Telecommunications inventions

20080108298 - Certified two way source initiated transfer: An audience response system comprising a base unit and a plurality of remote units communicating using wireless communication operating on a frequency pair. When a response key on a remote unit is activated, the remote unit transmits a voting signal packet to the base unit. The base unit registers the... Agent: Olson & Cepuritis, Ltd.

20080108297 - Multicast reception measurement system: A business model of satellite digital audio broadcasting, also referred to as multicasting, teaches computer improvements in business operations for the determination of the number of listeners and listeners' preferences of multicast satellite transmissions and more particularly to the detection of signals from a multitude of individual client radios that... Agent: David S. Bettinger

20080108299 - Delivering content to mobile electronic communications devices: Methods, apparatuses, and machine readable media relating to content delivery are described herein. A method, according to one embodiment described herein, includes delivering content to a mobile electronic communications device, such as a cell phone, wherein the content is delivered as a predetermined group of images. A server may store... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080108300 - System, method, computer program product, and computer readable medium for new node joining the wireless network: A system, a method, a computer program product, and a computer readable medium thereof for a new node joining a wireless network are disclosed. The wireless network system comprises a plurality of child nodes and a plurality of father nodes corresponding to those child nodes. Each of the child nodes... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.a.

20080108301 - Method and apparatus for synchronizing programming content between a vehicle and a residential network: A method and apparatus is provided for synchronizing programming content between a mobile apparatus (e.g., a vehicle) and a residential network. The method begins by receiving a wireless content-identifying signal from a mobile apparatus through an access device located on a premises. The wireless content-identifying signal identifies a first source... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20080108302 - Multi-radio mobile application: Architecture for playing audio content multiple audio sources of different types is provided. A processor is configured to locate the audio sources of different types that are each associated with a network address, and transmit data identifying the audio sources of different types to the mobile device. The mobile device... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20080108305 - Scheduling method for wireless multihop relay communication systems and system thereof: A scheduling technique for wireless multihop relay communication systems is provided. With spatial separation caused by the shadowing effect of surrounding buildings, a base station and its relay stations in a single cell are divided into several groups by following the rule that stations with severe potential interference are separated... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080108306 - Adaptable headset: Communications systems that include an adaptable headset are described. In various embodiments, the communications system comprises a handheld device and a headset device that can be removably coupled to the handheld device. The headset device can comprise a replenishable power source that recharges via electrical power when the headset device... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20080108307 - Method and related apparatuses for automatically controlling target devices: A control method for automatically controlling a target device is provided. The method comprises the following steps. First, present position information is acquired according to a locating signal. Next, the present position information and position information of the target device are compared to determine whether the target device is being... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080108311 - Radio communication system: A radio communication system includes a user apparatus, a base transceiver station and a radio network controller. The base transceiver station requests the user apparatus to resend data when the base transceiver station does not receive the data, and counts the number of sending of the data sent from the... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20080108312 - Switchable transceiver for relay station: A transceiver which includes amplifier operating as a power amplifier when amplifying a signal to be transmitted by the transceiver and as a low-noise amplifier when amplifying a signal received by the transceiver, and switching circuitry switchable to a first configuration in which the amplifier operates as a power amplifier,... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080108313 - Systems and methods for manufacturability and serviceability of communication device(s): The present invention is directed generally to providing systems and methods for designing a communication system that is both modular and easy to service. As such, the present invention includes various embodiments showing methods, systems, and apparatus for manufacturing and servicing a communications system(s) that may, at least in part,... Agent: Wolff Law Office, Pllc

20080108303 - Radio base station, relay station and radio communication method: A relay station has a reception unit receiving a signal sequence indicating a connection request, from among a predetermined signal sequence group; a control unit generating a ranging request message indicating that a radio terminal newly requesting connection exists; and a transmission unit transmitting the ranging request message to a... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20080108304 - Radio base station, relay station, and relay method: A disclosed relay station is provided between a radio base station and a radio terminal for relaying a radio signal. The relay station includes a receiving unit configured to receive data transmitted from the radio base station or the radio terminal; a storage unit configured to hold the data; and... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20080108308 - Methods and systems for using mobile device specific identifiers and short-distance wireless protocols to manage, secure and target content: Methods and systems are disclosed herein for managing content, including advertising content, delivered to various network-connected devices, including screens, mobile devices, computers, televisions, radios, and the like, based on usage profiles associated with device-specific identifiers for mobile devices, short-distance wireless technologies for transmission of content and detection of proximity, and... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080108309 - Display device and display system: The display system of the present invention includes: a body unit (1) for transmitting image data that has been generated; and a display device (2) for displaying an image in accordance with the image data that has been transmitted from the body unit (1), and said display system is characterized... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080108310 - Closed loop mimo systems and methods: Systems and methods for closed loop MIMO (multiple input and multiple output) wireless communication are provided. Various transmit formats including spatial multiplexing and STTD are defined in which vector or matrix weighting is employed using information fed back from receivers. The feedback information may include channel matrix or SVD-based feedback.... Agent: Smart & Biggar P.o. Box 2999, Station D

20080108314 - Wireless communication system, and apparatus and method for wireless communication: An embodiment of the invention provides a wireless communication system for carrying out a spatial multiplexing communication between a transmitter, and a receiver, the system including: a channel information matrix acquiring section for acquiring a channel information matrix; a weighting factor matrix arithmetically operating section for obtaining a weighting factor... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20080108315 - Method and arrangement for controlling transmission power and a network element: This invention relates to a method and arrangement for controlling transmission power in a mobile communications system, and to a network element. In the method according to the invention a certain target level is defined for a value representing the quality of a signal, which target level should be reached... Agent: Harrington & Smith, Pc

20080108316 - Method for generating test signal for testing accuracy of carrier to interference plus noise ratio measurement of subscriber station through base station emulator: Disclosed herein is a method for generating a test signal for testing the accuracy of the CINR measurement of a subscriber station. The method includes step (a) of checking a preamble code corresponding to a predetermined cell ID, reading corresponding preamble data from a preamble code table, and taking it... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.c.

20080108317 - Signal relay apparatus, method, and computer readable medium adapted for wireless network: A signal relay apparatus, method, application program, and computer readable medium adapted for wireless network are capable of saving power consumption due to failure of adjusting amplifying gain dynamically and solving the difficulty of demodulation since noise is also amplified during relay. For wireless access network, the present invention decreases... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.a.

