mobile communication device that is configured to transmit a short-range wireless signal. The short-range wireless signal is processed by a server, and the server executes an action based on the short-range wireless signal. In a... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7881703 | Call intercept methods, such as for customer self-support on a mobile device A method for intercepting calls from a remote or mobile device for customer self-support detects when users or subscribers dial one or more predetermined numbers. If the number corresponds to one of the predetermined numbers (such as a customer support number), the ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7877083 | Method and system for verifying telephone numbers across service providers A system for verifying and updating a telephone number across service providers. After dialing a telephone number, a contact name and a timestamp in a central repository is compared with a contact name and a timestamp in a storage device. If the contact name in the ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7877082 | Combined short range radio network and cellular telephone network for interpersonal communications Portable communication devices, such as Bluetooth enabled cellular phones, communicate with and identify like devices that are nearby, and send notification messages to a remote server. When a notification message is received at the server identifying two devices th... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7877084 | Method and system for automatic call filtering based on user selectable parameters The present invention provides a method and system that enables telephone users to specify parameters that will be used in filtering incoming calls to the user's telephone device. The invention can use parameters known in telephone use such as call cost or roaming d... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7873354 | Services on demand in mobile communications system A method and an apparatus for implementing the method for using and implementing a service-on-demand in a mobile communication system. The services-on-demand are intended to be received by means of a mobile station. The mobile station monitors a cell transmission an... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7873538 | Method of creating incentives for establishing hotspot locations A process of creating incentives for wireless hotspots by a service provider is disclosed. An access point is provided to a wireless hotspot for wireless devices to wirelessly connect to a larger network in a publicly accessible location. Use of the access point for... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7873355 | Profile-driven response to communication events A method includes storing a setting in a profile of a wireless device to cause an automatic message response to incoming calls. When the profile is set as the active profile and an incoming call is received, an automatic response is provided to the incoming call in ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7869797 | Data processing system and method, communication system and method, and charging apparatus and method A communication system for providing data corresponding to a request from a user and charging the user for the data provided, when the user designates a result of a desired operation A usage management unit selects a processor, corresponding to the user's designatio... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7865178 | Group communication device and method A method for voice based communication between a number of mobile terminals of a telecommunication network, the method comprising the steps of creating a group of said number of terminals and storing group information in each of the number of terminals, recording a ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7860488 | Device detection in mobile networks An application (1, 10, 20) in a mobile network, receives an EIR trigger (MAP CHECK_IMEI). The application generates a signature derived from a device identifier (IMEI) and a subscriber identifier (e.g. IMSI), the signature not having a semantic meaning as it ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7856226 | Systems and methods for IMS user sessions with dynamic service selection Under one aspect, a system generates dynamic call models within an IMS network, allowing different user entities (UEs) to have different service experiences. The IMS network includes application servers (ASs) and a serving call state control function (S-CSCF) that r... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7856227 | Data processing system and method, communication system and method, and charging apparatus and method In a communication system for serving data corresponding to a request from the user and charging the user for the data served to the user, when the user designates a result of a desired one of a plurality of different operations, a usage management unit selects a on... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7853244 | Exclusive wireless service proposals Provided herein are systems and methods for providing exclusive wireless service proposals to subscribers. A method for providing an exclusive wireless service proposal to a subscriber includes the steps of conducting measurements of at least one metric; sending mea... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7844259 | Communication method According to the present invention, the step of requesting of an associated information provision server KS for associated information about contents broadcast in a broadcast program being received is provided. The step of acquiring the associated information corres... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7844258 | Method and apparatus to indicate communication is wanted or waiting An integrated communication system comprises a first communication device connected to a second communication device using a data link. When the first communication device is out of network, a dispatch center can indicate to the use a communication is waiting or wan... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7844257 | Retrieving a document via a coded surface A method of retrieving a document using a print medium, comprising the steps of: determining a print media identifier from the print medium using a sensor module of a mobile telecommunications device, the print media identifier having been linked to the document; an... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7840210 | Free busy calendar interface An electronic device having access to a calendar database comprising calendar event data identifying events scheduled for respective time slots and a method of using such a device are provided. The device is configured to generate on a display a calendar events deta... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7835727 | Method and system for using user equipment to compose an ad-hoc mosaic An application that runs on a User Equipment (UE) in one of three main modes: (1) listener, (2) proxy, or (3) controller, and defaults to listener mode. A UE is placed by a user into controller mode, which causes the application to scan the area covered by its Bluet... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7835726 | System and method of presenting entities of standard device applications in wireless devices A data entity presentation system and method of presenting data entities of standard device applications in wireless devices are provided. The data entity presentation system comprises an application runtime environment module for hosting component-based application... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7831243 | Communications device, system and method for personalized content delivery A method, system and/or computer program product for personalized content delivery may include transmitting a signal to request a user's personal preferences, wherein the user's personal preferences may be stored in one of a memory of a communications device, a SIM ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7831244 | Retrieving an image via a coded surface A method of retrieving an image using a print medium is disclosed. The method starts by sensing the print medium using a sensor module of a mobile telecommunications device to obtain data encoded on a surface of the print medium. The data encodes at least a print me... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7831245 | Blind mobile-to-mobile number search Wireless user equipment in possession of a user can be identified (e.g., by its telephone number) based upon observations or knowledge of another such user. Information associated with one of a first user and second user, such as a telephone number, can then be prov... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7826829 | Automated billing and distribution platform for application providers Integrating a network-enabled application with a platform having a plurality of users and a plurality of communication channels with a respective plurality of wireless network carriers, including receiving a request from a third-party provider to integrate a network... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7826828 | Method and system for detecting availability of a wireless device A method and system for determining availability of a target device in a CDMA environment includes sending a message from a source device for determining the availability of a target device, wherein an intermediary device generates an interrogation command upon rece... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7826830 | Location-enabled presence for mobile IM Instant messaging (IM) users in a wireless network are allowed to automatically set their presence status based on their geographical location. A conventional Mobile IM (MIM) client, such as a Brew application, allows an IM user to set his presence status, e.g. “O... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7817988 | 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 ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7817989 | Method of performing an action using a printed medium A method of performing an action is disclosed. The method starts by sensing a print medium to obtain data encoded on a surface of the print medium. The data encodes at least a print media identifier. The print media identifier is determined from the data and a digit... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7813721 | Mobile terminal, system and method for controlling access to an enhanced services system A mobile terminal having restricted access to an enhanced services system includes a transceiver which transmits and receives wireless signals, a memory which stores a first preferred roaming list (PRL) listing a basic communication system and an enhanced services s... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7813720 | Mobile micro-band information distribution Methods and systems for providing information to mass localized mobile users over a limited bandwidth are described. Short text messaging system messages, e.g., SMS, may be used to transmit coded data between mobile terminals and content providers, while a client ap... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7809360 | Optimization of calendar, itinerary, route plan, and PIM efficiencies according to assimilated wireless service availability conditions Real-time optimization of one or more events in an electronic agenda, an electronic itinerary, an electronic calendar, or an electronic route plan, by receiving an electronic personal plan for a first user having wireless connectivity service need indications during... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7809361 | Address privacy in short-range wireless communication A security enhancing system for creating temporary identification information used to mask actual identification in a wireless communication device. The temporary identification information conforms to a standard usable by at least one wireless communication medium,... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7805130 | Marketing method A server implements a marketing method. The server may receive a wireless call or message originating at a given facility and return a menu of choices particular to that facility. On receiving a choice selected from said menu, the server may return one or more messa... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7805131 | Personal service integration on a network Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for personal service integration on a network. A personal service monitors and stores user requests for services. The stored user requests are processed to determine usage pat... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7805132 | Method and system for the prevention of unwanted wireless telecommunications A method and system for the prevention of unwanted wireless telecommunications, which is implemented as part of a computer program product in (preferentially) the telecommunications operator's network. The method and system meets and/or exceeds much of current, prop... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7801512 | Traffic speed enforcement based on wireless phone network The present invention includes systems and methods for detecting a speed limit violation based on the movement of a cell phone in a moving vehicle. The system and method determine whether a speeding violation has occurred based periodic cell phone location data, the... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7787868 | Terminal apparatus and method for providing media transmission time information in a PoC system and PoC system for the same Disclosed is a terminal apparatus and a method for providing media transmission time information in a Push-to-talk over Cellular (PoC) system. The method includes receiving a media burst granted message in response to a media burst request message, and confirming me... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7778627 | System, method, and computer readable medium for providing secure access between devices A system, method, and computer readable medium for providing secure access between devices comprises generating a new and unique access code by a cell phone, providing the new and unique access code by the cell phone to at least one of: a user of a further device, a... | 08/17/2010 |
