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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190144 | Effective system information reception method Disclosed is the method for informing, by a wireless communication system, to a terminal about information required for reception when the terminal is connected to the wireless communication system, in which a base station updates system information according to a p... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185101 | Handheld portable real-time tracking and communications device Portable handheld real-time tracking and communications devices include; a controller module, communications module including global positioning and mesh network radio module, data transfer and storage module, and a user interface module enclosed in a water-resistan... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180338 | Selective call anchoring in a multimedia subsystem The present invention dynamically determines whether call control for a call from a user element should be anchored in a multimedia subsystem (MS) or in a circuit-switched subsystem (CS) based on the location of the user element. Calls may be anchored in the MS rega... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175592 | Wireless network search A mobile communication device prior to establishing a communication session needs first to connect to a reachable network. To facilitate the search for the reachable network, the mobile communication device is preprogrammed intermediate parameters which lead to a pl... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170542 | Mobile communication system for notifying subscriber identity identity code notification apparatus A mobile communication system is provided such that multiple identity codes assigned to a terminal device are displayed on the terminal device, whereby such multiple identity codes are selectively and arbitrarily used without a specific provision, and an identity co... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165576 | Method and system for extending services to cellular devices A system is provide for extending services to cellular devices. The system includes a wireless gateway having a client side with an intelligent client agent and a server side with an intelligent server agent, a wireless device having a first mode operable in a cellu... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160570 | Multiprotocol antenna system for multiple service provider-multiple air interface co-located base stations A hub unit is configured to digitize first and second analog radio frequency signals in order to generate first and second digital data, respectively, indicative of the first and second analog radio frequency signals. The first and second analog radio frequency sign... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160569 | Bootstrap recursive directional determination for dynamic high-rate directional networking links The present invention is a wireless communication system and method. In an exemplary embodiment, the system includes a plurality of transceiver nodes arranged in a network and configured to communicate between transceiver nodes using an Orthogonal Domain Multiple Ac... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155637 | Method of delivering information to cellular terminal and information delivery server The present invention provides local information indispensable for travelers or the like and serves as a guide satisfying the travelers' tastes at places where the travelers are staying on their journeys. Positional information is detected from an information reques... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8140066 | Power consumption reduction logic for unscheduled APSD and real time services A system and method for more efficiently scheduling and implementing unscheduled automatic power save delivery service periods between a terminal and an access point. An triggering interval is set for an untrigger flag, the untrigger flag not permitting the implemen... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8126451 | Synchronous CDMA communication system Methods are described of processing signals received over a wireless communication channel by a receiver in a wireless cellular network. A method includes receiving a sequence of signal samples. The received sequence of samples can be used to estimate at least one c... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8116755 | Mobile communication terminal and moving speed detection method for the same A mobile communication terminal and a moving speed detection method which are capable of detecting a moving speed with high accuracy are provided. A mobile communication terminal 10 includes a plurality of moving speed detector sections, i.e., a first moving ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116756 | Method for reducing interference between adjacent sectors, and base station apparatus A cellular mobile communication system employs frequency multiplexing as a multiplexing system and adopts a sector configuration for cells. The cellular mobile communication system includes: a device for determining a scheduling turn of a local sector for a downlink... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116757 | Virtual network service provider for mobile virtual network operator activation Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods and system configurations to activate a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). A method includes wirelessly broadcasting a virtual Network Service Provider (NSP) to provide wireless activation of one or more Mo... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112074 | Access point multi-level transmission power control supporting periodic high power level transmissions A wireless access point selects its own transmission power for different types of the transmissions. The access point transmits to client devices at reduced power levels, however, periodic beacons and other selected non-beacon transmissions can be transmitted at a h... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8107948 | Radio communication system, management server, radio communication terminal, and radio communication method A SIP server 200 according to a present invention includes: a judgment unit 205 configured to specify an application executed by a mobile station transmitting INVITE (halfway participation) on the basis of INVITE (halfway participation) received from t... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8086228 | Method for identifying a code group representative of a number of base stations A method and apparatus for identifying a code group representative of a predetermined number of base stations is disclosed. A chip offset within a frame is input into a first correlator. A plurality of samples of chips at which a primary synchronization code (PSC) h... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8073441 | Location-based network selection method for a mobile device A method for connecting a mobile device with one of a plurality of wireless networks, involves initiating a registration of the mobile device with one of the plurality of wireless networks. A geographic position of the mobile device is determined with respect to at ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073440 | Automatic gain control in a personal navigation device In one example, a Bluetooth enabled navigation device pairs with a mobile phone and then sends a plurality of tuning transmissions, each at a different transmission power gain amount, to a remote server using the mobile phone. These tuning transmissions are encoded ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8064896 | Push notification service Gateway devices maintain presence information for various mobile devices. Each gateway is associated with a zone and manages presence information only for mobile devices associated with that zone. Courier devices back-propagate presence information for the mobile de... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8055252 | Adaptive cell ID detection in a cellular communications system A cell identifier is indicated in a signal to be transmitted in a cellular communication system by selecting one of a number, M, of codes, wherein each of the codes has a length N of code symbols, and wherein the selected code is associated with the cell identifier.... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8045973 | Mobile device subject to a communication restriction responding to a priority call A mobile device and associated methods are disclosed that allow a mobile device subject to a communication restriction from a wireless network to respond to a priority call. If a call in the wireless network is destined for the mobile device, then the mobile device ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045972 | Multimode wireless radio access network with distributed processing A multimode Radio Access Network (RAN) for wireless communication is disclosed. The RAN separates the control signals from the data streams for their distributed processing. The control signals are transmitted between base stations and a Radio Resource Server (RRS),... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8041349 | Home subscriber server configuration method and system The present invention is to provide a home subscriber server configuration method and system that is accessible in switching to any one of plural HSS servers in a redundant configuration. Information stored in such plural HSS servers (e.g., HSS-A server 40A a... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8041350 | Wireless communication system, method of management, control and maintenance, and apparatus for the same It administers a plurality of wireless base stations grouped into a plurality of groups, and performs the processing about the management, control and maintenance of the wireless base stations selectively for each of the groups. This enables the efficient management... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8036651 | Systems and methods for enforcing call restrictions between domains Systems and methods for enforcing calling restrictions are provided. When a first and second communication station are located in different domains, calling restrictions for a first communication station can be based on a current geographic location of the second co... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8027672 | System and method for dynamically configuring wireless network geographic coverage or service levels A system and a method for facilitating communication between a remote station and a service network are disclosed. A remote station is associated with a first communicator configured to communicate over a first communication network and a second communicator configu... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8019332 | Method for transmitting and receiving control information through PDCCH A method for efficiently transmitting and receiving control information through a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) is provided. When a User Equipment (UE) receives control information through a PDCCH, the received control information is set to be decoded in... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8019740 | Communications in an item tracking system System and methods for communicating tracking information about tagged items. A tagged item is a tangible item that carries a self-identifying tag. The tracking information can be stored in the tag or in a document that is accessible through an item tracking system.... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8019331 | Femtocell integration into the macro network Some embodiments of the invention provide a communication system that includes a first communication network, a second communication network, and a core network. The second communication network includes a network controller and a group of two or more access areas t... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8019330 | Methods and apparatus for providing manual selection of a communication network for a mobile station Methods and apparatus for providing manual selection of a communication network for a mobile station are described. A plurality of communication networks are identified by scanning a coverage area within which the mobile station is operating. A plurality of network ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8014770 | System and method for managing data to be pushed to a wireless device when the device may be outside of a coverage range A push proxy server for pushing data to a wireless device having a coverage state of online or offline. The push proxy server comprises a coverage state detector, memory, a data store, and a transceiver. The coverage state detector determines the coverage state of t... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010099 | Methods of reconfiguring sector coverage in in-building communications system In an in-building wireless communications network, a weighted sum of a downlink signal from two relevant base station interfaces (BSIs) is transmitted by a radio transceiver transitioning between two sectors. During a transition period, the weight of the combined do... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005471 | Access network broadcast control-signaling channel An access network of an apparatus in one example is configured to provide a wireless communication service over a coverage area and is configured to support a broadcast multicast system (BCMCS). The access network is configured to broadcast at least one broadcast co... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8000696 | Method for accurate time setting of communication device over the air and corresponding communication device A method for accurate time setting of a communication device (2, 3) in which said communication device (2, 3) sends (A0) a request for time synchronization to a central communications unit (1) through communication data packets via a cell... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7996002 | Voice directed system and method configured for assured messaging to multiple recipients A communications system transmits messages via a wireless network to multiple users nearly simultaneously in real-time. Each user has a terminal that receives a message and plays the message for the user. The terminal may also wait for the user to verbally acknowled... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7983664 | Transmission method, wireless base station, and wireless communication method A transmission method that can implement efficient communication control. A transmission block sends a signal of a first frequency band allocated to each zone, by a first directive beam which covers the entire zone, in a first time slot of a predetermined period and... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7983665 | Mobile communication system, mobile terminal, base station, radio network controller, information rate control method therefor and program therefor A method according to the present invention comprises determining an available information rate for communication, via a first base station, between a plurality of terminals and a second base station based on link capacity information for wireless communication betw... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7979063 | System and method for reshaping customer areas of a telecommunications carrier A system and method for changing area boundaries that encompass customers serviced by a telecommunications carrier may include an electronic display configured to display graphical images and a storage unit configured to store information associated with the custome... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7979064 | Methods and systems for providing application level presence information in wireless communication Methods and apparatus for determining and maintaining user presence information include capturing user presence data with an application presence server. The application presence server can be configured to update user presence data as a user initiates or exits an a... | 07/12/2011 |