20080108318 - Ultra low-power wake-up receiver: Provided is an ultra low-power wake-up receiver capable of reducing an operating time of an analog receiver by controlling operation on/off of the analog receiver according to a clock signal from a digital receiver in an amplitude-shift keying (ASK) or on-off keying (OOK) radio receiver. The ultra low-power wake-up receiver... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080108319 - Method and system for determining the location of an unlicensed mobile access subscriber: A method and system for locating an unlicensed mobile access (UMA) subscriber. The method enables a user of a mobile station comprising a hand-set or the like that supports voice and data access via both licensed and unlicensed radio spectrums to be located. Accordingly, services requiring location information, such as... Agent: Adeli & Tollen, LLP

20080108320 - Method and apparatus for announcement for session: A method for an announcement for a session includes: adding at least one playing termination in a context of a session; setting up a topology descriptor between a playing termination and a termination which is about to listen to the announcement in the context; and playing the announcement by the... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080108321 - Over-the-air (ota) device provisioning in broadband wireless networks: Embodiments of the invention pertain to methods and systems for providing over-the-air provisioning to newly activate mobile station in a broadband wireless access (BWA) network. In one implementation, a newly activated mobile station accessing the BWA network will be checked for hardware compliance certification via a certificate authority. If the... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, Llc

20080108322 - Device and / or user authentication for network access: Various embodiments are described for authenticating a wireless device (101) and/or an associated user subscription. By using a single authentication exchange with the wireless device to obtain a device credential, a connectivity service network (CSN) (231) authenticates and validates the device credential to establish a device identity. For device-identity-based subscription,... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080108326 - Handover method in a wireless communication system: A handover method in a wireless communication system is provided, in which upon receipt of a handover request message requesting a handover from a mobile station, a serving base station transmits a handover notify message to a target base station indicated by the handover request message, receives a handover notify... Agent: Docket Clerk

20080108323 - Information processing apparatus: According to an aspect of the invention, there is provide an information processing apparatus, comprising: a first control unit configured to judge whether or not the information processing apparatus is in a state where a remote lock operation is impossible; an input unit configured to accept input of authentification information... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20080108325 - Method and apparatus for preventing unauthorized use of mobile terminal: A method and apparatus for preventing unauthorized use of a mobile terminal are provided, in which an execution code processor decrypts an Mobile Phone Certificate (MPC) using an MPC decryption code stored in it, when the mobile terminal is booted, an MPC processor compares a pre-stored MPC decryption execution code... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.c.

20080108324 - Methods of authorizing actions: Methods for authorizing actions using mobile phones. Embodiments include receiving from a person having authorize the action, an identification of a phone number for obtaining authorization for the action, receiving from a person seeking the action a request for authorization of the action, sending an automated first message through a... Agent: Lewis And Roca LLP

20080108327 - Method and communication device for transmitting message: A method and a communication device for transmitting a data message to a remote device are provided. The communication device includes a storage unit, a message editing module, and a communication module. The storage unit is for storing a plurality of multimedia data. The message editing module is for editing... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080108328 - System and method for enhanced public address system: A service that leverages established wireless messaging paradigms such as, possibly inter alia, Short Message Service, Multimedia Message Service, Wireless Application Protocol, and IP Multimedia Subsystem to yield an infrastructure that enhances aspects of a conventional Public Address System (as found at, for example, an airport, a train station, a... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, Llc

20080108329 - Mobile terminal and method and medium for controlling the same: The present invention relates to a mobile terminal having a terrestrial magnetic sensor and a method and medium for controlling a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal compares a reference offset value of the terrestrial magnetic sensor and an offset value of the terrestrial magnetic sensor that is measured when the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080108331 - Methods and apparatus for limiting communication capabilities in mobile communication devices: Methods and apparatus for limiting communication capabilities in mobile communication devices are disclosed. In one illustrative example, an operating variable of a mobile communication device is detected to be within one of a first range of values, a second range of values, and a third range of values. The mobile... Agent: John J. Oskorep, Esq. One Magnificent Mile Center

20080108330 - Methods, systems and computer products for notification to a remote party of mobile party presence status change: Methods, systems and computer products for notifying a customer if particular telephone numbers are in communication with the mobile network, when a status change has occurred, and the use of network intelligence to track the reason for the status change. Exemplary embodiments include a method for providing a mobile network... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - Bellsouth

20080108334 - Method and system for providing real time ringback tone, and terminal therefor: The invention discloses a method for providing a real time ringback tone in a communication network and the method includes: establishing a call connection between a calling party and a called party according to a received calling request; receiving a ringback tone indication value from the called party; obtaining a... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080108332 - Method and system for subscribing for presence information: A method for subscribing for presence information, wherein: a delegated watcher client or an application server sends a subscription message of a watcher client to a presence server; when determining that the subscription message is a delegated subscription, the presence server processes the message according to delegation authorization rules; when... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080108333 - System and method for mediating service invocation from a communication device: A system and method for enabling a number of service providers to respond to communication device user service invocations through a service invocation distribution center. A telecommunications switch is provisioned with a trigger that operates based on a service prefix code in a service invocation message. Calling events that include... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20080108335 - Architecture for delivering data to mobile telematics units: An improved mobile connectivity system and method allow for data transfers, such as related to service delivery, to and from mobile wireless units in an economical and secure manner. The system utilizes existing IP connectivity when available and otherwise determines an appropriate data exchange mechanism based on the length and... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080108336 - Location-based services in wireless broadband networks: Embodiments of the invention relate to an end-to-end architecture for providing location-based content for mobile users in a broadband wireless access (BWA) network. In certain implementations, a mobile user may request content relevant to its location from a content provider such as an application service provider (ASP) in a public... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, Llc

20080108337 - Method for advertising on mobile devices: A method for mediating messages between an advertiser and a user of a mobile device, the method including the steps of: providing the mobile device with: a local storage memory having a locally-stored database, residing in the mobile device, with at least one advertising message of the advertiser; an ADM,... Agent: Mark M. Friedman

20080108338 - Speech/multimedia mode switching technique in a wireless communications network: A technique is provided for use by a user terminal or mobile services switching centre (MSC) for responding to a request to switch an on-going call from speech mode to multimedia mode within a wireless communication network conFig.d to automatically disconnect a call if a requested mode switch is not... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080108339 - Video controlled virtual talk groups: In one particular embodiment, surveillance information is determined from a surveillance system. The surveillance information provides information on an event being monitored by the surveillance system. It is determined if a virtual talk group should be created for the event. If so, the virtual talk group is created such that... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, Pc

20080108341 - Communication terminals and methods with rapid input string matching: A portable electronic device includes a display, a user input device, and a controller that is coupled to the display and the user input device, and that is configured to execute an application program. The device further includes a user input management unit that is configured to receive an input... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.a.

20080108340 - Environmental function changing: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code are provided for changing functionality for an electronic device. A set of signals is received from a set of sensors in the electronic device. Each signal in the set of signals includes a type of sensor from which the signal... Agent: Duke W. Yee Yee & Associates, P.c.

