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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6711408 | Position assisted handoff within a wireless communications network A method of using historic data from previous calls made from mobile terminals within a wireless communications network to predict future call management options to maximize quality. The method may include determining a route traveled by a mobile terminal in a mobil... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6708038 | Vehicle communications system A locomotive communication system for communicating between a locomotive and a fixed site. A communication system commissioning process is utilized to ensure that the locomotive phone number and locomotive road number are paired at the fixed site so that data downlo... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6704574 | Method of transmitting position data via cellular communication system A method of transmitting position data via cellular communication system includes the steps of receiving position data from a position data producer such as a GPS, an INS, or a GPS/INS integrated system, attaching the position data to a location registrat... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6701153 | Methods and systems for determining the location of mobiles in a UMTS telecommunications system A Universal Mobile Telecommunications System ("UMTS") is modified to provide location-determining services similar to Wireless-Assisted-GPS ("WAG") services to mobiles without requiring the deployment of a GPS receiver inside the UMTS network. The resulti... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6701156 | System and method for managing response to a need at a site A system for managing response to a need at a site includes: (a) a control facility that can effect wireless data communication and voice communication; and (b) a plurality of response units that can effect wireless data communication and voice communicat... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6697630 | Automatic location identification system comparing stored field strength data and an actual cellular call's field strength An Automatic Location Identification (ALI) system for cellular telephone networks, along with a pseudo Automatic Number Identification (ANI) typically representing a particular face of a cell tower receiving an emergency call, compares the electromagnetic... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6697629 | Method and apparatus for measuring timing of signals received from multiple base stations in a CDMA communication system Techniques to more accurately measure the arrival times of transmissions received at a remote terminal from a number of base stations. In one aspect, unassigned finger processors are used to process and measure the arrival times of transmissions from base... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6694142 | Wireless terminal positioning method and apparatus In a wireless terminal position measuring method for estimating the position of a terminal using signals sent from at least three base stations accommodated by a cellular communication system, position of the terminal is estimates according to the triangu... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6687505 | Method of monitoring the position of a mobile subscriber as well as IN server and web server for carrying out the method A method of monitoring the position of a mobile subscriber is disclosed in which the position data of the cell in which the mobile subscriber is currently located are passed through an IN (intelligent network) server (2) to a Web server (4) of the Interne... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6684078 | GPS data controller in mobile communication system and control method thereof A mobile communication system includes a signal processor, a first memory, a controller, and an input-output controller. The signal processor receives first forward GPS data and transmits backward GPS data. The first memory has a preamble area, a base sta... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681114 | On demand multicast messaging system An on-demand message system includes a profile proxy server and a plurality of message servers coupled to a wireless network for sending messages to mobile users under conditions specified by the users and sellers. Users provide profile information specif... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6681107 | System and method of accessing and recording messages at coordinate way points The present invention is essentially a method and system for leaving and retrieving messages at specific coordinate way points within a commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) provider network. Users carry or transport interface devices for communicating o... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6681108 | Network and method for identifying entities sharing a common network location A computerized method identifies entities accessing locations in a communications network. A unique identification is associated with a private identification for each entity accessing the network. A known list is maintained for each entity. Each entry in... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6677894 | Method and apparatus for providing location-based information via a computer network Methods and apparatuses for distributing location-based information (i.e., information specific to a client's location or a location of interest to the client) to a client, which may be a mobile SPS receiver, via the Internet and in particular, the World-... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6675011 | Communication terminal device with communication controller A satellite position/arrival-time calculating section calculates the arrival in date and time at which a communication satellite is to arrive a communicable area where the communication satellite can communicate with a satellite communication terminal app... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6668177 | Method and apparatus for displaying prioritized icons in a mobile terminal An apparatus and method for displaying a plurality of icons on the display of a mobile terminal are provided. One or more characteristics associated with each icon are compared to one or more context values, such as time of day, geographic area, or user p... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6665539 | Position location with low tolerance oscillator The present invention is a novel and improved method and apparatus for performing position location in wireless communications system. One embodiment of the invention comprises a method of performing position location in a wireless subscriber unit having ... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6662014 | Location privacy manager for a wireless communication device and method therefor Rules of communication are established between a wireless communication device (102) and a remote source (108). Communications between the wireless communication device (102) and the remote source (108) are managed to prohibit at least one of an identity ... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6662015 | Apparatus and method for extracting presence, location and availability data from a communication device deployed in a network A network adapter extracts presence, location and availability information relating to a communication device deployed in a communication network. The network adapter is configured to interface between the network and an application for providing informat... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6658258 | Method and apparatus for estimating the location of a mobile terminal A method and apparatus for estimating the location of a mobile terminal. The method estimates the locations by: a) using at least one forward-link geo-location technique without using any reverse-link geo-location techniques, this being performed when the... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6650902 | Method and apparatus for wireless telecommunications system that provides location-based information delivery to a wireless mobile unit A wireless telecommunications system uses location or position information of a wireless mobile unit to initiate the sending of location-specific information to travelers. As position information is received, it is compared to prestored position informati... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647269 | Method and system for analyzing advertisements delivered to a mobile unit Accurate location information about a mobile telecommunication transceiver is used to generate advertising content responsive to a user approaching the location of a business. This advertising content is tailored to the user's preferences and the particul... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6628938 | Wireless system, a method of selecting an application while receiving application specific messages and user location method using user location awareness A method of selecting an application in a wireless device and a user location method are provided. In the method of selecting an application, specific messages are received from a wireless station. The application specific messages are specific to service... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6625442 | Mobile communication system having service sub-areas independently assigned special services A cellular communication system assigns service areas to base stations for a communication service between mobile stations movable over the service areas, and an exchange and control station connects the mobile stations through message channels, the base ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6618667 | Method for identifying events which cover more than one segment using segments The transmission of traffic information from a control center to a terminal is optimized with respect to the volume of data to be transmitted by a control center, a terminal, and process for decoding the traffic information pertaining to a highway network... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6618593 | Location dependent user matching system A system and method for matching first and second mobile communications devices are provided. Preference or profile information associated with the first and second mobile communications devices is transmitted to a central server for matching the first an... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6615048 | Connection control method and system for mobile communication system A connection control system for a mobile communication network comprising means for (a) classifying services of base stations according to service levels and (b) for storing, in each of the base stations, identification information corresponding to one or... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6615046 | Automatic dispatch of mobile services A method for establishing a connection between a client and one of a plurality of mobile providers of a service, including maintaining a database comprising one or more variable parameters of each of the plurality of mobile providers of the service, and r... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6608556 | Method and apparatus for providing a user of a mobile communication terminal or a group of users with an information message with an adaptive content The invention relates to a method and an apparatus (5) for providing a user of a mobile communication terminal (4) or a group of users with a time-dependent information message. The location of the mobile communication terminal (4) is determined. A user p... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6584323 | Control device for displaying a short message in real time in a digital mobile station and method therefor A control device for displaying the received short public notice or advertisement message in real time in a digital mobile station, which is equipped with a short message service (SMS) function, comprising a volatile memory for temporarily storing the sho... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6584331 | Use of received signal strength indicator (RSSI) and global positioning system (GPS) to reduce power consumption in mobile station Disclosed is mobile station system (5) and a method for operating a mobile station (100) to reduce the power consumption thereof as a function of a presence or absence of motion, and as a function of a duration of a period over which motion above a motion... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6580915 | Aircraft internal EMI detection and location A circuit and method to locate a cellular phone or noisy laptop computer in an aircraft uses and antenna each in the front and back of the plane. Arrival time differences of cellular phone pulses are used to locate the offending phone. Three receivers are... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6549768 | Mobile communications matching system A wireless communications network comprises a server in a central location storing matching profiles for a plurality of users of the network. The matching profile for each user is stored in the server through the user's mobile unit or a secure page on the... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6546257 | Providing promotional material based on repeated travel patterns A method of providing geographically sensitive promotional information to a predefined location associated with a mobile unit having a transmitter which can transmit position location information, and an apparatus for executing such a method. The method i... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6546256 | Robust, efficient, location-related measurement Replica correlation processing, and associated representative signal-data reduction and reconstruction techniques, are used to detect signals of interest and obtain robust measures of received-signal parameters, such as time differences of signal arrival ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6539223 | Mobile telecommunications device having multiple directory number capability A mobile telecommunications system includes within a serving system database entries that associate the identifier of a mobile unit, which could be a cellular telephone or a personal communications service (PCS) device, with a plurality of directory numbe... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6532415 | Sightseeing guide system A sightseeing guide system has IS (Informed Source) terminals respectively mounted in an IS vehicle, which includes a sub-storage unit stored with local information consisting of sightseeing information and shop information, a radio communication device f... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6526275 | Method for informing a user of a communication device where to obtain a product and communication system employing same A communication system (100) employs a method for informing a user of a communication device (e.g., 101) where to obtain a product. The communication system determines an approximate location of the communication device and whether a particular requested ... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6522888 | System for determining wireless coverage using location information for a wireless unit A system for determining coverage in a wireless communications systems uses location information for a wireless unit and collects information on communications between the wireless unit and the wireless communications system in association with the locati... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6519463 | Location based service request system A wireless phone based system to accommodate users of wireless phones for providing information as to the location of Certain services such as gasoline stations, movie theatres, drug stores, etc., includes the utilization of a GPS receiver and a wireless ... | 02/11/2003 |
