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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7630714 | System and methods for data communications in a wireless communication system In one embodiment, a system and methods for configuring data communications in a wireless communications system is provided. Based on location and capabilities information received from mobile communications devices and host services, relay services control the acce... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7512386 | Method and apparatus providing integrated load matching using adaptive power amplifier compensation An RF power amplifier module can be used without a matching device between the power amplifier module and an antenna. The power amplifier module is constructed and operated to detect, protect and maintain the performance of the power amplifier in the presence of sev... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7457596 | Method and apparatus for determining the receptivity of radio signals A method and apparatus for determining the receptivity of radio signals at any given receiving site in an area covered by at least one transmitter by comparing data stored and continuously updated in a receiver against data transmitted, and identifying and selecting... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7433675 | Communication system and related supervision method The invention concerns a communication system comprising a radio unit, several terminal facilities and a local administration server. The radio unit comprises a first communication interface with the terminal facilities, a second radio communication interface with a... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430424 | Mobile communication method and terminal In a mobile communication terminal, message content and recipient information is received input from a user during a message creation process. After receiving a triggering signal indicating an end of the message creation process, the message content and the recipien... | 09/30/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7428410 | Value-added electronic messaging services having web-based user accessible message center This disclosure provides for a unified, centralized, preprocessing electronic messaging solution that performs value-added tasks to electronic messages on behalf of the ISP or the end user, before these messages are delivered to the destination e-mail server. In som... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426393 | Method and system of identifying network services A method and apparatus for transmitting and accessing announcement information identifying available services. Services are provided on the network over a plurality of communication channels, such that each channel is associated with at least one service. At least o... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7424291 | Method and system for enabling timed events of a portable computing device to trigger remote control of external devices One embodiment in accordance with the present invention includes using a portable computing device to remotely control devices and/or systems wirelessly. Specifically, a software timer application operating on the portable computing device enables its user to predef... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7424287 | Handheld electronic device providing an alert when additional user action is required to initiate an outgoing phone call, and associated method A method of facilitating the initiation of an outgoing phone call on a handheld electronic device including receiving a request to initiate the outgoing phone call and determining whether additional user action is required in order to initiate the outgoing phone cal... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7412249 | Method for changing performance controlling parameter for mobile telecommunication terminal Disclosed is a method for changing a performance controlling parameter of a mobile telecommunication terminal, in which the parameter is changed by using an SMS message of the mobile telecommunication terminal. The method preferably includes receiving a short messag... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7406316 | Method and device for managing radio link interruption in a radio communication shadow zone The apparatus (D) is dedicated to managing momentarily radio link interruptions between mobile stations (MS-i) and at least one radio network controller (BSC) of a radio access network (RAN) of a communications network. The apparatus comprises firstly detector means... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403767 | Cellular telephone network with record keeping for missed calls A method of operating a cellular telephone system includes detecting that a first telephone call to a cellular telephone cannot be completed due to a lack of wireless connection to the cellular telephone. The method further includes detecting that the cellular telep... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403783 | Navigation system The present invention relates to a method of determining the location of a target. The method includes initializing a set of base stations to determine their location relative to each other. At the target, the time of arrival of at least one signal from each of the ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400857 | Communication system using multiple link terminals A communication system has a communication infrastructure including at least two devices from the group including a cell tower, a first satellite constellation and a second satellite constellation, a stratospheric platform, that are coupled to user terminals through... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7400881 | Method for the routing of communications to a voice over internet protocol terminal in a mobile communication system The invention relates to a method a method for routing calls and messages in a communication system. In the method a mobile station registers to a call control node using a logical name. The logical name is mapped in a directory to an international mobile subscriber... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7395087 | Radio receiver and signal amplifying method in radio receiver A radio receiver and a method of amplifying a signal in the receiver comprise a receiving system which receives a radio signal according to plural types of radio communication modes. The receiving system is provided with amplifiers adapted for amplifying plural type... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7395062 | Remote sensing system An apparatus for the remote monitoring of audio signals, such as radio broadcasts or the audio portion of television broadcasts, includes a portable transponder intended to be worn or carried by a potential audience member and a receiver. The receiver contains circu... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7395065 | Routing calls to facilitate call handover A wireless communication unit (CU) (FIG. 4), corresponding network controller (FIG. 5), and methods (FIG. 8, etc) operate to route calls and facilitate a call handover from one wireless network to another. The CU comprises a transceiver 403 | 07/01/2008 |
