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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8150374 | System and method for remotely assigning and revoking access credentials using a near field communication equipped mobile phone The present invention is generally directed toward a mobile device that can be used in a secure access system. More specifically, the mobile device can have credential data loaded thereon remotely updated, enabled, disabled, revoked, or otherwise altered with a mess... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8140096 | Customer service messaging, such as on mobile devices A mobile device and corresponding service provider are configured to provide a user of the mobile device with access to one or more instant messaging help entities, from the mobile device. The one or more instant messaging help entities may be associated with the co... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8095126 | User-assisted programmable appliance control A transmitter is configured to transmit activation signals based on transmission schemes in which one of the schemes is an appropriate scheme such that the appliance activates upon receiving an activation signal that is based on the appropriate scheme and has a code... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8019321 | Wireless mobile phone with authenticated mode of operation including heart beat profile based authentication A wireless mobile phone is equipped to operate in an unauthenticated and an authenticated mode of operation, depending on whether a user has been authenticated. In one embodiment, the wireless mobile phone includes a number of sensors to enable a user's heart beat p... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8014788 | Estimation of speed of travel using the dynamic signal strength variation of multiple WLAN access points A method for estimating the speed and bearing of a Wi-Fi enabled device using WLAN radio signals in a WLAN based location service is provided. A method used to estimate a speed of travel of a Wi-Fi enabled device comprises the Wi-Fi enabled device receiving signals ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8005477 | Method for improving quality of service management in a mobile packet radio communication cellular system Method of improving quality of service management in a packet mode cellular mobile radio system, in which method: in the event of a change of cell from an old cell to a new cell, information on a quality of service profile negotiat... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7996013 | Method, call setup device and computer product for controlling and setting up calls with reduced costs A method, call setup device (10) and computer program product for controlling telephone call setup for an associated user and having access to different communication networks are provided. The call setup device (10) comprising a data receiving unit ( | 08/09/2011 |
| 7995530 | Method of system access to a wireless network A method includes steps, performed by a wireless device for accessing a wireless network through network base stations. The steps include selecting a reverse link cost metric from a list of reverse link cost metrics. A reverse link cost is determined according to th... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7991427 | System and method to provide application management on wireless data terminals by means of device management agent and dynamic link libraries The present invention relates to a system and method of remote application management on wireless data terminals using a device management agent and dynamic link libraries provided by the application. Third party applications on a wireless device can communicate and... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7991398 | Arrangements and method for handling macro diversity in a universal mobile telecommunications system The present invention relates to methods and arrangements for providing macro diversity, also referred to as diversity handover, DHO, related instructions to a node, e.g. a Node B, that is a part of a DHO connection in a mobile telecommunication network wherein the ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7991410 | Communication system A communication system, having a base unit, which is communicably connected to an external communication device, and at least one extension unit, which is communicable with the base unit and with the other extension unit and the external communication device via the... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7983715 | Method of printing and retrieving information using a mobile telecommunications device A method of printing first information using a mobile telecommunications device and retrieving further information. The method comprises the steps of: providing a print medium having a linear data track and a two-dimensional coding pattern; printing the first inform... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7979058 | Method and system for the transmission of data that has not been explicitly requested in a mobile radio system A system and method are provided for transmitting data that has not been explicitly requested in a mobile radio system which includes an application computer, a transmission network, and a mobile radio receiver. The mobile radio receiver indicates to the transmissio... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7974603 | Authentication vector generating device, subscriber authentication module, mobile communication system, and authentication vector generation method To stop functions of a subscriber authentication module regardless of whether a roaming network is based on IMT-2000 or GSM. HLR of a mobile communication network based on IMT-2000 has a stop information addition part instructing a RAND field of an authentica... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974632 | Method and system for the localization of a mobile WLAN client A method and a system for the localization of a mobile WLAN client, located within a WLAN network of multiple WLAN stations. Static reference points are ascertained by measuring field strengths of the WLAN stations at spatial coordinates, aided by WLAN client(s), an... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7965703 | System and method for establishing and enforcing service rules in a service provider network A system and method for establishing a rule for an end device connected to a subscriber network. The subscriber network is connected to a service provider network via a local gateway. The subscriber network receives services from a remote operations center via a ser... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7966007 | User-assisted programmable appliance control A universal remote control interacts with a user to assist in training to one or more appliances. If the appliance is activated by a rolling code activation signal, a sequence of different rolling code activation signals is transmitted until the user indicates a suc... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7945252 | Customer service messaging, such as on mobile devices A mobile device and corresponding service provider are configured to provide a user of the mobile device with access to one or more instant messaging help entities, from the mobile device. The one or more instant messaging help entities may be associated with the co... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945257 | Method and system for self-terminating a media service due to an out-of coverage condition A method and mobile device that self-terminates a media service if an out-of-coverage condition is detected. The media service operates on top of a connectionless peer-to-peer packet-based transport protocol. The out-of-coverage condition may relate to the mobile de... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7941134 | Push-to-talk communication system and push-to-talk communication method The communication form of each terminal which participates in PTT communication is registered in a call control server in advance. When performing PTT communication, a call control server (100a) detects the communication form of each terminal. As a res... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937084 | Communication network system and mobile terminal An identification-information extracting unit extracts first identification information of a location registration area of a wireless communication system. A storage unit stores correspondence information concerning a relationship between the first identification in... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7929916 | Embedded RF environmental evaluation tool to gauge RF transceivers performance need The present technology relates to protocols relative to utility meters associated with an open operational framework. More particularly, the present subject matter relates to protocol subject matter for advanced metering infrastructure, adaptable to various internat... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925248 | Processing decision method and mobile communication terminal A wireless communication processing decision unit 33 acquires, from a wireless communication specific information storage unit 52, wireless communication specific information which specifies regions in which utilization of its frequency bandwidth is pe... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7917178 | Wireless communications device with voice-to-text conversion A wireless communications device includes a receiver that transmits and receives speech signals to and from a remote party via a wireless communications network. The received speech signals include information representative of one or more audible sounds associated ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7916661 | Estimation of position using WLAN access point radio propagation characteristics in a WLAN positioning system A method for estimating position using WLAN access point radio propagation characteristics in a WLAN location based service is provided. A location-based services system has a plurality of Wi-Fi access points in a target area. The Wi-Fi access points are positioned ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912451 | Limiting use of electronic equipment features based on location A method and apparatus for limiting the use of one or more features and/or applications provided in electronic equipment based on identification information and location information associated with the electronic equipment is disclosed. Upon initiation of an applica... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7912499 | Techniques for partitioning radios in wireless communication systems A method and apparatus is provided for partitioning a radio using a multi-chip module to group some or all of the components of the radio in a single package. In one example, a radio uses a multi-chip module, including a chip carrier. Various components of the radio... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7907931 | Portable communications device A portable communications device (1) for wearing by a person and for use in conjunction with a Bluetooth enabled mobile phone (3) for communicating a signal indicative of the existence of an emergency to a base station comprises a pendant shaped housin... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7881684 | Receiver, frequency deviation measuring unit and positioning and ranging system In a system for measuring a time difference of arrival of signals for positioning, an accurate time difference is measured by a receiver which is reduced in power consumption, size, and cost. The system comprises a node (under measurement) for transmitting a positio... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7881720 | Method of indoor radio planning A radio planning method and apparatus for determining the setting scheme of base stations in an indoor environment is provided. A radio signal propagation model is generated including a theoretical attenuation part and an environment affecting part. Through on-site ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7877087 | Methods of remotely updating lists in mobile terminals and related systems and computer program products Operating a mobile terminal may include providing a list in memory of the mobile terminal with the list including at least one identification of a communications device remote from the mobile terminal. An update for the list may be received from outside the mobile t... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7877119 | Mobile communications device with rotatable screen and qwerty keypad Disclosed is a mobile communication device. The mobile communication device includes a first body section having a keypad arranged on a first upper surface thereof; and a second body section connected to the first body section and having a display screen arranged on... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7873018 | Scheduling data transmissions to improve power efficiency in a wireless network Various embodiments are disclosed relating to scheduling data transmissions to improve power efficiency in a wireless network. In an example embodiment, uplink transmissions may be scheduled after the downlink transmissions within the frame sequence. One or more nod... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7852875 | Apparatus and method for controlling reverse-link data transmission rate during handoff Method and apparatus for controlling data transmission rate in a wireless communication system during handoff comprises a terminal recognizing an active set comprising a serving base station and at least one non-serving base station with respect to the terminal comm... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7848778 | Method and apparatus for adjusting reference oscillator frequency in a mobile wireless device A method and apparatus for using a conventional oscillator in a cellular telephone transceiver as a source of a reference signal for a GPS receiver. In one embodiment, the method comprises using a voltage-controlled oscillator (“VCXO”) within a cellular telephon... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7848753 | Context transfer systems and methods in support of mobility A broad aspect of the invention provides a method of providing mobility support for a mobile node's traffic. The method involves maintaining context information for the mobile node on each of a first plurality of network nodes carrying the traffic; and proactively t... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7843892 | Reverse link power control This description describes examples of performing reverse link power control in a mobile network having a plurality of first modem devices that receive and transmit signals to wireless access terminals (ATs) and a second device in communication with the plurality of... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7843900 | Mechanisms to extend UMA or GAN to inter-work with UMTS core network Mechanisms to extend UMA (Unlicensed Mobile Access) or GAN (General Access Network) to inter-work with a UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) core network. A UMA network controller (UNC) is provided to interface between a UMA network and a UMTS core net... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7835317 | Network selection in a WLAN A method for user equipment (UE) resident in a wireless access network (WLAN) to obtain access to at least one other network is disclosed. The method includes storing the identification (SSID) of the at least one other network (visited PLMNs 1-3 and ho... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7835754 | Estimation of speed and direction of travel in a WLAN positioning system A method for estimating the speed and bearing of a Wi-Fi enabled device using WLAN radio signals in a WLAN based location service is provided. A method used to estimate a speed of travel of a Wi-Fi enabled device comprises the Wi-Fi enabled device receiving signals ... | 11/16/2010 |
