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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5815802 | Traffic alert warning system and method for alerting vehicle operators of road conditions A traffic alert warning system and method is provided for transmitting a road condition message to operators of vehicles when the system determines that a frequency channel to be used in broadcasting the message is not being used. The traffic alert warnin... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5802457 | Method for realizing ambience listening, and radio unit A method for activating ambiance listening in which a first, mobile radio unit transmits ambient sounds and voice to a second radio unit over a radio path. To check that the second radio unit has listening authority, the second radio unit commands the fir... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5802471 | Mobile communication system, automatic call receiving method, and mobile station This invention provides a mobile communication system in which a call-incoming side can switch a communication line to an appropriate one which corresponds to a communication type requested by a transmitter's terminal. One example of its construction is a... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5797103 | Method and apparatus for informing a remote unit of a feature-originated call Notification of a feature-originated call is provided to a remote unit (103) by determining a feature indication message (312) based on a feature-originated call, and sending the remote unit (103) the feature indication message (538). The feature indicati... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5794142 | Mobile terminal having network services activation through the use of point-to-point short message service A radiotelephone (10) includes a keypad (22) having a plurality of keys (22a, 22b) and a display device (20) for displaying information, including messages, to a user. A method includes the steps of: (a) transmitting a point-to-point short message service... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5787157 | Gateway device for telecommunication station A gateway device for controlling the admission of telephone calls from a telephone line to a telecommunication station which includes a telephone call identification device; a micro controller operatively connectable to the telephone line through the tele... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5781854 | Multiple wireless switching units embedded in a switching system Embedding one or a plurality of wireless switches into a switching system. The wireless switches are both physically and logically integrated into the switching system. The switching system performs the complex switching operations. Physically, each wirel... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5781858 | Method and arrangement for handling and inspecting supplemetary services intended for a mobile telephone unit A method pertaining to a telecommunications system for handling supplementary services for a mobile unit. The system includes a public land mobile network to which the mobile unit has subscribed. The mobile telephone network includes a main switch or gate... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5754627 | Method and apparatus for managing calls using a soft call park A user initiated soft call park with recorded voice comfort notification system for use within a telephony server for wired or wireless telephones. In response to receiving an incoming call, a user depresses a function key on his or her telephone set. The... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5752185 | Disconnection management system for wireless voice communications A communications system is designed to monitor voice communications signals for an initial end-to-end communications link which is comprised of a) a wireless segment which connects a wireless network to a wireless end-user apparatus, and b) a second segme... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5752186 | Access free wireless telephony fulfillment service system A information fulfillment system and method for providing information to a caller having a wireless communication device. Upon receipt of sensory prompting and manual or automatic input of access codes to the wireless communication device, the caller's id... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5737700 | Providing assistance to a mobile telephone subscriber travelling from a location to a desired location A cellular telephone subscriber who wishes directory assistance services is connected in the conventional manner to an operator who identifies a destination telephone number desired by the subscriber. As in the prior art, the operator then initiates a cal... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5724664 | Method for signalling in a telecommunication system In a telecom system including a mobile telecom system having mobiles and mobile services switching centres, signalling between a mobile station and a mobile services switching centre with regard to handling operations of interest to supplementary services... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5699407 | Method and system for implementing extension phone within a cellular radio telecommunications network A method and system for providing extension phone service within a mobile radio communication system. The mobile radio communication system includes a home location register (HLR), a plurality of mobile switching centers (MSCs), and a plurality of mobile ... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5694455 | Mobile audio program selection system using public switched telephone network A mobile audio program selection system includes a radio frequency based information distribution system having mobile users. The distribution system includes a mobile switching office selectively connecting the mobile users of the information distributio... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5657372 | Systems and methods for selectively accepting telephone calls without establishing voice communications A cellular radio communications system and method including an answering delay for accepting a telephone call from a source telephone without establishing voice communications between the cellular telephone and the source telephone. The answering delay is... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5598458 | Telecommunication switching system having transparent wireless features A software application program terminating a directory number for all incoming calls directed to the directory number and determining the operations that should be performed with respect to a mobile unit and a telephone station set. The software applicati... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5588042 | Interactive roamer contact system for cellular mobile radiotelephone network for automatically initiating a communication with an autonomously registering cellular mobile radiotelephone An automated interactive customer class identification and contacting system for use in or for a cellular mobile radiotelephone (CMR) system. A mobile radiotelephone provides identification information as it originates a call or registers into the CMR sys... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5563939 | Method and system for delivering a communication service A signaling provider network which receives and transmits at least a subset of all signaling information associated with a particular call or communication service, allows the received/transmitted signaling information to be processed independently of the... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5557652 | Method of establishing cooperation with a functionality A method by means of which a first node in a first telecommunications network is able to establish cooperation with a functionality present in a second node in a second telecommunication network as a result of the second node initiating the establishment ... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5555553 | Method for supporting communication in a communication system using intermediaries between called parties A method and a system for supporting communication for a first user who desires to be able to communicate with second foreign users in an environment in which communication can take place via several different telecommunication networks. The first user in... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5548636 | Method and apparatus for providing user controlled call management services A method of providing call screening to a subscriber of personal communication services facilitates the screening of incoming calls by associating the number dialed by a calling party with a function or role of the dialed number. This function or role is ... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5539807 | System and method for directing call charges to third parties A system and a method for enabling a subscriber with a radio terminal to use another terminal, which does not belong to his radio terminal subscription, includes an automatic network service enabling the subscriber to open a subscription to the service wh... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5509056 | Method and apparatus for executing automatic calling card access in cellular telephones A method of placing a calling account card telephone call on a call by call basis using one of a plurality of carrier networks is disclosed. The method includes the steps of storing a plurality of data sets in accordance with requirements for use of the c... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5506887 | Personal communications service using wireline/wireless integration The Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) wireline system connects to and controls processing of calls to a Personal Communication Service subscriber's wireless handset via a home base station or a wireless communication network. Depending on its current loc... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5502757 | Location dependent service for a wireless telephone Using a plurality of terminal service profiles (TSP) that are selected on the basis of the switching system to which a wireless mobile unit is registered. Each TSP defines the operation of features associated with the wireless mobile unit, and a service p... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5469496 | Personal communications service using wireline/wireless integration The Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) wireline system connects to and controls processing of calls to a Personal Communication Service subscriber's wireless handset via a home base station or a wireless communication network. Depending on its current loc... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5430790 | Call delivery service within a radiotelephone communication system The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for enabling RT subscribers (15, 25 and 35), in radio service areas (1, 2 and 3) serviced by a radio telephone control system (11, 21 and 31) (RTCS), to receive calls originally presented to non-serv... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428665 | Method of managing supplementary service procedures in GSM/VLR towards HLR In a Mobile Services Switching Center/Visitor Location Register (MSC/VLR), requests (made by a mobile station (MS)) for supplementary services may require processing only by the MSC/VLR, or they may require processing by a Home Location Register (HLR). A ... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5414752 | Method for achieving communication between a plurality of participants A method and a system is disclosed for achieving communication between a customer of a service which can be supplied over a telecommunication network and a supplier of the service. A service order from the customer passes to a service order central where ... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5406616 | Method of completing a telephone call in a telephone system A method of effecting automatic callback in a mobile telecommunication system. A calling subscriber is permanently connected to a public switched telephone network and a called subscriber is a mobile unit which moves in the public land mobile network. A c... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5371781 | System and method for identifying the incoming directory number when multiple directory numbers are assigned to one wireless device A system and method for delivering called party identification to a called telephone wireless station set during paging of the called wireless telephone, or, advantageously, after call set up but before ringing starts. A control unit then may cause the ca... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5353331 | Personal communications service using wireline/wireless integration The Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) wireline system connects to and controls processing of calls to a Personal Communication Service subscriber's wireless handset via a home base station or a wireless communication network. Depending on its current loc... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5329578 | Personal communication service with mobility manager A system for providing personal communication services (PCS) is described, wherein a subscriber can tailor the telephone service to provide communication mobility and incoming call management. Calls to a personal number assigned to the subscriber are rout... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5297189 | Wireless telephone service subscription data user access method Wireless telephone service is provided by a distribution network including fixed stations and wireless digital telephones linked by radio to the fixed stations, a digital public switching telephone network to which each fixed station is connected, service... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5274694 | Radio communication network based on digital local exchanges Cordless network terminating units (CNTn) with a remote power-feeding device are connected via U interfaces (U) to a radio communication network with digital local exchanges (DIV-O). The cordless network terminating unit (CNTn) is associated with mobile s... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5231657 | Cordless telephone system that releases hold state of handset after intrusion by another party is detected A cordless telephone system includes a base unit connected to both a subscriber line and at least one branch telephone, and a mobile unit capable of being coupled to the base unit over a radio link. In the event that the handset of a branch telephone is s... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5202917 | Telephone calling method and telephone apparatus A person to whom a telephone call is directed is called at an extension either by voice only or by voice during each silent period of an audible ringing signal. A plurality of telephone sets are provided where each telephone set includes a receiver for re... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5109400 | Communication system with registration and two way radio A radio communication system with on/off premise registration is provided. When a radio is registered with the system, incoming calls for the radio are directed to the radio via the system. When the radio is registered as off the system information is tra... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5099508 | Radio telephone system for selectively allowing a party in communication with a system user to transmit a voice signal to the user during a hold state A radio telephone system such as a car telephone having a function of selectively allowing a party communicating with a user of the telephone system to transmit a voice signal to the user during a hold state set by the user. When a predetermined time elap... | 03/24/1992 |
