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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7356338 | Method for selecting a wireless communication service provider in a multi-service provider environment A communication device locates a wireless service provider in a multi-service provider environment using a frequency band search schedule. The frequency band search schedule has a first or home band and a several other frequency bands in a predetermined ordered. The... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352322 | GPS-based positioning system for mobile GPS terminals The present invention discloses a GPS system that uses call-processor intelligence to determine the mode of operation of a GPS receiver located in a GPS terminal. The modes are selected based on the availability of network facilities, the GPS information that can be... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7295844 | System and method for routing communications based on wireless communication link quality A method for routing communications at a mobile station includes determining, at a mobile station, one or more routing metrics that are associated with each of a number of communication paths that couple the mobile station and a destination device. At least one of t... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292560 | Wireless broadband service A fixed broadband wireless data access service providing shared wide-band packet-switched data transport for high speed data access in areas where conventional ADSL service and fiber optic service are unavailable. The wireless data access service is a point-to-multi... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289478 | Method and apparatus for a fixed wireless broadband access and wireless LAN integration A method and apparatus for integrating Fixed Wireless Broadband Access (FWBA) and a Wireless Local Access radio Network (WLAN) is presented. An antenna or satellite dish leads to an RF (Radio Frequency) processor and modulator/demodulator component installed in a ho... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7283493 | System and method for switching between frequency channels in wireless LAN A wireless LAN system comprising a plurality of wireless stations, and a switching apparatus for switching a frequency channel used between stations communicated with each other. The switching apparatus includes means for selecting the frequency channel to be used, ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280500 | System and method for synchronizing broadcast transmissions from wireless base stations An apparatus for broadcasting packet data to a first wireless mobile station in a wireless network. The apparatus comprises: 1) a first broadcast controller for receiving from the first mobile station a first broadcast registration request associated with a first co... | 10/09/2007 |
| RE39870 | Global paging system using packet-switched digital data network and remote country designation A global paging system and corresponding method are disclosed in which an originating user pages a receiving user in a different country without the paging message being broadcast in all areas. According to certain embodiments, the originating user E-mails a web sit... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7266018 | Reducing sneak currents in virtual ground memory arrays Sneak currents may be reduced between adjacent input/output groups in addressed memory arrays, even in the case when I/O breaks are ineffective, such as during erase verify. By providing a plurality of intervening, appropriately biased, non-addressed memory cells, a... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7230933 | Reducing idle power consumption in a networked battery operated device An improved method and system for reducing the power consumption of computing devices capable of communicating over a wireless network allows longer device operation and/or the use of smaller batteries. The wireless computing device supports a low power channel for ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7218708 | Internet facilitated emergency and general paging system A plurality of displaced paging systems can be controlled from a common paging facility via a computer network such as the Internet. Real-time streaming audio can be transmitted, via the network to one or more identified facilities and/or zones and broadcast therein... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7209738 | Portable communications device coupled to first network by way of second network A portable communications device (PCD) is coupled to a first network by way of a second network. The PCD is normally in radio communication with the first network, and is coupled to the first network by way of the second network when the PCD is out of radio communic... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7177657 | Method and apparatus in a wireless communication system for identifying who has received a group message A server (102) receives (302) from an originator a group message directed to an address associated in the server with a pre-defined plurality of recipients whose coupling to the wireless communication system at any given time is either active or inacti... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7172119 | Modular architecture sensing and computing platform A weather resistant modular sensor and computing platform reduces costs and enhances versatility of sensor systems. Rapidly evolving electronic technology results in hyper-obsolescence wherein sensor systems that are state of the art technology when designed, fall b... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7171221 | System and method for automatically transferring a call from a first telephone to a designated telephone in close proximity A system and method of automatically transferring a call between telephones based on the distance between the two telephones is provided. First the proximity of a first telephone to a second telephone is determined. If the proximity is within a predetermined limit o... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167711 | System and method for controlling financial transactions over a wireless network A system and method for controlling financial transactions is disclosed. A customer, using a wireless device, identifies a point of sale and the amount of a transaction at that point of sale is first communicated to a central service and then transmitted to the wire... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7168027 | Dynamic synchronization of data capture on an optical or other high speed communications link A method and system that dynamically adjusts link control parameters of a communications network. The communications network includes a transmitter coupled through a first data link to a receiver. The transmitter and receiver each have at least one associated link c... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7162474 | Recipient controlled contact directories A presence system 4 manages communications in a network 2 between initiating parties 8 and recipient parties 6. The system 4 has a database 10 storing entries each relating to recipient parties 6. Each entry is stored... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7151942 | Advertisement broadcasting for paging A method for appending advertisements to paging messages may be utilized to reduce or substantially eliminate the fees for paging services paid by paging service customers while allowing companies to easily get their advertisements directly to a specific market or m... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7062281 | Multi-mode paging system A multi-mode paging system and method of selectively paging an individual through one of a plurality of paging mechanisms. An indication of a paging mechanism for each individual to be paged is stored in a memory device. When an input is received from a user to page... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7061396 | Intelligent locator system A locating and monitoring system includes transmitters worn by a person, animal, or equipment to transmit an unique identification code while moving about a facility. The code is transmitted by pulse bursts at diverse times during predetermined time intervals to pre... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7043214 | Tower discovery and failover Described is a communication system including wireless client devices. In the described system, the client devices may be wrist-worn watches such as are in common use today, except that the watches are specially configured to receive transmissions from broadcast tow... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7023832 | Paging system with spacial, frequency and time diversity A highly reliable radio paging system with a combination of time, frequency and spacial diversity in order to increase the reliability of the system. Time diversity is provided by broadcasting the same message at a number of different times. Spacial diversity is ach... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7009555 | GPS-based positioning system for mobile GPS terminals The present invention discloses a GPS system that uses call-processor intelligence to determine the mode of operation of a GPS receiver located in a GPS terminal. The modes are selected based on the availability of network facilities, the GPS information that can be... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6960983 | Global paging system using packet-switched digital data network and remote country designation A global paging system and corresponding method are disclosed in which an originating user pages a receiving user in a different country without the paging message being broadcast in all areas. According to certain embodiments, the originating user E-mails a web sit... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6961573 | System and method for routing communications based on wireless communication link quality A method for routing communications at a mobile station includes determining, at a mobile station, one or more routing metrics that are associated with each of a number of communication paths that couple the mobile station and a destination device. At least one of t... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6947757 | Method for communicating information The invention relates to communication of information in fixed-length messages in mobile communication systems, particularly in association with positioning methods. In a method according to the invention information is transferred in a fixed-length message such tha... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6904358 | System for displaying a map The present invention relates to a system for displaying a map in a display unit of a mobile terminal device such that the relationship between a moving direction of the mobile terminal device and a direction of the displayed map is easily understandable. When the s... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6904289 | Method and apparatus that annunciates when a mobile telephone is out of a service area The mobile telephone includes a detector, a timer and an annunciator. The detector transmits a detection signal when the detector detects that the mobile telephone is in a stand-by mode and is located out of a service area. The timer starts measuring a period of tim... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6898427 | Method of coupling portable communications device to first network by way of second network A method of coupling a portable communications device (PCD) to a first network by way of a second network is disclosed. The PCD is normally in radio communication with the first network, and is coupled to the first network by way of the second network when the PCD i... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6665521 | Method and apparatus for cooperative diversity The wireless communication system (100) uses a method of improving diversity gain by utilizing a first network (10) operating with a first protocol and at least a second network (20) formed from a plurality of cooperative wireless devices (22, 24, 26, 28,... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6646542 | Global paging system using packet-switched digital data network and remote country designation A global paging system and corresponding method are disclosed in which an originating user pages a receiving user in a different country without the paging message being broadcast in all areas. According to certain embodiments, the originating user E-mail... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6538561 | Data communication network for minimizing toll-charge dependent links and method of operation There is disclosed an inbound message receiving system for use in a wireless messaging system. The inbound message receiving system comprises: 1) a source base transceiver station capable of receiving a wireless message from a source mobile station dispos... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6529117 | Radio selective call receiver in which message non-reception period is managed A radio selective call receiver includes a receiving section, a recognizing section, an alarm section and a control section. The receiving section receives a radio signal. The recognizing section detects a message and a selective call number from the rece... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6515577 | Channel monitoring by a multichannel selective call receiver A multichannel selective call receiver (10) includes-a receiver (11), a controller (16), a baud detector (17) and a memory (18). The controller is adapted to control the receiver in receiving information on a channel (14). The information on the channel i... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6442159 | Method of routing a short message and an apparatus for routing a short message In a method of routing a short message with high or low priority from a service center to a mobile station in a public land mobile network providing both packet data service and circuit switched service, a choice is made, in advance, as to whether the sho... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6433689 | System for supervision and control of objects or persons A system for supervision and control of objects or persons within a limited area, such as a building, comprising a plurality of electronic identification chips for placing on respective objects/persons to be supervised/controlled, each chip having stored ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6433668 | Paging system with spacial, frequency and time diversity The present invention provides a highly reliable radio paging system. The radio paging system of the present invention provides a combination of time, frequency and spacial diversity in order to increase the reliability of the system. Time diversity is pr... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6329902 | Wide area two-way paging using a mesh network with paging receivers A wide area paging broadcast channel for transmitting a page signal throughout a prescribed geographic area over a broadcast channel in response to a page request. At least one subscriber transceiver is located within the prescribe geographic area for rec... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6154652 | Device and method for performing handoff in mobile communication system A mobile communication system transmitting data in frame unit includes a base station apparatus and a terminal apparatus. The transmitter has a controller having consecutive first and second frames each divided into a first interval and a second interval ... | 11/28/2000 |
