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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8050701 | Reverse link power control for wireless communication systems Assigning power spectrum density to access terminals within a wireless network environment is provided. Assignment information that includes assignment of reverse link transmission resources is determined and a power control instruction is created for the assigned r... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8014812 | Uplink control channel transit power control based on received transmission In a method for communication between a first station (BS1) and a second station (MS1) the first station may provide the second station with information associated with the manner how the second station should transmit towards the first station. The se... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8005454 | Power management for wireless peripheral device with force feedback A wireless human interface device configured to establish a link with a host, wherein the device includes a transceiver for transmitting data to and receiving data from a host transceiver unit, wherein the host transceiver unit is connected with the host; a processo... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8005423 | Wireless communication system including a server device and multiple relay devices A communication system includes: a plurality of mobile communication terminals; a server device; and a plurality of relay devices performing a relay between the plurality of mobile communication terminals and the server device. The mobile communication terminals inc... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8000734 | Method and system wherein timeslots allocated for common control channels may be reused for user traffic A method and system is disclosed wherein timeslots designated in a wireless communication system as Common Physical Channel (CPCH) timeslots may be reused for user traffic. A CPCH timeslot used in a first cell may be reused by a second cell, assuming the first and s... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7995991 | Credit based management of telecommunication activity An apparatus for allowing a telecommunication service provider to manage the risk that a subscriber will not pay their bill for use of the provider's telecommunication system comprising interface means, operating within a digital computer, for communicating informat... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7986913 | Method and apparatus for identificaton of broadcast source A user (102) hears an audio program being broadcast and can record a sample of the audio. The sample is then conveyed to an analyzing means (106) to determine to which broadcast station the user is listening. The analyzing means monitors many broadcast... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7986985 | Portable electronic device with a sliding mechanism for a component thereof A cellular phone device has an operation-unit casing, a sliding casing which is coupled to the operation-unit casing with the front face of the sliding casing facing the rear face of the operation-unit casing, and which slides with respect to the operation-unit casi... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7986958 | Method for setting transmission power of data channel in a frequency division multiple access system and mobile station apparatus for the same A method and apparatus for setting transmission power of a data channel by a mobile station in a Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA) system. The power setting method and apparatus includes receiving scheduling information from a base station; comparing a data ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7983612 | Controlling of wireless connection of a portable device including an illumination component or switch A portable media player that provides for wireless connectivity is disclosed. In some examples, the portable media player contains a button that causes the player to search for, connect with, and disconnect from wireless networks. In some examples, the button provid... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7966041 | Pin mounting of camera module in a radio communication terminal The present invention involves a radio communication terminal comprising a camera module and an information receiving device, wherein said camera module comprise at least one mounting opening, said radio communication terminal further comprise at least one pin, whic... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7965992 | Method and system for broadcasting data messages to a vehicle The invention provides systems and methods for targeting broadcast messages to particular vehicles or classes of vehicles. In one embodiment, the system comprises an information center for creating and sending a broadcast data message, and a relay section that recei... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7966037 | Method and apparatus for multi-radio traffic arbitration in wireless communication protocols A method and apparatus of coordinating operation of subsystems implementing different wireless communication protocols is disclosed. The method comprises coordinating operation of a first subsystem implementing a first wireless communication protocol and at least ot... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7962166 | Method for indicating a band plan for a trunked radio communications system A receiving device in the trunked radio communications system receives an outbound signaling word comprising at least an opcode field and a band plan field, wherein the opcode field indicates that the outbound signaling message is a system status message and the ban... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7945204 | Targeted satellite radio advertising using mobile network determined location A method and system are provided for determining a location of a satellite radio receiver and directing advertisements to the satellite radio receiver based on its current location. The current location of the satellite radio receiver is determined through communica... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945205 | System and method for optimization of network delivery of streaming data A system and method for optimizing network delivery of streaming data is provided. Streaming delivery of data using point-to-point transmitters and broadcast transmitters can be dynamically controlled to maximize the usage of network resources. Current usage of resp... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7941172 | History based measured power control response Frames received on a first link of a channel are grouped or queued for later processing in a batch or batch mode. Power control instructions included with the frames are examined, and a history of predetermined length is kept. Frames to be transmitted on a second li... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941171 | Activating a push-to-talk group feature using an unstructured supplementary service data message Techniques for implementing a push-to-talk feature in a mobile telecommunications environment (100) involve receiving an indication to activate a push-to-talk service for a first mobile device (130(2)) and identifying a group of mobile devices (... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937094 | Wired and mobile wi-fi networks, cellular, GPS and other position finding systems A voice signal is processed and connected by wire to a mobile wireless unit for further processing into time division multiple access (TDMA) and into spread spectrum signals. The wireless unit is processing a data signal into orthogonal frequency division multiplex ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7920899 | Electronic device with wireless card to communicate with a plurality of network service providers A wireless network communications system comprises an electronic device having a generic wireless card disposed therein, the electronic device configured to receive at least one of a plurality of different types of identity modules therein, the generic wireless card... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7917120 | RF mixer with inductive degeneration An RF mixer provides extended dynamic range with reduced noise by utilizing degeneration inductors in the RF input section of a doubly balanced mixer. Degeneration inductors are also utilized in a mixer having a class AB input section. A current mirror in the class ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7917103 | WLAN and wired mobile communication and location finding system Wired and mobile cascaded communication systems and processors used in wired and wireless local area network (WLAN) and mobile systems with touch screen generated communication and control signal and position finding signals. Systems with distinct modulators for wir... | 03/29/2011 |
