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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190197 | Portable telephone and communication mode setting method To realize a portable telephone which can always receive the user information via a MBMS service. The portable telephone includes: an antenna for transmitting/receiving radio waves to and from a network; a wireless section for modulating/demodulating radio waves tra... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190198 | Enabling portability of credentials across dual mode devices In one general aspect, the instant application describes a method for enabling dual-mode mobile devices to access a Code Division Multiple Access (“CDMA”) network. The method includes steps of receiving, from a first mobile device, a request to access a CDMA net... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185152 | Access network discovery and selection and internet protocol multimedia system service architecture An access network discovery and selection (ANDSF) module includes a first transceiver that receives an service continuity signal from a service centralization and continuity application server (SCC AS). A first control module generates a preference and policy inform... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185153 | Apparatus and method for a web programmable telephone A web programmable telephone and a method for operating a web programmable telephone are disclosed. In one embodiment of the present invention, a voice module of a wireless household telephone is controlled by an internal web module that can retrieve and execute dat... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185151 | System and process for internet protocol multimedia subsystem centralized service with enhanced unstructured supplementary service A method of handling Service Data initiated by a wireless network for a mobile station, the mobile station configured to operate in a circuit-switched network and a packet-switched network, includes registering a Circuit Switched Access Adaptation Function in the mo... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180392 | Wireless communication device and signal detection circuit A wireless communication device that includes a wireless communication unit that performs a wireless communication in a first mode using a first frequency band serving as a first communication channel, and performs the wireless communication in a second mode using a... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180391 | Combined communications system, prohibiting-signal transmitting apparatus, wireless base station, and method A prohibiting-signal transmitting apparatus for use in a combined system such that there is at least a partial overlap between bands allocated to an old communications system and bands allocated to a new communications system is disclosed. The apparatus includes a u... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180390 | Mobile communication terminal, mobile communication managing apparatus, mobile communication system, computer readable medium for mobile communication and mobile communication method It is an object of the invention to realize effective communication by a mobile communication terminal having a plurality of communication interfaces. When transmitting data, a mobile communication terminal (100) selects a communication interface (1... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175635 | Methods and apparatus for system selection in a multimode wireless device Methods and apparatus for system selection in a multimode wireless device are disclosed. The method and apparatus afford selection of a wireless communication system access technology from a number of wireless system access technologies supported by a wireless devic... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170604 | Method and system for managing communications for a multi-mode communications device The invention concerns a method (200) and system (100) for managing communications for a multi-mode communications device (130). The method can include the steps of establishing (210) communications with at least a first wireless network ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170606 | Dynamic thermal control for wireless transceivers Methods and apparatus for dynamic thermal management and control within, e.g., small form-factor wireless devices such as laptop computers or cellular “smartphones”. In one embodiment, a thermal management system monitors the temperature (or other relevant crite... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170605 | Dual mode mobile terminal and data call processing method thereof An improved dual mode mobile terminal and data call processing method of the dual mode mobile terminal is provided for enabling a modem chip that is not associated or embedded with an application to process a data call. A data call processing method for a dual mode ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170607 | Communication system and method in a hybrid wired/wireless local area network A method for communication is disclosed and includes performing by one or more processors in a first access point, receiving a first messaging protocol message from a first switch. The first messaging protocol message is also communicated from the first switch to at... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165628 | Device, system and method for multi-profile wireless communication Briefly, some embodiments of the invention may provide devices, systems and methods for multi-profile wireless communication. For example, a wireless communication module may include first and second ports, and may be able to selectably operate in either a first mod... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165627 | User hand detection for wireless devices A method for determining whether a wireless device is being held comprising: activating a vibration motor in the wireless device to vibrate the wireless device for a predetermined period; receiving at least one acceleration measurement from an accelerometer in the w... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165626 | System and method of telephonic dialing simulation A multiple mode, personal, wireless communications system exists within a radiotelephone network serving general customers and provides additional services to a select group of customers. The system uses handsets which automatically switch between a standard cellula... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165625 | Mobile communication device capable of performing group communication between a cellular communication system and a VoIP system A mobile communication apparatus capable of performing group communication between a cellular communication system and a VoIP system includes a first wireless communication module for processing signals of a cellular network corresponding to the cellular communicati... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160638 | Controlling multi-mode devices In an example embodiment, a technique for automatically controlling radio interfaces of a multi-mode device. Wireless interfaces are enabled or disabled based on the probability of network availability of the interfaces at a current geographical location. ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155694 | Dual standby mode mobile terminal and communication mode control method thereof A dual standby mode mobile terminal having a single smart card slot and communication mode control method thereof is provided for enabling the mobile terminal to operate in dual standby mode with a single smart card. A dual standby mode mobile terminal includes a fi... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155693 | Mobile communication device providing communication pathway determination assistance A system and method in a mobile communication device for providing assistance to a user in determining a communication pathway. A mobile communication device may comprise a communication interface module adapted to communicate over at least a first plurality of comm... