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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8116746 | Technologies for finding ringtones that match a user's hummed rendition Described is a technology by which a user hums, sings or otherwise plays a user-provided rendition of a ringtone (or ringback tone) through a mobile telephone to a ringtone search service (e.g., a WAP, interactive voice response or SMS-based search platform). The se... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116747 | Funds transfer electronically Apparatuses and methods to facilitate customer to supplier funds transfer via premium messages. In one aspect, an apparatus to electronically transfer funds from a customer to a supplier includes: a server component connected to a network; and a database coupled to ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112069 | System and method for establishing automated call back using a mobile communication device A communication system for receiving incoming communications from mobile communication devices and for initiating a call-back is disclosed. The communication system receives incoming communications from a mobile communication device, such as data requests. The data ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112070 | Electronic device and method for searching a merchandise location An electronic device and method for searching a merchandise location include creating a database to store merchandise maps, and receiving the name of a searched shopping location and the merchandise name of a searched merchandise as search keywords. The electronic d... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8107931 | Network based interactive client A method is provided. The method comprises a proxy application logging into a first internet service on behalf of a handset, the proxy application executing on a computer system in a communications service provider network. The method also comprises the proxy applic... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106820 | Personal locator and locating method Disclosed are systems; apparatus and methods for tracking or locating a person that is lost or has an emergency. Personal locating apparatus is employed comprising a plurality of buttons, and/or a keypad and display, that define an on/off element, an OK element, a h... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107932 | Enabling mid-call services to be added to a communication session by a wireless device Mid-call services may be added to a communication session such as a telephone call (call session) by a wireless device on a mobile telephone network by causing the wireless device associated with the communication session to invoke a second call session directed to ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107934 | Method and system for a hospitality entity to communicate goods and services to a guest A system and method for a hospitality entity to communicate goods and services to a guest based on events occurring at a facility of the hospitality entity is disclosed herein. The method includes establishing a unique identifier with a mobile phone of a guest and t... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107929 | System and method for responding to information requests from users of personal communication devices There are provided methods and systems for responding to information requests from users of personal communication devices, such as mobile telephones and more particularly cellular telephones. In one embodiment, information requests issued from a plurality of user's... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107930 | Method and system for initiating a communication session A method is provided in a network for initiating a communication service. Upon receiving an access request at a service node from a device to access a contact list, a contact list is provide to the device where the contact list has one or more contacts associated wi... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107933 | Method for identifying a telecommunications subscriber The present invention relates to a method for identifying a telecommunications subscriber. According to the method, a call from a second telecommunications device (MFG2) of a second telecommunications subscriber is first signaled to a first telecommunications... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103255 | Method and a device for associating a terminal with a user account The association device obtained from an association request issued by a terminal both an identifier of said terminal and the address of a gateway via which the terminal is connected to the network. The device also obtains a second gateway address from the source add... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103257 | Data transmission method and system A data transmission method and system. The method includes transmitting by a first wireless communication device to a second wireless communication device, first voice data associated with a first user. The first wireless communication device receives from the secon... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103254 | Method and system for providing multimedia ring back tone service by using receiver-side switching center Disclosed is a method for providing a multimedia Ring Back Tone (RBT) service by using a receiver-side switching center, which comprising the steps of: (a) receiving an ISDN User Part (ISUP) call connection request message including information (multimedia codec inf... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103256 | Method and system for routing calls to an advisor from mobile customers within a mobile vehicle communications system A method is disclosed for enhancing call center services. The method comprises: receiving at the call center a call from a user; analyzing a phone number associated with the call, a location of a vehicle associated with the call, a current request of the user, a pre... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099085 | Method and system for communicating with users of wireless devices when approaching a predetermined destination Using cell phones or other wireless devices to notify users of those devices of impending arrival at a selected customer location. The current location of the wireless device is determined and compared with the known location of the destination. When the wireless de... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099084 | Method, system, and computer program product for creating smart services A method, system, and computer program product are described for creating smart services. According to an exemplary embodiment, a method for creating smart services includes defining a service based on a situation of a service subscriber and an event for interacting... | 01/17/2012 |