| RE42261 | Wireless communications systems and methods using satellite-linked remote terminal interface subsystems A satellite gateway is coupled to a communications network and is operative to communicate with a communications satellite. A terrestrial terminal interface subsystem is operative to communicate with the satellite gateway via the communications satellite using a fir... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7917181 | Method for transmitting graphics symbols and/or audio and graphic information from a transmitter to a receiver The invention relates to a method for transmitting symbols and/or information from a transmitter to a receiver. The method further relates to devices for coding, transmitting, and receiving symbols and/or information. It is specified that the symbols and/or i... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912469 | System and method for deployment of a wireless infrastructure A method is used for deployment of a wireless infrastructure. The method comprises deploying a plurality of access ports in a facility based on a layout that depends on a type of the facility. The method comprises receiving at least one parameter from at least one o... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7912476 | Method of controlling base stations to suppress inter-cell interference A method of controlling base stations that is capable of suppressing inter-cell interference and efficiently utilizing available resources. According to one aspect, information received on path loss from a terminal is used to determine a time region for the terminal... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7907937 | Prepaid communication services utilizing a prepaid identifier combined with another identifier Calls to or from a prepaid subscriber of a wireless communication network are identified as being associated with prepaid services, and a prepaid identifier is associated with the call. The prepaid identifier and other call information such as call origin or destina... | 03/15/2011 |
| RE42225 | System and method for timing detector measurements in a wireless communication system A system that provides a wireless broadband connection between base stations and customer sites is described. The system includes indoor units within the base stations and customer sites and communicate across cables to outdoor units. The indoor units link to router... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7899491 | Cross-correlated quadrature modulated spread spectrum, OFDM and position finder system A position finder and communication system processes signals received from multiple satellite and land based locations and generates processed position finder signal. A first cross-correlator and a transmit baseband filter generates cross-correlated in-phase and qua... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7894810 | Automobile wireless door opener and ignition starter by cellular device The problem of being able to use in a practical way a single communication and remote control device, instead of requiring the use of multiple communication and multiple remote control devices for communication and automobile door opener and or ignition starters, is... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7890142 | Portable telephone sound reproduction by determined use of CODEC via base station To realize high quality reproduction of sound on a portable telephone by suppressing deterioration in quality of sound data being provided through a wireless communication network while sustaining the quality of sound in the portable telephone there is provided soun... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7877085 | Portable electronic device capable of receiving distributed contents, content information server, and content list providing method for content distribution system and recording medium recording program for providing content list Reception of a list including information on a content not receivable at a current location is avoided in acquiring a multicast content list. A portable terminal searches a wireless base station which can communicate with the portable terminal at a current lo... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7873343 | Communication network terminal with sleep capability Improved apparatus for a radio communication system having a multiplicity of mobile transceiver units selectively in communication with a plurality of base transceiver units which, in turn, communicate with one or more host computers for storage and manipulation of ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7869792 | Handset based dynamic parental controls A parent mobile station is provided that enables real-time parental control over communications with an associated child mobile station. The parent mobile station receives notification of attempted inbound and outbound calls with third parties to and from the child ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7869829 | Radio communication system, including a plurality of radio base stations, radio base station, radio communication method, and computer readable medium for radio communication system The present invention increases, even while transmission rights are not being allocated to respective radio communication terminals, a maximum number of simultaneous connections within a communication capacity range of a communication frequency set in advance, reduc... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7869821 | Enhancement of signalling in a “Push to Talk” type communication session by insertion of a visiting card SIP type signal protocol for a mobile communication network (N), comprising an invitation signal message (MI) “INVITE”, intended to set-up a “Push to Talk” type communication session between a calling communication client (A) and one or several called commun... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7865148 | System and method for encoding and decoding information signals using a priori information A system and method for coding and decoding an information signal sent through a communication system. The system includes: an encoder for encoding the information signal without adding additional information and for sending an encoded information signal; and a soft... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7853198 | Delivering individualized content over a broadcast network In various embodiments, a unidirectional broadcast network is utilized to provide digital content to users in a manner that allows users' computing devices to maintain synchrony with personal, relevant information. In at least some embodiments, the broadcast network... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7844285 | Intelligent queue for information teleservice messages with superseding updates A message exchange network is disclosed in which at least two different methods of storing messages in memories of message storage entities, e.g., a mobile handset, an SMSC, an e-mail client, or an e-mail server, are utilized based on the type and the content of the... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7840208 | Intelligent queue for information teleservice messages with superceding updates A message exchange network is disclosed in which at least two different methods of storing messages in memories of message storage entities, e.g., a mobile handset, an SMSC, an e-mail client, or an e-mail server, are utilized based on the type and the content of the... | 11/23/2010 |
