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...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190154 | Communication system for processing of reception information using subscriber information A communication system includes: a subscriber information storage device configured to store subscriber information; a registration unit configured to register, in addition to first subscriber information, second subscriber information in the subscriber information ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185109 | Identifying communications between telecommunications networks A telecommunications system is disclosed including a host telecommunications network (A) having a radio access network (6) and a virtual telecommunications network (C) with which a telecommunications device (3) is registered and operable to communicate... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185107 | IP address allocation in evolved wireless networks A networking system includes a first wireless network module that transmits a request to attach to a network and a second wireless network module. The second wireless network module receives the request, determines whether the first wireless network module requires ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185108 | Multi-mode communication system and method thereof The present invention relates to a multi-mode communication system and a method thereof. The multi-mode communication system uses a first mode among a plurality communication modes for accessing a first mobility control entity (MCE) among a plurality of MCEs, and co... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8175598 | Wireless communication system A wireless communication system including a wireless terminal, a plurality of base stations and a call processing control unit is disclosed. The wireless terminal, upon reception of the notification information from any of the base stations, judges whether the area ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175596 | System and method of extending base station coverage Systems and methods of extending base station coverage are provided. Idle mode mobile stations supported by a base station are identified, and at least one of the idle mode mobile stations is selected based on a location of the at least one idle mode mobile station.... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175597 | Session update using management of capability of terminal A method and device for updating a session in a terminal. The method includes: performing one or more services with one or more entities; and transmitting, to a management server, a capability information update message, including information about one or more chang... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170552 | Mobile network device multi-link optimizations Methods and apparatus for performing optimizations for a mobile network device such as a Mobile Node or Mobile Router supporting multiple links to a Home Agent (or Correspondent Node in a Mobile IPv6 environment) are disclosed. During the registration process, link ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165582 | Reducing occurrence of user equipment registration expiry during calls Methods, systems, User Equipment (UE), and computer readable medium for reducing the occurrence of UE registration expiry are provided. A method of reducing the occurrence of UE registration expiry during calls includes registering a UE with a network for a registra... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160585 | Call-handling for an off-premises, telecommunications terminal with an installed subscriber identity module Apparatus and method are disclosed that enable an organization's enterprise-wide network to accommodate roaming wireless terminals that are affiliated with the local enterprise networks within the enterprise-wide network. An embodiment of a system is capable of hand... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8150396 | Intelligent customer care support In a mobile communications system a visiting location register (VLR) associated with a switching center receives an address of an external control component and a service identifier identifying a service to be performed by the external control component from a home ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150394 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for synchronizing subscriber feature data across multiple domains Methods, systems, and computer program products for synchronizing a subscriber profile in a plurality of domains is described. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a profile update request message from an application server to modify an Internet protocol... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150393 | Method for handling service failures A method for handling service failures for in a communications network comprising a user equipment, a first network element and a serving network element, the method comprising the following steps. Receiving at the first network element a first message from the user... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150395 | Method of communicating data in a wireless mobile communication system A method of communicating data in a wireless communication system is disclosed. More specifically, a method discloses transmitting a request by a mobile subscriber station (MSS) to a network entity via a de-registration request message requesting the network entity ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8140071 | Apparatus and method for displaying status of supplementary service of mobile equipment Disclosed are an apparatus and a method in which a user can instantly check the status of one or more supplementary services without using a menu. The apparatus includes a network for processing a request for registration, activation or release of a supplementary se... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135403 | Method and apparatus for providing a pilot beacon on behalf of one or more base stations Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for providing a pilot-beacon on behalf of one or more base stations, such as one or more femtocells. A pilot-beacon transmitter, separate from the base stations, determines the locations of coverage areas of the base statio... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135404 | Apparatus, system, and methods for handling attach procedure in mobile communication system A user equipment for handling an attach procedure with a service network is provided. The user equipment comprises a wireless module transmitting an attach request message to the service network and receiving an attach accept message replied to the attach request me... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131293 | Systems and methods for mobility management in overlaid mobile communications systems Communications of a mobile station with a satellite mobile communications system and a terrestrial mobile communications system are coordinated. The mobile station is registered with the terrestrial mobile communications system and, responsive to the registration of... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131292 | Method and apparatus for CDMA timer-based registration on a mobile device A method and apparatus for improved timer based registration for a mobile device with a network, the network having a standard slot cycle time for interrupts, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, at the mobile device, a system parameter message from the ne... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126459 | Controlling registration in a communication system A method for controlling registration in a communication system is provided. In the method, a request for registration of a user relating to a subscriber is received in a network entity. The method further comprises providing the network entity with control informat... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8126460 | Intelligent network services A method and control node (110) and computer program are disclosed for handling Intelligent Network services associated with a call to a subscriber of a mobile telecommunications network, the network comprising said control node (110), a HLR 5 (... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121597 | Method of registering and deregistering a user The invention comprises a method for registering and deregistering user equipment from a communications system and comprises the steps of sending a request to a first node to register or deregister the user equipment from or to the communications system, determining... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121598 | Scrambling code allocation and hand-in for wireless network radio access points Techniques are provided herein to allow more than a fixed number of radio access point devices to be deployed within a macro cell. At a controller apparatus, a registration request is received from a radio access point device configured to operate in a wireless netw... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116767 | Method and system for retry of packet data calls A method and system for retry of a packet data call. The method can include the steps of attempting (210) an IP registration with a mobile unit (110) to make a packet data call using a first protocol on a network (120) that employs both the firs... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116768 | Automatic selection of a background image for a display on a mobile telephone A method for providing a background image on a display of a mobile telephone, whereby the data of one or more background images are stored in at least one memory accessible for the mobile telephone, comprises an automatic selection of a background image to be displa... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112083 | Method and system for dynamic adjustment of radio frequency registration period based on load conditions A method for handling registration requests in a cellular wireless communication system. The method includes determining that an air interface in the cellular wireless communication system has at least a threshold level of load. The method further includes, in respo... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112084 | Method, system and apparatus for performing mobile internet protocol deregistering A method, a system and an apparatus for performing mobile Internet protocol deregistering, includes that the network element in the ASN to which the terminal attaches detects whether the MS terminates unconventionally, and sends the message with the MS identifier of... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8107956 | Providing over-the-top services on femto cells of an IP edge convergence server system A method is provided for enabling an over the top (OTT) service over a broadband network. The method includes receiving a registration request from a mobile User Equipment (UE) over a femto cell to register with a cellular operator of a cellular network. The registr... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103275 | System and method for identifying a wireless serving node for a mobile unit A system and method for identifying a wireless serving node for a mobile unit include the ability to receive a wireless registration request at a control node for a wireless serving node cluster and determine a control node associated with the registration request b... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103276 | Method of controlling idle mode initiation of a mobile station in a broadband wireless access system A method of controlling entry into an idle mode in a wireless communication system is disclosed. More specifically, the method includes receiving from a base station (BS) a first message including a first action code, wherein the first action code requests a mobile ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8095132 | Remote SIM card replacement and activation process A data processing device including a microcontroller and configured to communicate with at least one remote system distributed on a network. The data processing device and the remote system are adapted to store a plurality of parameters identifying a user account be... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090370 | Combined base transceiver station and base station controller optimized assignment of frame offsets A system, method, and computer readable medium for managing an availability of a call agent, comprising acquiring a session identification by a basestation (BS) and a call agent (CA), wherein the BS is coupled to the CA, if the CA's state is changed from an active s... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086233 | Detecting cloning of network devices Techniques are provided to detect cloning of network device identity when network device is seeking registration for service in a network. A control server manages access to the network in which a plurality of network devices are configured to communicate and serve ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8081977 | Mobile communication network A mobile communication network comprising a plurality of base stations and a plurality of mobile machines, the unit for supplying particular location information assigned to a predetermined particular area in advance to the mobile machines moving in the particular a... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8078169 | Methods and devices for set-up of a call in an intelligent network Methods and devices for set-up of a call in an intelligent network (300) comprising a switching entity (SE-31,SE10,SSF) and a control entity (CE-31,CE10,SCP) are described. The call is subjected to a control by the control entity (... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8064906 | Display caller ID on IPTV screen A system that automatically delivers telephony network services from a dual mode service technology platform to an external entity. The system includes a sensing component that detects the presence of a mobile handset registered on a cellular network, and registers ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064907 | Method and apparatus for network controller selection in a voice over long term evolution via generic access system Some embodiments provide a method of associating Mobile Management Entities (MMEs) of an evolved packet system (EPS) and Voice over long term evolution (LTE) via Generic Access (VoLGA) network controllers (VANCs). The method includes at a serving VANC, receiving a r... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060089 | Paging success rate control mechanism A method for handling registration requests in a cellular wireless communication system. The method includes determining that a transmission-success rate of messages sent via the forward-link of an air interface is less than a threshold success rate. The method furt... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060088 | Method, network element and communication system for optimized selection of an agent entity as well as modules of the network element A method for selecting an agent entity for a terminal in a communication system, including allocating an address to a terminal, the terminal being configured to access a communication network using a selected access technology out of at least one access technology c... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055262 | Dispatch network and IMS integration with centralized event notification server Several embodiments of an IMS communications network are disclosed. In one embodiment, the network comprises a plurality of dispatch application servers (DAS), an S-CSCF, and an event notification server. The S-CSCF is adapted to receive an IMS registration request ... | 11/08/2011 |
