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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7440746 | Apparatuses for requesting, retrieving and storing contact records Provided are wireless and standalone handheld devices, such as PDAs and wireless telephones, that are configured for inputting a unique contact identifier that uniquely identifies a desired contact record, querying a central database of contact information to obtain... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440749 | Displaying advertisement on rear display and calculating communication costs to bill users and advertisers A mobile terminal acquires an advertising display program with advertising information from an advertising agency server by issuing an advertising display program acquisition request and displays the advertising information on its rear display by executing the acqui... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440561 | Method and apparatus for selectively establishing communication with one of plural devices associated with a single telephone number A system for (and a method of) selectively establishing communication with one of plural devices associated with a single telephone number is provided. In a preferred embodiment, the system includes a wireless connect unit connected between an enterprise private bra... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440768 | Monitoring availability of selective call radios in a half-duplex radio communication system A source SCR (106) coupled to a half-duplex radio communication system (100) includes a transceiver (202), and a processor (203) coupled to the transceiver. The source SCR and the half-duplex radio communication system are programmed to r... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440752 | Mobile communication terminal, apparatus and system for delivering application software, method for controlling execution state display, program, and recording medium An object of the present invention is to enable smooth performance testing of an application software on a mobile communication terminal and to make execution state information about the application software available solely to authorized persons. The cellular phone... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440441 | Method and system for Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) rating and billing The advances disclosed herewith delimit an improved method and system for smoothly rating and billing Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS). Implemented as part of a computer program product, the solution seeking the protection of Letters Patent, represents a comprehen... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7437146 | System and method for providing feedback to wireless device users A user feedback generation and management capability, operating possibly within a Value-Added Service Provider, provides key feedback (e.g., information, updates, etc.) to a Mobile Subscriber (MS) during, for example, the MS′ receipt of rich content on the MS′ W... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437147 | Remote gaming using cell phones with location and identity restrictions Disclosed is a remote lottery ticket purchasing or gaming event bet placement system using E-911 compliant cell phones. E-911 compliant cell phones provide the location of the caller, enabling the system of the present invention to determine in which jurisdiction th... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436825 | Method and apparatus for distinguishing between services of all frequency bands and specific frequency band Disclosed is an apparatus and method for transmitting information for distinguishing between a packet data service in all of a plurality of frequency bands and a packet data service of a specific frequency band from a Radio Network Controller (RNC) to a User Equipme... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437171 | System and method for long distance dispatch calling restrictions A method and system for long distance dispatch calling restrictions are provided. A user who does not subscribe to long distance dispatch services can make a long distance dispatch call to the originator of the last received dispatch call within a predetermined peri... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437316 | Methods and systems for automated radio ordering and fulfillment There are provided methods and systems enabling a customer to order products from an audio advertisement, for example from a radio advertisement heard in an automobile, using only a standard audio receiver and mobile telephone. Pre-registration by the retailer adver... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436811 | Multicasting data method in a radio communication system The present invention provides a method for receiving broadcast data in a system where broadcast data is transmitted on a plurality of frequencies. A user device monitors (302) a first frequency (108) for broadcast data to be transmitted on the first f... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433685 | Order method Order method comprising following steps: reproduction of the offer of a provider with electronic reproduction means of a personal terminal, selection of the offer through the user, execution in sai... | 10/07/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7433672 | Apparatus and system for emergency recording and notification and associated method An apparatus and system for communicating an emergency and an associated method are provided. In one embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus is a mobile terminal including an input mechanism that is capable of receiving user input indicative of an emergen... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433682 | Method and system for providing location based information to a mobile station A system and methods for providing location based services to a mobile station in a cellular wireless system. The system includes components that interact with position determining equipment to locate the mobile station within a region that is defined by a service p... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430410 | 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... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7430428 | Method for communicating teletype information in a vehicle communication system between a vehicle and a remote station A communication system and method for transmitting and receiving teletype information in a vehicle (20). The communication system (22) includes an external interface (24) and a communication control unit (26). The external interface (2... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7430414 | Using call establishment signaling to request data A mobile computer system requests data by requesting the establishment of a voice connection to a voice server, such as, for example, by selecting a telephone number. The mobile computer system provides an identifier (e.g. caller identification information) that ide... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7430424 | Mobile communication method and terminal In a mobile communication terminal, message content and recipient information is received input from a user during a message creation process. After receiving a triggering signal indicating an end of the message creation process, the message content and the recipien... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7428227 | Method of configuring and updating connection identifier in a broadband wireless access communication system In a method of configuring connection identifier (CID) update information in a broadband wireless access (BWA) communication system where each service between an mobile station (MS) and a base station (BS) has a unique CID, a registration request message is received... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7428415 | Method of managing information about mobile terminal in a mobile communication system supporting high-rate data transmission A method of managing the session information of an AT in a CDMA2000 1xEV-DO system. In the 1xEV-DO system, a service system, having an SC/MM, is connected to a PDSN, a plurality of ANs are connected to the service system, and a plurality of ATs are capable of wirele... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7428422 | Method and system for setting application settings for a push-to-talk service A Multimedia system and a method in a Multimedia system where a first user with user equipment (1) uses a Push to talk service (PTT) to communicate with at least one second subscriber's user equipment (2) using said Push to talk service (PTT), wherein ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426382 | Contact validation and trusted contact updating in mobile wireless communications devices A method in a wireless communication device including receiving contact information with a signature from a source (310) not on a trusted contact list, validating (362) the signature by comparing the signature to an reference signature stored on the me... | 09/16/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7426393 | Method and system of identifying network services A method and apparatus for transmitting and accessing announcement information identifying available services. Services are provided on the network over a plurality of communication channels, such that each channel is associated with at least one service. At least o... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7426398 | Event control system and method for a mobile communication network A system for controlling an event on a mobile communication device is provided. The system comprising at least one circuit for receiving a message communicated over a wireless communication network; and at least one circuit for converting the message to a command ex... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7426197 | Method and apparatus for location determination of a wireless device within an environment A method and apparatus for determining a location of a wireless device within an environment. A wireless device, which is operable in a wireless communication system, comprises a transmitter for transmitting a first signal to a transponder, where the transponder ope... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7426403 | Methods and apparatus for data communication for mobile electronic devices According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for discovering the presence of at least one source and target mobile device, automatically displaying a graphical interface to show the dataset from the source mobile device, and initiating the transmission of ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7424295 | Handover control apparatus, base station, edge router, relay router, radio terminal unit, mobile communication system, and handover control method When a radio terminal unit 30 undergoes a handover between base stations 34, 36, a previous edge router 40 having been connected to the radio terminal unit 30, out of edge routers 40, 42 provided in respective base stations 34, ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7424290 | Dynamic loading and activation of functional objects in a wireless device A wireless communications device is provided. The wireless communications device, pre-loaded with static objects, may be operated under user direction to wirelessly download and install dynamic objects. The device includes various initiators, which request execution... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7424302 | Methods and apparatus for delivering a message to two or more associated wireless communication devices Methods and apparatus for use in delivering a message, such as a Short Message Service (SMS) message, simultaneously to two or more associated wireless communication devices are described. In one illustrative example, a request to deliver an SMS message to a first w... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423985 | System for large area telemetry data collection networks System for large area such as citywide telemetry data collection networks using a Mesh network of nodes including a backbone network of nodes, usually powered, and a plurality of sensor nodes, usually battery operated, in the Mesh network to communicate directly or ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7424285 | Method and system for distributing electronic content to multi-party users in mobile communication network Disclosed is a method and a system for efficiently distributing electronic content such as game software to a plurality of users in a mobile communication network or a system including a plurality of mobile stations, In order to distribute an electronic content to a... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7424286 | Transmitter/receiver system, mobile transmitter/receiver apparatus, communication management apparatus, broadcasting station carrier receiver apparatus, and method of attempting communication of call origination information Besides a plurality of base stations (64) enabling telephone calls between mobile terminals (30) and between the mobile terminals (30) and fixed telephones (12), a call management apparatus (60) is further provided a broadcasting s... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7424541 | Method and computer system for matching mobile device users for business and social networking A business or social networking method is operative in a server. The method enables mobile device users to meet one another, on a permission basis. The determination of whether a given pair of mobile device users are introduced depends on whether the server determin... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420953 | Hardware configuration, support node and method for implementing general packet radio services over GSM A hardware configuration, a general packet radio services support node (GSN) and method for implementing general packet radio services over a global system for mobile communications network is provided. The hardware configuration comprises a plurality of electronic ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7421278 | Method and apparatus for time-aware and location-aware marketing A method of communicating inferred information to a wireless communication device user is provided. That method includes determining a location of the wireless device, inferring a likely interest of the user from the location of the wireless device, and transmitting... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7420470 | Methods, systems, and products for tracking objects Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for tracking an object. An identification signal is received that identifies an identification tag associated with the object to be tracked. The identification signal is stored in memory of a cellular phone. When an incom... | 09/02/2008 |