20080108342 - System for advertising on mobile devices: A system for selecting and presenting advertising to a user, the system including: a storage memory, residing in a mobile device, having program code, wherein the program code is configured: to locally select at least one context-dependent advertising message from a locally-stored database residing in the mobile device; and to... Agent: Mark M. Friedman

20080108343 - Broadcasting terminal and method of controlling vibration of a mobile terminal: A method of controlling vibration of a mobile terminal includes receiving broadcast data including vibration control information for controlling the vibration of the mobile terminal and vibrating the mobile terminal responsive to the vibration control information. A mobile terminal includes a vibration device for generating vibration, a broadcast receiver for... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20080108344 - Coordination operation method and communication terminal: When a character input is necessary during an execution of an engine application 39k in an engine section, a character input processing request section 65 of the engine section issues a character input processing request FRQ depending on a request from the engine application 39k. After receiving the character input... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080108345 - Method and apparatus for network growth planning in wireless networks: The invention includes a method and apparatus for determining network growth information for a radio access network (RAN) and a wired network supporting communications of the RAN (denoted as a core network). The method includes obtaining RAN configuration information including RAN component configuration information and RAN component connectivity information, obtaining... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP/ Lucent Technologies, Inc

20080108346 - Efficient search for wireless networks in connected mode: Techniques for searching for wireless networks are described. In one scheme, a user equipment (UE) performs a manual search for detectable wireless networks while operating in a connected mode. The UE operates in the connected mode for communication with a wireless network and receives a request to search for detectable... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080108347 - Method and system for providing inbound traffic redirection solution: The present invention provides a method for redirecting roaming traffic of a roamer associated with an HPMN and currently roaming in a first VPMN. The method includes detecting by a detection unit coupled to the first VPMN, a registration attempt of the roamer at a second VPMN, upon receipt of... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080108349 - Method, network element and communication system for optimized selection of an agent entity as well as modules of the network element: A method for selecting an agent entity for a terminal in a communication system, including allocating an address to a terminal, the terminal being configured to access a communication network using a selected access technology out of at least one access technology common to the terminal and the communication network,... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.l.p.

20080108348 - Registration timer adjustment based on wireless network quality: The disclosure is directed to managing registration of a wireless communication device (WCD) operating in a wireless network. The WCD may support registration according to a signaling protocol, such as session initiation protocol (SIP). The WCD adjusts a registration timer based on network quality experienced by the WCD. When network... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080108350 - Intermediate station and method for facilitating handover in a multi-hop communication system: An intermediate station and method for facilitating handover in a multi-hop communications system is disclosed. The method may include receiving a handover trigger, finding a target station to receive handover, determining whether the handover requires a timing change, wherein if it is determined that a preamble and broadcast timing change... Agent: Prass & Irving LLP

20080108351 - Seamless transmission of media traffic for roaming mobile terminals during handoffs: Methods for seamless transfer of media traffic for roaming mobile terminals during hard handoffs from one base station system to another are described. In one embodiment, a base station controller forwards media traffic after handoff occurs to a second base station controller where the mobile terminal is currently registered. The... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080108353 - Method and device for mobility management of mobile station in mobile communications system: A method and an apparatus for mobility management of a mobile station that can efficiently avoid interruption of services to the mobile station, without imposing loads on a network and the mobile station, are provided. Upon change of serving cell, a mobile station receives a neighbor list from a new... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080108352 - Link quality measurements based on data rate and received power level: A mobile station associated with a base station determines a measure of the quality of a communication link between the mobile station and the base station. The measure takes into account (a) RF power levels of signals received at the mobile station over the link and (b) an actual data... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

20080108354 - Mobile communcation system, base station and hand-over method used in mobile communication system: Disclosed is a mobile communication system which includes user equipment, radio base stations which communicate with the user equipment, and an upper level apparatus which communicates with the radio base stations. Each of the radio base stations includes a control unit and an inter-node communication unit. The control unit hands... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20080108355 - Centralized-scheduler relay station for mmr extended 802.16e system: Centralized scheduling of service flows from a base station to a plurality of stations in a multi-hop mobile relay system is accomplished by a centralized scheduler disposed in the base station. The centralized scheduler schedules the service flows by determining a frequency and a timeslot in which a relay station... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080108356 - Method and system for mobile communications: When a network pages the temporary user mobile identifier of a mobile station, the mobile station sends a response to the network. Next, the network checks the authenticity of the user using a ciphering key, corresponding to the temporary user mobile identifier and a random number. If the temporary user... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080108357 - Method of conditionally routing a call made to a fixed telephone number: The invention relates to a method of routing a call made by a calling party to a fixed telephone number of a called party, wherein the call is routed to one or more mobile terminals (34) via an Internet Protocol network (12) and a wireless access point (10) associated with... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080108358 - Interference mitigation and recovery: A subscriber unit (107) operates in a communication system (100) with at least two servers (102, 103). The subscriber unit (107) receives a plurality of received signal samples that each include a color code value (304) identifying on cell server of a plurality of cell servers transmitting signals in a... Agent: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco P.l.

20080108359 - Reuse pattern network scheduling using interference levels: Interference levels occurring at one or more stations are mapped, and a reuse pattern is generated, based on the mapped interference levels, including one or more reuse sets of stations capable of sharing a transmission resource. The stations within each reuse set are listed in increasing order based on their... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080108363 - Apparatus and method for interference cancellation in broadband wireless communication system: An Apparatus and a method for interference cancellation in a wireless communication system are provided. When a resource of an Interference Cancellation (IC) zone is allocated to a terminal traveling in a service coverage, resource allocation information relating to an IC zone of neighbor cells is gathered. Resource allocation information... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.c.

20080108362 - Method, system and apparatus for alternate data service provisioning: A method, system and apparatus for providing an alternate data service to a mobile communication device. The apparatus includes a logic module operable to identify a wireless network accessible by the mobile communication device, a logic module operable to determine whether a packet data service is available to the mobile... Agent: Danamraj & Emanuelson, P.c.

20080108361 - Multiradio priority control based on modem buffer load: A system for controlling communications in a multiradio wireless communication device (WCD) by monitoring a backlog of messages waiting to be wirelessly transmitted through one or more radio modems as compared to a predetermined threshold. If the amount of pending messages meets and/or exceeds the predetermined threshold then a potentially... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.l.p.

