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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180333 | Differential routing of communication-usage records Disclosed is an apparatus, system, and method for differentially routing communication-usage records based on an identity of the base station that served the underlying communication. For example, if the base station is a home carrier base station, then the communic... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174359 | Systems and methods for automatically programming pagers Systems and methods for addressing pagers are described. The pagers are reprogrammable and can be assigned identifiers as required. Pagers may be automatically assigned one of a plurality of identifiers. Thereafter, the assigned identifier may form the basis of a un... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175586 | Method for implementing one card multi-number service Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method for implementing a One Card Multiple-Number (OCMN) service, which includes: establishing a mapping relation between an internal network number of a user and at least one external number of the user; determining ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8165570 | System, apparatus and method for availing a mobile call of caller name information An apparatus for availing a mobile call of caller name information includes: a query unit receiving the mobile call from a caller; an information gleaning unit coupled with the query unit; and at least one data base coupled with the gleaning unit. The query unit inq... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165571 | Anonymous call blocking in wireless networks Wireless networks and methods are disclosed that provide for anonymous call blocking in wireless networks. A wireless network of the invention includes an MSC system and an HLR system. When a calling party initiates a call to a called party, the MSC system receives ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160557 | Integration of wireless and external computing devices Information is received from a caller via a wireless device and communicated to an external computing device. Contact information for the caller is located using at least one of a name and phone number of the caller, and when the contact information for the caller i... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160558 | Cellphone extensions Extensions are provided for mobile electronic devices including cellphones, wherein different extensions may correspond to different communication contexts. In an exemplary embodiment, a call is answered using an automated answering system. The caller is requested t... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8150379 | Integration of wireless and external computing devices The wireless device may include logic that enables the wireless device to interface with the external computing device, and rule logic to direct handling by the external computing device of call events of the wireless device. ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8140060 | Method and architecture to deliver pre-customized business card multimedia contents through IMS-based PLMNs for improving the existing calling line identification service An improved Calling Line Identification (CLI) service is implemented inside a cellular telephony network connected to the IMS platform for delivering IP-based multimedia services to the end users. The new architecture is based on a multimedia CLI-dedicated server (M... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135391 | Mobile device with enhanced telephone call information and a method of using same A mobile device with enhanced telephone call information and a method of using same are provided. In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a method of providing enhanced phone call information on a mobile communication device, comprising: receiving an in... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8116751 | Methods, systems, and products for identity verification Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for identification verification. Location information is acquired. The location information is compared to historical location information. When the location information favorably compares to the historical location infor... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116750 | System and method for network control of at least one cellular telephone Preferred embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for enabling an owner of one or more cellular telephones to select one or more telephone number(s) to which the cellular telephone(s) may place calls, and one or more telephone number(s) from... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8099088 | Providing location information for wireless devices using name service A caller number is provided to a network element that associates name information with the caller number. The network element receives location information for the caller and provides the location information and name information as a response to being provided the ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095119 | In-call contact information display Call control information regarding a phone call that a user of a mobile communications device is currently engaged in with an individual is displayed on a screen. A request to display in-call contact information is received, and in response to the request the in-cal... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090362 | Mobile electronic device and method for displaying characters on a bluetooth device A system and method for displaying characters on a BLUETOOTH device using a mobile electronic device obtains a telephone number of an incoming call, and converts associated one or more characters into a bitmap picture in response to a determination that the telephon... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8078154 | Caller information providing apparatus and transmitting method in mobile communication network A caller information providing system and caller information transmitting method in a mobile radio communication network is disclosed. When a call comes in, the present invention provides a user at the terminating mobile station a picture information of a caller or ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8060068 | Interactive mobile caller-identification information on a television A system and associated methods and media of delivering a notification of an incoming call and a series of interactive options such that a user can provide call-handling instructions to a wireless communications network for the incoming call. The notification and in... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060069 | Mobile call outcome display Embodiments of the invention provide ways to track the status of calls made to mobile devices. An illustrative method includes an originating mobile device receiving data from a mobile access network about an outgoing call, utilizing the data from the mobile access ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8045968 | Method for forming an audiovisual call identifier, a mobile communication Device and a call identifer In the invention, an audiovisual call identifier including image and sound is formed for a mobile communication device. The call identifier is repeated on the display and in the loudspeaker of the communication device when a call comes in, i.e. it functions in the s... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8019326 | System and method for adaptive contextual communications A system and method for adaptive contextual communications is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a call gateway having a controller element that retrieves a communication context from a call setup requ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8010092 | System for facilitating parallel data transfer from a wireless caller into a communications center A system for identifying and interacting with callers has: a telephone switch for receiving and distributing incoming calls; a messaging server for sending or receiving messages and attachments; and, a software routine for identifying wireless callers and for matchi... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7979060 | Privacy-enabled telephone directory A privacy-enabled telephone directory is disclosed that is implemented through a contact facilitator. The contact facilitator receives a contact request from a caller which includes the name of the party to be called and disambiguation information to distinguish the... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7974608 | Anonymous call blocking in wireless networks Wireless networks and methods are disclosed that provide for anonymous call blocking in wireless networks. A wireless network of the invention includes an MSC system and an HLR system. When a calling party initiates a call to a called party, the MSC system receives ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974609 | Mobile communication terminal having function of displaying communication state and method thereof A mobile communication terminal having a function of displaying a communication state and a method thereof are disclosed. The method of displaying a communication state in a case of a multiparty call using a mobile communication terminal having a plurality of displa... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7953397 | Method for informing a subscriber of a mobile telephony network about missed calls A method for informing a subscriber of a mobile telephony network about incoming calls while the mobile telephone of the subscriber is switched off or is not connected to the mobile telephony network. The notification takes place via the mobile telephone of the subs... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7945253 | Method, system, and storage medium for providing comprehensive originator identification services A method for transmitting enhanced originator information over a communications network includes retrieving a service profile for a recipient terminal from a service profile database in response to initiation of a communication by an originator terminal to the recip... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7929956 | Call rejecting system and method of using the same A call rejecting system (100) includes a base station (10) and a mobile terminal (20). The base station includes a controlling module (11), a storage module (12) and a comparing module (13). The controlling module is electro... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929955 | Managing multiple CLI identities A caller identity provision system comprises a receiver component that receives a call request, the call request originates from a mobile handset that is associated with multiple numbers. An analysis component analyzes the call request and selects a caller line iden... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7904067 | Method and apparatus for enabling call originator to select a notification on a telecommunications device A method and apparatus for providing a call originator to select a notification a recipient sees or hears accompanying an incoming call. ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7904066 | Method for providing information of telephone number owner using wire/wireless communication terminal and system for implementing the same This invention is directed to the method and system of providing a call number owner's information to a communication terminal through an information communication network, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a call number owner's information that includes at lea... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7894804 | Communication device and method for controlling A communication device comprises a first memory which stores telephone books, each including identification information and a name of a communication party, a second memory which stores communication histories, each including a communication time and identification ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7865179 | Telephone identity association and a method of distributing telephone identity association to telephone systems Embodiments of the present invention include methods of distributing telephone identity associations among multiple telephone systems in a telephone network. In one embodiment, the present invention includes methods of distributing, receiving, redistributing and wit... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7860489 | System and method for providing a user interface for managing calls received at a mobile device Embodiments of a system and method for providing a user interface for managing calls received at a mobile device is described. The user interface provides an incoming call screen to the user, where the incoming call screen comprises a caller identification data fiel... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7840211 | System and method of managing communications policy settings in a wireless network The present invention provides a system and method of modifying policy settings in a network having a plurality of subscriber devices. An embodiment includes a plurality of base stations, each capable of wirelessly transmitting across a geographic region and a serve... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7813725 | Wireless data exchange A system of exchanging and managing information includes a mobile device configured to automatically insert, exchange and update a caller's contact information into a user's phonebook. The phonebook can reside on either the UICC card, SIM, USIM, Mega SIM, any other ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7787870 | Method and system for associating a user profile to a caller identifier A method (10) and system (200) for associating a user profile (39) to Caller ID signal can include a processor (202) that is controlled under an operating system allowing multiple profiles. The processor extract (12) Caller ID info... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7787872 | Method and apparatus for event-triggered exchange of location-based information in a communications network A method and system in which data objects including area-specific information are provided to a mobile communication device are disclosed. The device indicates a present physical location to a data object server, and the data object server returns a data object, suc... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7787871 | Mobile communication terminal and communication control program A cellular phone 100 registers incoming call histories in which other party telephone numbers are correlated to own telephone numbers which received a call in an incoming call history accommodation section 14b. It is judged whether or not the ot... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7769366 | Wireless data exchange A system of exchanging and managing information includes a mobile device configured to automatically insert, exchange and update a caller's contact information into a user's phonebook. The phonebook can reside on either the UICC card, SIM, USIM, Mega SIM, any other ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7769365 | Methods and interfaces for telephone book indexing Disclosed are methods and telephone book interfaces for a navigable telephone book of a mobile communication device. A method includes storing telephone book entries of the navigable telephone book of the mobile communication device, a subset of the telephone book e... | 08/03/2010 |
