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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8145265 | Method and system for producing hard copies of electronic information employing a portable personal receiving device A method for producing hard copies of electronic information employing a portable personal receiving device includes the steps of selecting information to print and utilizing the receiving device to identify available printers based on the location of the receiving ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 7684823 | Cellular mobile radio network and method for setting up a base station of a cellular mobile radio network A cellular mobile radio network having at least one base station integrated into a facility supplied via a power supply network and being connected to an assigned base station controller. The at least one base station includes a module for exchanging radio frequency... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7519392 | Integrated wireless local loop system One piece type or integrated wireless local loop (WLL) terminal has a speaker, a microphone, and a built-in or integrated USB (Universal Serial Bus) and USB driver in the terminal. The WLL terminal is capable of being used with a charger that has connectors for conn... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7502626 | System and device for accessing of a mobile communication network A system, wherein a mobile station can switch to an IP access protocol, whereupon data transmitted between the mobile station and a mobile services switching centre change over from a base station system, reached using radio communication, to being transmitted throu... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7433346 | Card device for high-speed wireless data communication A card device for performing high-speed wireless data communication faster and more stable than a wireless data communication via an existing USB interface and UART serial bus interface is provided, including an antenna for transmitting and receiving a RF signal, a ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7424307 | Loss of page synchronization Systems and methods for maintaining data stream synchronization are provided. A system comprises one or more radio head interface modules and a call processing software module each adapted to communicate with each other. The call processing software module performs ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7412257 | Extending mobile phone networks Methods, systems, and computer program products for bridging mobile phone networks with other telephone networks. A telephone network comprises multiple individually addressable telephone lines connected to telephones and to a gateway, which in turn is connected to ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7406330 | Method and system for extending IP PBX services to cellular wireless communication devices An IP PBX system that serves enterprise telephones via a landline IP network connection is be expanded to serve cellular wireless communication devices (WCD) via a cellular wireless carrier's radio access network (RAN). Calls to and from the cellular WCD are connect... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7386309 | Method and system for distributed wireless access A method and system is provided for distributed wireless access. The system includes an access concentrator and a plurality of antenna modules. The antenna modules are spread across a campus and are coupled to the access concentrator via network wiring. Each antenna... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386307 | Methods and systems for providing wireless network services Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for providing wireless network services. In an embodiment, a system includes a wireless communications network and a mobile switching center coupled to the wireless communications network. The mobile... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7363034 | Cellular docking station A system for communicating with the user of a cellular telephone via the cellular mobile radio (CMR) system and the public switched telephone network (PSTN). A communications interface appends the telephone exchange number of an outgoing communication to include an ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363062 | Enhanced mobility wireless local loop phone Methods and apparatus for implementing a wireless local loop phone that operates connected to or disconnected from a terminal unit. In one implementation, a phone system includes: a terminal unit comprising: a power source, a handset connection; a handset comprising... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7346347 | Apparatus, and an associated method, for providing WLAN service in a fixed wireless access communication system Apparatus, and an associated method, for providing WLAN (wireless local area network) service through a fixed wireless access communication system. WLAN transceivers are fixed in position at subscriber stations of the fixed wireless access communication system. Each... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7336971 | System for providing private mobile communication service separately from public mobile communication network and method of processing call using the same A system for providing a private mobile communication service separately from a public mobile communication network and method of processing a call using the same. The system includes a mobile station for establishing a radio communication channel with a private BTS... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7328033 | Wireless network system and method Embodiments of the present invention provide a flexible system for providing wireless broadband access. The system can include a gateway that has a plurality of gateway premises equipment (“GPE”) units and a network fuser connected to the plurality of GPE units ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324824 | Wireless network monitoring system A plug-in network appliance is disclosed. In one aspect, a network appliance performs a bridge between two wireless communication formats. In another aspect, a network appliance is deployed to perform position location services. In another aspect, a mesh network com... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319670 | Apparatus and method for transmitting data to a network based on retransmission requests An apparatus for transmitting to a network comprises a queue, packetization logic, interface logic, and queue logic. The packetization logic is configured to packetize data into a plurality of data packets and to store, to the queue, entries pointing to the data pac... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7308257 | Private mobile communication system for providing public network busy state information of mobile communication terminal A private mobile communication system is for providing a public network busy state information of a mobile communication terminal. The private mobile communication system for informing a call origination mobile communication terminal of a public network busy state o... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7286858 | Portable terminal device and method of controlling the same A portable terminal device and method thereof includes a main power supply to supply electric power to a system part of the portable terminal device, a wireless transmitting/receiving part to wirelessly transmit/receive RF signals through a network, the portable ter... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7257205 | Method and apparatus for communicating with one of plural devices associated with a single telephone number during a disaster and disaster recovery A system for (and a method of) selectively establishing communication with one of plural devices associated with a single telephone number during a disaster or disaster recovery period. In a preferred embodiment, the system includes two wireless connection units, ea... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7254137 | SIP2 Mobile gateway A system and method for using an IP client attached to the Public Internet, acting as a virtual mobile terminal such as a cell phone, to have full access to mobile telephony services offered by a mobile operator using a SIP2 Mobile gateway. The services inclu... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7239892 | Alternating current power strip with network repeating and management An alternating current power strip 1 with network repeating and management 23 functionality is hereby disclosed. ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7212816 | Fixed wireless telephone device Methods and apparatus are disclosed for establishing a fixed wireless telephone service. A fixed wireless device includes a wireless device for establishing wireless connections to a wireless communications network that interfaces with a public switched telephone ne... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7203515 | Wireless local loop system for interfacing with analog communication device A wireless local loop (WLL) system capable of interfacing with an analog communication device is provided. The WLL system comprises: a SLIC (SLT interface Circuit) capable of matching analog data line characteristics of an analog communication device; and a MODEM fo... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7197335 | Multi-antenna access point architecture and methods High capacity WLAN access point architecture is described layered above a MAC layer of a standard WLAN protocol stack. Methods for forming orthogonal beams to deliver downlink information to a plurality of mobile devices and for separating uplink packets from the mo... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7194083 | System and method for interfacing plain old telephone system (POTS) devices with cellular networks A system and method for interfacing plain old telephone system (PATS) devices with a cellular network is presented. In a broad sense, the system includes an interface that bridges the POTS devices with the cellular network. The interface is configured to convert POT... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7190954 | Apparatus for wirelessly-coupling a Bluetooth-wireless cellular mobile handset to a docking station for connecting a standard telephone set to the cellular network A Bluetooth-wireless docking station for use with a Bluetooth-enabled cellular mobile handset, which docking station allows mobility to the cellular mobile handset rather than having to be fixed stationarily in the docking station, which docking station couples stan... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190972 | Method and apparatus for a wireless network The present invention provides a solution to the needs described above through a method and apparatus for a wireless network. The network includes a first wireless device and a second wireless device. The first wireless device comprises a transceiver for receiving a... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7187946 | Method and system for delivering wireless telephone service to customer premises via local loop telephone lines A method and system for delivering wireless telephone service to landline customers via local loop telephone lines. Each of multiple local loop telephone lines will be interfaced with a respective wireless bridge at a point between a telephone company switch and the... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7184554 | Wireless device management A method of managing a wireless device (2), the method comprising installing a management agent program in a memory of the wireless device (2), the installed management agent monitoring the status of application programs installed on the device. Manage... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7174189 | Method and system for providing mobility to enhanced call service features at remote locations A system and method for providing PBX-like functionality at a remote office location includes the capability of maintaining a network session with a mobile number associated with the remote worker once the worker terminates the remote office session. The system util... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7174175 | Method to solve the multi-path and to implement the roaming function A telecommunication system intended for providing telecommunication services at a semiconductor manufacturing plant under the circumstances of shielded areas of clean rooms comprises a GSM base station installed at the plant and equipped with a plurality of low powe... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7171167 | Mobile phone companion apparatus to provide voice link with land-line house telephone An apparatus that allows land-line house telephone users to receive mobile telephone incoming call through connection port, e.g., headphone outlet, commonly equipped on mobile telephone or like device. With the aid of this apparatus or called Personal Mobile Compani... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167723 | Dual channel redundant fixed wireless network link, and method therefore A dual channel redundant wireless network link formed by the Redundant Fixed Wireless Network Link device 10 of the present invention provides a very high reliable network element for mission critical wireless network application. Redundant Fixed Wireless Lin... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7162408 | Subscriber identification module (SIM) emulator Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods, systems, and computer-readable media for emulating a Subscriber Identification Module (SIM). SIM emulation comprises reading configuration data representing one or more characteristics of the SIM. Execution of ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7151944 | Method and apparatus for using synchronous CDMA in a mobile environment The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for reducing interference arising from signal propagation delay in multipath signal environments in wireless communication systems. The present invention provides a method of operating a mobile communications b... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7151794 | Modem channel sharing based on frequency division A data communication system includes a head-end modem, which is adapted to transmit downstream data signals over a communication medium in a first frequency band and to receive upstream data signals over the communication medium in a second frequency band, each of t... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7149525 | System for selectively answering a telephone A system to selectively answer a telephone is disclosed and includes a stationary unit connectable in line with a telephone line extending to the telephone. The stationary unit includes: a first antenna coupled to a first transmitter-receiver to communicate with a p... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7149541 | System and method for the transfer of digital data to a mobile device A system, method and computer program for ordering, paying for and download digital products to a mobile device in a cost-effective manner. The mobile device includes a short range transceiver and a network transceiver. The mobile device accesses electronic shop ser... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7149542 | Method and network element for connecting a subscriber to a cellular telecommunication network A method and apparatus for connecting a subscriber apparatus or subscriber's network to a mobile network, wherein a network element is placed between a mobile network and a subscriber apparatus or subscriber's network. The network element emulates the appropriate in... | 12/12/2006 |
