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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190140 | System and method for restoring information to a device A method, system, and medium are provided for capturing an image of information on a device. The information is stored on the device. The device is reset, and information from the captured image is restored on the device. ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190142 | Method and system for disabling a wireless communication device A method and system for disabling a wireless communication device, including: capturing a signal stream from the wireless communication device by satisfying a signal control protocol using a mobile broadcast antenna; and routing signals to and from the wireless comm... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190141 | Method for reactivating a then-currently deactivated mobile unit A method for reactivating a then-currently deactivated mobile unit involves submitting a request to a call center to reactivate the mobile unit and, upon receiving the request, submitting another request to a cellular service provider from the call center, where suc... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185099 | Service aggregator for allocating resources to a plurality of multiservice communication devices A service aggregator allocates network resources to a plurality of multiservice communication devices capable of communicating via a plurality of networks. The service aggregator includes a communication device interface for facilitating a bidirectional data communi... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180336 | System and method for remote asset management A remote asset management system comprising a network of programmable wireless modules, each having an antenna and an identification module and configured to communicate via a radio communication protocol. The system further includes a plurality of assets each linke... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175590 | System for preventing unintended activation of a medical device by a portable remote control console A network system prevents portable wireless remote control consoles from unintended activation of a medical device by determining if the console is located in a working space within a medical care room. Transceiver locator devices determine the position of the remot... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170539 | Messaging with proprietary attributes Methods, computer readable media, and system embodiments are provided for messaging with proprietary attributes. A method embodiment includes storing a particular proprietary attribute for a mobile service feature in a datastore of a telecommunications system. The m... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170540 | System and methods for remotely upgrading software applications The present invention includes a system and methods for upgrading software on a mobile terminal. The system includes a network management computer (NMC) adapted to receive a plurality of software upgrades and to transmit one of the plurality of software upgrades to ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8160563 | Method and apparatus for controlling response to service notifications in a network environment Methods and apparatus for providing service notifications in a network environment. In an aspect, a method is provided that operates to provide a notification system. The method includes obtaining notification information, determining a response factor, generating a... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160565 | Device with multidirectional control for selecting actions to perform on a telecommunication device An electronic device and a telecommunication device that are locally connected and methods of utilizing those devices are described herein. The electronic device detects a pattern or duration of user interactions with a multidirectional control of the electronic dev... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160564 | Remote control of computing device applications using mobile device Embodiments described herein are directed to controlling an application on a computing device with a mobile device. The mobile device captures an image of the application (i.e., by taking a photograph of the computing device's screen). A request is made to the compu... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155636 | Systems and methods for remotely controlling mobile stations Methods for remotely controlling a mobile station by a controller are provided. An embodiment of a method performed by the mobile station comprises the following steps. An action request comprising a remote control instruction issued by the controller is received. T... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150386 | Call to action lockout system and method A Call-To-Action Lockout on a mobile device coupled to a data network is disclosed as a method and apparatus comprising providing a media application configured to respond to a control point associated with media content, providing media content which has at least o... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145200 | Method and apparatus for configuring unique profile settings for multiple services An apparatus and method are provided for configuring unique profile settings for multiple services associated with an application in an electronic device. A profile system is provided having multiple programmable profile settings and a default profile setting for th... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140064 | Methods and apparatus to use an identity module in telecommunication services An identity module includes a memory and a processor. In the memory are stored installation code for installing in the memory a provider profile that associates the identity module with a communication services provider and communication code that, in combination wi... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135393 | System and method for transactional application lifecycle management for mobile devices The present disclosure relates to networks and lifecycle transaction management of mobile devices. There is provided a system and method for managing the lifecycle of applications on mobile devices. The system has components for implementing a method comprising the ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131283 | Controlling mobile device roaming in association with monitoring an active event duration Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for controlling roaming of a mobile device when the mobile device is in an active mode while utilizing a roaming network. A duration of an active event for which the mobile phone utilizes the roaming network is reference... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126449 | Servicing attributes on a mobile device Enabling remote customer service and maintenance using a visual identifier is disclosed. In response to a user enrolling in a service capability associated with a mobile device, the process utilizes a visual identifier to associate the service capability with the cu... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8126862 | System for enhanced customer service Systems according to the present invention may be used to convey information to enhance customer service for a wide variety of industries. Among other things, systems of the present invention allow a service provider to supply customers with information on services ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8107943 | Method for providing device IDs in a mobile radio device which identify said mobile radio device in a mobile radio network The invention relates to a method for providing device IDs in a mobile radio device (10; 30; 60) which identify said mobile radio device (10; 30; 60) in a mobile radio network (50). Said method comprises the following steps: several device IDs (... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107945 | Wireless device remote recovery Disclosed techniques enable wireless remote recovery for a wireless device that has encountered a potentially unrecoverable programming error during execution of a primary program controlling operations of the wireless device, e.g. an error that might otherwise prev... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107944 | System and method for automatic data security, back-up and control for mobile devices Systems and methods for providing security and control of mobile communications device activity including at least one mobile communication device with software operable thereon for receiving rules provided by an authorized user of the device(s) and in accordance wi... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8099092 | Demand-based provisioning for a mobile communication device Systems and methods are provided for providing demand-based provisioning for a mobile communication device. A provisioning server may be used to receive a provisioning update request from the mobile communication device and in response to the provisioning update req... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095128 | Device management system for remotely accessing terminal equipments A device management system for remotely setting parameters to Terminal Equipments connected to a network comprises a Terminal Equipment management application (210), servers connected to the network, each supporting a different remote management protocol, and... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095127 | 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 ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090363 | System and methods for data communications in a wireless communication system In one embodiment, a method of operating a mobile device comprises receiving an enable message at the mobile device, the enable message being indicative of a pending message to be retrieved; opening an application at the mobile device subsequent to the receiving of ... | 01/03/2012 |
| RE43064 | Method for downloading information data in wireless local loop system A method for downloading information to mobile communication terminals utilizes a paging channel. The method includes demanding, at a base station, a download operation to multiple mobile stations, simultaneously downloading information from the base station to the ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8081963 | Utilizing mobile device functionality from remote computers Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for utilizing mobile device information and functionality from separate computing devices. A synchronization operation is performed to update a data store with communication information from a mobile device. The sync... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8078158 | Provisioning applications for a mobile device Methods and systems for provisioning an application for a mobile device are provided. A user may request an application. A request concerning the application is sent to a provisioning device. The request includes information concerning the mobile device and/or the u... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073438 | Method and system for disabling a wireless communication device A method and system for disabling a wireless communication device, including: capturing a signal stream from the wireless communication device by satisfying a signal control protocol using a mobile broadcast antenna; and routing signals to and from the wireless comm... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068825 | Second party control over mobile device usage A mechanism is provided whereby a parent, or other second party, can monitor and/or control a child's or other first party's wireless device usage. An interface can allow the parent to set rules for the child's usage, and can specify that the parent should receive m... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8064895 | Method of creating customized ringtone A method includes determining customization options available for customizing a recording based on ringtone capabilities of a phone and communicating the available customization options to the phone. The method further includes customizing the recording according to... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060074 | Virtual instance architecture for mobile device management systems System and method for remotely managing mobile devices. A virtual instance mobile device is maintained for each physical mobile device to be managed. Each virtual instance mobile device is executable in a computer runtime environment and includes a hardware emulatio... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8045970 | Gateway for remote control and system and method for implementing remote control Embodiments of the present invention disclose a gateway for remote control and system as well as a method for implementing remote control. The user side calls a telephone number to which the gateway for remote control corresponds, and the gateway for remote control ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045971 | 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... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8027670 | Method, device and software for updating data in mobile devices Updating data between the mobile devices belonging to a given user group is shown. In a mobile device (301, 302), there can be recorded information (406) of the members of a given user group, and a connection can be established from the device (301,... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8014767 | Wireless communication network with software update monitoring and notification A wireless communication network comprises antenna systems, a mobile switching system, and a monitoring system. The antenna systems exchange user communications with mobile user devices in a wireless communication format. The mobile switching system has software to ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010098 | Device and method for generating user notifications associated with tasks that are pending completion A device and method for generating user notifications associated with tasks that are pending completion on a mobile device. When additional input is required from a user of the mobile device to complete performance of a task and is not being received from the user w... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8010097 | System and method for processing extensible markup language (XML) documents Systems and methods for processing documents are disclosed. Documents received at a data server are transcoded using locally stored or generated code books. Code books for transcoded documents received at a wireless mobile communication device are either retrieved f... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7983663 | Special phone book entries When an incoming call is received or an outgoing call is placed, a phone number associated with the call is identified. The phone number is compared to a set of phone book entries corresponding to subscriber-designated phone entries and special phone book entries. I... | 07/19/2011 |