20080108360 - System and method for reassigning an active call to a new communication channel: A zone controller is configured to send a first channel grant signal to a base site to assign a call to a first communication channel and then subsequently send a second channel grant signal to the base site upon determining that the call should be reassigned to a second communication... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080108364 - Communication system, multicast switching device, and communication method: A communication system includes an MP high-order switching device which determines, for each of a plurality of switching devices, transmission timing at the which the switching device transmits packet data to a plurality of devices connected to the switching device so that data reception timings at a mobile terminal become... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080108365 - Method and apparatus for spectrum allocation in wireless networks: The invention includes a method and apparatus for dynamically allocating spectrum available within a region including a plurality of base stations. The method includes obtaining a plurality of spectrum demands associated with at least a portion of the base stations, each spectrum demand requesting a portion of the available spectrum,... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP/ Lucent Technologies, Inc

20080108366 - Scheduling methods for connection-based, over-the-air, inter-system communications for wireless networks: A method for communications between neighboring wireless cells such as wireless regional area networks operating according to IEEE 802.22 specifications. The method involves scheduling inter-base station communications for over-the-air connections to allow neighboring base stations to communicate in environments where a single available channel is shared between the neighboring cells... Agent: Stmicroelectronics, Inc.

20080108367 - System and method for supporting multiple technologies in a wireless communication cell: Systems and methods for supporting multiple wireless communication technologies within a cell are provided. A base station can transmit a second wireless communication technology in a smaller coverage than the coverage of the first wireless communication technology, thereby producing an underlay-overlay cell radiation pattern. Whether a mobile station communicates with... Agent: Sprint Nextel Corporation

20080108368 - Apparatus and method for supporting mobility of wireless terminal in wireless communication network: A method and apparatus for informing terminals in a UMTS regarding state information of an MBMS in order to prevent terminals from requesting a service that cannot be provided in a cell in which it is newly located. The mobile communication network informs the terminals about its service provision state... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20080108369 - Method and apparatus for determining an appropriate link path in a multi-hop communication system: A determination of link quality (CSR) is made from the subscriber station to a relay station. A determination of link quality (CRB) is made from the relay station to the base station, and a determination of link quality (CSB) is made from the subscriber station to the base station. A... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080108371 - System and method for estimating positioning error within a wlan-based positioning system: The invention features a method of estimating an expected error of a position estimate for use in a WLAN positioning system that estimates the position of a WLAN-enabled device. The WLAN-enabled device receives signals transmitted by a WLAN access point in range of the WLAN-enabled device. The method estimates the... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20080108370 - System and method for tracking, monitoring, collecting, reporting and communicating with the movement of individuals: A tamper resistant and easily adjustable mobile tracking device (26, 100) is provided, or alternatively may be created by adding appropriate programming to a GPS enabled cellular communications device (23, 132), by which location data and other information is transmitted to an administrative hub (10) for processing and distribution according... Agent: Dla Piper Us LLP

20080108372 - Inductively powered asset monitoring system: Asset including an arrangement for monitoring objects in an interior of the asset includes a sensor system arranged on or in the asset to obtain data about the asset or an object in the asset and a communication system arranged on the asset and coupled to the sensor system. The... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20080108373 - Auto-focused information services tailored to location of end user: Communication networks and methods are disclosed that provide an information service that is tailored (or “auto-focused”) to individual customers or subsets of customers based on the location of those customers. The information service is implemented in one embodiment within a communication network (e.g., IMS network or traditional wireless network) having... Agent: Lucent Technologies Inc. Docket Administrator

20080108374 - Standalone positioning in 3g umts systems: A communications device (101) for a 3G network (115) includes a user equipment (UE) processor (206) able to determine a standalone location based on a Standalone Position Method type or standalone position method transmitted in a radio resource control (RRC) measurement control message. The 3G network (115) may command the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080108375 - Apparatus and method for reducing call set-up time for time-sensitive applications in a wireless network: For use in a wireless network, a base station that reduces the call set-up time for a time-sensitive application. The base station comprises a message controller for receiving an incoming control message that initiates the time-sensitive application in a mobile station. In lieu of a conventional page message, the message... Agent: Docket Clerk

20080108376 - Apparatus and methods for communicating system state information change to wireless devices: Apparatus and methods for communication system state information change to wireless devices in a content server network in a resource and power efficient manner are disclosed. In particular, a disclosed method for conveying system state information to a wireless device includes sending a primary message including first information configured to... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080108377 - Apparatus and method for canceling interference in wireless mobile communication system: Provided is an apparatus and method for canceling interference by a base station in a wireless mobile communication system. The method includes measuring a state of a channel with a mobile station, determining metric function values for channels that act as interference to the channel of the mobile station, selecting... Agent: Docket Clerk

20080108378 - Flexible network architecture with user group support: A base station of a mobile communication network is connected to a core network and is operable in a normal mode and in a direct mode. The base station detects a request originating from a first user equipment to communicate with a second user equipment. The first user equipment is... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.c.

20080108379 - System and method for controlling power in a communication system: A method for controlling power in a communication system. The power control method in a base station includes receiving channel information from a plurality of mobile stations, and generating power control information of the mobile stations according to the received channel information; mapping the generated power control information to transmission... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.c.

20080108380 - Mobile radio apparatus: To provide a mobile radio apparatus enabling an effective use of a communication channel by reducing a retransmission time. The mobile radio apparatus includes a transmitter for transmitting data to a transmission destination apparatus via a radio network; after the lapse of a predetermined time from the data transmission, a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080108382 - Method for transferring and separating telephone call data: The invention consists of equipment and a method for allowing old line capacity to provide near dsl or superior dsl quality telephone connections. A method of handling a telephone call with an associated data package over a telephone system having a power pair of lines and a second pair of... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.a.

20080108381 - Mobile device having display button and method and medium of displaying using the display button: Provided is a mobile device having buttons having a display function and a display method for the mobile device. The mobile device includes a plurality of buttons, which display a plurality of characters in response to a control signal, and a controller generating the control signal for commanding the plurality... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080108383 - Method and system for a mobile architecture that supports a cellular or wireless network and broadcast utilizing an integrated single chip cellular and broadcast silicon solution: In an RF communication system, aspects for supporting cellular or wireless network and broadcast utilizing an integrated single chip cellular and broadcast silicon solution may comprise processing cellular frequency signals and video signals. The processing may be executed by cellular processing modules and video processing modules. The processing of the... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080108384 - White balance adjustment: A white balance adjustment device for a colour display of a portable communication device, said white balance adjustment device (1) comprising: a first image signal adjuster (2) for adjusting a signal level of a first digital image signal (2acorresponding to a first colour, a second image signal adjuster (3) for... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.l.p.

