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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7956723 | Digital communication system with security features A digital communication system is disclosed, that allows a display of override content to interrupt a display of ongoing content on one or more display units. Ongoing content, such as advertisements, news, entertainment, or other relevant information, is provided on... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7728712 | Digital communication system with security features A digital communication system is disclosed, that allows a display of override content to interrupt a display of ongoing content on one or more display units. Ongoing content, such as advertisements, news, entertainment, or other relevant information, is provided on... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7397345 | Method and vehicle for sending electronic advertisements A method and a vehicle (11) for sending electronic advertising announcements, information news or voice messages are described. A controllable, moving, unmanned vehicle (11) moves in a network of communication devices (9, 20) in a direction. Whe... | 07/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7363035 | Method and apparatus for providing content to a mobile terminal A method and apparatus of providing content to a mobile terminal includes receiving data at the mobile terminal, classifying the content data in accordance with classification data included within the content data, storing the content data within the mobile terminal... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7343317 | Real-time wireless e-coupon (promotion) definition based on available segment Advertising messages are provided to mobile terminals of those users identified by user information as meeting certain criteria, such as users fitting particular user profiles and/or users located in a particular desired location. The content of the advertising mess... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7339467 | Apparatus and method for providing weather and other alerts An apparatus for providing location-specific alert information associated with an alert condition relevant to a geographical area may include a receiver adapted to receive transmissions comprising formatted text on a communication channel of a wireless bi-directiona... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7286817 | System for acknowledging a message received on a mobile terminal A system for acknowledging that a message sent by a sender terminal and received on a destination mobile terminal has been read. The sender terminal comprises a module for: a) supplying the identifier of a destination mobile terminal for the message; b) generating t... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7266186 | Method and apparatus for improved paging receiver and system Contact data in a phonebook database for a personal communication device are remotely updateable from, or transferable between, a computer system using a wireless radio frequency connection. New contact data, and changes or updates to existing contact data, are inpu... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7257545 | Configurable electronic redeemable coupon A scannable coupon, such as a bar code, is generated on a configurable display of a portable electronic device, such as a personal digital assistant, handheld computer, or mobile telephone. The display has sufficient resolution and contrast to be scanned at a point-... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7254223 | Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems Contact data in a database for a wireless personal communication device are remotely updatable from, or transferable between, a computer system using a radio frequency connection. New contact data, and changes or updates to existing contact data, are input at the co... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7251318 | Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems An apparatus and method provide a database in a pager that contains menus that may be displayed on a pager display. A paging service sends a page including an identification, retrieves a menu from the pager database and displays the menu. The pager responds to the p... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7216145 | Event notification system In a method of transmitting an event notification, a first data packet that includes a first event code is transmitted to a first individual via a not-automatically receipt confirmed communication. Upon receiving a response communication from the first individual, t... | 05/08/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7167830 | Multimodal information services A system for multimodal information services includes a multimodal information service mechanism for providing the multimodal information services. An information user connects to a first network through at least one communication device, the first network connectin... | 01/23/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7129825 | Action recommendation system for a mobile vehicle Specific advertisements and other information can be communicated to the user of a mobile vehicle depending on the vehicles or occupants needs or preferences. ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7123926 | System and method for providing information to users based on the user's location A system for providing an advisory communication to a user via a mobile unit includes locating means for locating the position of the mobile unit and sending means for sending a communication to the mobile unit. The mobile unit includes alerting means for alerting t... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7117219 | Method and apparatus for creating a lineage of a data field in a data flow system A method and apparatus for creating a lineage for a data field is disclosed. The method may include creating a unique identifier for a data field. Also, a record of the origin of data is created when the data is inserted into the data field; however this is not requ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7092740 | High density information presentation using space-constrained display device A high-density information presentation is provided on a space-constrained display device by associating individual display indications with user-definable states. For example, using a portion of a space-constrained display of a mobile phone, pager personal digital ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7088254 | System and method for providing a device with protection from a weather event The present invention is directed to a system and method for providing a device with protection from a weather event. A method for providing a device with protection from weather events may include receiving a notification of a weather event. At least one weather ch... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7053753 | Wireless community alerting system A pager-based alert system includes a monitor center that is in telephonic or data communication with a paging station allowing the command center to send multi-digit code words where selected digits comprise an address for selecting one or more of a plurality of ph... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7054612 | Message broadcast to mobile station in wireless network A wireless network that broadcasts a message from a telecommunication system to mobile stations associated with the wireless network is provided. The wireless network includes one or more mobile switching centers, one or more base stations, and one or more mobile st... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7046120 | System and method for providing user-selected information to a paging-capable device A system and method for providing user-selected information to a paging-capable device. An enhanced paging system responsive to information sources and a selection device transmits information to a paging-capable device. The enhanced paging system comprises a storin... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7039423 | Method for operating a cellular telecommunications network, and method for operating a personal cellular telecommunications device For use in a cellular telecommunications network including a plurality of individually addressable Base Transceiver Stations (BTSs) providing bidirectional signal coverage over a predefined geographical area, capable of transmitting Point-To-MultiPoint (PTMP) messag... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7026915 | Information service method and its computer program Upon providing information from an information center (1) to the user of a navigation apparatus (2) connected via a wireless/wired communication line, the user sets a category used to specify contents that he or she wants to receive, and a service timi... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7024635 | Modeling a computing architecture A method for modeling a computing architecture is provided. Computing layers of the computing architecture are identified, wherein each computing layer represents a functional layer of the computing architecture. Computing systems of the computing system are identif... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7003327 | Heuristically assisted user interface for a wireless communication device A method and apparatus for implementing a heuristic user interface for a mobile device that assists a user with the management and utilization of contact identifiers (e.g. phone numbers, facsimile numbers, email addresses and uniform resource identifiers (URIs)). Co... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6998959 | System and method for providing user-selected information to a paging-capable device A system and method for providing user-selected information to a paging-capable device. An enhanced paging system responsive to information sources and a selection device transmits information to a paging-capable device. The enhanced paging system comprises a storin... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6980083 | Radio communication system, radio communication apparatus, and radio communicating method A mobile station capable of connected to an information providing server via a radio link, comprises a reception history table which stores an identification of information which has been received, and a controller which prevents the same information from being rece... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6977992 | System and method for the creation and automatic deployment of personalized, dynamic and interactive voice services, with real-time database queries A method and system for accomplishing real-time queries in conjunction with interactive, real-time, voice transmission of information to a user is disclosed. A voice-based communication between a user and a first system is established and a report is transmitted to ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6952772 | System for broadcasting to, and programming, a mobile device in a protocol The present invention is directed, in one embodiment, to a programming interface which enables device/protocol/network independent transmission of messages to, and programming of, mobile devices. In another embodiment, the present invention is directed to data struc... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6941126 | Wireless weather alerts A method of delivering weather information to a wireless device. The method includes obtaining weather information from a weather information server, obtaining a subset of the weather information from the weather information, and sending the subset of the weather in... | 09/06/2005 |
| RE38781 | Vehicle data processing system which can communicate with information center A vehicle data processing system is provided which, even if an on-vehicle data processor such as a navigation system or the like is not active, can input the necessary data into the system at an operator's home or the like. A vehicle includes a data processor and an... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6867688 | Apparatus and method for providing weather and other alerts An apparatus, including an alert device having a receiver, and method are provided for receiving alert information broadcast via particular telecommunication transmitters operating within a cellular, PCS, or other wireless telecommunications network, thereby allowin... | 03/15/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6765474 | Method and apparatus for providing additional information to a selective call device about a broadcast A technique is used for providing additional information about a broadcast presentation that allows a user interested in the additional information to acquire it easily, using a selective call device or a television remote control device to easily acquire an informa... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6747557 | System and method for signaling a weather alert condition to a residential environment As system and method are provided for communicating weather conditions to remote locations, such as inside of residential homes, offices, or businesses. In accordance with one embodiment, a modified smoke detector is provided having an integrated RF receiver for rec... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6741161 | System and method for providing useful information for a moving object A system for providing character-based information for a moving object include a GPS receiver receiving position information of the moving object, a character radio pager for receiving control information and character information, a living information database for ... | 05/25/2004 |
