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| 8180323 | Non centralized security function for a radio interface A module dual mode device architecture and method of use is disclosed. The system architecture provides a distributed design of an IEEE 802.11i compliant supplicant module that provides security to data/voice packets sent over the wireless local area network (“WLA... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180374 | Method and system for transmitting data on the location of a mobile terminal to a receiver by means of a mobile radio network A method and a system for transmitting data on the location of a mobile radio terminal to a receiver by means of a mobile radio network. An area that lies within the service range of the mobile radio network is defined and is subdivided into several subareas. A plur... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8145223 | Inter-cell interference mitigation A method and controller for reducing inter-cell interference within a Coordinated Multi-Point (CoMP) cellular network architecture. Multiple CoMP cells in the network architecture are grouped into a number of mutually exclusive subsets. The CoMP cells in each subset... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8131301 | Geographic relocation processing of wireless communication equipment What is disclosed is a method of operating a processing system to relocate wireless communication equipment. The method includes receiving customer data and performance data for wireless communication equipment located at a plurality of potential donor sites, and re... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8107432 | Dual-mode mobile terminal and method for handover of packet service call between different communication networks A dual-mode mobile terminal and method for performing PS call between different communication networks. In the mobile terminal, a second communication module which communicates with a second communication network, prepares for its operation and enters into a low pow... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8090380 | Method and apparatus for radio resource control profile creation in a UMTS network A method for creating a radio resource control profile for a radio resource allocation or a state-transition profile having the steps of receiving a parameter associated with a user equipment (UE), associating the parameter with the radio resource control profile fo... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8068446 | Method of efficiently processing dormant state in packet service and multi-mode terminal for the same An apparatus and method for efficiently processing a dormant state in a packet service between communication networks providing the packet service using different mobile communication technologies is disclosed. This method includes disconnecting, by a multi-mode ter... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8059582 | Pico cell system access using cellular communications network A network device sends information on at least one cell of second cell layer of a second technology access network, the at least one cell of second cell layer being located in an area of a cell of first cell layer of a first technology access network, wherein the in... | 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 |
| 8045965 | System and method for venue-to-venue messaging A system and method is provided for enabling venue-to-venue communication. A message is sent from a messaging device located in a first venue. The system receives the message via a communications network. The system transmits the message via the communications netwo... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8041347 | Transmitter controlled communication links A wireless communication system is disclosed herein. The wireless communication system may include transmitter units and a receiver. In one embodiment, each transmitter has an address and logic programmed to perform the steps of receiving a user selection and, respo... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8032129 | Method and apparatus for storing data using DLNA network A Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) network that stores, in real time, data, such as motion pictures, still images, audio sounds, etc., collected from outside of the home into a storage device located, preferably, in the home. In particular, a data collecting d... | 10/04/2011 |
| RE42787 | Electronic device and control method thereof A wireless communicating electronic device including a wireless network part supporting the wireless communication; an on/off selector selecting an on/off state to activate/deactivate the wireless network part; an on/off display displaying the selected state of the ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8010151 | System and method for service interworking between heterogeneous communication systems Disclosed is a system and method for service interworking between heterogeneous communication systems. The service interworking system includes a first system and a second system that is evolved from the first system and can decode control and broadcast signals used... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005495 | Electronic short messaging and advertising method and device The invention relates to an electronic short messaging and advertising method where minimal initiative is required from the consumer. Some embodiments of the invention may also be applied to an electronic sales method. The invention may also be applied for normal sh... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8005489 | Location based messaging method and system A method for providing location based messaging to a mobile user with a wireless portable receiving device includes sending a message to the portable device including content based on the location and the direction of travel of the portable device. In the method, th... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8000334 | Methods and improvements for joining wireless mesh networks Method and improvements for joining wireless mesh networks are provided. In one embodiment, a controller in each network receives a message from a node in its respective network, the message indicating that the respective nodes each received a signal from a node in ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8000722 | Extended triggered position method and device An extended triggered location method and device is provided. The device includes the following: a location calculating unit to calculate location of the target terminal and determine the location information, and a third party location reporting unit to send the lo... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8000688 | Quality of service for grouped cellular devices Embodiments described herein provide for improving quality of service in a cellular network. A group of cellular devices is identified. Quality of service mechanisms are identified. A quality of service plan for coordinating an execution of quality of service mechan... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8000332 | Method for terminating attach procedure in mobile terminal A system and method by which an unnecessary General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) attach procedure is no longer performed when a service cancellation situation is generated during execution of a GPRS attach procedure according to a data service requested by a user is ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7995995 | Voice over IP based biometric authentication An individual's identity is verifiable using voice biometrics. A voice biometric system includes a receiver configured to receive, from a remote communications device, a voice biometric sample of a party attempting to obtain a service from a remote system. The servi... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7986950 | Wideband code division multiple access user equipment for receiving multimedia broadcast/multicast service A wideband code division multiple access (W-CDMA) user equipment (UE) for receiving a multimedia broadcast/multicast service (MBMS). The UE comprises an MBMS receiver configured to receive data of an MBMS service over one of a secondary common control physical chann... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7986952 | Method and apparatus for transmitting position data using control channels in wireless networks A cellular telephone for use with a cellular telephone network includes a GPS receiver section. Position determination related information is transmitted to and from the cellular telephone using a control channel. ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7983696 | Dynamic variation of paging power based on paging slot frequency A mechanism for dynamically setting paging transmission power for a given mobile station based on the mobile station's paging slot frequency. For a mobile station that is set to operate at a higher paging slot frequency (e.g., lower slot cycle index), a wireless ser... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7983211 | Control system with wireless messages containing message sequence information A control system uses a wireless mesh network to provide communication between a host computer and field devices. The host and the field devices communicate with one another using wireless messages containing requests and responses that are routed through the wirele... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7978636 | System and method for controlling throughput of access classes in a WLAN A system comprises a monitoring module operative to monitor traffic on a wireless medium, the traffic belonging to one or more of two different access classes (ACs), one access class (AC) being a higher-priority AC and the other being a lower-priority AC; a throughp... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7974634 | Content forwarding for bandwidth conservation Embodiments described herein provide for conserving bandwidth. A cluster of cellular devices is identified. Each cellular device in the cluster may be within a given proximity from at least one other cellular device in the cluster. A seed is selected from the cluste... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974637 | Passive mode tracking through existing and future wireless networks A method and system of Passive Mode Tracking of an item, object or cargo associated with a wireless communication device through existing and future wireless networks is described. The method builds on the observation that for many applications, cargo tracking inclu... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974226 | Separating control and data in wireless networks Wireless communication techniques are described in which control and data are separated. In an implementation, a method is described which includes sending data packets on a first wireless channel and sending control data relating to the data packets on a second wir... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7970347 | Communication systems A transmission method for use in a multi-hop wireless communication system is provided. Furthermore, the system has access to a time-frequency format for use in assigning available transmission frequency bandwidth during a discrete transmission interval. The format ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7965672 | Method and apparatus for cell selection in a mobile communication system Disclosed is a method and apparatus for cell selection, which can prevent the occurrence of an error in the cell selection in a mobile communication system supporting the hierarchical cell structure. The method includes: when the number of times of cell reselection ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7966020 | Wireless user based notification system A group of wireless device users are notified of an event. A location data determination algorithm is provided to a wireless device, where the algorithm determines a frequency at which the device interacts with network elements to determine its location. The locatio... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7962153 | Method and system for secure user plane location A method of Secure User Plane Location includes: receiving, by a home SUPL Location Platform (H-SLP) of a target SUPL Enabled Terminal (target SET), a positioning request of the target SET from an SUPL Agent; positioning, by the H-SLP, the target SET and obtaining a... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7962139 | Reduction of handover latencies in a wireless communication system Systems and methods for reduction of handover latencies in wireless communication systems are described herein. Some illustrative embodiments include a wireless mobile communication device that includes a wireless transceiver including a transmitter configured to tr... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7957773 | System and method for enabling safe hands-free operation of a wireless telephone in a vehicle A system and method for using a wireless telephone in a vehicle in a hands-free mode. The wireless telephone and the vehicle have corresponding mating units. When a predetermined condition is satisfied while the mating units are not united, one of the wireless telep... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957751 | Personal location code Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for receiving a request from a requester to locate a user. The request identifies a personal location code (PLC) for the user. It is determined if the request is allowed based on the PLC. If the request is ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7953393 | Method and apparatus for message management in portable communication system Provided is a method and apparatus for altering a stored message into a single unified message and controlling a capacity of a message box in a portable communication system. The method includes checking an available capacity of a message box; and when the available... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7953440 | Mobile device system and mobile device A plurality of mobile devices interoperate without configuration operation. A mobile device system including a plurality of mobile devices is provided. Each mobile device is operable in one of an independent-operation mode in which the mobile device operates with pr... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7948930 | Network protocol A system includes wireless network devices and a terminal device. The wireless network devices include a base station and plural repeater devices for routing data. The terminal device runs a network protocol to establish a presence in a wireless network that include... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7945262 | Global location registers in roaming cellular telephony A global location register (GLR) provides a proxy for visitor location registers to the home location registers to avoid updating of the external network with location update notifications upon transfer of a roaming user between visitor location registers. The stand... | 05/17/2011 |