20080108385 - Radio controller system and method for remote devices: A system and method for remote device control are disclosed. A system incorporating teachings of the present disclosure may include a radio controlled toy and a controller for controlling the toy. In some embodiments, the controller may have an input mechanism and a housing component that defines a cavity, within... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20080108386 - mobile communication terminal and method therefor: A mobile communications terminal includes an internal memory having a file structure and connection means arranged to upon connection to a docking station enable direct access to the file structure through the docking station. The terminal can include an application and a key associated with the application that activates the... Agent: Perman & Green

20080108387 - Carrying case with integrated input-output device: This invention provides a carrying case for holding a personal audio player or cellular phone, wherein the case is of a size sufficient to hold up to twice the volume of the personal audio player or of the cellular phone, and the case comprises an input-output interface compatible with the... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080108388 - Appliance network for a networked appliance and a cellular phone: An appliance network to establish communication between a first networked appliance and a cellular phone.... Agent: Mcgarry Bair Pc

20080108389 - Method for in-band signaling of data over digital wireless telecommunications networks: An inband signaling modem communicates digital data over a voice channel of a wireless telecommunications network. An input receives digital data. An encoder converts the digital data into audio tones that synthesize frequency characteristics of human speech. The digital data is also encoded to prevent voice encoding circuitry in the... Agent: Stolowitz Ford Cowger LLP

20080108390 - Apparatus and method for beamforming in a communication system: An apparatus and method for beamforming in a communication system are provided, in which a base station receives a channel vector from each of a plurality of mobile stations, generates an uplink channel matrix using the received channel vectors, generates a beamforming weight vector using the uplink channel matrix and... Agent: Docket Clerk

20080108392 - Method and apparatus for displaying a plurality of images in mobile terminal: A method and an apparatus for displaying a plurality of different images in a mobile terminal in an external display device and a display unit in various modes. The mobile terminal operates according to a Different Image In and Out (DIIO) mode when the external display device is connected to... Agent: Cha & Reiter, Llc

20080108393 - Multi-panel display apparatus: A display apparatus includes a main display panel displaying a first image by means of a backlit Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), a sub-display panel displaying a different second image by using electrophoretic particles having respective electrical polarities and colors, and a main printed circuit board providing image signals to the... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20080108391 - Process for transferring multimedia data: d

20080108394 - Mobile communication device with dedicated speakerphone microphone: Disclosed is a mobile communication device having a first housing and a second housing proximally coupled to the first housing. The first housing and the second housing can be, for example, rotationally or translationally coupled. A clamshell form factor and a rotator form factor are rotationally coupled. In another example,... Agent: Motorola Inc

20080108395 - Portable sub-battery pack, portable communication terminal, and system for cradling portable communication terminal: A sub-battery pack capable of providing a charging function, a sub-battery pack function, and a cradling function is disclosed. A sub-battery pack for a portable communication terminal includes a cradle housing to receive the portable communication terminal, a battery pack to cradle the portable communication terminal at an incline when... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, Plc

20080108397 - Reduction of power consumption in wireless communication terminals: The invention relates to a mechanism for decreasing power consumption in a wireless terminal intended for a communication system where availability of a common air medium is to be determined by the terminal prior to transmission. The terminal selects at least one communication device as a communicating peer and adjusts... Agent: Hollingsworth & Funk

20080108396 - Wireless communications terminals that selectively power radio communications components: A wireless communications terminal includes a radio communications component, a non-radio communications component, a battery, and a power controller. The radio communications component is configured to transmit/receive RF signals through a wireless air interface to carry out radio communications functionality with a separate wireless communications device. The non-radio communications component... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.a.

20080108398 - Electronic device and rotating mechanism: An electronic device and a rotating mechanism thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a first casing, a second casing, and a rotating mechanism. The first casing has a first receiving space and a first hole disposed a first side thereof, wherein the first receiving space is intercommunicated with the... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080108399 - Universal, multi mobile device holder: A universal, multi-mobile device holder for securing multiple mobile devices in an automobile while they are being charged with a charging cable obtained by the users from the mobile device provider. The holder includes vertical and lateral control bars to secure the mobile devices and to obtain the best viewing... Agent: Owen O. Daniels

20080102745 - Passive system and method to determine distortion in an rf satellite chain: A system 10 that is used for analyzing a broadcast system includes a receiving device 60 that generates a baseband demodulated RF signal and digitizes the RF signal to form a digitized signal. A data capture module such as the IQ monitor board 90 is coupled to the receiving device... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20080102746 - Method and system for transferring a designated call to a cellular telephone: The present invention is a method and system of transferring any telephone call designated to a first user to the cellular telephone of a second user. The system authenticates an end user's biometric information and then allows the end user to answer an incoming landline telephone call from any location... Agent: Ibm Corporation C/o Darcell Walker, Attorney At Law

20080102747 - Ssl-based mobile virtual private networking solution: A system for a mobile handset to access an organization infrastructure is provided. The system includes an organization system within the organization infrastructure that is operable to maintain data for a user, such as email messages. The system includes an aggregator that is operable to aggregate at least some of... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20080102750 - Broadcast method and system: A method and system for airing broadcast signals is disclosed. Preferably, the system includes a production truck interface panel receiving a broadcast signal. A transmission relay circuit relays the signal from the interface panel to a broadcast network, and preferably including a broadcast signal detection circuit, and a signal processing... Agent: Fellers, Snider, Blankenship, Bailey & Tippens Sutie 800

20080102752 - Multiple satellite mobile system using multiple antennas: A communication system 10 includes a plurality of satellite antennas 26A-26n and a plurality of receivers 28A-28n that generate a plurality of channel requests. A switch 27 is in communication with the plurality of receivers 28A-28n and the plurality of satellite antennas 26A-26n. The switch 27 has a plurality of... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20080102751 - Passive system and method to equalize distortion in an rf satellite chain: A system and method for configuring an equalizer 48 for a transmission link includes a computer 82 that forms a mathematical model of an analog equalizer having a plurality of mathematical model filter stages. The computer 82 determines a desired response and tunes each of the plurality of mathematical model... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20080102754 - Automatic, secure identification and parameterization of coupled automation components via near field communication: Disclosed is an automatic, secure identification and parameterization of coupled automation components via close-range communication. Means for short-range communication are used in automation technology... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC

20080102757 - Apparatus and method for monitoring state of rf front end in wireless communication system: Provided is an apparatus and method for monitoring the state of an RF front end in a wireless communication system. The apparatus includes a band-pass filter, a thermal noise measurer, and a state detector. The band-pass filter passes only signals that lie within a communication band among signals received through... Agent: Docket Clerk

20080102756 - Enhanced location based service for positioning intersecting objects in the measured radio coverage: A method, apparatus or tangible computer medium (which stores computer executable code or program code) performs or facilitates obtaining information concerning one or more characteristics of one or more monitored wireless signals or links, such as radio frequency (RF) signals, transmitted across a geographic area; and detecting a presence of... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, LLP

