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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180340 | Method for saving files in mobile communication terminal A method for saving files in a mobile communication terminal includes: if an externally pluggable memory is detected, determining whether a count corresponding to the memory is present in the mobile communication terminal; if a count corresponding to the memory is p... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175593 | Method for displaying information regarding the condition of a portable terminal Disclosed is a method for displaying condition information of a portable terminal, the method including determining if a signal requesting output of the condition information is detected while an application is run by the portable terminal; checking a predetermined ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8155639 | System and method for computer noteboook electromagnetic compatibility analysis A system and method for antenna analysis and electromagnetic compatibility testing in a wireless device utilizes a “parent” device that undergoes rigorous conventional testing. A “child” device having similar components may thereafter undergo abbreviated tes... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150389 | Portable communication terminal device and response message transmitting method A portable communication terminal device includes a section for detecting a call from a calling party; a section for obtaining position data for a present position of the portable communication terminal device; a section for storing data of a plurality of areas and ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8135397 | Predicting user experience on a communication network A wireless communication system for monitoring a communication service comprises a first set of communication devices located in a first set of geographic areas configured to receive the communication service and determine first performance data. A communication net... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8126453 | Radio frequency testing system and method of performing radio frequency test on a plurality of mobile communication devices A radio frequency testing system and its method of performing a radio frequency test on a plurality of mobile communication devices are provided. The system simultaneously connects mobile communication devices for performing a pre-set procedure and an RF test in seq... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8126452 | Systems and methods for self-calibrating transceivers Techniques for self-calibration of transceivers are described herein. ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8112075 | HARQ-aware CQI reporting The invention provides a method or system where the UE sends the CQI to the base station (Node B) based on whether a HARQ retransmission is expected. For example, if a HARQ retransmission is expected, then the UE can reduce the CQI information to sending less (or no... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112076 | Safe application distribution and execution in a wireless environment The present invention provides safe and secure application distribution and execution by providing systems and methods that test an application to ensure that it satisfies predetermined criteria associated with the environment in which it will execute. Furthermore, ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8103268 | Device and method for assessing the quality of a mobile phone or mobile phone network The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a system that allows a realistic quality assessment of a mobile phone and/or mobile phone network. For this purpose, imaging optics are used to project the image from at least part of the phone display ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8078159 | Apparatus and method of relay station (RS) for reporting mobile station (MS)-RS channel state in multihop relay broadband wireless access (BWA) communication system Disclosed are an apparatus and method of a Relay Station (RS) in a multihop relay Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) communication system. The method includes an RS for receiving a signal level threshold of the MS from a Base Station (BS), measuring a signal level of t... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078160 | Wireless network notification, messaging and access device A wireless device having capabilities to receive identification signals from other wireless devices identifies specific wireless devices by said transmitting devices maximum set identification field. Once the transmitting device is identified as having its maximum l... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8060081 | Remote battery replacement notification system and method A remote battery replacement notification system (10) for a communication system includes a subscriber unit (12) having a battery (14). An operational support system (16) is in communication with the subscriber unit (12). The opera... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060080 | Apparatus and method for providing power off information in portable communication system Provided is an apparatus and method for providing power-off information in a portable communication system. The portable communication system for identifying information on a destination terminal in a power-off state includes a portable terminal and a Mobile Switchi... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055254 | Systems and methods for measuring the performance of a provider of communications services Systems and methods for measuring the performance of a provider of communications service are described. A plurality of mobile communications devices measure average power received, signal to noise ratio, voice quality, blocked and dropped calls, or any combinations... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8032132 | Remote management and analysis techniques in cellular and satellite radio networks Several system diagnostic and network management tools are disclosed that, as a primary goal, support the consumer's ability to self diagnose and solve an existing problem. A non-intrusive diagnostic tool is provided that exposes system parameters of a consumer syst... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8027673 | Desense with adaptive control A method and apparatus for reducing degradation in the sensitivity of a receiver in a mobile phone are disclosed. The sensitivity of the receiver in the mobile phone is monitored. When the sensitivity degrades below a predetermined threshold, it is determined which ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8005473 | System and method for configuring a wireless communication system in a vehicle A control module for a wireless communication system in a vehicle having a plurality of operational settings includes a memory, a control circuit and a radio frequency transceiver. The memory is configured to store a plurality of performance characteristics associat... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8000700 | Device diagnostics and monitoring method and system A diagnostics and monitoring method and system is disclosed for generating diagnostics and monitoring information and transmitting the diagnostics and monitoring information to a remote terminal using an improved diagnostic and monitoring policy. The method includes... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7974617 | Method and apparatus of performing frequency transitions in user equipment A method and apparatus adapted to permit an internal handover from 1900 MHz to 900 MHz under controlled circumstances. Using the method of the present invention, the amount of time needed to disconnect a call of a user equipment (UE) under test, remove the 1800 MHz ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7966011 | Determining per sector received power level At a mobile device, a total received power represents signals received from all access points. In order to calculate an appropriate transmit power for communication with a single access point, a mobile device determines a per sector received power level. The mobile ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7957732 | Device and method for quality testing using a battery operated mobile phone In order to mount a mobile phone in a test device, the current between the battery unit and the phone unit is fed through a switch unit. The switch unit contains at least one switch for interrupting the current, e.g. for resetting the mobile phone after malfunction.... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7949334 | Method and system for determining the dependence between device parameters of a mobile telephone and signal parameters A method and a system for determining the dependence between several device-parameter values in each case of at least one device parameter of a mobile telephone (31, 32, . . . , 3m, 3n) and at l... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7933593 | Allocation of radio resources in a CDMA2000 cellular system A CDMA data transmission system and method for periodically allocating channels to subscriber units, wherein prior to the beginning of any period all active subscriber units are identified that are in communication with the transmitter and for which there are data, ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7925252 | Container-level transaction management system and method therefor An application container-level transaction management system for managing transactions of an application on a wireless device. The system comprises a transaction manager for providing an interface to the application container for accessing methods for creation and e... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925254 | Receiver Cellular receivers, in the form of portable radiotelephones are commonplace, and their design and operation is well understood. Such portable radiotelephones can be used for making and receiving telephone calls, sending and receiving messages, and even browsing worl... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925253 | Radiated performance of a wireless device Systems, methods, apparatus, processors and computer-readable media include a radiated testing module that executes a predetermined radiated performance test on a wireless device. The test dictates various performance-related parameters to measure and log at each of... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7912463 | Method of using SNR to reduce factory test time The application relates to wireless networks and more particularly to a method of reducing factory test time of receiver sensitivity in a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) wireless device. Under TIA/EIA/-98E, the radio frequency (RF) sensitivity of a CDMA wireles... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7894811 | System, apparatus and method of allocating medium access blocks Briefly, a wireless system and a method of dynamically allocating one or more medium access blocks of a first communication network within one or more medium access blocks of a second wireless communication network, wherein the first wireless communication network o... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7890095 | Method for after service of mobile telephone The invention relates to a mobile terminal, and in particular to a method for after service of a mobile terminal which is adapted to optimize the performance of the mobile terminal. The method comprises the steps of: self-diagnosing, judging if the terminal malfunct... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7885652 | Mobile station, mobile communication system, and mobile communication method A mobile station includes; a retransmission control section configured to perform retransmission control of user data in a physical layer and a MAC sublayer with one or more radio base stations; and a threshold setting section configured to set a threshold used for ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7856231 | Mobile communication terminal having a radio frequency calibration data recovering function and a method of backing up and restoring calibration data A mobile communication terminal, and a method of backing up and restoring calibration data thereof disclosed, thereby enabling a terminal to repair damage to radio frequency calibration data. The present invention includes a radio frequency calibration data checking... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7756516 | High-frequency measuring system having spatially separated high-frequency modules A high-frequency measuring system is provided for measuring a test device with a measuring device unit and at least one high-frequency module connected to the measuring device unit. Each high-frequency module is located spatially separated from the measuring device ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7738864 | Embedded wireless benchmarking systems and methods Systems and methods for measuring the performance of a provider of communications service are described. A plurality of mobile communications devices measure average power received, signal to noise ratio, voice quality, blocked and dropped calls, or any combinations... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7720470 | Reference signals for downlink beamforming validation in wireless multicarrier MIMO channel Dedicated pilot signals are transmitted from a transmitting device to a receiving device through a multicarrier MIMO channel in addition to data signals and common pilot signals. The dedicated pilot signals may be used by the receiving device to validate whether a p... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7689212 | Mobile communication system exchanging state information and operation method thereof A system and method for managing calls in a mobile communication system transmits information indicative of an operational state of a first mobile terminal to a second mobile terminal for display. The first terminal may be a called terminal and the second terminal a... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7689213 | Method for testing embedded wireless transceiver with minimal interaction between wireless transceiver and host processor during testing A method for testing a wireless transceiver embedded within a wireless data communication system that also includes a host processor with minimal interaction between the wireless transceiver and the host processor during such testing. The wireless signal interface b... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7684792 | Safe application distribution and execution in a wireless environment The present invention provides safe and secure application distribution and execution by providing systems and methods that test an application to ensure that it satisfies predetermined criteria associated with the environment in which it will execute. Furthermore, ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7680493 | Low phase noise testing system utilizing a crystal filter According to one embodiment, a low phase noise testing system includes a tester providing a high phase noise digital channel output. The low phase noise testing system further includes a crystal filter configured to receive the digital channel output and to pass a n... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7650147 | Integrated personal digital assistant device An integrated device provides functionality of both a PDA and cellular telephone. Features include a power button offering control of both the computing and telephony functions of the device; a lid that turns the device on and off and controls additional telephony f... | 01/19/2010 |
