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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185105 | Method, system and apparatus for using IMS communication service identifier A method, system and apparatus for using an IMS communication service identifier is provided. The method includes getting, by an HSS, arrival of information related to a user subscribed IMS communication service identifier, and sending information of a user subscrib... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185104 | Apparatus and method for differentiating services in multimedia networks to roaming subscribers The present invention is aimed to the provision of a mechanism whereby roaming users can specify whether they prefer to dial numbers belonging to the home network in local format or in international format from the visited network where they are roaming so that the ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8160580 | Systems and methods for home carrier determination using a centralized server Systems and methods for determining the home network carrier associated with a mobile station and authorizing the provision of services to the mobile station using centralized storage of mobile station and home network information. In one embodiment, when a roaming ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160581 | System and method for correcting a mobile identification number A system for correcting or updating a mobile identification number in a cellular telephone portion of a telematics unit installed in a vehicle allows service providers to resolve duplicate entries. A wireless service provider stores a triplicate entry in their HLR f... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160582 | Method, system and device for called party recovery in mobile switch center pool A method for called party recovery in an MSC Pool, applied in a system that comprises an HLR and an MSC Pool including multiple MSC/VLRs, includes configuring a backup server for each MSC/VLR in the MSC Pool; if an MSC/VLR serving a user is down, the user has not in... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8145211 | Continuity of services by the use of a backup HLR The present invention relates to the field of mobile telephony networks and more particularly to a device, a system and an associated method for ensuring continuity of telephony services on the network. The invention is based on the use, as a temporary backup for fa... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145212 | Wireless device activation Tools and techniques for activating a wireless device on a wireless network. In an aspect, such tools can allow an unactivated wireless device (that is, a wireless device that generally would be inoperable on a wireless network) to be given limited functionality in ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8131290 | Method and apparatus for supporting positioning of roaming mobile stations Techniques to support positioning of roaming mobile stations are described. A roaming mobile station communicates with a visited network and has a data connection to a home network. The mobile station sends a request for positioning assistance to a home position det... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126458 | User plane location based service using message tunneling to support roaming An improved User Plane location based service (LBS) architecture and message flow, enabling seamless User Plane location based services even when a mobile or wireless device has roamed among different carrier networks. The present invention overcomes constraints inh... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8112082 | Unlicensed-radio access networks in mobile cellular communication networks An unlicensed-radio access network is connected to a core network portion of a licensed cellular mobile network and includes a broadband network (302) with a plurality of access points (301) each defining a mini-cell and adapted to communicate with mob... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8107953 | System and method for activating services on a wireless device A system and method for activating services on a wireless device are provided that improve a user's experience and ease of activation/provisioning of services for the wireless device by providing a new provisioning channel for service activations. A user is simply r... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103272 | Techniques for database updates Techniques for updating databases stored on mobile devices. ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8095130 | Controlling hand-off in a mobile node with two mobile IP clients Extending Mobile IP to support both local and remote access by using two MIP client stacks in the end node, a roaming Node in the local access network, a standard Home Agent in the remote network. Messages between the AR and the MN, and between the internal modules ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090369 | User equipment capability handling in long-term evolution systems Systems, methodologies, and devices are described that facilitate management of user equipment (UE) capability information in a network to facilitate improved connection and communications associated with a mobile device. A core network can include a capability mana... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090368 | Temporary data service in wireless networks A wireless network and method are disclosed that provide temporary data service to a party. For the invention, a temporary data service system receives a request from a first party to establish temporary data service for a second party. The temporary data service sy... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8078167 | Local number portability for mobility management A mobility management analysis architecture for call management. Systems and methods are provided for routing of a landline-mobile and mobile-mobile call using a switching network (landline or mobile originating) to serve effectively as the “GMSC/tandem” switchi... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078166 | Device for controlling access of subscriber terminals of a CS domain to services of an IMS communication network The invention concerns a device (D) dedicated to controlling access of a terminal (UE), connected to a CS domain of a mobile network comprising a MSC center (VMSC) running CS communications, to a IMS network services of which its user is a subscriber. Said device (D... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073444 | Distributed policy services for mobile and nomadic networking A method of disseminating topology information related to a subscriber in a system having one or more networks, each network having access devices and policy functions, includes identifying a current location of the subscriber by a serving policy function. The metho... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8060086 | Method and apparatus for processing mobile-IP registration requests A method and apparatus for processing mobile-IP registration messages. Upon receipt of a mobile-IP registration request (RRQ) message that designates a care-of address matching the mobile-IP home agent's IP address, the RRQ would be dropped. Alternatively, before de... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060087 | CDMA intelligent network system and its method, device for realizing international roaming service The present invention discloses a CDMA intelligent network system and a method for implementing an international roaming service. The CDMA intelligent network system includes: a Home SCP, a Home Gateway Mobile Switching Center (GMSC) or Home International Switching ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055260 | Mobile communication system, local subscriber information management device, and communication information management method The unnecessarily increase of the information amount of subscriber information retained by a local subscriber information management device is prevented even if the number of subscribers increases, so that the limit of the number of subscribers is extended to suppor... