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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7564339 | System and method for broadcasting a message from a wireless communications device A message is automatically broadcast to a plurality of recipients from a mobile wireless communications device. A recipient list of recipient names and addresses is preprogrammed and stored in the wireless communications device. Recorded voice and text messages are ... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7363029 | Unified interface for voice, text or picture message authoring A unified messaging interface and associated methods that enables mobile communication device users to initiate the creation of a message for a recipient without being required to explicitly specify the type of message that is to be created. The mobile communication... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356347 | Efficient discovery of devices in a bluetooth environment A method and system whereby an initiator device discovers the user-friendly name of another device in a wireless network of devices, such as a Bluetooth network. Initially, the initiator device broadcasts an inquiry message that is received by the other device (the ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353455 | Caller initiated distinctive presence alerting and auto-response messaging One preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a system and methods for relaying presence information of a first user to a second user. Briefly described, in architecture, one embodiment of the system, among others includes, can be implemented as follows... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7319879 | Method and apparatus for providing dispatch-type services in a cellular communication system An interconnect communication system is provided that provides for dispatch-type services including Instant Access call set up, talkgroup creation and management, and in-band floor arbitration and mode switching that employ in-band signaling tones. By providing talk... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7254409 | Multicast service providing system, multicast service providing method, information distributor, radio terminal, and radio base station The present invention is configured such that, in a multicast service providing system in which multicast information distribution service is made from an information distributing apparatus to radio terminals present within a service area via a radio section, the ra... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7222096 | Line handler A method receives incoming messages from data feed lines. The incoming messages have data on associated market events. The method includes receiving incoming messages from a feed line, translating the received incoming messages into market event messages having a co... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218916 | Portable radio communication apparatus The present invention aims at providing a portable radio communication apparatus in which forming of a message is easy. The portable radio communication apparatus is provided with a novel pre-message memory formed of a ROM or the like stored in which are fixed messa... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7184784 | Multicast service providing system, multicast service providing method, information distributor, radio terminal, and radio base station The present invention is configured such that, in a multicast service providing system in which multicast information distribution service is made from an information distributing apparatus to radio terminals present within a service area via a radio section, the ra... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7119832 | Wireless microphone for use with an in-car video system An in-car video system and method is provided where a wireless microphone is configured with bi-directional communications capability. In response to a received RF activation signal, the wireless microphone is automatically switched on to capture (and transmit back ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7106814 | Method and wireless device employing a preamble to initiate communications A wireless receiver 300 and corresponding method to detect a message identifier or preamble that has been generated and provided by a transmitter 200 uses FFTs to estimate frequency and time offset. The wireless receiver 300 scans, asynchronousl... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7099680 | Data interface protocol for two-way radio communication systems A method and system is disclosed that allows for the designation of over 1,000,000 individual users in a communication system, such as an EDACS system, using the existing five-digit portion of command message utilized for specifying the destination address. This is ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7082316 | Group creation for wireless communication terminal A method and a communication terminal for establishing a group of wireless terminals are provided. The method comprising the steps of detecting a physical contact between users of the wireless terminals using a first circuit, establishing the group identified in the... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7065054 | Method and apparatus for automatic activation of a clock master on a stackable repeater A method of automatically activating a clock master circuit in a stack of repeaters includes selectively connecting a first on pin in a first repeater to a voltage source when the first repeater is powered on. The first on pin is connected to a power state output pi... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7058524 | Electrical power metering system A wireless electrical power metering system is provided. A processor having a multichannel power line transceiver, a wireless transceiver, and a power meter attached thereto measures power consumption information on a power line inductively coupled with the power me... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7035627 | Method and apparatus for providing broadcast messages in a communications network The present invention is a novel and improved method for providing broadcast short message services (SMS) in a communication network. It is an objective of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus that insures the successful transmission of the broadc... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7023333 | Automatic activation of an in-car video recorder using a vehicle speed sensor signal An in-car video system and method are provided where a vehicle speed derived from a vehicle speed sensor (“VSS”) signal is compared against a user-settable threshold value. If the vehicle speed exceeds the threshold value, an alarm is generated. The alarm is use... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6999731 | Control of an alert mechanism by communication of an event-associated command A method and apparatus for associating a command with an event at a first device, communicating the command to a second device when the event occurs and causing an action at the second device depending on the command. ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6956497 | Method and apparatus for sending presence messages An intentional presence system in accordance with the present invention includes a transmitting device at a first physical location that is responsive to a command intentionally initiated by a first individual at the first physical location to develop a presence sig... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6954136 | System and method for broadcasting a message from a wireless communications device A message is automatically broadcast to a plurality of recipients from a mobile wireless communications device. A recipient list of recipient names and addresses is preprogrammed and stored in the wireless communications device. Recorded voice and text messages are ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6944137 | Method and apparatus for a talkgroup call in a wireless communication system In a wireless code-division multiple access (CDMA) system (100), a talkgroup (101) of subscriber units is provided. A sub-talkgroup (102) of subscriber units, forming a part of the talkgroup is assigned at least one inbound channel (416-417 | 09/13/2005 |
