Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080304510 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING RADIO CONNECTION BASED ON INPUTS FROM APPLICATIONS - Techniques for detecting end of activity and controlling a radio connection are described. In one design, inputs may be received from at least one application exchanging data with a wireless communication network via a radio connection. Whether to maintain or close the radio connection may be determined based on the inputs from the application(s). In another design, flow preferences may be received from at least one application for data flows. The states of the data flows may be determined based on their flow preferences and inputs from the application(s). A data flow may be determined to be active or inactive based on its flow preference, inputs received from an application for the data flow, activity detected on the data flow, etc. Whether to maintain or close a radio connection may be determined based on the states of the data flows. The radio connection may be closed when all data flows are inactive. | 12-11-2008 |
20090081996 | Apparatus and methods associated with open market handsets - communication device and dynamic source determination of provisioning information on a wireless communication device are disclosed. User Identity Modules (UIMs) are provisioned such that network-service applications resident on the wireless device are associated with a corresponding application profile within the UIM. Each network-service application has a corresponding network address identifier defined within the user profile. The network address associated with the identifier is used to establish a data session for the corresponding network service application. By providing for application-specific network addresses, service providers and/or network operators can differentiate between what services a user is accessing during a data session. In addition, the UIMs may be provisioned with priority category identifiers that allow the associated network-service application to be prioritized for data session establishment. | 03-26-2009 |
20090082004 | APPARATUS AND METHODS OF OPEN MARKET HANDSET IDENTIFICATION - Methods, apparatus and systems are presented for automatically providing network operators with identification of open market wireless devices that are used in the operator's respective network. Present aspects accomplish such by retrieving device profile information in response to the network operator's removable module being associated with (i.e., inserted into) a wireless device and communicating the device profile information to the network operator or the like. This allows for the network operator or third party entity to track and/or monitor the type of wireless devices existing in their respective wireless network. In addition, the automated nature of the tracking obviates the need for the subscribers/users of the removable modules to manually or otherwise provide the device identification to the network operators. | 03-26-2009 |
20090163230 | PROVIDING TRANSPARENT CDMA SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE USING NON-CDMA MOBILE DEVICES, SMART CARDS AND NETWORKS - Methods and systems for sending, receiving, storing, and reading CDMA type SMS messages on wireless non-CDMA or multimode mobile devices include embedding a CDMA SMS message in a non-CDMA SMS host message. Such a host message may be created, transmitted, received, or otherwise processed by a mobile device, such as one operating in a GSM or UMTS mode. Similarly a CDMA SMS message may be stored in a SIM/USIM module using similar techniques. An embodiment provides a software application programming interface (API) which transparently processes SMS messages regardless of whether they are CDMA or non-CDMA and regardless of the operating mode of the mobile device. | 06-25-2009 |
20100015956 | RATING OF MESSAGE CONTENT FOR CONTENT CONTROL IN WIRELESS DEVICES - Systems, methodologies, and devices are described that facilitate filtering content sent to a mobile device(s) by a content provider via a core network. A content provider can determine a content rating for content, and/or the core network and/or mobile device can determine or infer a content rating for unrated content from a content provider, based in part on predefined content rating criteria. A mobile device user can specify a desired content rating preference for the mobile device. A filter(s) respectively associated with the core network and/or mobile device can filter the content based in part on the content rating of the content and the content rating preference of the mobile device to which the content is being sent. Content that does not meet a content rating threshold can be filtered out and stored in a secure content folder accessible using a security code or discarded. | 01-21-2010 |
20100035595 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC SOURCE DETERMINATION OF PROVISIONING INFORMATION ON A PER-NETWORK SERVICE BASIS FOR OPEN MARKET WIRELESS DEVICES - Systems, apparatus and methods are described that provide for dynamic source determination of provisioning information on a per-network service basis for open market wireless devices. Specifically, systems, apparatus and methods provide for the open market wireless devices and/or the users of such devices to acquire provisioning information for network services in instances in which neither the removable module currently associated with the device or the non-removable memory of the open market wireless device store the provisioning information for the desired network service. In this regard, present aspects provide for a prompt, such as a user notification to presented on an output mechanism of the wireless device when the wireless determines first that the provisioning information is not stored on the removable module and, secondly, that the provisioning information is not stored on the non-removable data storage of the device. | 02-11-2010 |
20100081464 | Filtering of broadcast SMS messages - Techniques for filtering broadcast SMS messages at a mobile station based on network configuration, user configuration, and/or user preferences. In one method, a broadcast message is initially received, and one or more filtering criteria are applied to the received broadcast message. The filtering criteria are defined by settings stored in a removable module (e.g., the R-UIM) coupled to the receiver. The received broadcast message is then processed if it is not filtered out by the one or more filtering criteria. The one or more filtering criteria may include (1) those imposed by a service provider and defined in a network configuration setting, (2) those determined by the mobile user and defined in a user configuration setting, (3) those selected by the mobile user based on user preferences, which allow for filtering of broadcast messages based on service category, language, and priority, or (4) any combination of the above. | 04-01-2010 |
20120208516 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENDING A MESSAGE FROM A WIRELESS DEVICE - A method, apparatus, and computer-readable media for sending a message from a multi-mode wireless device in a multiple communication mode environment. A preferred communication mode is selected from a plurality of communication modes supported by the wireless device. A preferred message service is selected based on contents of the message and the preferred communication mode. Then, compatibility of the preferred message service with an active communication mode of the wireless device is determined If the preferred message service is compatible with the active communication mode, the message is sent by using the preferred service according to the active communication mode. | 08-16-2012 |