20080102759 - Circuit and method for biasing a gallium arsenide (gaas) power amplifier: A circuit for biasing a gallium arsenide (GaAs) power amplifier includes a reference voltage generator circuit implemented in a gallium arsenide (GaAs) material system, a field effect transistor (FET) bias circuit implemented in the gallium arsenide material system and adapted to receive an output of the reference voltage generator circuit... Agent: Smith Frohwein Tempel Greenlee Blaha, LLC

20080102758 - Method and apparatus for controlling output power in power amplifiers: Some embodiments discussed relate to a method and apparatus, comprising a power amplifier module, a transceiver module coupled to provide a signal to an input of the power amplifier module. The transceiver module comprising an integrated temperature sensor to sense an instantaneous operating temperature of the transceiver and providing a... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner / Infineon

20080102761 - System and method for compensation of phase hits: A frequency synthesizer module with phase hits compensation, comprises an enclosure; a frequency synthesizer within the enclosure; and a heater module including a heater element in thermal communication with the frequency synthesizer for producing heat to adaptively adjust frequency synthesizer temperature. The frequency synthesizer module may be in an ODU... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20080102763 - Apparatus for tx/rx antenna switch in tdd wireless communication system: An apparatus including a TX/RX antenna switch (TRAS) in a time division duplex (TDD) wireless communication system is provided. In particular, an apparatus for protecting an RX low-noise amplifier (LNA) from a radio-frequency (RF) TX signal using a 180° hybrid coupler is provided. The TRAS apparatus includes a 180° hybrid... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20080102762 - Methods and apparatus for a hybrid antenna switching system: A hybrid antenna switching system in a communications device generally includes an antenna, a first switching device, and a second switching device. The first switching device is configured to selectively couple the antenna to a first set of communication paths within the communications device, wherein the first set of communication... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (fs)

20080102764 - Methods and systems for signal selection: A signal of interest (SOI) may be selected from among a plurality of cochannel signals based on one or more internal or external structural feature/s of the SOI, e.g., automatically selected based on any one or more internal or external structural features of the SOI that is known a priori.... Agent: O'keefe, Egan, Peterman & Enders LLP

20080102765 - Wireless adaptor power control: A wireless adaptor for a portable electronic device enables the electronic device to communicate over wireless networks with remote devices. The wireless adapter includes a communication circuit configured to communicate data with a remote device over a wireless network. The wireless adaptor may further include a battery and a power... Agent: Coats & Bennett/sony Ericsson

20080102749 - Providing information on the individual bearers' relationships to mobile terminals receiving a multicast or broadcast service: The invention relates to a method providing a multicast or broadcast service to (the user of) a mobile terminal via a radio access network of a mobile communication system. The multicast or broadcast service is associated to a plurality of bearers for providing the multicast or broadcast service: Further, the... Agent: Stevens, Davis, Miller & Mosher, LLP

20080102753 - Transmission method in a wireless telecommunication system including at least a base station intended to communicate with terminals: The present invention concerns a transmission method in a wireless telecommunication system including at least a base station intended to communicate with terminals over bidirectional communication channels, each channel supporting frames being divided into downlink sub frames and uplink sub frames, each downlink sub frame including a number of symbols... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080102755 - High-speed internal wireless bus: Multiple computing devices are connected together using a high-speed wireless link. The wireless link enables expansion of available resources to the host device, such as one or more of volatile memory resources, non-volatile memory resources, and additional processor resources.... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20080102760 - Centralized wireless communication system: A centralized wireless communication system for a host device having a host processor and one or more host wireless communication modules includes a controller, one or more antenna elements, and an RF multiplexer coupled to the one or more antenna elements. The RF multiplexer includes one or more ports and... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20080102766 - System and method for user identity authentication via mobile communication devices: Various embodiments of the present invention enable user identity authentication, which accepts and validates information of a user applying and/or possessing a mobile communication service, establishes an identity of the user, and associates the identity of the user with a mobile communication number of the user or a third party.... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20080102767 - Method and apparatus for optimizing output power levels in power amplifiers: Some embodiments discussed relate to an apparatus comprising a power amplifier module. The power amplifier module includes a plurality of sensors, and a first digital communication port configured to provide a monitor signal from at least one of the plurality of sensors. The apparatus includes a transceiver module coupled to... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner / Infineon

20080102768 - Method for obtaining a covariance matrix of a transmitting channel in a wireless network: The present invention disclosed a method for obtaining a covariance matrix of a transmitting channel in a wireless network. The method comprises calculating a speculative transformation matrix, generating a covariance matrix of a receiving channel, and transforming the covariance matrix of the receiving channel into a covariance matrix of a... Agent: L. Howard Chen Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis, LLP

20080102769 - Method for tuning a system to a plurality of service signals: A method for tuning a system to a plurality of service signals. The method uses a first and a second tuning process. The first tuning process is adapted and performed to search and find carrier signals of potential service signals and to determine frequencies of potential services corresponding to the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080102772 - Carrier growth planning based on measured airlink transmission latency in 1x-evdo wireless network: For carrier growth planning in a wireless network, one or more airlink data transfer performance indicators are measured for a plurality of wireless units at a number of different times. The performance indicators may include user perceived throughput (UPT) and transmission latency or delay, as relating to batch or burst... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20080102771 - Method and system for providing service in a network: A method (300) and a network device (112) for providing a service in a network (100) are disclosed. The network includes an originator device, a network device and one or more target devices. The method includes receiving (304) a request from the originator device for initiating the service with the... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080102770 - Method for synchronizing bluetooth accessories in audio applications: A method and apparatus for delivering content wirelessly to a remote wireless device (103) includes withholding content delivery until a link ready acknowledgment has been received. A communication device (201), such as a mobile telephone, includes a client capable of delivering content. For example, an audio client (101) is configured... Agent: Philip H. Burrus, Iv

20080102773 - Method and apparatus to facilitate use of intermodulation product results to control gain for a received wireless signal: A wireless receiver receives a desired wireless signal and then detects self-sourced intermodulation products other than with respect to the desired wireless signal to provide corresponding detected results. The wireless receiver then uses these detected results to control gain as corresponds to the desired wireless signal.... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080102774 - Automatic gain control for enhanced bit error rate performance: An apparatus including automatic gain control (AGC) includes at least one variable gain amplifier (VGA) operative to receive an input signal and to generate an amplified signal. A gain of the VGA is controlled as a function of at least a first control signal. The apparatus further includes an AGC... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20080102775 - Offset determination arrangement, offset compensation arrangement, synchronization clock generator, method for determination of an offset and modulation method: An offset determination arrangement includes a comparator device to compare an input signal with a reference value. A synchronization unit is provided to forward a comparison result of the comparator device as a function of a synchronization signal which can be generated by a synchronization clock generator. The synchronization signal... Agent: Eschweiler & Associates LLC

