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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8064878 | Mobile phone and method for managing communication fees thereof A system and method for managing communication fees of a mobile phone are provided. The system is implemented by the mobile phone, and is used to manage communication fees when a user of the mobile phone uses a mobile communication service. The mobile phone includes... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8045957 | Computer program product to indicate a charge for a call Embodiments may comprise hardware and/or code within a cellular phone to process data related to charges for a call to indicate the charges to the user. In some embodiments, the charges may be presented in the form of an icon. The icon may indicate whether or not ch... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8041338 | Mobile wallet and digital payment The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates securing a wireless digital transaction. A terminal component can receive a portion of data related to a payment for at least one of a good or a service. A mobile device can include at lea... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7995989 | Method and apparatus providing suppression of system access by use of confidence polygons, volumes and surfaces in a mobile satellite system Disclosed are methods and apparatus to control the actions of a user terminal (UT) located at a remote location, possibly far from a gateway (GW), which has an interface to the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and/or to the Internet. The methods and apparatu... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7945242 | Automatic disconnect in ringing state of call from user with no credit A method and system for operating a telephony service are disclosed. A telephone network is provided, which may be a physical network or a virtual network hosted by an existing network. Network identifies defined by SIM cards, or telephones with built-in SIM cards, ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7734278 | Method and system for providing credit for participation in an ad hoc network A method and system for providing credit for participation in an ad hoc wireless communication network is useful for improving network efficiency. The method includes receiving at a first network node a first data packet transmitted from a second network node (step ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7660574 | Cellular telephone device having a non-contact type integrated circuit card processing section When a card remaining balance for a non-contact type integrated circuit card processing chip 114 has been updated, a CPU 101 indicates that the card remaining balance has been updated by performing drive control of a notification portion (information L... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7657250 | Mobile device notification with options Notifying users of mobile communication devices, which may include providing options for response to notifications. A component of a communication service provider system receives an indication of a notification for a user of a mobile communication device. The notif... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7623843 | Wireless communication cost prediction for mobile device A mobile device is equipped with a communications subsystem capable of wireless communication with a communications infrastructure using any of multiple different data-transfer services each with an associated cost. A service determination subsystem of the device us... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7613445 | Cost control system for access to mobile services The cost control module 120 controls costs associated with automated access to mobile services for processes running on mobile devices 110. The module 120 performs cost control in a user-friendly manner so the user is affected by the processes a... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7593714 | Communication services payment method and system A method (10) of payment of communication services includes determining (14) if a request (12) for services is an essential service or non-essential service, determining (19) if a device and/or user is authorized for non-essential service... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7519353 | Multi-MVNO wireless service Systems and methods for determining an optimal range of frequencies of electromagnetic waves are described. In some embodiments, mobile voice communications devices measure average power received from certain ranges of such frequencies, each range associated with a ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7444132 | Apparatus, and associated method, for facilitating dynamic filtering of a receive signal Apparatus, and an associated method, for adaptively controlling filter characteristics of a filter forming part of a receive station, such as a mobile station operable in a cellular communication system. An adaptive parameter unit is provided with signal representat... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7437144 | Method of managing prepaid subscription information A method, a telecommunications system and a network node are provided for managing subscription information of a prepaid subscription in a telecommunications system. According to the present invention, a first time limit indicating when the subscription will expire ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433685 | Order method Order method comprising following steps: reproduction of the offer of a provider with electronic reproduction means of a personal terminal, selection of the offer through the user, execution in sai... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433453 | Method and system for transmitting useful data between telecommunication devices A method and system for transmitting service data between telecommunication devices. Pre-paid access data including a first digital key and control data is stored in a memory module of a telecommunication device, a second digital key being stored on one or more cont... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7426381 | Device billing agent Access devices using billing agents and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises capturing, at an access device, a communication to be transmitted from the access device. The method further comprises determining billing information about the co... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7426746 | Location privacy in a communication system A mechanism for providing a mobile node with reliable information for location privacy decisions in connection with an address update process that gives the correspondent node a chance to deduce the location of the mobile node is provided. According to one embodimen... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7424283 | Method and system for billing for multicast communications to wireless terminals A method and system for billing an account of a wireless terminal to reflect multicast transmission of data to the wireless terminal. A first record is sent to a billing system indicating that, at a given time, data was transmitted to a multicast group. A second rec... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420920 | Automated service change recommendations for wireless network subscribers A method of automatically suggesting service changes for a wireless communications network subscriber is provided. The method includes compiling a record of services used by the subscriber during a time period, determining one or more subscriber usage metrics, compa... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418252 | Subscriber management and accounting using event detection in a wireless device A system and method performs real-time subscriber management and accounting for a wireless device by detecting predetermined events within the wireless device and communicating information pertaining to such events from the wireless device to a real-time subscriber ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7418254 | Mobile communication device dynamic service application and dynamic service application scripting A dynamic service application is stored and executed on a mobile or wireless communication device (e.g., a cellular telephone) to enable it to be programmed without specialized hardware, software, and other proprietary information. For example, dynamic service appli... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7415268 | Method and apparatus to provide charging for ad-hoc service provisioning between trusted parties and between untrusted parties A method and a system provide a service for a user device with a service provider. The method includes establishing a service provisioning relationship between the user device and a bridging user device through a first wireless network (e.g., a Bluetooth network); p... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7412228 | Method for notifying a primary wireless unit of group calling plan activity The present invention provides a method for notifying a primary wireless unit in a group calling plan that a wireless unit in the group calling plan has call activity. An MSC determines if there is call activity on a wireless phone. The MSC determines if the wireles... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7406305 | System for managing prepaid wireless service A method facilitates provisioning of pre paid wireless services. Credit refresh operations involving a pre paid wireless communication device involve SMS messages transmitted to the device over the air. The device uses tariff tables to keep track of a call's impact ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403763 | Device agent Device agents and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises monitoring, at an access device, at least a subset of device activity. The method further comprises detecting an activity satisfies at least one condition specified by a policy and exec... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7386301 | Method and apparatus for mobile based access point name (APN) selection A procedure is provided wherein a serving general packet radio service (GPRS) support node (SGSN) receives a request for an access point name (APN) the SGSN making a determination if the requested packet data protocol (PDP) and APN are the same as subscribed informa... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7376415 | System and method for offering portable language interpretation services Language interpretation for users includes a portable system for providing access to interpretation services, such as a prepaid, debit or credit card for the user. The prepaid card has a number of minutes of language interpretation service associated with it in addi... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7376411 | Method and system for routing calls as determined by a call cost database of a wireless transmit/receive unit A method and communication system for routing calls. The system includes at least one wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), at least one wireless base station, a land-line communication unit, and a land-line base unit. A call placed by the land-line communication u... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373160 | Method and device for indicating amounts of data in mobile networks A mobile communication device for use in a packet switched wireless communications network includes a display, which is able to indicate an amount of data remaining from a subscribed amount. This allows the user to see how much data he can send or receive, within a ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373136 | Method and system for data rating for wireless devices A method and system for rating a data communication session between a network and a wireless device is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the method monitors a series of events, namely, a setup event, a begin event and an end event, which take place during a com... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369851 | Communications network capable of determining SIM card changes in electronic devices A communication network comprising a carrier network with a service coordinator is capable of acting upon SIM card change information detected by an agent located in the electronic devices used in the communication network. In general, the agent in electronic device... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369842 | Telephony service in event of link failure between mobile switching center and a home location register or a service control point A mobile switching center is configured with software instructions which allow it to continue to provide at least limited call termination and call origination services for mobile terminals in the event of a failure of a signaling link between the mobile switching c... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369850 | Connectivity notification displaying path to connection A system and method in a connectivity user interface of a mobile device that enables a user to inspect and select a connection from among available network connections and methods of connecting. If the user alternatively wants a connection to be automatically select... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366290 | Billing process and system in a telecommunication network A billing method and billing system to determine usage fees which are charged to the user of a digital telecommunications network, whereby a usage fee charged for a connection is determined prior to establishing this connection from statistical characteristics of pr... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366495 | Prepaid reservation-based rating system A billing system comprising servers, routers, and processors programmed to provide reservation based prepaid billing is disclosed. The billing system is also programmed to concurrently process multiple billing events on a single, prepaid subscriber account. ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364071 | System and method for managing wireless point-of-sale transactions A system that enables a wireless point-of-sale transaction. In one embodiment the system comprises an account module, an account selection module, a display, an input interface, and a wireless transmitter. The account module stores account information corresponding ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366913 | Knowledge-type authorization device and methods A wireless electronic authentication device with an authenticating smart chip, a local radio communication circuit, an input circuit that receives user input, and a power supply, all housed in a portable housing. Preferably, the authentication device is a mobile tel... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363266 | Systems and methods for asset valuation Methods and systems for providing a value of a good to a requester are described. In one embodiment, the method comprises uploading data relating to a request for a value of a good to a computer configured as a calculator for calculating the value of the good. The v... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359732 | Method of exchanging data securely between a mobile terminal and a memory card In a method for storing data in a memory card mounted in a mobile terminal, determining if the memory card is mounted in the mobile terminal. If the memory card is mounted in the mobile terminal, sensing data selected by a user to be stored in the memory card. If th... | 04/15/2008 |
