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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190123 | System for authentication of network usage Apparatus for collecting subscription data for subscribers in a telecommunications system for use in metering usage of network resources includes a data storage device operatively arranged to store subscriber records, and a data processor. The subscriber records inc... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8180322 | Radio communication device, band setting system A wireless communication device capable of receiving a content by securing a band as much as possible, if a predetermined band is required to be secured when the content is received by wire. The wireless communication device judges whether or not the predetermined b... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175577 | Non-jamming security zone access control for mobile communication devices A security zone monitoring system in cooperation with a wireless communication system may control access to the wireless communication system by mobile communication devices while near or within a security zone. The wireless communication system may include a securi... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170528 | Network access control According to one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of authorizing a communication device to connect to a network. The method comprises receiving, at a processor, a communication device identifier and a subscriber identifier, determining... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165563 | Fraud detection system A system for determining associations between subscribers of a communication network include methods and devices for selecting a first subscriber, identifying at least one primary contact of the first subscriber, each primary contact having communicated with the fir... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160547 | Vehicle telematics unit activation with provisioning detection A system and method for making vehicle originated calls to a telematics service provider or other call center. The method includes identifying a call type associated with a desired wireless communication of speech or data to the call center, and then carrying out on... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155622 | Systems and methods for providing wireless telecommunications access to authorized wireless service subscribers A system for providing authorized wireless telecommunication access is provided. The system includes at least one password-protected cellular access (PPCA) node and a database. The database is configured to receive an identifier from a mobile terminal and correlate ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8145191 | Apparatus and method for preventing wireless interrogation of phones An apparatus and method is provided to prevent contactless portable electronic consumer devices such as an RF identification device (RFID), tokens, mini-cards, key fobs, cellular phones, smart card, etc. from being wirelessly interrogated. In one embodiment, a decoy... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140053 | Mobile telecommunications terminal comprising RFID functions and associated method A mobile telecommunications terminal comprising RFID functions, in addition to an associated method are provided. In one aspect, the terminal comprises a telecommunications interface, a user interface and a data processing unit. A modification made with the aid of a... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135383 | Information security and delivery method and apparatus A method includes storing at least one user datum received from a user in a secure storage portion of a memory within a mobile communication device. Authentication information is received into the mobile communication device. The at least one user datum is transmitt... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135384 | Policy enforcement for multi-radio transmission and reception A process for controlling radio transmission and/or reception to enforce certain constraints with either single or multiple radio communication is disclosed. In one embodiment, the enforcement control may be by the corporate administrator (such as an Information Tec... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131259 | Methods, systems, and apparatus for handling secure-voice-communication sessions An exemplary computing system may receive a first request from a first voice-communication device to establish a secure-voice-communication session with a second voice-communication device. The computing system may also receive a second request from the second voice... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126432 | System and method for IMEI detection and alerting A system and method for detecting and storing information regarding a mobile communications device within a mobile communications network. Initially, a first data record is received at a subscriber/device database comprising subscriber/device data. Next, a second da... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8126431 | Apparatus and method for setting communication service blocking mode in mobile terminal An apparatus and method for setting a flight mode in a mobile terminal are provided in which menu items are displayed such that executable functions may be distinguished from non-executable functions. ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121580 | Method of securing a mobile telephone identifier and corresponding mobile telephone A mobile telephone handset includes: a storage support which is secured against fraudulent access and which stores the IMEI of the handset. A connector for a secure electronic module is associated with an operator. A handset operating system controls authentication ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116731 | System and method for mobile identity protection of a user of multiple computer applications, networks or devices An automated system and method for authenticating entities or individuals engaging in automated or electronic transactions or activities such as financial transactions, accessing computer applications, computer software, data networks or other automated or electroni... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116732 | Routing mobile users to secure locations based on transaction type Systems and methods are disclosed for routing mobile users to safe, or secure, locations. In one embodiment, based on threat information obtained from one or more source, a threat level is determined for a location of a user of a mobile device. The threat level is i... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8107922 | Mobile portable terminal, entrance-exit managing apparatus, and function suppression cancellation program storage medium A mobile portable terminal includes a function suppressing section having a suppression request receiving means for receiving a suppression request for a function provided to the mobile portable terminal, an intention transmitting means for transmitting acceptance o... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107923 | Restricting access to system-provider information stored in a mobile communications device Systems, products, and methods are disclosed for performing a method of protecting system-provider information stored within a mobile communications device that has one or more communications ports and one or more radios. Illustratively, the method includes receivin... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107924 | Secure provisioning methods and apparatus for mobile communication devices operating in wireless local area networks (WLANS) A wireless local area network (WLAN) includes a plurality of wireless access points (APs) which provide communications for a plurality of mobile communication devices. One of the APs is designated as a provisioning AP and is set to have a substantially smaller RF co... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8095112 | Adjusting security level of mobile device based on presence or absence of other mobile devices nearby One embodiment of the present invention provides a method for adjusting security status on a mobile device, the method comprising: collecting security-related contextual information which includes information of nearby mobile devices and/or the geographic location o... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095113 | Onetime passwords for smart chip cards A financial transaction card is provided according to various embodiments described herein. The financial transaction card includes a card body with at least a front surface and a back surface. The financial transaction card may also include a near field communicati... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090348 | System and method for assigning a personalized indicium to a mobile communications device In one embodiment, a scheme is provided for assigning a personalized indicium to a mobile communications device which includes logic means operable to generate a temporary Personal Information Number (PIN) for transmitting in a request to a network node. Upon valida... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090349 | System and method for over the air provisioning of a mobile communications device A method for provisioning a mobile communications device comprises sending a registration request for registration with a registration server, the registration request including a request for a personal information number; receiving a response from the registration ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090347 | Method and radio communication network for detecting the presence of fraudulent subscriber identity modules A method for detecting the presence of fraudulent Subscriber Identity Modules in a network for cellular communications comprising the steps of: at a first Service Node, receiving a registration request by a first User Equipment comprising a Subscriber Identity Modul... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8081952 | Mobile communications device with security features A mobile communications device for communicating with a wireless network is described. The device includes a processor, a communications sub-system connected to the processor for exchanging signals with the wireless network and with the processor, a user input devic... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8078143 | Remotely controlling access to a wireless handset A wireless handset configured to be remotely accessed is described. The wireless handset comprises a user interface, a handset memory, a processor, and a software module. The user interface resident on the wireless handset is configured to enable the wireless handse... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078145 | Mobile communication system and mobile terminal having function of inactivating mobile communication viruses, and method thereof The present invention provides a mobile communication system and method for inactivating or curing mobile communication viruses. The mobile communication system for inactivating a virus includes: a database associated with the mobile communication system, for storin... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078144 | Apparatus and method for applying ciphering in universal mobile telecommunications system Apparatus and a method for ciphering messages in mobile telecommunications system user equipment are disclosed. The apparatus is arranged to receive ciphering configuration parameters in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer; forward ciphering configuration parameter... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073426 | Authentication vector generation device, subscriber identity module, wireless communication system, authentication vector generation method, calculation method, and subscriber authentication method According to the present invention, a subscriber identity module in a wireless local area network is authenticated using an authentication vector with no decrease in the confidentiality of the calculation processing, even when a triplet is employed as the authentica... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068811 | Mobile communication terminal device According to an embodiment of the invention, a mobile communication terminal device comprises: an information memory unit configured to store a first information and a security information indicating whether the first information is secret; a backup request memory u... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8064879 | Mobile certificate distribution in a PKI A method of providing certificate issuance and revocation checks involving mobile devices in a mobile ad-hoc network (MANET). The wireless devices communicate with each other via Bluetooth wireless technology in the MANET, with an access point (AP) to provide connec... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8050654 | Method for locking function and mobile communication terminal A user of a mobile communication terminal registers a title or test body that a lock request electronic mail should have for locking function of a contactless type communication device is a lock control information area 23R of the mobile communication termina... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8050655 | Systems and methods for restricting the use of stolen devices on a wireless network Systems and methods for controlling wireless network access for wireless devices are disclosed. A system can create an electronic record for a device intended for sale in a retail store. The record associated with the device can include an indication that the device... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8050653 | System and method for viewing message attachments Methods and systems for handling attachments on wireless mobile communication devices. An attachment provided with a secure message is received at a message server. The secure message itself was received by the server as an attachment. The secure message is processe... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8045958 | System and method for application program operation on a wireless device Embodiments described herein address mobile devices with non-secure operating systems that do not provide a sufficient security framework. More particularly, the embodiments described herein provide a set of applications to the device for providing security features... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8036638 | Mobile banking Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying circumstances where end-to-end security is not available to a mobile banking customer. The user may be alerted/warned or restricted from accessing some banking services through his/her WAP-enabled mobile device if th... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032114 | Service access request authorization Embodiments of methods for handling a service authorization request (SAR) from a mobile subscriber are disclosed. The SAR represents a request for access to a given prepaid mobile service. The method includes ascertaining, using suspect subscriber list, whether the ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8027662 | Parental monitoring via cell phones with media capture and location reporting A method for obtaining media at a first communications device (e.g., that of a parent) from a wireless communications device (e.g., one being used by a child), includes steps of receiving a message from the first device at the wireless communications device, the mes... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8027663 | Wireless methods and devices employing steganography A wireless device includes a data capture system, a radiant-energy data transmission system, and a steganographic encoder that hides a plural-bit auxiliary code within data captured by the data capture system prior to its transmission by the data transmission system... | 09/27/2011 |
