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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190156 | Method and apparatus for selecting network providers An approach is provided for performing network discovery and selection. Information specifying a list of network access providers that may be associated with a home network service provider is received (e.g., the information may be pre-provisioned, or manually confi... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185111 | Method, terminal, and system for cell reselection A terminal and system are disclosed. The terminal includes an obtaining unit and a processing unit. The obtaining unit is configured to obtain a dedicated priority list and a valid time of the dedicated priority list from a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system. When the... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8170554 | Complete message delivery to multi-mode communication method A system and method for complete message delivery to a multi-mode communication device is presented. The communication device is adaptable to communicate with one or more carrier networks and one or more data networks. When a new message is received for the communic... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8095133 | Method for categorization of multiple providers in a wireless communication service environment A communication device locates a preferable wireless service provider in a multi-service provider environment using a frequency band search schedule. Initially, the communications device registers with a less preferred service provider in a first frequency band. Whi... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8041355 | Method, terminal, and system for cell reselection A method, terminal, and system for cell reselection are disclosed. The method includes: a terminal obtains a dedicated priority list from a first system; and performs cell reselection according to the dedicated priority list when the terminal camps on a cell of a se... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8005476 | Providing access dependent services via a broadband access gateway A system and method of supporting controlled access to multimedia information and media-related services via a broadband access gateway is disclosed. A plurality of user manageable tiers of access privilege may be implemented by the broadband access gateway, that ma... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7877092 | Mobile communication terminal for service type signaling A mobile communication terminal operatively coupled to at least two mobile radio communication systems in respectively associated mobile radio networks, each of which provides a user of the communication terminal with a number of services of different type. The user... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7826845 | Wireless network connection method and mobile phone using the same A mobile phone is provided. A wireless connection module establishes a wireless connection between the mobile phone and an access point. A storage device stores a first configuration group, a second configuration group, and a third configuration group, each comprisi... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7826844 | Method and apparatus for efficient selection and acquisition of a wireless communications system A mobile station includes processing circuitry and a memory storing a preferred roaming list and system priority data. The processing circuitry is adapted to detect a communications event for a currently selected wireless communications system and update an entry in... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7773990 | Avoidance of service interruptions in visited public land mobile network (VPLMNs) By evaluating a cell selection criterion S during scans for available public land mobile networks (PLMNs), a user equipment (UE) can avoid network service interruptions by not selecting PLMNs for which there exist no suitable cells. The cell selection criterion can ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7706794 | Wireless connection method between personalized devices in ubiquitous environment, personalized device, and wireless connection system using the same A method for connecting personalized devices through a wireless link, a personalized device, and a wireless connection system using the same are provided. In the method, wireless connection information of a plurality of coordinator devices connected to a personalize... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7664499 | Method for categorization of multiple providers in a wireless communication service environment A communication device locates a preferable wireless service provider in a multi-service provider environment using a frequency band search schedule. Initially, the communications device registers with a less preferred service provider in a first frequency band. Whi... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7532886 | Mobile radio communication apparatus for selecting a high priority system at the time of turning power on Disclosed herein is a mobile radio communication apparatus, wherein priority data items representing the priorities of base stations are stored. The SID of the base station seized when the apparatus was turned off last is stored in the apparatus, too. When the appar... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7433703 | Method for allocating resources in a wireless communication system The present invention provides a method for allocating resources in a wireless communication system. The method may include selecting at least one resource control bit that is not to be transmitted. The at least one resource control bit is selected based on at least... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7428217 | Mobile communication device, mobile router, and mobile communication system Provided are a service-type recording section for recording a characteristic of a service to be utilized by the mobile communication device and an interface recording section for recording an externally-connecting interface type of within a network and a characteris... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7415276 | Presence management server and system A scheme and a device for managing a user state and a plurality of terminal states on a presence server, and for automatically selecting an optimum terminal by using both the user state and the terminal states. Priority degrees which depend on the terminal states ar... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7412237 | Information processing apparatus and information processing method When a personal computer which implements an information processing apparatus according to this invention discovers communicable access points, the personal computer acquires pieces of information of the discovered access points. These pieces of information include,... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409213 | Method for categorization of multiple providers in a wireless communications service environment A communication device locates a preferable wireless service provider in a multi-service provider environment using a frequency band search schedule. Initially, the communications device registers with a less preferred service provider in a first frequency band. Whi... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7406312 | Location information erase on SIM cards A method and system of erasing at least part of the location information stored on a subscriber identity module (SWI) of a mobile phone. The SIM stores the most recently used service provider in its location information. Either at power down or power up, the locatio... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7398089 | Data-capable network prioritization with reduced delays in data service Reduced delays in data service offered by data-capable networks are provided. One illustrative method includes the steps of receiving and storing in memory a first timer value which is broadcasted by a wireless communication network for use in the mobile station; ca... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7392050 | Systems and methods for automated network operating center system for broadband wireless network Disclosed herein are methods and apparatus for operating and deploying a broadband wireless network having at least one data transmission node and a plurality of CPE units, wherein there is a wireless data link at least in part between the data transmission node and... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389109 | Methods and apparatus for selecting a communication network Methods and apparatus for selecting a cellular network to provide one or more communication services for a mobile communication device are disclosed. A scanning operation is performed by the mobile device to identify a plurality of cellular networks that support a v... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7385946 | Service based bearer control and traffic flow template operation with mobile IP A method for updating filters, at a Packet Data Serving Node, with a care-of-address associated with at least one of a mobile station or a correspondent node. The method includes the steps of implementing a soft filtering rule at a Packet Data Serving Node and recei... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7382757 | Method for supporting a plurality of subscribers operating on different frequency bands using a single access point The present invention allows a single access point (“AP”; 100) to support a plurality of devices (102, 104) operating on different frequency bands. During a first period of time, the AP initiates a contention free period at a first frequency. The A... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7373428 | Intelligent filtering for contact spanning multiple access networks A personal communications portal maintains presence information about a user who may be available at one or more terminal devices on one or more access networks comprising a multiple access network. The access networks may operate in different transmission modes and... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369852 | Methods for informing subscribers in a channelized network of adjacent sites A method for informing a mobile device of adjacent sites in a RF communication system is disclosed. The RF communication system comprises a first network and a second network. At a site in the second network of the RF communication system, information is maintained ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369850 | Connectivity notification displaying path to connection A system and method in a connectivity user interface of a mobile device that enables a user to inspect and select a connection from among available network connections and methods of connecting. If the user alternatively wants a connection to be automatically select... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369849 | Method and system for registering an in-vehicle cellular phone The invention provides a method of registering a cellular phone in a mobile vehicle while in a quiescent mode. Whether timer-based registration is enabled is determined. Whether one of a counter or an interval timer has reached a predetermined threshold is determine... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366512 | Notification method and device for service providers A customer is alerted to the availability or completion of service by a service provider through communication with a wireless terminal of the customer. The terminal has an assigned identification number and a control channel, and as a first step, the identification... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366156 | Context synchronization method in mobile communication system Disclosed is a context synchronization method in a mobile communication system dealing with a packet transmission/reception. If two peers of a protocol have the same information and their data are not frequently updated, the invention makes the QUERY about the STATU... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366945 | Method of setting backup of home location register The present invention discloses a method for backup of Home Location Register (HLR), comprising: configuring a universal HLR as a disaster recovery center HLR which is to backup many HLRs, establishing network connection and loading user data to disaster recovery ce... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366509 | Method and system for identifying an access point into a wireless network A method and system for a mobile station to identify to a wireless network agent, an access point into a wireless network. The mobile station obtains an indication of an access point into the wireless network and inserts the indication into a mobile registration mes... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366511 | Apparatus, and associated method, for facilitating network scanning by a WLAN terminal operable in a multiple-network WLAN system Apparatus, and an associated method, for facilitating identification of primary, secondary, and hidden SSID values in a multi-network WLAN system. A determiner embodied at a mobile terminal determines primary SSID values of networks whose beacon signals are delivere... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366510 | Network selection methods and apparatus with home network prioritization in country border regions Network selection methods and apparatus with home network prioritization in country border regions are disclosed. In one illustrative example, a mobile station (200) is associated with a home communication network (402) having a home mobile country cod... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359705 | Random access burst transmission scheme The present invention relates to an apparatus for transmitting and receiving signals in a wireless telecommunication system and to a method for transmitting random access bursts in such an apparatus. The apparatus 1 comprises transmitting means 3 for t... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356347 | Efficient discovery of devices in a bluetooth environment A method and system whereby an initiator device discovers the user-friendly name of another device in a wireless network of devices, such as a Bluetooth network. Initially, the initiator device broadcasts an inquiry message that is received by the other device (the ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352733 | Implementing location awareness in WLAN devices An ambient country identifier (ACI) signal can be used to automatically provide location awareness for a WLAN device. If an ACI signal is detected, then the WLAN device can configure itself to comply with channel and power settings for the country having the detecte... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349685 | Method and apparatus for generating service billing records for a wireless client A method and apparatus for generating service billing records for a wireless client. According to one embodiment of the invention, a service status of the wireless client is obtained (706) for authentication upon receiving (704) an authentication reque... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349695 | Multimode roaming mobile devices A mobile device for roaming between wireless communications networks in different geographical regions is provided. The mobile device includes an interface configured to transmit and receive signals over a wireless channel according to a communication mode using one... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349532 | Picture and video message center system A message originator sends a picture or video message to a message center along with caller identifying information. The message is stored in a memory and transmitted to a wireless picture phone, PDA or portable computing device, or stored at the message center in a... | 03/25/2008 |