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150453 | Cellular and TV interactive mobile wired and wireless systems Interactive cellular and television (TV), wired and wireless systems for interactive communication and broadcasting between Wi-Fi connected cellular phones, Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) and TV sets and between cell phones and other mobile devices. Remote control... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145263 | Method and system for cellular network services and an intelligent integrated broadcast television downlink having intelligent service control with feedback In an RF communication system, aspects for cellular network and intelligent integrated broadcast television downlink with intelligent service control with feedback may comprise a mobile terminal (MT) generating a request for media comprising a specified quality of s... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145262 | Multimode land mobile radio A multimode land mobile radio (LMR) and a method of communicating land mobile radio (LMR) content using an LMR device are provided. The LMR includes an LMR communication portion configured to provide communication with an LMR network and a cellular data network comm... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140110 | Controlling input and output in a multi-mode wireless processing system A system and method of controlling input and output in a multi-mode wireless processing system. The method can include receiving an instruction for communication in a multi-mode wireless processing system; and determining from a field in the received instruction whe... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140111 | Methods and apparatus for analyzing, processing and formatting network information such as web-pages A method for processing information received by a wireless device over a computer network, including receiving information from at least one source of information over a computer network, parsing at least some of the information, and employing at least some results ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140112 | Method and apparatus for handoff between a wireless local area network (WLAN) and a universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS) Apparatus and method for providing an automatic handoff process of a dual-mode user equipment (UE) from either a wireless local area network (WLAN) to a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) or from a UMTS to a WLAN. Handoffs may be initiated by the UE, ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135436 | Mobile radio communication devices and methods for controlling a mobile radio communication device In an embodiment, a mobile radio communication device is provided. The mobile radio communication device may include a receiver configured to receive radio pilot information via a predefined physical radio channel according to a radio communication technology family... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135435 | System information updates in LTE A method and apparatus for receiving system information updates includes a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) receiving a system frame number. The WTRU also receives system information messages in a modification period. The modification period has a boundary dete... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8126502 | Channel width switching in multiple OBSS systems Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a device is capable of operating at a first bandwidth or a second bandwidth, and further capable of operating using a communication method intolerant to operation at the first bandwidth. If operation using a commu... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121638 | System and method for security on a mobile device using multiple communication domains A mobile device and a method for providing security to a mobile device having two or more communication domains is provided. The mobile device receives a communication service request. The communication domain of the communication service request is determined, the ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116810 | Method of transmitting and receiving control information of multimode mobile terminal A multi-mode mobile subscriber station (MSS) composed of several interfaces, and a method for acquiring/updating information in the case of a handover between heterogeneous networks are disclosed. A method for transmitting/receiving control information of a multi-mo... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116811 | Wireless communication control apparatus and method for mobile objects According to one aspect of wireless communication control apparatus and method for a mobile object according to the present invention, the wireless communication apparatus and method include the steps of: collecting communication-state information corresponding to p... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116809 | Method and apparatus of multiple entity wireless communication adapter Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for a multiple-entity wireless communication adapter, including at least a first connection module to communicate first signal traffic corresponding to a basic service set station entity, a second c... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112111 | Access selection in wireless networks In a communication system including mobile terminals and different wireless networks the mobile terminals can estimate the speed with which the mobile terminals move and communicate estimated values of the speed to a selection function (17) selecting one of t... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112113 | Mobile terminal A mobile terminal includes a reception unit to receive, from at least one of a plurality of communication systems, an initial beacon containing information for establishing communication according to each of the plurality of communication methods, a request unit to ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112112 | Radio apparatus and radio receiving method A radio apparatus includes a receiver which receives a wirelessly transmitted signal as a reception signal, a transmitter which is provided in the vicinity of the receiver and generates a transmission signal having a frequency different from that of the reception si... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8107999 | Communication device and method of communicating transmissions A communication device including a first transceiver arranged to communicate transmissions based upon a first communications protocol, a second transceiver arranged to communicate transmissions based upon a second communications protocol that is different from the f... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107998 | System information updates in LTE A method and apparatus for receiving system information updates includes a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) receiving a system frame number. The WTRU also receives system information messages in a modification period. The modification period has a boundary dete... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107997 | System and method of telephonic dialing simulation A multiple mode, personal, wireless communications system is disclosed which exists within a radiotelephone network serving general customers and provides unique additional services to a select group of customers equipped with special handsets, without impacting the... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103306 | Mobile station, base station and method of controlling peripheral cell measurement A mobile station includes a radio channel condition measurement portion that measures a radio channel condition, a radio channel averaging portion that averages the measured radio channel condition over a predetermined period of time, and a reception mode control po... | 01/24/2012 |
