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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185144 | Gateway control system and method using push-to-talk In a method for managing a target system from a Push-to-Talk station, a Gateway receives a request to manage the target system from the Push-to-Talk station. The request includes an identifier for the Push-to-Talk station and an identifier for the target system. A p... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180388 | Methods and systems for improving session establishment with wireless communication devices Methods and systems for reducing the latency of instant communication session establishment are presented. According to various preferred embodiments, a RAN, may receive a setup request message via a packet-switched network. The RAN may determine, from a quality of ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180387 | Method, terminal, and system for establishing PoC group session in PoC system A method, a terminal, and a system for establishing a Push to Talk Over Cellular (PoC) group session in a PoC network based on session initiation information, such as information regarding presence of clients to be invited or session start-up time. According to the ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8160628 | System and method of setting up a push-to-talk call Systems and methods of setting up a push-to-talk call are provided. When a push-to-talk server receives a request for a push-to-talk call from an originating mobile station, the server sends a push-to-talk call notification to a destination mobile station identified... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8150439 | Facilitating user interactions based on proximity Techniques are described for providing location-based information and functionality to people and computing devices in various ways. In at least some situations, the techniques include enabling multiple people in a common geographic area to interact in various ways,... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145250 | Method for managing pre-established session, PoC system and PoC user equipment for implementing the same Disclosed is a method for enabling a terminating-side PoC client to open a PoC session by using a pre-established session, and to maintain the pre-established session when the terminating-side PoC client terminates the open PoC session, and a PoC system and a PoC us... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8135426 | Optimistic talk-permit reliability enhancement in a push-to-talk system A system, method, and computer program for providing a greater reliability for a direct-communication, such as push-to-talk communication, being bridged between members of a communicating group of wireless telecommunication devices. Each wireless telecommunication d... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8121629 | Radio device Radio devices (31 to 43) receive a prescribed number of Hello packets from each of n radio devices existing within one hop from each radio device, detects six pairs of maximum and minimum values MAX[1] and MIN[1] to MAX[6] and MIN[... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8112107 | Wireless communication system for updating logic-circuit data for implementing logic circuit in variable logic circuit unit A transmission source device transmits a test signal to a transmission destination device and a transmitting device by wireless communication. The transmission destination device and the transmitting device add to a received test signal an identification number ther... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8103300 | System and method for forming ad-hoc location-based multicast group A system, method, and media for providing group communication services to an ad-hoc group formed according to vicinity with other users of communication devices in a communication system. Communicating among a communication group of a plurality of wireless communica... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8073479 | System, method, and computer program product for service and application configuration in a network device A method is provided that includes accessing information associated with at least one service or application in a social network. The method also includes detecting at least one event relating to the information associated with the at least one service or applicatio... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068866 | Group communication server It is an object of the present invention to ensure readily communication between subgroups with reduced trouble to the user in the group communication in terms of subgroup formation and so on. A group communication server according to an embodiment of the present in... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8050700 | Negotiation of control over a PTT call between an OMA PoC network and a P25 network Communication networks and methods are disclosed for negotiating control over a PTT call between an OMA PoC network and a P25 network. If an OMA PoC PTT server receives a request for the PTT call from a calling party, then the PTT server transmits a call initiation ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8041377 | Radio device for preventing isolated radio devices in network A radio device is located far from other radio devices in a radio network system. The radio device determines a threshold WIth for detecting a strength equal to or more than the minimum strength of radio waves transmitted/received in a stable radio wave environment ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8019372 | Controller apparatus, mobile terminal, and communication control method A controller apparatus is configured to control an ad hoc network formed by a plurality of mobile terminals. The controller apparatus includes a transmission power determining unit configured to determine transmission power of a certain mobile terminal joining in th... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7996031 | Method and system for providing a network protocol for utility services A method and system for providing a network protocol for utility services are disclosed are disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises discovering a utility network, wherein a constant powered meter sends network discovery messages to find... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7983707 | System and method for mobile PTT communication A push-to-talk communications device (PCD) provides improved push-to-talk (PTT) communications. The PCD may include a PTT activator and a PTT module having a buffer and communications logic for providing full duplex PTT communications. In a Point-to-Point PTT mode o... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7983706 | System and method for voice and text based service interworking A method of communication includes receiving a request to initiate a push-to-talk/instant messaging exchange from a push-to-talk device. A determination is made in order to ascertain if an instant messaging device is available to partake in the push-to-talk/instant ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7970425 | Push-to-talk group call system using CDMA 1x-EVDO cellular network A push-to-talk (“PTT”) group call system, for use as, e.g., a public safety wireless network, includes a CDMA-based 1x-EVDO radio access network operably connected to a PTT server over an IP network. The radio access network includes base stations for radio comm... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7970426 | Method of assigning provisional identification to a subscriber unit and group The present disclosure provides an efficient and effective method for allocating provisional PUIDs and PGIDs to subscriber units and groups during a failure, such that when the communication system recovers, there is a decrease in or elimination of the number of dro... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7966031 | Method and system for dividing single PoC group session A method and system for dividing a signal push-to-talk-over-cellular (PoC) group session are provided. The method includes requesting, at a PoC client, session division to a participating PoC function (PF) of a PoC server that manages a PoC session to which the PoC ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7941171 | Activating a push-to-talk group feature using an unstructured supplementary service data message Techniques for implementing a push-to-talk feature in a mobile telecommunications environment (100) involve receiving an indication to activate a push-to-talk service for a first mobile device (130(2)) and identifying a group of mobile devices (... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7933623 | System and method for addressing dispatch stations A system and method for dispatch communications are provided. A dispatch station can use one or more alias addresses for communicating with other dispatch stations. The dispatch station can register with a dispatch network for only one of the alias addresses or a nu... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7925290 | System and method for efficiently providing high-performance dispatch services in a wireless system A system and method for providing high performance dispatch services for a push-to-talk (PTT) communication over a wireless communication network. When a wireless device is powered up, it registers with a server and then transitions to a paging state instead of an i... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7912489 | Wireless base station and wireless terminal A wireless communication system including at least one wireless base station and two or more wireless terminals, and each of the wireless terminals can communicate with the wireless base station or directly communicate with another wireless terminal. The wireless ba... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7899479 | Method, system and apparatuses for sharing presence information Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for sharing presence information, including: acquiring group presence information and sending the group presence information to a group member. Embodiments of the present invention also provide a system and appar... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7894842 | Methods and devices for including a plurality of users in a conversation over a communication network Methods and devices are disclosed for including a plurality of users in a conversation over a communication network. A conversation is initiated when a text message is received requesting the conversation. A conversation is established using conversation gateways cu... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7885675 | Method and apparatus for providing voice mailbox function in PoC service A method of providing a voice mailbox function in a PoC service, including: if the voice mailbox of at least one called user is to be connected in response to receiving a session establishment request from a calling user, determining whether the session correspondin... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7881738 | Estimation based approach to determine the retransmission timeout value for access probe retransmissions Systems and methods for reducing latency in a group communication system including transmitting an access probe; establishing predetermined criteria relating to communication parameters; and setting a retransmission timeout value at a communication device based upon... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7873379 | Conference communication system and method with notification A conference communication system including a conference server which provides a conference for a first and a second communication terminal, a notification device which generates a notification message according to a media data transmission control protocol which is... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7873378 | Method of reducing delay in push-to-talk over cellular (PoC) by predicting need for connection setup The present invention relates to a method of reducing setup delay for an uplink message from a user terminal (UT) in a delay sensitive service in a radio telecommunications system, such as a push to talk service (PoC), by predicting that delay sensitive data is abou... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7865207 | Method and apparatus for large scale analysis of push-to-talk traffic To provide a solution for efficient and large-scale characterization of push-to-talk service performance in a mobile communication environment there is described a method and apparatus for passive evaluation of push-to-talk traffic in a communication network. After ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7865206 | Employing matching of event characteristics to suggest another characteristic of an event A device, system, and method are directed towards determining a suggested characteristic for an event. At least two events are determined. In one embodiment, at least one characteristic is determined for one of the event. A plurality of other characteristics is dete... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7844294 | Systems and methods for opt-in and opt-out talk group management Systems and methods for supporting group communications are provided. A group list management server (GLMS) stores communications group definitions in documents, such as extensible mark-up language (XML) documents. The communications group can include communication ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7840230 | Communications using a distributed mobile architecture A method is disclosed that includes receiving telephony data from four or more mobile communication devices at a communication apparatus. The communication apparatus includes a wireless transceiver and a computer readable storage medium. A mobile switching center (M... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7818020 | System and method for joining communication groups Systems and methods for supporting group communications are provided. A group list management server (GLMS) stores communications group definitions in documents, such as extensible mark-up language (XML) documents. The communications group can include communication ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7809391 | Optimizing talk burst control process in a PTT communication network A push-to-talk (PTT) method for optimizing talk burst control in a PTT communication network is provided. The method comprises transmitting a talk burst inquiry from a first PTT terminal to a PTT server requesting a talk burst control message to determine a talk bur... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7809392 | Text and voice capable mobile communication device A method for establishing a call using a mobile terminal includes receiving a message. The method includes receiving a user input based on information in the message. The method includes accessing a communication identifier for a sending party identified in the mess... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7797010 | Systems and methods for talk group distribution Systems and methods for supporting group communications are provided. A group list management server (GLMS) stores communications group definitions in documents, such as extensible mark-up language (XML) documents. The communications group can include communication ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7797011 | Communication method and communication equipment in the PoC service The present invention aims at permitting users of the equipments to exchange mutually their own wills easily in a PoC service not to take a floor. In a PoC service that attains a half duplex talk session using a packet communication between the plurality of equipmen... | 09/14/2010 |
