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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8107975 | Shared image database with geographic navigation There is disclosed a method and device for operating an image database shared by a plurality of users. In an embodiment, each image captured by a user and stored in a shared image database is associating with the geographic coordinates of the location at which the i... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8095156 | User equipment and method used in mobile communication system User equipment used in a mobile communication system is disclosed that includes a specifying unit specifying a tracking area of a serving cell based on broadcast information, a determination unit determining whether the user equipment is entitled to communicate in t... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090389 | Method of displaying a map on a phone screen A wireless communications device includes a radiofrequency transceiver having a wireless voice channel for transmitting and receiving voice communications and a separate wireless data channel for concurrently transmitting and receiving other data. The wireless commu... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8081992 | System and method for displaying the geographic location associated with a phone call received on a phone-equipped mobile device Embodiments of a system and method for displaying a geographic location associated with an incoming call being received on a mobile device are provided. The mobile device has a user interface that provides a call screen to the user for identifying a phone number ass... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8014797 | Location information system for a wireless communication device and method therefore The present application is directed to location information systems for wireless communication devices. In one implementation, a location information system sends location information to a wireless communication device present in a predetermined area in a facility o... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8014796 | Map version control methods and apparatus for updating the use of network-maintained map data sets for mobile communication devices A map version control method of providing updates of network-maintained map data sets in mobile communication devices includes the steps of receiving a version of map data from a network database through a wireless communication network; causing the map to be visual... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7970419 | Systems, devices and methods for location determination A method and system for location determination of a multi-mode device using a plurality of GPS fixation processes, each fixation process using a different mode (e.g. Cell-ID, MS-Assist, and MS-based) of the device is provided. The invention relates to methods for qu... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7966026 | Method and system for delivery of a calling party's location A method and system for providing a service that delivers location information associated with a caller. The service operates in both wireline and wireless networks, providing called parties with the location information of calling parties who use either stationary ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7953422 | Shared image database with geographic navigation There is disclosed a method and device for operating an image database shared by a plurality of users. In an embodiment, each image captured by a user and stored in a shared image database is associating with the geographic coordinates of the location at which the i... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7933612 | Determining physical location based upon received signals The subject disclosure pertains to systems and methods for determining locations of mobile devices. In particular, a set of regions is defined based upon the relative strength of signals received from one or more base stations within the region. Each region has asso... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7920878 | Location based reminders Location based reminders are described. A mobile computing device may comprise a location based reminder application to set a target location for a reminder item. The location based reminder application may provide a location based reminder for the reminder item whe... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7853273 | Method of controlling user and remote cell phone transmissions and displays A method, a combined cellular, PDA communication device, and a system having specialized software applications for allowing a plurality of combined cellular phone/PDA device users to monitor each others' locations and status, to initiate cellular phone calls by touc... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7831264 | Tracking a group of mobile terminals A method performed by a mobile terminal may include setting a tracking parameter for a group of mobile terminals, transmitting text and position information messages of each of the mobile terminals, and displaying the messages based on priority. The method may furth... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7689232 | Method of providing call forward of voice and messages and remote phone activation A method, a combined cellular, PDA communication device and system having specialized software applications for allowing a plurality of combined cellular phone/PDA device users to monitor each others' locations and status, to initiate cellular phone calls by touchin... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7680502 | Radio frequency detection assembly and method for detecting radio frequencies A radio frequency detection assembly is described and which includes a radio frequency detector which detects a radio frequency emission produced by a radio frequency emitter from a given location which is remote relative to the radio frequency detector; a location ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7672681 | Method of renaming soft switch controls in all participant's cell phones by an administrator A method, a combined cellular phone, PDA, GPS communication device and system having specialized software applications for allowing a plurality of combined cellular phone/PDA device users to monitor each other's locations and status, to initiate cellular phone calls... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7660592 | Mobile communication terminal equipped with function of indicating direction of destination and method of indicating direction of destination A method for indicating a direction of a destination in a mobile communication terminal includes: receiving network identification information from a mobile communication network that is currently accessed; reading current location and declination information corres... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7630724 | Method of providing a cellular phone/PDA communication system A cellular, PDA communication device and communication system for allowing a plurality of cellular phone users to monitor each others' locations and status, to initiate cellular phone calls by touching a symbol on the touch screen display with a stylus which can als... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7583972 | Location based reminders Location based reminders are described. A mobile computing device may comprise a location based reminder application to set a target location for a reminder item. The location based reminder application may provide a location based reminder for the reminder item whe... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7536191 | Push-to-talk communications in computing environments Described is a communication mechanism that provides push-to-talk functionality for mobile and desktop computing environments. Mobile and desktop computers are configured as client computers in a client/server architecture. Some of the client computers are configure... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7529552 | Interactive imaging for cellular phones A method for interacting with imagery on a cellular phone, including rendering an image on a display for a cellular phone, detecting that a user has selected an active area of the display using an input device for the cellular phone, and automatically activating a f... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7529553 | Received signal quality display method and received signal quality display system A base station receives a pilot signal and position information on each of a plurality of mobile stations from the each mobile station. An uplink pilot signal separating unit separates the pilot signal of the each mobile station. A received uplink signal quality cal... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7496371 | Portable terminal and portable terminal communication method There are provided: a main receiving unit for receiving incoming signals from a base station via a main antenna provided in a portable terminal; sub receiving units for receiving incoming signals from the base station via a plurality of detection antennas provided i... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7480514 | GPS enabled cell phone with compass mode mapping function A wireless terminal displays its location and a map segment on a display of the wireless terminal. Operation commences with the wireless terminal accessing its GPS receiver to determine its location coordinates. Based upon its location coordinates, the wireless term... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7447509 | Geographic management system A geographic management system (GMS) comprises a web server, a database server, and a map server. A user browser connected to the GMS transmits a search criteria to the web server. The web server transmits the search criteria to the map server. The map server geocod... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7440762 | TDOA/GPS hybrid wireless location system A method and system for enhancing the accuracy and robustness of locations determined for a mobile wireless transceiver in a cellular telephone communications system integrates location-related information both from an assisted GPS device embedded in the mobile unit... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7441032 | System and methods for using an application layer control protocol transporting spatial location information pertaining to devices connected to wired and wireless internet protocol networks Application layer signaling is provided from users registering at a presence server for a presence service wherein upon reception the signaling is checked for spatial location information and stored for future use in providing the presence service in association wit... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7437168 | Method and apparatus for controlling a quiet zone for wireless units In an IP-based cellular wireless communication system, systems and methods for spatially controlling cellular phone usage are provided. Entry of a cellular phone device into an area of restricted phone access (“quiet zone”) is detected and an IP message identify... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433695 | Computationally-efficient estimation of the location of a wireless terminal based on pattern matching A method of using a non-GPS-derived technique to estimate the location of an Assisted-GPS-enabled wireless terminal for the purposes of generating location-specific assistance data for the wireless terminal is disclosed. The wireless terminal then uses the assistanc... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430422 | Position information notifying method and device Location information providing unit of gateway server 40 obtains location information on cellular telephone 10, 20 and 30 each produced in different expression format from measuring center 50, converts obtained location information into e... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7424309 | System in vehicles for making a telephone call A system for making a telephone call in a vehicle in which information concerning the traffic situation of a first vehicle is electronically processed and sent to a second vehicle. By apparatuses of further electronic processing, only relevant information concerning... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7418260 | Method of controlling a mode of reporting of measurements on a radio interface and radio network controller for the implementation of the method Parameters of radio propagation between a mobile terminal and at least one fixed transceiver are measured. Report messages indicating at least a part of the measured parameters, in accordance with a mode of reporting specified by the radio network controller are tra... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7412235 | System and method for fast detection of specific on-air data rate A system and method for fast detection of specific on-air data rates are disclosed which, in one example embodiment, enable endpoint devices in automatic meter reading (AMR) systems to quickly determine the existence of over-the-air information that is specifically ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409220 | Autonomous reference system and method for monitoring the location and movement of objects The present invention relates to a system and method for deploying devices, such as routers (107) and mobile nodes (102) or tags, that communicate in a wireless multihopping ad-hoc communication network (100), that enables a monitoring system su... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7408896 | Method and system for providing mobile wireless access points A mobile access point is disclosed. The mobile access point includes a terminal module configured to provide one or more terminal functions for use by a user, the one or more terminal functions including a voice or data communications application, and a gateway modu... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7409221 | Technique for communicating information concerning a product or service provider to a vehicle In an automobile, communications to and from the automobile are in the form of messages. Such messages are referred to as “electronic car-mail” or “C-mail” messages as each message has a destination or origination address which includes an identifier, e.g., ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7406323 | Communication system and method, information processing terminal and method, and information processing apparatus and method The present invention relates to a communication system and method, an information processing terminal and method, and an information processing device and method which enable simple and secure restricted access. When a PDA 11 is brought close, a reader 2 | 07/29/2008 |
| 7400892 | System and method for tracking the relative location of mobile stations belonging to a pre-defined group of mobile stations Embodiments of the present invention are related to a method and apparatus for determining whether each mobile station in a pre-defined group of two or more mobile stations is in compliance with acceptable location criteria. A group tracking server receives mobile s... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7397381 | Radio frequency locator system A radio frequency locator system is provided that includes a plurality of locator elements configured to communicate using a radio frequency identification (RFID) communication system and at least one communication device configured to receive locator information fr... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7392042 | Method, apparatus and system for notifying a user of a portable wireless device A method, apparatus and system for notifying a user of a portable communication device. In one embodiment, a location of a first portable communication device is determined for a first user and the location of a second portable communication device is determined for... | 06/24/2008 |