| 6912387 | Method and apparatus for incorporating pager functionality into a land mobile radio system A land mobile radio system receives paging messages communicated via a paging service communication protocol, decodes the paging messages to identify respective target recipients of the paging messages and determines whether the target recipients are members of a us... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6856240 | Broadcast message management Provided are systems and techniques for paging multiple recipients by broadcasting a first communication to plural recipient devices. The first communication causes the recipient devices to provide a message notifying the recipients of a task that should be performe... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6816061 | Communication system for communicating common data to a plurality of reception devices A communication system (10) uses commercial, mass market paging transmission facilities (16) to deliver messages (18′) to a population of reception devices (22). Each reception device (22) includes a display screen (48) at... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6759972 | Tour group notification method The invention is a method of calling a group of tourists back to their conveyance, in which each passenger is given a portable alerting device when they leave the conveyance. When the conveyance is ready to leave, a transmitter on the conveyance transmits a wireless... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6741856 | Communique system for virtual private narrowcasts in cellular communication networks The communiqué system for private virtual narrowcasts operates with existing cellular communication networks to provide private virtual narrowcast communication services, that are initiated by a narrowcast host, to subscribers. The Communiqué can be unidirectional... | 05/25/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6687498 | Communique system with noncontiguous communique coverage areas in cellular communication networks The communique system for cellular communication networks that operates with existing cellular communication networks to provide communique communication services to subscribers. The Communique can be unidirectional (broadcast) or bidirectional (interacti... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6681115 | Communique subscriber handoff between a narrowcast cellular communication network and a point-to-point cellular communication network The communique system for cellular communication networks operates with existing cellular communication networks to provide communique communication services to subscribers. The Communique can be unidirectional (broadcast) or bidirectional (interactive) i... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6633225 | Selective group paging device with exchangeable group ID A pager in which is written a paging ID shared among the remaining pagers of the same group, the pager including storage means for storing a character string; data comparing means for comparing the character string included in a received message with the ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6597280 | Method of disseminating value-added data A method for disseminating value-added information is described, starting from known radio paging services in which on one or more frequencies, by means of an address code which establishes the identity of a certain receiver, a message can be transmitted ... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6594498 | Communique system for cellular communication networks The communique system for cellular communication networks operates with existing cellular communication networks to provide communique communication services to subscribers. The communique can be unidirectional (broadcast) or bidirectional (interactive) i... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6529136 | Group notification system and method for implementing and indicating the proximity of individuals or groups to other individuals or groups A group notification system and associated method that allow particular activities to be executed based on the group dynamics, such as the dynamics of organizing meetings. The system facilitates the availability of knowledge concerning the proximity and d... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6429771 | Method and apparatus for limiting message loss and message latency in a messaging system A messaging system transmits to a subscriber unit (122) on a plurality of channels (410) operating concurrently. The system transmits (1108) control information for the subscriber unit on a control channel assigned to the subscriber unit, and transmits (1... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6414588 | Selective call receiver with improved setting of test mode A selective caller receiver which can facilitate easy setting of a test mode without using an exclusive jig and also easy management and adjustment of a receiving unit. In the selective caller receiver, a memory for storing therein test mode setting data ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6400256 | Communication apparatus capable of displaying simultaneously the latest messages received from a plurality of callers A communication apparatus of the present invention displays, in its stand-by state, particular callers' name belonging to a preset group and the latest messages respectively corresponding to particular callers' names continuously on a display 6. On the re... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6323784 | Radio selective call receiver and channel selecting method thereof In a radio selective call receiver, a reception channel is efficiently selected from a plurality of radio channels without unnecessary channel switch. When having lost synchronism with a first radio channel, the radio channels are scanned in a predetermin... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6317042 | Automated emergency announcement system In response to an emergency event, an emergency announcement system (100) causes display of an escape route based upon a room location. A sensor (104) detects an emergency event. The sensor data (106) from the sensor relating to the emergency event is tra... | 11/13/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6269249 | Pager and method for calling the same A pager and a pager calling method for allowing a caller to select a desired combination of pagers to be called. The pager includes a microcomputer, an antenna, a receiving circuit, an LED, a ringing tone generating circuit, a sounder, an LCD and operatio... | 07/31/2001 |
