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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7346373 | Device and method for organizing a menu in a mobile communication terminal A device for organizing a menu in a mobile communication terminal. The device comprises a control unit for dynamically generating and deleting a plurality of menu planes according to a user's setting, each plane including at least one menu item; a control unit for p... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7346368 | Method and mobile device for operating in different data transfer modes Various embodiments are described for data communication between a host device and a mobile communication device having two processors. In a first mode of operation, data communication occurs between the host device and a main processor of the mobile device. In a se... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7346344 | Identity-based wireless device configuration Techniques are provided for the relating identity information with wireless configuration information for a wireless device or a wireless network. A trusted system may be used to generate wireless configuration parameters for a wireless network based on identity inf... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7346342 | Automatic data send to call destination Systems and methods are provided that enable a wireless communication device to send a predetermined data object to a destination address for the companion wireless communication device in an active voice call. When an active voice call is in session, a data object ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7346330 | Software-defined radio apparatus To simplify the configuration of functional modules in a software-defined radio apparatus, and facilitate the development of software. The functional modules have input and output terminals of a common configuration. Distributed timing control is performed so that t... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343266 | System and method for metadata verification during measurement processing A system and method of verifying metadata in a measurement processing system is described. Each combination of metadata is associated with a key, and the keys are used to verify that operations performed using the measurements are valid based on the metadata of the ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343317 | Real-time wireless e-coupon (promotion) definition based on available segment Advertising messages are provided to mobile terminals of those users identified by user information as meeting certain criteria, such as users fitting particular user profiles and/or users located in a particular desired location. The content of the advertising mess... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343174 | Wireless electronic drive-thru system and method In a particular embodiment, the disclosure is directed to a system including a customer authentication and payment server, a merchant data server, a merchant network, and a merchant station. The merchant data server is coupled to a public data network and the public... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340264 | Methods and apparatus for providing consistency in SMS message timestamp formatting for mobile communication devices Methods and apparatus for providing consistency in Short Message Service (SMS) timestamp formatting (UTC or non-UTC) for mobile communication devices are disclosed. In one illustrative example, a method involves receiving an SMS message intended for a mobile communi... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340389 | Multilanguage UI with localized resources A multi-language user-interface (MUI) for use in a mobile electronic device accesses language-dependent information. The MUI system includes a display, an operating system, a localized data store, and an application. The MUI system is used in displaying information ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340048 | System and method for directory services and e-commerce across multi-provider networks The present invention solves the problem of cross-provider access proprietary information between unaffiliated and competing network providers, but not allow that information to be disclosed to competing providers. The invention provides a system that allows increas... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340247 | Wireless network infrastructure including wireless discovery and communication mechanism A wireless discovery and communication mechanism to facilitate configuration, management and performance tasks associated with wireless network environments. In certain embodiments, access elements transmit and receive neighbor messages on a periodic basis to neighb... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340615 | Method and apparatus for managing power in network interface modules A method and system for managing power consumption in a portable computing device having a network interface module is presented. A power management module receives inputs from other modules and determines when the network interface module is to be put in a doze sta... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340276 | System for downloading program to general-purpose subscriber identification module The invention provides a program-downloading system comprising a USIM (1) from and in which data can be read and written via a cellular phone terminal (2) and which holds a given program specification and encryption communication means, and a program s... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336945 | System and method for controlling the use of a wireless device Preferred embodiments of the present invention provide for enabling a user to select telephone numbers to which a wireless device may place calls and from which the wireless device may receive calls. One preferred embodiment of the present invention includes softwar... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336975 | Mobile unit, call origination controlling method, and call termination controlling method A mobile unit 10 is provided with a called party number acquiring unit 102 for acquiring a called party number corresponding to a call origination command entered by a user, a number checking unit 103 for checking the called party number acquire... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333449 | Unequal error protection in a packet transmission system In a packet transmission system, especially wireless transmission system, where data is transmitted in packets at different error protection levels and where the error protection level of one packet (=the succeeding packet) may differ from the error protection level... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333829 | Multi-mode wireless bridge system and method using a single-radio transceiver A system and method are provided for communicating utilizing a plurality of different communication standards. To accomplish this, included is a single transceiver that utilizes a plurality of different communication standards. ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7334261 | Machine post-launch configuration and option upgrade with master key By providing a secure EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory) device or other non-volatile memory (NVM) in an arrangement of a master key system operation key (SOK) plus any subsequently installed SOK to control the configurable machine option a... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330718 | Method and system for updating software of a cellular phone A method and a system for updating software containing a first program and a first data group. The first program has a corresponding first program version number and the first data group has a corresponding first data group version number. The method includes provid... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330720 | Time zone based phone services A method and apparatus provides for, as a part of call setup and routing whenever a calling party calls a called party, which includes determining a local time for the called party prior to completing call setup. If the local time is within a specified time range, a... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330735 | Timing transitions between wireless communication systems Interoperability between wireless communication systems, such as the IS2000-1x and IS856 systems, is facilitated by using supervision timers. A wireless communication device starts one or more supervision timers and performs an intersystem transition. When the wirel... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330717 | Rule-based system and method for managing the provisioning of user applications on limited-resource and/or wireless devices A system and a method for charging for directed provisioning and using of dynamic content to limited resource devices, through an integrated platform which handles all aspects of aggregation and management of such dynamic content. The integrated platform features a ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330712 | System and method of connection control for wireless mobile communication devices Systems and methods of connection control for wireless mobile communication devices enabled for communication via a plurality of communication connections are provided. Connection control information associates software applications with communication connections. W... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330714 | Apparatus and method for increased security of wireless transactions A mobile communication device with security mechanisms is provided for enabling wireless personal information transfer with increased security. In another embodiment of the invention, a mobile communication device is used to confirm a transaction. ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330713 | Handportable cellular telephone adapted to receive messages and a method for processing messages A method for processing an incoming message in a handportable cellular telephone comprises looking up an identification of a sender of the message in a user-defined white list or black list before making the message available to the user of the telephone. The method... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328047 | Mobile wireless communications device with reduced interfering energy from the display and related methods A mobile wireless communications device includes a housing and circuit board carried by the housing and includes radio frequency (RF) circuitry and a processor carried by the circuit board and operative with each other. A display connector for an LCD connector is mo... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7328254 | Dynamic location storage and retrieval in a wireless portal server Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method and mechanism for managing location information in a wireless portal environment. The method consists of acquiring the location information from a user's location-enabled wireless device which is in communicati... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7328028 | Method and system for sending localization and identity dependent information to mobile terminals Methods and devices for performing a selection action of information in a central system before communicating selected information to a user terminal. The selection is based on at least the identity of the user and position of the user terminal. Using relations betw... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325282 | Multifunctional electronic carabiner for climbing The present invention discloses a carabiner for climbing, a body (1) thereof is connected with a left and a right arm parts (4) and (9) via hinges (5) and (10), the left and the right arm parts (4) and (9) respectivel... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325741 | Enhanced system management and user assistance through software monitoring A data utilization installation has various components such as a management computer, a mobile computer system, an access point, a printer, and application software. The management system collects status information from the components, and evaluates whether the com... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7328007 | System and method for organizing wireless communication device system software A system and method are provided for organizing field upgradeable system software in a wireless communications device. The software is organized into a first plurality of symbol libraries or code sections. Contiguously addressed memory blocks store the symbol librar... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327277 | Information transmission apparatus, information transmission method, and monitoring apparatus In an information transmitter (2) which is a portable personal information device, a system control circuit (26) analyzes information on vibration obtained from an acceleration sensor (22), information on temperature obtained from a temperature ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324833 | System and method for connecting a portable audio player to an automobile sound system An audio system and method are disclosed. A system incorporating teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an electronic device having a display, a memory, an audio file player, and a housing component at least partially defining a cavity in whic... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323970 | Method and system for remote interaction with a vehicle via wireless communication A telemetry system coupled to a vehicle can communicate with a remote site using the overhead control channels of a wireless network, such as a cellular mobile radiotelephone network. The telemetry system can monitor or control aspects of the vehicle's operations ba... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324056 | Broadband communication system for mobile users in a satellite-based network A satellite-based communications system operating at high data rates includes a plurality of satellites each having uplink and downlink antennas for transmitting and receiving a plurality of signals utilizing a plurality of spot beams to and from a plurality of cove... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324803 | Emergency settings for cellular telephones New emergency settings for a cellular telephone. The emergency settings allow the user to access emergency instructional information from their cellular telephone when the user is an emergency situation. In the preferred embodiment sets of sequential procedural inst... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324838 | Systems and methods for modifying the graphics output of an application A method of modifying the graphics output of an application written for a reference mobile device in order to optimize the graphics output for a target mobile device is disclosed. The target mobile device has a display having different characteristics from the refer... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324815 | Remote interaction with a wireless device resident diagnostic interface across a wireless network A system, method, and program for remotely interacting with a diagnostic interface resident on wireless computer devices. The wireless device provides an accessible diagnostic interface that allows reads and/or writes to device resident diagnostic data and tools. Th... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324005 | Modular surge protection A power protection system for protection against an electrical transient surge and/or interference. Such a system can be useful in the dispensing of fuel at gas stations, convenience stores, truck stops, and other such locations, for protection of the low voltage si... | 01/29/2008 |
