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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7389104 | Methods, systems and apparatus for providing urgent public information Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for distributing urgent public information. For example, one exemplary of the invention provides a method for providing an alert to a subscriber. The exemplary method comprises receiving an alert message from ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7343244 | Vehicle tracker including input/output features and related methods A vehicle tracking unit for a vehicle of a type including at least one vehicle sensor may include a vehicle position determining device, a wireless communications device, and a controller connected to the wireless communications device and the vehicle position deter... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7312696 | Vehicle tracker including input/output features and related methods A vehicle tracking unit may include a vehicle position determining device, a wireless communications device, and a controller. The controller may cooperate with the vehicle position determining device and the wireless communications device to send vehicle position i... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7194249 | Methods, systems and apparatus for providing urgent public information Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for distributing urgent public information. For example, one exemplary of the invention provides a method for providing an alert to a subscriber. The exemplary method comprises receiving an alert message from ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7181204 | Methods and apparatus for re-establishing communication for a wireless communication device after a communication loss in a wireless communication network Several related methods and apparatus for re-establishing communication for a wireless communication device after a communication loss between the wireless device and a wireless communication network are disclosed. In one illustrative example, the wireless network b... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7127325 | Controllable object remote control and diagnosis apparatus A robot apparatus having a robot and a controller for controlling the robot. The apparatus has a diagnosing computer connected to the controller and acquiring a state quantity of the robot. An analyzing computer is provided remotely from the robot and has a control ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7092367 | Data transmission method, data transmitter, data receiver, data reception method and data transmission and reception system A data transmission and reception system and method that make it possible to transmit and receive more types of information without changing the existing communication system include a broadcasting base station which has a subID adding unit, which arranges in the tr... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7030730 | System and method for formatting an electronic message A client/server based system provides an integrated messages system for a user having access to accounts on a number of different terminal communication devices, including at least one wireless terminal device. In a preferred embodiment, the system includes an agent... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7026914 | Selective calling receiver and method of switching alert operation thereof A selective calling receiver includes first and second tables and a control section. The first table stores in advance setting information for automatically stopping sound generation and switching to another alert operation. The second table stores in advance settin... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7015830 | Vehicle tracking unit for controlling operable vehicle devices using a vehicle data bus and related methods A vehicle tracking unit is provided for a vehicle of a type comprising a vehicle data bus extending throughout the vehicle and at least one operable vehicle device connected thereto. The at least one operable vehicle device may be responsive to at least one data bus... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6996414 | System and method of group calling in mobile communications Information is retrieved from a list of members of a group call group. Based on the retrieved information, a group call is established between first and second mobile stations (MS). The first MS is served by a first base station controller (BSC) and the second MS is... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6924750 | Vehicle tracking unit for controlling operable vehicle devices using a vehicle data bus and related methods A vehicle tracking unit is provided for a vehicle of a type comprising a vehicle data bus extending throughout the vehicle and at least one operable vehicle device connected thereto. The at least one operable vehicle device may be responsive to at least one data bus... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6892112 | Modularity system for computer assisted surgery A medical system that allows a medical device to be controlled by one of two input devices. The input devices may be consoles that contain handles and a screen. The medical devices may include robotic arms and instruments used to perform a medical procedure. The sys... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6720864 | Wireless on-call communication system for management of on-call messaging and method therefor A wireless communication device (32) within a wireless on-call communication system (10) includes a device receiver (92) for receiving an on-call message (36), a device processor (98) coupled to the device receiver (92) for ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6674357 | Informational messages display system for mass transit systems and method for same An apparatus (10) for displaying informational messages communicated by wireless apparatus to selected ones of a plurality of display devices (16) and displayed in a sequence of such informational messages, having message sources (18, 20, 22) such as news... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6515976 | Demodulation method and apparatus in high-speed time division multiplexed packet data transmission A method and apparatus for demodulating a communication signal transmitted at a first rate is provided, wherein the communication signal includes a plurality of addresses and corresponding data packets. The demodulating method includes the steps of receiv... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6448885 | Message receiving apparatus and a method of receiving a message A transmitted signal including a message and address data is received. A plurality of sets of assigned address data is stored. A received message is stored when an address data in a received transmitted signal agrees with any of the stored assigned addres... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6377161 | Method and apparatus in a wireless messaging system for facilitating an exchange of address information A first portable messaging unit (PMU) (122) sends (502) address information to a second PMU through a wireless messaging system, and the second PMU receives (504) the address information. In response, the second PMU makes a check (506) of whether informat... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6300864 | Method for transmitting and receiving address information within a communication system The first frame of a paging slot (405) contains a portion of every page's (401-404) address. Likewise, the second, third, and fourth frames of the slot (405) contain a second, third, and fourth portion from each of the paging addresses. Address informatio... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6275680 | Hardware PCH checking for personal handyphone system portable station A circuit arrangement on a handset for checking paging information transmitted in a personal handyphone system. The circuit arrangement includes a memory portion for storing the identification numbers of the handset and the cell station from which the han... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6205331 | Memory sharing method for integrated digital cordless telephone and radio paging receiver A method for sharing memory in a digital cordless telephone merged with a radio paging receiver. In the method, paging data is read from a second memory of the radio paging receiver, and a telephone number is edited by deleting data other than the telepho... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6133848 | Radio pager displaying transmission notification message In a radio display pager, a message and a call number of a message destination are transmitted from a speaker in the form of an audible frequency data signal to a paging network. Receiving a transmission radio wave emitted from the network, the pager extr... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6122525 | International mobile station identification method and signaling system for cellular radiotelephones and systems A cellular radiotelephone or MS (100) includes an international mobile station identification including a mobile country code MCC, a mobile network code MNC, an area code MIN2 and a local number MIN1, all of which are stored in the EEPROM memory (124) of ... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6115605 | Communication system and device using dynamic receiver addressing Method and a system for establishing a communication channel between a first communication device, or alternatively, a communication network operator, and one or more second communication devices. The identity of the one or more second communication devic... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6081200 | Single ID radio pager for receiving traffic status data A radio pager includes a decoder for decoding coded data transmitted from a central office at a predetermined interval. The decoder classifies the data into one of traffic information and a call number, and informs a control unit of the result. If the ide... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6072987 | Method for transmitting and receiving address information within a communication system The first frame of a paging slot (405) contains a portion of every page's (401-404) address. Likewise, the second, third, and fourth frames of the slot (405) contain a second, third, and fourth portion from each of the paging addresses. Address informatio... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6054934 | Call reception control method in wide area radio pager capable A method for controlling a call reception operation in a wide area radio pager, which is capable of providing a continued stable radio call service to the radio pager without generating errors in receiving radio call signals even when the user of the radi... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6052591 | Broadcasting messages to mobile stations within a geographic area A dialable directory number is assigned to a particular location area or cell area. A telecommunications user wanting to transmit user defined messages, such as a text message, to mobile stations within that location area or cell area transmits a signal e... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5959542 | Selective calling receiver In a selective calling receiver, receiving windows are previously set which include a protection window provided with a predetermined protection condition and a non-protection window. The receiving windows may be call addresses which are previously assign... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5959546 | Method and apparatus for roaming address validation for selective call devices A method of operating a selective call receiver (170) that roams a plurality of separate simulcast areas (20) including a specific area where the selective call receiver shares the same address with a second selective call receiver but where only one of t... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5940773 | Access controlled terminal and method for rendering communication services An arrangement for rendering services such as for example telephone communication, data communication and so on comprising a terminal unit and an access unit, the terminal unit comprising a terminal-unit-identification code (PINt) which is stor... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5940757 | Communication system and method for selecting alternative frequencies A communication system (100) that selects alternative data channels for communication has a base station (106) coupled to a plurality of alternative data communication systems (112, 114, 116) that receive messages intended for a selective call device desi... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5926104 | Selective call device and method of subscribing to information services A selective call device (200) has a preassigned address port and a plurality of assignable sub-address ports (246), a receiver (204) for receiving a directory of information services and designated address assignments corresponding to the directory of inf... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5910777 | Power efficient paging for mobile users in a terrestrial and satellite communications system A method of paging assigns a unique digital address to mobile stations with each unique digital address being mapped into an orthogonal signal set which is then transmitted to all mobile stations. Each mobile station then correlates a received orthogonal ... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5854979 | Paging signal transmission equipment for the radio paging system and its signal transmission method A paging signal transmission equipment and its signal transmission method having the capablity of increasing the rate of meaningful paging request signals to be transmitted within a time period of one transmission cycle are provided. The paging signal tra... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5850594 | Method and apparatus for efficiently transmitting addresses and messages from portable messaging units over a wireless communication channel A communication system (100) for providing two-way communication including a portable messaging unit (105) for sending a signal including a recipient alias over a wireless communication channel and a controller (110) for receiving the signal including the... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5805978 | Method and apparatus for overlaying an inbound channel on an outbound system A selective call two-way communication system having a plurality of selective call transceiver units (170) using an inbound channel overlay on an outbound selective call system, the selective call transceiver units comprising a receiver (173) for receivin... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5748100 | Reliable wireless message distribution system An acknowledge-back selective call system (100) transmits a first acknowledge-back page (300) that includes a first message data (306) and address information (302) that matches a first predetermined address (140) at an acknowledge-back selective call tra... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5726641 | Selective calling receiver A selective calling receiver operated by causing a processor to execute a prestored program includes a non-writable mask ROM prestoring the program, a patch register for storing a patch address, a programmable patch memory for storing a patch program, a c... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5719562 | Paging system using compact hierarchical addressing An hierarchical addressing mechanism for use in a paging system is disclosed. The paging system assigns a compressed organization identifier to each of the organization identifiers for the organizations that are sharing the resources of the paging system.... | 02/17/1998 |