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8032137 | Radio network access mechanism A method of registration in a telecommunications system by a mobile station, which system includes a home location register for maintaining subscriber data and supports a first network, such as GSM, and a second network, such as GPRS. The home location register main... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8023941 | Method and apparatus for independent and efficient delivery of services to wireless devices capable of supporting multiple radio interfaces and network infrastructure Independent delivery services to wireless terminals capable of supporting multiple radio interfaces is achieved through the employment of a service management center (SMC). The SMC determines the set of services and parameters based on the capability and service pro... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8023942 | Network-based system and method for global roaming A system and method of mobile communication roaming where a subscriber's home network and a roaming network used by the subscriber do not have a roaming agreement. The roaming network sends a “Send Authentication/Parameters” request to the home network via an in... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8019339 | Using serving area identification in a mixed access network environment A system and method to arbitrate between SUP and CoPL LCS technology in a mized access network environment. The method includes signaling the serving network to obtain information prior to selecting a location determination session. The information is then indexed t... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8014773 | Mixed mobile communication system of asynchronous communication network and synchronous communication network having handover function of mobile communication terminal, and handover method in the same In the mobile communication system, asynchronous and synchronous Mobile Switching Centers (MSCs) are interconnected via an Interworking Interoperability Function (IIF), and are connected to a Dual stack Home Location Register (D-HLR). The D-HLR stores and manages as... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8000703 | Method of registering location of mobile-communication system and device therefor In a mobile-communication system including a base-transceiver station (BTS), a visitor-location register (VLR), and controllers for controlling a mobile station (MS), the controllers including at least one mobile-switching center (MSC) each controlling at least one ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8000701 | Correlation mechanism to communicate in a dual-plane architecture A system and method is disclosed that correlates the MSISDN of a target mobile by performing an out of band request using a IMSI. The correlation between the MSISDN and the IMSI of IMEI is cashed at a database for retrieval. The correlation of the MSISDN allows the ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8000702 | Optimizing location services performance by combining user plane and control plane architectures A system and method is disclosed that determines the position of a mobile device using information obtained by employing a first location determination protocol (or modality) to control the efficient or advantageous invocation of a second location determination prot... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7996007 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for routing a call from a 2G network to a dual mode 2G/session initiation protocol (SIP) device Methods, systems, and computer program products for routing a call from a 2G network to a dual mode 2G/session initiation protocol (SIP) device are disclosed. According to one method, a 2G mobility location information query message requesting mobility location info... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7974622 | Provisioning system for fixed vs. nomadic wireless services A method, system, and computer-readable media are provided for authorizing a device to authenticate onto a network from a base station. The method includes receiving a first identifier of a device and receiving a second identifier of a base station. Furthermore, the... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7966014 | Method and computer-readable medium for managing roaming restrictions in a wireless environment A method and computer-readable medium for controlling roaming restrictions for dispatch calling of a mobile station in a network are provided. A home location register receives a dispatch application processor identifier and a mobile station identifier. The domain i... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7945261 | Systems and methods for provisioning and synchronizing wireless subscriber data Systems and methods for provisioning and synchronizing subscriber data are provided. Subscriber data is provisioned in two home location registers, each located in a different wireless network. When the subscriber registers in one of the wireless networks, the subsc... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7937084 | Communication network system and mobile terminal An identification-information extracting unit extracts first identification information of a location registration area of a wireless communication system. A storage unit stores correspondence information concerning a relationship between the first identification in... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933596 | Providing and charging for data services in roaming network environments A method provides detecting a roaming operator by a mobile communications device, where the mobile communications device is associated with a home operator; receiving a data service, by the mobile communications device, provided by the roaming operator independent o... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7925257 | Method for operating a database A method for operating a database containing personal information includes checking the content of a message sent via a telecommunication network for the presence of personal information. If personal information is found, then the personal information is extracted f... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925258 | Method of roaming in broadcast service and system and terminal thereof A method, system, and terminal for handling or processing roaming errors between networks that can support broadcast services. When a roaming service between networks is requested, if a user authentication request is unsuccessful due to non-matching identification i... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7890101 | Call controlling apparatus, call controlling method, and computer program An I-CSCF and an S-CSCF are included in a single call controlling apparatus. A message from a terminal directed to one of a plurality of degenerate-call controlling apparatuses. The I-CSCF in that apparatus receives the message and forwards the message to an S-CSCF ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7890102 | User plane location based service using message tunneling to support roaming An improved User Plane location based service (LBS) architecture and message flow, enabling seamless User Plane location based services even when a mobile or wireless device has roamed among different carrier networks. The present invention overcomes constraints inh... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7869803 | Profile modification for roaming in a communications environment The claimed subject matter relates to systems and methods for roaming in a wireless communications environment. A method for roaming between networks is provided in one aspect. This includes receiving a request for network access at a visited network and receiving a... | 01/11/2011 |