20080102776 - Antenna for a radio base station in a mobile cellular telephony network: An antenna device for a radio base station in a mobile cellular telephony network. The device includes a first sub-antenna with a first feed network for distributing signals within the first sub-antenna, and a second sub-antenna with a second feed network for distributing signals within the second sub-antenna. The first... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080102777 - Sub-harmonically pumped mixer: A mixing circuit is described in connection with various embodiments.... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20080102778 - Techniques for passive subharmonic mixing: Particular embodiments of mixer designs permit greater integration on standard chips with an improvement in power and linearity to enable low-power, high-performance reception. Some embodiments feature a method of frequency conversion using at least two stages of switches to mix an input signal with reference signals. The method involves mixing... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080102779 - System and method for wireless communication in a frequency division duplexing region: A method and system for using half-duplex base stations and half-duplex nodes in a Frequency Division Duplexing region to provide wireless connectivity between the half-duplex base stations and customers in multiple sectors of a cell. The method and system can use two physical channels to form two logical channels. Each... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20080102780 - Mobile device equipped with am radio: A mobile device equipped with an AM radio, wherein noise to be mixed with AM radio output audio can be reduced. A cellular phone 100 is a mobile device equipped with an AM radio, the mobile device comprising a telephone processing section 10 for performing a predetermined process, while displaying... Agent: Patenttm.us

20080102781 - Pin-jointed structure of a mobile electronic device: A pin-jointed structure connected between a cover member and a base member of a mobile electronic device is disclosed to include a pivot holder affixed to the base member, a mounting plate affixed to the cover member and pivoted to the pivot holder, and a spring plate connected between the... Agent: John G. Chupa Law Offices Of John Chupa & Associates, P.C.

20080102782 - Mobile communication terminal providing ring back tone: Provided are an apparatus and a method for providing a ring back tone in a mobile communication terminal. Character information is received through a wireless data communication or generated through a user input. The character information is transformed into voice using a text-to-speech transformer and then provided as a ring... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080102785 - Apparatus, system and method of enabling a person in distress to covertly communicate with an emergency response center: A means for a person in distress to use a mobile device to communicate covertly with an Emergency Response Center is provided. The means contains a response designed not to alert an abductor of the communication as well as to indicate whether the person is indeed in distress. The means... Agent: Ibm Corporation (ve) C/o Volel Emile

20080102784 - Emergency call handing in a wireless communication system: This disclosure describes techniques for efficiently handling emergency calls in a wireless communication system. The techniques are executed in a wireless communication device (WCD) that is interoperable between radio access technologies (RATs). For example, the WCD may support interoperability between the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) and the Universal... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080102783 - Method and communication unit for inidicating urgency of a communication: The invention concerns a communication unit (102) and a method (200) of indicating urgency of a communication at the communication unit (102). In one arrangement, the method can include the steps of receiving (204) a first call from a caller (108), receiving (212) a subsequent second call from the caller,... Agent: Motorola, Inc

20080102786 - Alarm system for a wireless communications device: A wireless communications device includes a location-dependent alarm which a user can set to be triggered at a target location. A GPS receiver embedded in the wireless device provides position data representative of the current location. When the current location matches the target location, the alarm is triggered. This enables... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20080102787 - Mobile communications handover method: A power saving method for connecting a mobile communications device to a network. In one embodiment the method includes; (1) detecting an approximate location; (2) comparing the approximate location with a database of location related information; and (3) automatically activating or deactivating an interface with the network based on the... Agent: Hitt Gaines, PC Lsi Corporation

20080102788 - Method for reporting back a status of a mobile phone and related mobile phone: A method for reporting back a status of a mobile phone includes: (a) a second mobile phone sending a monitoring message to a first mobile phone via a telecommunication system service terminal when the first mobile phone is at a first status; (b) sending a reporting message to the second... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080102789 - Apparatus and method for determining paging group size in broadband wireless communication system: Provided are an apparatus and method for optimizing a paging cost and a location update cost in a broadband wireless communication system. The apparatus includes: a generating unit for sequentially outputting possible combinations of the paging group size and the idle mode timer value; a first computing unit for computing... Agent: Docket Clerk

20080102792 - Media distribution method for mobile communication device: A media distribution system includes a service provider and at least a mobile terminal. The service provider includes at least two district servers which communicate with each other through Internet. The mobile terminal is communicatively linked to at least one of the district servers for wirelessly communicating with a mobile... Agent: Raymond Y. Chan

20080102790 - System and method for user identity verification via mobile communication devices: Various embodiments of the present invention enable user identity verification, which associates a user's identity with a mobile communication number and allows the user to authorize or deny, via a mobile communication device associated with the mobile communication number, an activity being initiated at a service provider.... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20080102791 - Method to challenge cell phone user for fraudulent use: A method and system for monitoring calls being made from a cellular phone and preventing calls being made to unauthorized numbers, as defined by the owner of the cellular phone. A security challenge is issued to a cell phone user when a suspicious, previously unknown telephone number is attempted to... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20080102793 - Automated secure pairing for wireless devices: Systems, methods, and/or techniques (“tools”) are described herein that relate to automated secure pairing for devices, and that relate to parallel downloads of content using devices. The tools for pairing the devices may perform authentication protocols that are based on addresses and on keys. The address-based authentication protocol may operate... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20080102795 - Mobile station, system, network processor and method for use in mobile communications: A method of operation in a mobile communication system includes a mobile station, a first network capable of serving the mobile station as a home network and a second network capable of serving the mobile station as a visited network, including carrying out in the home network the steps of:... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080102794 - Self-configuring cellular basestation: A basestation for cellular wireless communications network is able to configure itself for the operation in the network, by selecting appropriate operating frequencies (in the case of a GSM network) or scrambling codes (in the case of a UMTS network), and appropriate transmit powers. This makes it practical for a... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080102798 - Communication method, communication system, key management device, relay device and recording medium: A key management device for communicating with relay devices is provided, and one of the relay devices, which is communicating with a communication device based on master key information, transmits the master key information to the key management device. If the communication with the communication device has been enabled, the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080102797 - Method and system for wireless intrusion detection, prevention and security management: A method and system for wireless intrusion detection, prevention and security management. The method and system provides autonomous wireless intrusion detection and prevention, with minimal or no operator intervention. The method and system includes a smart wireless radio frequency (RF) antenna subsystem with an adaptive RF beamformer for adaptively and... Agent: Lesavich High-tech Law Group, P.C.

