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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7822428 | Mobile rich media information system A system and method is described for providing an interactive rich media information service to users of mobile devices. The rich media information is presented to users in a plurality of interactive rich media channels. A subscriber-specific data stream is received... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7539504 | Wireless telepresence collaboration system A method and system providing wireless personal telepresence facilitating collaboration by two or more persons, each in different locations, on a task at one of the locations and requiring visualization by multiple persons. A portable wireless unit captures/transmit... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7440767 | Home system including a portable fob having a rotary menu and a display A home wellness system includes a server having a wireless transceiver, a plurality of sensors each of which has a wireless transceiver adapted to communicate sensor information to the server wireless transceiver, and a portable display and configuration fob, the po... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7346321 | Apparatus for associating access points with stations using bid techniques The performance and ease of management of wireless communications environments is improved by a mechanism that enables access points (APs) to perform automatic channel selection. A wireless network can therefore include multiple APs, each of which will automatically... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7336969 | Multiple channel communications system A multi-channel communications system for communications between a mobile units and dispatch agencies through tower sites under control of a multi-channel communication controller. The method of communications used is time division multiple access with provisions fo... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336941 | System and method for unified accounting for wireless communication networks The present disclosure provides a system and method for providing unified accounting for a network including GSM, WAIN and WLAN components. ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7321783 | Mobile entertainment and communication device A mobile entertainment and communication device in a palm-held size housing has a cellular or satellite telephone capable of wireless communication with the Internet and one or more replaceable memory card sockets for receiving a blank memory card for recording data... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7283971 | System and method for managing mobile workers A computer implemented system and method for managing mobile workers in an object oriented programming environment is disclosed. A plurality of target objects that correspond to facilities assets to be worked on by a mobile worker are classified within a database of... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7260397 | Reconfiguration of a mobile telecommunications network element The present invention discloses a method and a system for reconfiguring a mobile telecommunications network. In the method network elements to be reconfigured are arranged into groups according to a grouping parameter. A priority value is assigned to the groups. The... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7206593 | Method for providing differing service levels in a wireless telecommunications network A mobile station in a wireless network can be assigned a priority level. The wireless network may support two or more different priority levels. A mobile station's priority level may be stored in a database containing other identifiers, such as the mobile station's ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7206595 | System and method of providing group dispatch calling between users in distinct geographical areas A dispatch communications system is disclosed that facilitates group dispatch communications respectively between subscriber units residing within a first geographical area, subscriber units residing within a second geographical area, and subscriber units residing r... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7193967 | Switching system An ATM switching system 1 is provided with an ATM switch 11, a reserved connection memory 12 for storing reserved connection information, a call history memory 13 for maintaining call histories of requests for connection from subscriber's... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7184787 | Wireless console/control concentrator The invention is a method and apparatuses for a console/control concentrator utilizing a location based dynamic coordinate addressing network over a programmable pulse modulated wireless protocol such as TM-UWB™. The physical connections are wireless, which involv... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7177641 | 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... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7127265 | System for transmitting information in a digital radio network system The invention concerns a system for transmitting information in a digital radio network system (12) between at least two modes of operation, which may be—a direct mode operation (DMO) between two terminal devices (10.1, 10.2) operating independently ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7120782 | Methods, systems and computer program products for accessing descriptive information associated with a TDMA/GSM switch Accessing descriptive information associated with a TDMA/GSM switch having an adjunct processor is provided. At least a portion of a database of descriptive information is incorporated with data provided to the adjunct processor to control the TDMA/GSM switch. The a... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7106835 | Method and system for integrating a computer aided dispatch system with an emergency medical dispatch protocol An interface between a computer aided dispatch system and an emergency medical dispatch protocol is provided. Able to operate in either a resident or a non-resident mode, this invention coordinates the transfer of control and information between the computer aided d... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7103161 | Mobile terminal device, method of controlling telephone number display and program thereof A mobile terminal device can store telephone numbers, and can allow a telephone number list to be displayed. In this mobile terminal device, when a user makes a telephone call, the frequency of calling is counted for every telephone number and is stored in a memory.... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7075555 | Method and apparatus for using a color table scheme for displaying information on either color or monochrome display A method and system of determining the screen capability and rendering the appropriate display attribute is herein described. The present invention performs this task by using a color table, which contains a list of object types and a corresponding list of display a... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7069031 | Communication device for providing security in a group communication network A method and apparatus for providing security in a group communication network provides for receiving an encryption key, encrypting media for transmission to a controller using the received encryption key, the encrypted media being directed to another communication ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7050807 | Hardware resource identifier for software-defined communications system A hardware resource identifier (19) recognizes hardware resource dependencies in a multi-channel communications system. Initially, system communications domains (D1-D4) in which system hardware resources are located are identified. Next, managed... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7035658 | Wireless communication device and network controller for affiliation with associated groups and method thereof A wireless communication device facilitated by a network controller and corresponding methods select a list of requested groups for affiliation from a list of associated groups. The list of requested groups is sent to a network infrastructure where it is processed a... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6965767 | Communication device for entering and exiting a net within a group communication network A method and apparatus for entering a net within a group communication network provides for requesting a current list of available nets that the communication device may join from a controller and, after receiving the current list of available nets from the controll... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6952568 | Tracking power levels in a wireless telecommunications network The present invention is a novel and improved method for monitoring the real time loading condition in a CDMA wireless communication system. The level of the power control signal is obtained by monitoring, in real time, at the base station the forward link CDMA chan... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6904285 | Method and apparatus for interurban dispatch private calling To address the need to provide interurban dispatch services, embodiments supporting interurban dispatch private call and dispatch call alert services are disclosed. Call control in the local network equipment (110-131) manages the dispatch service in both the... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6904023 | Method and apparatus for group call services The voice signaling gateway (10) provides group call and call back services among iDEN network (20) users (21) and a number of other various networks (30-60) users (31-62). The voice signaling gateway has packet data interface (... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6836659 | Control device for a communication system of an aircraft, in particular of a transport plane A control device for a communication system of an aircraft, in particular of a transport plane. A control device includes a control section and a display section which depicts on a presentation screen at least two communication values (radio frequencies and/or telep... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6650908 | Communications system for providing multiple services and hold capability of at least one service, and method therefor A communications system infrastructure (100), such as an integrated services radio system, is provided with a hold processor (126). The hold processor is operably coupled to at least one base station controller (114). If a mobile subscriber unit (102) is ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6650897 | Aircraft cockpit telephony A system and method for interface of the passenger telephone communication system that is installed in many commercial aircraft with the flight crew communication console to allow the flight crew to originate and receive telephone communication over the p... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6640109 | Method and apparatus for interurban dispatch group calling To address the need to provide interurban dispatch services, embodiments supporting an interurban dispatch group call service are disclosed. Call control in the controlling network equipment (e.g., 110-131) manages the dispatch service in both the local u... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6484036 | Method and apparatus for scheduling mobile agents utilizing rapid two-way communication A system and a method is disclosed for scheduling mobile agents. The system includes a dispatcher and at least one data processor that embodies a scheduling engine. A transceiver is coupled to the dispatcher for performing two-way communication with mobil... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6477387 | Method and apparatus for automatically grouping communication units in a communication system A display-based terminal (101) employs a method and apparatus for dynamically grouping (719, 723, 819, 823) communication units in a communication system. The terminal displays a map (703, 803) to the terminal user that indicates locations of communicatio... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6385459 | Method of handling an event by a plurality of consoles A method of handling an event by a plurality of consoles includes the steps of receiving an event (519) at a communication system and displaying the event at the consoles (101 and 117), wherein the event is displayed (525) using a first manner of display ... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6289222 | Free-forming one-way network A one-way or single-channel communication network utilizing electromagnetic radiation signals of a fixed single or narrow-band frequency in free air space consists of a plurality of transmitters and a central receiver in which each message is encoded in a... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6134450 | Method of initializing a mobile communication device for making a dispatch call A mobile communication device (116) establishes a network connection with a server (120) and searches a database (122) for calling information associated with a party the user of the mobile communication device desires to call. Once the information is loc... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6052601 | Method and apparatus for using pace groups in a comparator An apparatus has a plurality of ports (209); a router (203), operating in conjunction with at least one of the plurality of ports, arranged and constructed to receive at least one signal and provide an output signal; and a pacer (205), operating in conjun... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6002941 | Method and apparatus for implementing a service in a wireless communication system In a wireless communication system (100, 200), at least one service building block (605-610 and 622) is used in a service creation environment (301) to create logic program rules (303) that include identification of an authorized service execution environ... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5999820 | Dispatch console having communication modules with caller tracking feature A dispatch console for a radio system is disclosed, where the radio system includes an audio switching tower which routes audio communications between a switching device and audio input/output devices at the dispatch console. The dispatch console includes... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5805976 | Single site, split location trunked radio communications system Base stations located at physically separate, remote locations are operated as a single site to permit trunked radio communications between portable radios located at those split sites. A first trunked RF communication site located at a first split site l... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5754960 | Display console and user interface for multisite RF trunked system A dispatcher console for use in a digitally trunked, multisite public service radio system. The dispatcher counsel comprises a personal computer having a co-processor logic board, an audio switching tower, and user I/Os including a customized keyboard, di... | 05/19/1998 |
