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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185102 | Reducing co-interference on a multi-radio platform A wireless communications device in a first network with contention-based access may send a special frame to one or more other devices in the first network, informing them that it will not be available to receive any transmissions during a specified time period. The... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8160573 | Portable communications device coupled to first network by way of second network A portable communications device (PCD) is coupled to a first network by way of a second network. The PCD is normally in radio communication with the first network, and is coupled to the first network by way of the second network when the PCD is out of radio communic... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8150390 | Method of routing a call made to a fixed telephone number of a UMA-subscriber in a telecommunication network The invention relates to a method of routing a call made to a fixed telephone number of a UMA-subscriber in a telecommunication network. A service control entity stores a so-called ‘near list’ comprising a cell identifier of each cell overlapping a WLAN coverage... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8131286 | Technique for providing broadcast services in a cellular network A technique for providing broadcast services to a subscriber station includes determining (904) when a first broadcast frame that is to be transmitted on a broadcast channel includes broadcast information that is to be received by the subscriber station. Next... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8116761 | Modifying wireless network paging zone broadcast based on wireless access congestion What is disclosed is a method of operating a wireless access control system. The method includes monitoring a first wireless access node to determine when the first wireless access node experiences wireless access congestion, where the first wireless access node bro... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116760 | Method for implementing dual-homing The invention discloses a method for implementing dual-homing, including: setting each one of any two core control equipment as a standby for each other, connecting a network entity belonging to one of the core control equipment with the two core control equipment t... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112077 | Method and apparatus for transmitting media data Media data from a first communication session and media data from a second communication session are received by a unit in the communication network and are combined therein to form at least one combined media data stream which contains the media data from the two c... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112078 | System, method and program for configuring a mobile terminal to function as a two-way radio A system, method and program for enabling a mobile terminal to communicate with a transceiver via two-way radio over a communication network. The mobile terminal receives a first radio communication, converts the first radio communication into first data packets, ma... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8103269 | Mobile terminal and method of selecting broadcast mode therein A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to receive a broadcast signal, and a controller configured to control the wireless communication unit to receive the broadcast signal corresponding to a first broadcast mode when the first broadcas... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8090367 | Information providing system for vehicle A cellular phone accumulates input information, which is inputted by a user using the cellular phone located not only inside but also outside of a vehicle, as parent population data for interest extraction, and extracts interest information, which reflects a present... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8078161 | Millimeter wave communication system A communication system includes a first communication module, and a second communication module. The first communication module may receive a first type of communication signal (e.g. a mobile telephone signal) and convert it into a second-type of communication signa... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8064902 | Communication apparatus and communication system A communication apparatus includes: a first communication unit which wirelessly communicates with a first device using a channel in a frequency band; a determination unit which determines a number of times by which the first communication unit transmits data to the ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8055255 | Wireless communications system The present invention is a wireless communications system for simultaneously establishing a basic access network and a wireless access network using at least two kinds of wireless communication networks. The basic access network executes signaling communication in w... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055256 | Method and apparatus for selecting scanning rates in a multi-mode communication device A method and system for selecting scanning rates in a multi-mode communication device is disclosed herein. The method can include the step of—at a multi-mode communication device—measuring at least one parameter associated with an interaction between a first net... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8050672 | Telecommunication system, mobile phone and calling method The present invention provides a telecommunication system, a mobile phone and a calling method adapted for the telecommunication system. The telecommunication system includes a mobile phone connected to a wireless network and a wired phone connected to a wired netwo... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8032133 | Selecting a network entity A method selects a network entity in a communication system. The method includes receiving, in a controller entity of an unlicensed radio spectrum access network, location information of a communication device connected to one of the unlicensed radio spectrum access... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8019335 | Identifying neighboring cells in telecommunication network A network architecture for Wireless Intranet Office (WIO) applications including a local radio network such as a wireless local area network (WLAN) which comprises a Wireless Mobile Center (WMC) arranged to serve as a WLAN access point; a GSM network which comprises... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7979065 | System and method for facilitating multi-media communication A system and method are provided with a computing system, capable of binding SMS, voice and other media transactions into a continuous, stateful messaging process that maintains awareness of the communications event over time delays and media transitions. Communicat... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7974618 | System and method for speeding call originations to a variety of devices using intelligent predictive techniques for half-call routing A system configured to originate telecommunications services is provided. The system includes a cellular gateway server (GS-C) communicating with a network gateway server (GS-E) located in an enterprise network via a signaling connection. The GS-C is configured to p... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7966012 | Wireless protocol converter Methods and systems for interfacing between broadband wireless communication systems and Local Area Network (LAN) systems includes a repeater station placed at a location that receives sufficient signal strength from a broadband wireless service provider. LAN device... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7953407 | Centralized management of telecommunications parameters A method of managing telecommunications parameters in a telecommunications system which comprises base transceiver stations of several wireless telecommunications networks and a terminal which is capable of establishing a wireless data transmission connection to sai... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7941137 | Mobile terminal and method of visual data processing A mobile terminal and visual data processing method are provided which an image photographing function is performed while maintaining visual communication between a first and second terminal. The present invention includes a camera, a communication unit performing v... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941138 | Wireless access point management in a campus environment A Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) is operated in conjunction with a wired Local Area Network (wired LAN) to service a premises, e.g., a campus setting. The wired LAN services the wired communication needs of the premises and serves as the wired backbone of the WL... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7929964 | Managing mobile station Wi-Fi communications Managing wireless fidelity communications for a mobile station includes automatically activating and deactivating wireless fidelity communication capability on the mobile station. Whenever wireless fidelity communications are not active, the wireless fidelity capabi... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7890096 | System and method for enabling call originations using SMS and hotline capabilities A method for handling call originations is provided. The method includes sending origination information from a mobile device to an application server in an enterprise network using Short Message Service (SMS) and determining whether a hotline feature is present in ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7881715 | Media spooler system and methodology providing efficient transmission of media content from wireless devices A media spooler system is described that provides a methodology for efficient transmission of media content from client devices, such transmission of digital images from wireless digital cameras. The media spooler or gateway addresses wireless transmission problems ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7865184 | Method for managing hidden stations in a centrally controlled network The embodiments of the present invention provide methods, devices, and systems enabling a central coordinator to manage hidden stations via a proxy central coordinator, where a hidden station is discovered based on beacons and made known to other networked devices v... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7865183 | Method and system for supporting residual energy awareness in an ad hoc wireless communications network A method of coordinating devices in a wireless network is provided. First capability data associated with a first type of power source and a first state of the power source of a first device is received at a second device. Second capability data is transmitted to th... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7853252 | Positioning systems utilizing mobile telephone system for correction signals A positioning system where receiving stations such as multipurpose mobile communications devices can calculate their position. The system includes base stations adapted to receive position information from the receiving stations over a communications path of a mobil... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7853253 | System and method of regulating data traffic between a client device and a server A system, method, and computer-readable medium for regulating data traffic between a client device and a server. The system determines whether a transmission of a data file is allowable based on pre-defined criteria. The system provides an indication of whether the ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7831250 | System and methods of integrating an overlay wireless data network canopy into a high bandwidth FTTX (fiber-to-the premises / curb / neighborhood) network An approach to integrate a wireless data network canopy into the high-capacity fixed FttX (Fiber-to-the-Premises/Curb/Neighborhood) network at intersection points throughout the overlay rather than interconnecting them as two disparate networks in order to provide a... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7805137 | Cordless telephone system with IP network application A cordless telephone system includes a base station operable to connect to an internet protocol (IP) network and at least one handset running a short messaging service (SMS) application. The at least one handset is operable to transmit and receive both voice data an... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7787877 | Method and apparatus of avoiding audio truncation in trunked systems A method and apparatus are provided for reducing audio truncation during a call in a trunked radio system. The method includes the steps of providing a multicast IP address of a rendezvous point to a first participant of the call to forward multicast audio of the ca... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7778635 | Means and apparatus for control of remote electronic devices An apparatus to control remote devices or equipment via existing cellular telephone networks. The apparatus receives information from a customer concerning a specific function, which the customer wants to perform at the remote equipment. A Central Control receives t... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7778636 | Mobile advertising systems and methods A system and method for receiving an electronic response to an advertisement that is wirelessly transmitted to a mobile wireless communications device involve routing a connection from the wireless communications device to a source based at least in part on a locati... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7764960 | System and method for communication using a wireless handset in wireless and wired networks A method for providing communication service includes detecting that a wireless handset has been decoupled from a base, wherein the base is associated with a plurality of communication addresses. The method also includes identifying one or more of the plurality of c... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7761094 | Supporting mobile communications session in a combined communications network A technique is proposed for supporting a mobile communication session in a combined communications network comprising a mobile network and a non-mobile access network. In the mobile network, the mobile communication session is associated with a mobile number. The te... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7729694 | Systems and methods for facilitating communication between transceivers using different protocols Systems and methods are provided for communicating data content using different protocols. The systems and methods may include intercepting a transmission from a first transceiver containing a first data content, using a first protocol. The first protocol may be ide... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7720471 | Method for managing hidden stations in a centrally controlled network The embodiments of the present invention provide methods, devices, and systems enabling a central coordinator to manage hidden stations via a proxy central coordinator, where a hidden station is discovered based on beacons and made known to other networked devices v... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7697929 | Millimeter wave communication system A communication system includes a first communication module, and a second communication module. The first communication module may receive a first type of communication signal (e.g. a mobile telephone signal) and convert it into a second-type of communication signa... | 04/13/2010 |