20080102796 - Wireless transmission system: A wireless transmission device makes it possible to access the internet from a wireless LAN terminal, and notifies the state of wireless connection to a public wireless transmission network to the wireless LAN terminal, thereby alleviating uncertainty and disquiet on the part of the user when connecting to this network.... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080102799 - Method and apparatus for message identification: A method and apparatus for identifying an unwanted short message service (SMS) message from SMS messages received by a cellular mobile communication system, which comprises at least a history database (HB) for storing a set (H) of the messages received by the cellular mobile communication system. The method includes the... Agent: Anne Vachon Dougherty

20080102800 - System and method for implementing multimedia ring back tone service: A Multimedia Customized Ring Back Tone (MRBT) service platform, a terminal and a system for implementing an MRBT service are provided in the present invention. A method for implementing an MRBT service is further disclosed, which includes: performing, by a Multimedia Ring Back Tone (MRBT) platform, a first media capability... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080102801 - System and method of exchanging identification information for mobile stations: A system is provided for allowing mobile stations to exchange identification information using a predetermined communication path for the purpose of obtaining identification information to use in establishing a different communication path for communicating.... Agent: David B. Cochran, Esq. Jones Day

20080102802 - Presence information delivery apparatus and method for mobile communication network: A presence information delivery apparatus and method for use in a mobile communication network using a short message service (SMS) is provided. An information transmission method for a mobile handset includes generating presence information file; generating a presence information message containing the presence information file; and transmitting the presence information... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080102803 - Project planning database for prospective wireless networking sites: A search ring generation system comprises a receiver component that receives indicia that can be utilized to identify a proposed cell site. An implementation component automatically creates a search ring with respect to the proposed cell site. A search ring as used herein is defined as a document that formally... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080102804 - Information providing system, information notification apparatus and information providing apparatus: If the user carrying the mobile telephone rides into a vehicle and sets the ignition key in the accessory-ON state or the state of starting the engine and if the parking brake is set in the ON state or the user requests the information through the input unit, the information... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080102805 - Method and system for service provider awareness: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a method and system for service provider awareness by receiving information associated with a potential call between an originator and an intended recipient, determining whether the potential call is in-network or out-of-network, notifying at least one of the originator or the intended... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080102806 - System and method for providing caller information service in mobile communication terminal: A method and system for providing a caller information service in a mobile communication terminal is disclosed. The method enables viewing and modification of caller information stored on a network while providing the caller information service. The method for providing a caller information service includes requesting caller information containing a... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20080102807 - Method and apparatus for terminating alarm service of mobile terminal: A method and apparatus for terminating an alarm service of a mobile terminal are provided. The method of terminating an alarm service of a mobile terminal includes determining whether an event monitoring time is included in a set alarm service, determining whether an event is input during the event monitoring... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20080102809 - Method of providing cell phones in a cell phone signal strength chart of multiple cell phones in a communication network: 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 touching a symbol on the touch screen display with a stylus which can... Agent: Malin Haley And Dimaggio, Pa

20080102808 - Third party call control utilizing a voice user interface: A method is described herein which enables a person to use their mobile phone to establish a voice connection with a central server, then send call control information in-band in the voice channel (via a voice user interface (VUI), digital tone multi-frequency (DTMF) or Multi-Frequency (MF) signaling) to setup a... Agent: Alcatel Lucent Intellectual Property & Standards

20080102810 - System, method, and computer-readable medium for implementing intelligent network service functionality in a network: A system, method and computer-readable medium for simulating intelligent network triggers in a network system are provided. A mobile terminal is configured with an intelligent network Simulator adapted to detect call events and originate simulated intelligent network triggers in response to the call events. Call progressions implemented according to the... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20080102812 - Air-to-ground cellular communication network terrestrial base station having multi-dimensional sectors with alternating radio frequency polarizations: The Multi-Link Aircraft Cellular System makes use of multiple physically separated antennas mounted on the aircraft, as well as the use of additional optional signal isolation and optimization techniques to improve the call handling capacity of the Air-To-Ground cellular communications network. These additional techniques can include polarization domain and ground... Agent: Patton Boggs LLP

20080102811 - Method and apparatus for sharing transport channel for node serving plural cells with multimedia broadcast/multicast: A radio access network (11) facilitates transmission of a Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service to plural user equipment units served by a radio base station. A radio network controller node (26) includes in a first message (70) of a Common Transport Channel Setup procedure an indication that sharing of a common transport... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080102813 - Multi-link aircraft cellular system for simultaneous communication with multiple terrestrial cell sites: The Multi-Link Aircraft Cellular System makes use of multiple physically separated antennas mounted on the aircraft, as well as the use of additional optional signal isolation and optimization techniques to improve the call handling capacity of the Air-To-Ground cellular communications network. These additional techniques can include polarization domain and ground... Agent: Patton Boggs LLP

20080102814 - System for managing the multiple air-to-ground communications links originating from each aircraft in an air-to-ground cellular communication network: The Multi-Link Aircraft Cellular System makes use of multiple physically separated antennas mounted on the aircraft, as well as the use of additional optional signal isolation and optimization techniques to improve the call handling capacity of the Air-To-Ground cellular communications network. These additional techniques can include polarization domain and ground... Agent: Patton Boggs LLP

20080102816 - Automatic device detection system and method: A system and method for automatically detecting the device in the network communication field. A terminal identity-acquiring module in a device management server receives the terminal information reported by the terminal, acquires the entire terminal identity information based on the terminal information, updates the associate terminal information currently stored based... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20080102815 - System, method, and computer-readable medium for user equipment decision-making criteria for connectivity and handover: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are provided for decision-making criteria in a multi-mode, multi-radio user equipment to choose which radio network to use for connectivity and handover. Decision making depends on a number of different criteria: a user profile that specifies one or more user preference connectivity attributes, available... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20080102821 - Control of electronic devices: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer readable media for controlling one or more electronic devices are described. According to one described aspect, an embodiment of a method includes providing a plurality of schemes, each scheme defining features that are operable on an electronic device and which features each of the features... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080102818 - Method and computer program product for managing privileges of a communications device: A method for a principal to modify privileges of a communications device of an agent, is provided and includes: determining a set of instructions for modifying the privileges; loading the set of instructions into a communications infrastructure for the communications device; and modifying the privileges by at least one of... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Austin

20080102817 - Method and system for sharing cellular phones: A method (40) and system (10 or 200) for sharing a cellular phone includes sending (41) a request to use a second cellular phone (12) as a server from a first cellular phone (11), exchanging (43) audio streams between the cellulars phone, receiving (44) a dialing signal at the first... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080102820 - System and method for processing connection requests in a mobile terminal: A mobile terminal is provided. The mobile terminal comprises a communication unit and a controller. The communication unit receives a connection request. The controller checks whether a call-receiving function of the mobile terminal has been disabled, and if so, processes the connection request without completing RR (radio resource), MM (mobility... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080102819 - System and method for verifying contact data: A meth