| 7392065 | Mobile communication terminal and method for one-touch message transmission A mobile communication terminal comprising: a key input unit including a one-touch message key and outputting a signal requesting one-touch message transmission when the one-touch message key is pressed; a display unit for displaying menus for one-touch message tran... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7392051 | Handover method The invention provides a method of handing over user equipment from a source cell to a target cell in a cellular communications network. The cellular communications system comprises a plurality of control units. The method comprises the steps of receiving a message ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7386300 | Method for assigning a priority mechanism to at least one group of TLV-objects Method for assigning a priority mechanism to a least one group of TLV-objects (TLVO1-TLVO3) for data exchange between a transmitting and receiving entity, for storing data on, and/or for reading data from a storage medium by assigning a structure (ST) ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7373157 | Method and apparatus for short-slot-cycle paging A method and apparatus for providing short-slot-cycle paging information from a communication device (CD) to a base station (BS) includes receiving system parameter messages from the BS, determining whether the BS is capable of short-slot-cycle paging, and indicatin... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373143 | Adaptive radio patch interface system The present invention is directed to an RF communications system that includes a first radio processor module having a first receiver portion programmed to convert a first analog receive signal into a first digital audio receive signal. The first analog receive sign... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369866 | Message processing for communication terminal Message processing for a communication terminal is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for preparing an outgoing message includes composing the message, programming control information for performing a word spacing function, and associating the outgoing message w... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363032 | Methods and apparatus for providing manual selection of a communication network for a mobile station Methods and apparatus for providing manual selection of a communication network for a mobile station are described. A plurality of communication networks are identified by scanning a coverage area within which the mobile station is operating. A plurality of network ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359705 | Random access burst transmission scheme The present invention relates to an apparatus for transmitting and receiving signals in a wireless telecommunication system and to a method for transmitting random access bursts in such an apparatus. The apparatus 1 comprises transmitting means 3 for t... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359700 | Platform-associated visitor location registers (VLR) for cellular communications A wireless communications system and method provides wireless communications service for user equipment on board an aircraft. The aircraft includes on-board system equipment for supporting the wireless communications service with on-board user equipment. One or more... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353041 | Mobile wireless communications device having improved RF immunity of audio transducers to electromagnetic interference (EMI) A mobile wireless communications device includes a housing and circuit board carried by the housing and having radio frequency (RF) circuitry and a processor operative with each other. Audio circuitry is carried by the circuit board and an audio transducer assembly,... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353037 | System and method of accessing mobile phone network subscriber information from the TCP/IP network A machine (1) in the TCP/IP network (2) performs a request regarding a consultation or modification of at least one mobile telephone network subscriber parameter; it is characterized in that it comprises means (5) for receiving the request made ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7340231 | Method of programming a communication device and a programmable communication device In the method according to the invention the communication device has a microphone and a signal path leading from the microphone to a speaker, where the signal path comprises a programmable signal processing unit. According to the method the user is given control in... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340263 | Methods and apparatus for displaying textual data embedded in broadcast media signals According to embodiments of the present invention, a broadcast media signal is received at a broadcast media receiver. The broadcast media signal includes textual data. The textual data is extracted and is transmitted over a wireless coupling to a wireless terminal.... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336948 | Communication terminal equipment for wireless communication with transmission/reception base stations of different communication systems The communication terminal apparatus is logged on as ready to receive a selected base station of one of a number of communication systems. The communication terminal apparatus recognizes one of the at least two communication systems having the selected base station.... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333819 | System and method for global positioning system enhanced presence rules A telecommunications system includes a plurality of remote clients (150) including a positioning controller (504) and a communications controller (502), the positioning controller receiving position information and the communications controller ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330718 | Method and system for updating software of a cellular phone A method and a system for updating software containing a first program and a first data group. The first program has a corresponding first program version number and the first data group has a corresponding first data group version number. The method includes provid... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328047 | Mobile wireless communications device with reduced interfering energy from the display and related methods A mobile wireless communications device includes a housing and circuit board carried by the housing and includes radio frequency (RF) circuitry and a processor carried by the circuit board and operative with each other. A display connector for an LCD connector is mo... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324806 | System and method for storing and managing personal information A system for storing and managing personal information comprising at least one mobile communication terminal, and a wristwatch capable of making mutual communication with the mobile communication terminal through short-range wireless communication. The wristwatch is... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321767 | Switching system connecting a radio communication terminal via a LAN line to a public switched network or a leased line A telephone switching system includes a position information management database and a call conversion controller. On receiving number conversion information from an adapter having a radio communication terminal connected, the database registers an identification nu... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321587 | Handover resource optimization A method for maintaining a quality of service in a wireless communication network is introduced. A reservation is created in a first data path between a home agent and a first foreign agent for data flow between the home agent and a wireless terminal. When the wirel... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7319859 | Wireless LAN device The present invention provides a wireless LAN system 22 that causes a client 40 to display information of a local unit. A wireless LAN device 20 has a function of connecting the client 40 of a LAN with another network 50. Th... | 01/15/2008 |