| RE43113 | Domain-based management of distribution of digital content from multiple suppliers to multiple wireless services subscribers A network server system includes a download manager that manages the publication, purchase and delivery of digital content from multiple content suppliers to wireless services subscribers in multiple domains. Each domain is defined as a different grouping of subscri... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8090355 | Wireless electronic couponing technique An electronic couponing technique includes transferring coupon information, which may include a coupon ID (identification) to a first portable terminal and storing same therein. The portable terminal displays a representation of the transferred coupon information on... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090353 | Methods, systems and computer program products for feature and profile management in portable electronic devices Methods of managing features in a portable electronic device are provided. Use of a portable electronic device by a user is monitored over a period of time. Adaptive settings are established for features and/or profiles in the portable electronic device based on the... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090354 | Systems and methods for managing services for carrier subscribers and migrating them to service bundles There is disclosed a system and method for managing service for carrier subscribers and migrating them to service bundles. In an embodiment, the method comprises obtaining a list of existing services to which a subscriber is subscribed; comparing the list of service... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090356 | Dynamically configurable IP based wireless device and wireless networks A wireless communication and control system including a wireless device. There is a central server for storing communication protocols and control protocols and communicating the communication protocols and selectively communicating the control protocols between the... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086224 | Location blocking service from a web advertiser Location-blocking and identity-blocking services that can be commercially offered by a service promoter, e.g., a cellular service provider or a web advertiser. In the identity-blocking service, the service promoter may disclose the current physical location of a mob... | 12/27/2011 |
| RE43047 | MMS based photo album publishing system An MMS publishing system comprises a management tool, an authoring tool, a storage facility, a message router, and a rendering server. The management tool authenticates a first user by using a telephone number of the first user as a user ID. The authoring tool allow... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8081956 | System and method for determining mobile device capabilities Methodologies and system functionality are provided to determine mobile device capabilities and/or configuration setting and user abilities and/or inclinations as a precursor to or as part of the management, delivery and/or assessment of the efficacy of promotional ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8081957 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing multimedia information services over a communication network In a communications network, a network access point address is determined that is currently associated with at least one of a plurality of subscriber mobile devices associated with a subscription to an information service. Content associated with the information ser... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8081955 | Managing content to constrained devices Content is managed and delivered to mobile devices, often through a wireless network. Mobile devices have content management software containing instructions to receive and manage content at the mobile device. Content management servers select and manage content and... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8078152 | Venue inference using data sensed by mobile devices One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for determining venue information associated with a mobile device user. During operation, the system collects contextual information recorded by one or more sensors located on the mobile device and extracts a... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078149 | Advertising information display method, and advertising information display system An advertising information display method obtains the terminal location information, which is transmitted from a mobile telephone device, a terminal, retail store location information, which is transmitted from a plurality of retail stores, and advertising informati... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078150 | System and method for sending local information from a wireless browser to a web server A system and method for using a wireless browser to send local information from a wireless handset to a Web server. A service request received from a handset user includes the type of local information needed to carry out the request as well as the URL address of th... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078151 | Method and system to automatically park a voice call for data transfer A system and method to automatically park a voice call on a mobile electronic device so that the device can receive data, comprising a switch for establishing a voice call at the at least one caller device, a database for storing at least one call processing rule, a... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073434 | System and method of object simulation in an intermittently connected mobile application The generation and comparison of a first time stamp and a second time stamp allows for the active operation of a mobile device that is intermittently connected to a middleware system. A document is created with a first stamp, where this document relates to a particu... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073432 | Data synchronization The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for arranging data synchronization is a synchronization system which comprises at least a first synchronization device and a second synchronization device. The synchronization system defines binding data which assoc... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073433 | System, method, mobile terminal and computer program product for providing push-to-talk chat in interactive mobile TV An apparatus for providing an interactive service during a broadcast service includes a transmitting element and a processing element. The transmitting element is capable of communicating broadcast content of the broadcast service to a plurality of receiving termina... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068821 | Method and apparatus for providing content to users using unicast and broadcast wireless networks The invention includes a method and apparatus for providing content to user terminals. A method includes identifying a request for content from a user terminal, obtaining a network selection parameter for the content request, selecting, using the network selection p... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068822 | Information exchange method between mobile terminal devices An information exchange system includes a first mobile terminal device having publication notification request unit to request a publication notification, and information notification unit to transmit, upon receiving a publication request, the particular information... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068820 | Systems and methods for providing data to mobile stations Systems and methods for providing data to mobile stations are provided. An administrator can select one or more mobile stations and different types of data. The administrator can also set a priority level for the selected data. The selected data is then formed into ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068817 | Virtual address translation to support wireless access to data networks In a telephony communication system, mobile devices request access to packet-based networks using network access requests that identify access point names associated with the networks. The mobile devices and an operator network providing access to the networks suppo... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068818 | Routing of media communication service A method of routing a request in a communication system. The method comprises searching routing information associated to an identity, and prioritizing either one of the routing information related to the identity for the first type and the routing information relat... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068819 | System and method for increased wireless communication device performance One way to deliver increased wireless communication device performance without using a higher performance processor is to offload processor functions in a wireless communications device. In one example a wireless device selects a processor function to be performed f... | 11/29/2011 |
