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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7043225 | Method and system for brokering bandwidth in a wireless communications network A method and system for brokering bandwidth in a wireless communications network includes receiving a request for a wireless service at a geographic region. An availability of the wireless service is determined at the geographic region. A response to the request is ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7042351 | Data communication over a power line Data signals are communicated between a power line and a computer, wherein the power line provides power to the computer via a distribution transformer and the computer is in communication with a wireless communication path. A first data signal is communicated with ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7043365 | System for local monitoring One embodiment of the present invention relates a method of monitoring. Position information related to a notification point is received. A mobile client determines a position of the mobile client. The position is compared with an area encompassing the mobile client... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7039430 | System and method for controlling an operational mode of a MAC layer in a broadband wireless access communication system A method for controlling operation modes of a medium access control layer by a mobile subscriber station in a broadband wireless access communication system including the mobile subscriber station and a serving base station providing service to the mobile subscriber... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7039630 | Information search/presentation system An information search/presentation system includes a 3D image converter, landmark database, search engine, and 3D image browser. The 3D image converter outputs 3D image data on the basis of aerial photographs obtained by photographing a single area from different pl... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7039427 | Private information supplying system for mobile stations, method for displaying private information and method for roughly positioning users A private information supplying system is established in a mobile telephone network, and the mobile stations are assumed to be at the positions of base stations presently communicating; an information service center produces a piece of relative position between user... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7039098 | Method and apparatus for base station and mobile station time calibration A method and apparatus for calibrating a Base Station and Mobile Station for use in systems that use round trip delay and systems that do not use round trip delay. ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7035824 | Interactive system for and method of performing financial transactions from a user base There is disclosed and claimed a system for and a method of performing interactive data exchange, for example as part of a financial transaction, between a user base and a remote network. The system includes a request data input device 20. A telephone network... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7035647 | Efficient location determination for mobile units The inventive system allows for more efficient use of resources for providing location information in a wireless network where multiple sources of such information may be available. In one implementation, a first source of location information such as Cell ID inform... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7031730 | Method and system for minimizing storage and processing of ionospheric grid point correction information in a wireless communications device A method and system are provided for minimizing storage and processing of ionospheric grid point corrections transmitted from WAAS satellites in a global positioning system. Based upon a current location, the system creates a boundary around the current location and... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7031743 | Foldable portable communication terminal device The present invention provides a foldable portable communication terminal device including a main body case and a lid case openably connected. The main body case has a side portion provided with an up key and a down key. The portable communication terminal device ha... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7031735 | Radio communication terminal system automatic function setting method used in the same A control unit 12 executes a waiting operation by monitoring broadcast data received by a radio unit 11 and reception levels of these data at all times. When the received data being received by the radio unit 11 are found to be coincident with r... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7031728 | Cellular phone/PDA communication system A cellular PDA communication system for allowing a plurality of cellular phone users to monitor each others' location and status, to initiate cellular phone calls by touching a symbol on the display screen with a stylus or finger which can also include conferencing ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7031729 | Terminal unit, position display method, information providing system, and information providing method A radiocommunication system including a portable terminal, a base station and a server. The portable terminal transmits a destination to the server and further sends the ID number (CS_ID) of the base station coupled through a radio link to the portable terminal. The... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028410 | Portable terminal The present invention aims to achieve that geomagnetism can be sensed in high precision while eliminating an adverse influence by magnetic noise with respect to a geomagnetic sensor provided in a housing, and correct azimuth information can be acquired. A por... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7027822 | Distributed GPS for geolocation of a network of nodes A method of determining absolute positions of devices in a network. Relative distances between the devices are determined. For each of at least one of the devices, a range is calculated from a number of distant ranging sources that is less than an amount required to... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7027821 | System and method for accessing computer services via a wireless network Server access is provided to a wireless apparatus via a wireless network. A message is received containing a service request. The service and sever capable of servicing the service request is determined. The service is requested from the server and a reply is receiv... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7026928 | Portable personal security system A system which is adapted to provide a personal security system to a mobile individual is presented. In addition, a method for providing a security system to a mobile individual is presented as well as a method of using such a security system. In general, the method... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7027823 | Apparatus and method for searching target position and recording medium A target position search apparatus comprises an information obtaining device which obtains position information of a target object, and position information, an imaging azimuth, and a angle of view of a camera; a calculation device which calculates a position of the... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7024207 | Method of targeting a message to a communication device selected from among a set of communication devices A method for sending messages from a particular device to one or more other devices communicants (300) uses the relative geographic location of the targeted devices as addressing criteria. The particular device forms or joins a network of potential communican... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7024364 | System, method and computer program product for looking up business addresses and directions based on a voice dial-up session A system, method and computer program product for determining an address of an entity based on a user location are disclosed. An utterance representative of an entity is initially received from a user. The entity associated with the utterance is then recognized usin... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7020494 | Integrating contextual information into mobile enterprise applications A location context-aware mobile system determines the location of a mobile device and updates a user interface based on the location of the device. By using the location of the mobile device to reduce the amount of information required to be entered by a user in a b... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7020480 | Apparatus and method of wireless instant messaging A system and method of transmitting instant messages to a mobile communication device via a wireless data communication network is provided. Presence information for a plurality of instant message sources is detected at an instant messaging server that couples the i... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7016692 | Technique to facilitate location determination of wireless data calls A channel for location estimation based on a wireless data communication from a mobile station is selected based on one or more of signal duration, variability and power level/signal-to-noise ratio of at least a portion of the wireless signals transmitted on the sel... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7016687 | Portable locator system and method A tracking and locating system and method which provides for a lightweight and portable tracking locator device. The locating system is easily transferable from one user to another user or from a first object to second object. The locating system also provides power... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7013150 | Positioning system, positioning server, base station and terminal location estimation method To provide a terminal location estimation method capable of accurately estimating a location of a mobile terminal when providing information services according to the location of the terminal in a radio communication system. A positioning server sends a location mea... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7013151 | Portable terminal device with built-in GPS A portable terminal device with built-in GPS (global positioning system) has: a telephone radio part for wirelessly transmitting and receiving latitude information and longitude information; a GPS radio part for receiving data from a GPS satellite; a storage unit fo... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7013148 | Method for providing a current location of a wireless communication device A method (36) for providing a current location (35) of a wireless communication device (24) within a wireless communication network (20) calls for activating an automatic location identification (ALI) process in response to a request from... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7013128 | Terminal device and terminal device operation management system and operation management method A portable terminal includes a function to detect its own location. The owner of such terminal registers in advance an area in which he expects to be for a given time slot as conditions for operation. The portable terminal verifies its location with respect to the o... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7013113 | Method and apparatus for co-channel interference measurements and interference component separation based on statistical signal processing in drive-test area A method and apparatus for uniquely identifying signal sources in a multisource signal. True levels of signal components transmitted by each of the co-channel base stations in the area under test in a wireless network are measured and associated with the appropriate... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7013111 | Wireless communication apparatus The disclosed invention provides a wireless communications terminal apparatus that calculates its accurate position, eliminating the influence of a repeater on the calculation without using complicated processing. The terminal apparatus receives signals transmitted ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7013110 | Radio receiver apparatus for concurrent reception of voice and related information A radio receiving apparatus is used at a sporting event to provide a spectator with additional information and contact with the participants in the event. In an automobile racing event, each of the automobiles can be equipped with a two-way radio for communication b... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7010306 | Location information notifying method and location information notifying apparatus The present invention aims to provide a common platform for providing location information, which provision corresponds to network integration. In the present invention, a location information providing unit of a gateway server obtains from a position measuring cent... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7010583 | Transport system A transport system composed of road side stations installed along roads and vehicles running on roads, wherein emergency processing at the time of an accident, a local information providing service, and so on are realized by the road side stations in cooperation of ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7009561 | Radio frequency motion tracking system and method A radio frequency (RF) motion capture system includes stationary sensor receivers, one or more transmitter marker tags on one or more objects to be tracked within a capture zone, at least one stationary reference tag transmitter, and a processing system for processi... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7006816 | System and a method for locating a mobile terminal, in particular for rescuing in distress, and a device for alerting a corresponding mobile terminal A system for locating a mobile terminal, in particular for rescuing a person in distress equipped with the said mobile terminal. The mobile terminal is of a type able to communicate via the base stations of at least one radio-communication system. The system compris... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7006830 | Wireless communication system To provide a wireless communication system and a wireless communication method including: a first terminal apparatus comprising a computer main body and a second terminal apparatus comprising a displaying section, wherein the two terminal apparatuses perform wireles... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7006835 | Method of and system for providing position information A position information providing system of the invention, portable telephones A and B are connectable to a service center. The telephone A has a GPS processing circuit for measuring its own position and a control circuit. The circuit prepares position information ba... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7006838 | System and method for locating sources of unknown wireless radio signals A system and method for determining the location of a source (target device) of a wireless radio signal of an unknown or arbitrary type for which a signal correlator is not known or available. The target device's signal is received at a plurality of known locations ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7002489 | Method and system to calculate an approximate location of a mobile station in a recurrent route A method and system for calculating the approximate location of a mobile station along a recurrent route is disclosed. In an embodiment for the method in accordance with the principles of the present invention, the method for storing reference data includes decoding... | 02/21/2006 |
