| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 370313000 | Portable address responsive receiver | 26 |
| 20080225772 | EXPLICIT LAYER TWO SIGNALING FOR DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION - The embodiments of the present invention provide for methods, devices, and systems adapted to enable an eNodeB to instruct a user equipment (UE) to adjust its current discontinuous reception (DRX) parameter by Layer 2 signaling, in particular, via Layer 2 protocol data units. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080225773 | COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL FOR WIRELESS DATA EXCHANGE VIA A PACKET TRANSPORT BASED SYSTEM - A protocol for wireless data exchange may be used in conjunction with two or more portable computer systems. One of the portable computer systems may be a personal digital assistant (PDA) having an internal or an external wireless communication unit. The protocol can be used by a sending application residing on the portable computer system to transparently send a wireless message to a receiving computer system. The packet is then automatically routed to the proper destination application residing on the receiver utilizing a data type identifier. The data type identifier is used by the receiver, in conjunction with an application registry, to determine the proper destination application. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080232295 | Methods, Systems, and Products for Virtual Personalized Networks - Methods, systems, and apparatuses are disclosed for enabling a virtual personalized network. Communications are established with a personal digital gateway to control access, sharing, security, and/or management of up-to-date personalized data exchanged between or among a plurality of associated communications devices and/or communications networks. The associated communications devices are owned, operated, and/or accessed by a common user. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080240012 | Information Exchange System and Method - A system and method for providing on demand information exchange between a data store and a portable recipient data storage device includes a source of data and a data transfer initiator, coupled to the source of data and configured for initiating the transfer of data from the source of data to a portable recipient data storage device. A data transfer port is provided to couple the data source with the portable recipient data storage device, and configured for transmitting, on request by the recipient, data from the source of data to the portable recipient data storage device. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080247348 | Communication Between Mobile Terminals and Service Providers - An intermediate service provider operates to mediate communications between mobile terminals and various service providers. In one embodiment, the intermediate service provider and a given mobile terminal establish a persistent session supported by a logical communication channel that is used to convey communications for all of the various service applications implemented by the mobile terminal, i.e., a single, multiplexed channel. In another embodiment, common command subsystems are used to support the multiple service applications, thereby reducing overhead resulting from multiple protocol headers. In yet another embodiment, establishment of communications with various service providers begins with a single connection request message that specifies at least two selected service applications such that the intermediate service provider can establish communications with the multiple service providers in response to the single connection request message. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080253313 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATING A SOFT MOBILE VoIP CLIENT IN A CELLULAR PC CARD - A method and apparatus for integrating a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) client in a wireless PC card are disclosed. A soft mobile phone client is combined with a cellular PC card to create a single physical device that is capable of providing VoIP services to a computer user through the cellular capabilities of the device itself, or alternatively, through any other Internet connectivity available to the computer. When a user inserts the VoIP client/Cellular PC Card into a computer, a graphical user interface (GUI) within the connection manager software is launched allowing the user to communicate VoIP function commands to the VoIP client. A check for Internet connectivity may be performed, at which time the Radio portion of the enhanced PC card may be put into an idle state if connectivity is detected, or may alternatively establish Internet connectivity through the cellular portion of the enhanced PC card. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080285498 | Key recognition method and wireless communication system - A key recognition method and a key recognition system are applied to a wireless bridging apparatus and a terminal apparatus with a wireless communication function. When a user uses the wireless bridging apparatus at a first time, the user cannot connect the wireless bridging apparatus to a wireless network through the terminal apparatus until key verification between the terminal apparatus and the wireless bridging apparatus has been conducted and passed. The key recognition method includes the steps of: transmitting, by the wireless bridging apparatus, an original code to the terminal apparatus; encoding, by the terminal apparatus, the original code to obtain a transformed code; encoding, by the terminal apparatus, the original code and the transformed code to obtain a recognition code; and transmitting, by the terminal apparatus, the recognition code to the wireless bridging apparatus for verification and communication establishment. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080304434 | INTER-SYSTEM IDLE MODE MOBILITY - Providing for inter-system idle mobility management for independent mobile networks is described herein. By way of example, registration of multiple mobile IP (MIP) addresses to a mobile device can be utilized to facilitate inter-system device tracking. An Internet Protocol (IP) home agent that serves the mobile device can associate the MIPs with a home IP address of the mobile device. When communication is received for the home address, device paging can be initiated by utilizing at least a plurality of the MIPs bound to the home address. A mobile device response can provide a current active network address, and the received communication can be delivered via such active network address. As disclosed herein, the mobile device can switch attachment among the networks without signaling such networks, based on the multiple address bindings. Accordingly, significant power reduction can be afforded to mobile devices in idle mode. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090059836 | Portable Voice and Data Radio Base Station - Various embodiments are directed to a portable voice and data radio base station to couple to a mobile computing device. When coupled, the portable voice and data radio base station and the mobile computing device may cooperatively form a wireless access point to enable communications among a network and other local wireless communication devices. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090245158 | Customization of Data Session Retry Mechanism in a Wireless Packet Data Service Network - In one embodiment, a scheme is provided for customization of a mobile communications device's data session retry mechanism in a wireless packet data service network. Upon detecting that a cause code has been returned by a node disposed in a wireless packet data service network, a structure is interrogated to determine if the cause code is mapped to a flag relating to the device's data session retry mechanism. Responsive to determining that the received cause code is mapped as a critical cause code, the data session retry mechanism of the mobile communications device is disabled so that further signaling messages towards the network are prevented. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090290525 | WIRELESS DATA COMMUNICATION METHOD AND WIRELESS DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The invention relates to a method for transmitting and receiving data packets between a master device ( | 11-26-2009 |
| 20100067426 | METHODS CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING CELLULAR BASE STATION FUNCTIONALITY AT ONE OR MORE NODES OF A DATA NETWORK - Disclosed are methods, circuits and systems for providing cellular base station functionality at one or more nodes of a data network. Baseband traffic and at least a portion of radio unit signaling may be transmitted over a data network from a base station (controller) to a radio equipped network appliance. The network appliance may emulate a native radio unit of the base station controller and may provide cellular base station services to one or more cellular devices. Baseband traffic and at least a portion of the radio unit signaling received from the one or more cellular device may be transmitted from the network appliance to the base station controller over the data network. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100103857 | CELL RELAY NETWORK ATTACHMENT PROCEDURES - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate attaching cell relays to a wireless network. During the attachment procedure, a relay eNB can request assignment of an identifier, or a portion thereof, from a donor eNB for subsequent packet routing to the relay eNB. This can occur through one or more intermediary relay eNBs, where present. Donor eNB can assign an identifier or portion thereof (or confirm/deny an explicit identifier request from the relay eNB) and can forward establishment information downstream to the relay eNB. Donor eNB and intermediary relay eNBs, where present, can store the identifier for subsequent use in routing packets to the relay eNB. The identifier can be a terminal endpoint identifier (TEID) utilized in a tunneling protocol, a relay identifier utilized in a relay protocol, and/or the like. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100254298 | WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM - Cordless access over an extended area is provided by a network of co-operating wireless access points ( | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100302991 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR TRANSMIT DIVERSITY IN SATELLITE PHONES - An apparatus and method inexpensively implements spatial diversity in a wireless terminal for use in a satellite communication system. A single transmit chain is coupled to a plurality of antennas through a switch for sequentially selecting each of the antennas during corresponding sub-frames of a data frame. Here, each sub-frame is adapted for transmission of a respective portion of an encoded information packet, encoded such that the entire information packet is recoverable from any one of the sub-frames. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302992 | METHOD FOR SENDING PACKET DATA, BASE STATION, AND MOBILE STATION - A method for sending packet data is provided, which includes the following steps. Packet data from a source mobile station (MS) is received. The packet data includes an identity of a destination MS. A routing cache table is searched for a path to the destination MS. An interface is selected if the path to the destination MS is found. The packet data is forwarded through the selected interface according to the found path. Other two methods for sending packet data corresponding to the method for sending packet data as well as an MS and a base station (BS) corresponding to the method for sending packet data are provided. Therefore, link processing can be performed at the MS. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100329173 | Method of controlling an entity of a remote network from a local network - A method and apparatus are provided for controlling at least one entity of a remote source network from a local home network. The method is implemented by a relay module, termed a roaming relay module, designed so that when the module is executed by an appliance connected to the home network, the module communicates with a relay module, termed a source relay module, executed by an appliance of the source network and serves as communication relay in relation to the at least one entity. The method includes: a step of reception of a first request by the roaming relay module via a control interface, complying with a first protocol usable to control the entity from the source network; and a step of sending from the roaming relay module to the source relay module, a second request intended to be converted by the source relay module into at least one third request complying with the first protocol. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110032862 | WIRELESS DATA COMMUNICATION ACCESS ACTIVATION - Quick wireless access for data network communication is provided to a data device by provision of an access management unit incorporated in the data device. A default network access identifier (NAI), unique to the data device, permits limited access to a wireless network provider's provisioning platform so that the device can be authenticated and access to a data network authorized for a preset service period. Replenishment for a new service period may be provided. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110090838 | Dynamic Content Distribution in Mobile Telecommunications Network - A mobile telecommunications network is configured to dynamically adapt transmitted content according to the channel quality of the network link connecting a destination mobile device to the mobile telecommunications network. Channel quality indicators (CQIs) for the mobile devices associated with the mobile telecommunications network are cached at one or more support nodes of a core network. Components of the core network therefore can request the CQI of a mobile device from a corresponding support node rather than repeating a process of determining anew the condition of the network linking to a mobile device each time content is to be communicated to or from a mobile device. A service provider receiving the CQI for a mobile device from the cache of a support node can adapt the content to be provided to the mobile device to the particular conditions of the network represented by the CQI. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20120201188 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD, RADIO BASE STATION, AND MOBILE STATION - When MBMS communication is performed, a radio resource is efficiently used. A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes a step of notifying, by a radio base station eNB, the configuration of an MBSFN subframe through SIB2, and a step of receiving, by a mobile station UE, a PDSCH signal, which is transmitted in the MBSFN subframe through unicast communication, based on a PDCCH signal generated using C-RNTI of the mobile station UE when a PDCCH signal generated using MBSFN_Off-RNTI and a PDCCH signal generated using the C-RNTI of the mobile station UE have been received in a predetermined OFDM symbol in the MBSFN subframe. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120320815 | Entity Identification Based on Proximity to Access Points - Persons, places, events, things, concepts and services can be discovered, represented and identified based on proximity to network access points. The network access point can transmit data elements that can be used to construct an identifier. The identifier can be used to discover, identify and interact with entities based on proximity to one or more access point transmitters. One or more transmitters can represents one or more entities. Applications and other software on a device such as a mobile platform can include features that leverage information relating to the proximity and the identification of the entity or entities. | 12-20-2012 |
| 370314000 | Using time division multiplexing | 5 |
| 20080316953 | AUDIENCE RESPONSE SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH MULTIPLE BASE UNIT CAPABILITY - A wireless response system and method of retrieving user selections includes providing a plurality of response units and a plurality of base units. Each of the response units has a wireless response transceiver and an input device. The input device is adapted to receiving a user input selection. The wireless response transceiver is adapted to transmitting a response transmission in response to receipt of a base transmission. Each of the base units has a wireless base transceiver. The base transceiver is adapted to transmitting base transmissions and receiving response transmissions from the response units. Each of the base units and each of the response units are assigned a communication identification. A response unit is adapted to exchanging wireless transmissions with a base unit having a common communication identification with that response unit. Each of said base units is also assigned a base address. The base transmissions include the base address of the base unit transmitting that base transmission. The response transmission includes the base address of the base transmission to which that response transmission is responding. Each of the base units processes response transmissions having a base address in common with the base address of that base unit and does not process response transmissions not having a base address in common with the base address of that base unit. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090003257 | APRIORI PROACTIVE RETRANSMISSIONS - A method, information processing system, and wireless communication system schedules transmission of data packets in a wireless communication network. At least one selected data packet to be retransmitted to at least one respective receiver ( | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090034446 | MOBILE AD-HOC NETWORK PROVIDING COMMUNICATION LATENCY REDUCTION FEATURES AND RELATED METHODS - A MANET may include a plurality of MANET nodes each comprising a wireless transceiver and a controller cooperating therewith for establishing a wireless communication link with an adjacent MANET node based upon a time division multiple access (TDMA) implementation. The TDMA implementation may use a repeating scheduling of a plurality of temporally spaced-apart time slot units within a control epoch to thereby reduce a latency of communication. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090052365 | Method and Communication Node for Optimising Time Sensitive Communications - A method for communications and a communications node are provided, wherein when the node (a user terminal or server) subscribes to receive a certain type of notification messages using for example a SIP SUBSCRIBE mechanism. When node later engages in a time sensitive application, such as in a voice communication, responsive to the engagement in the time sensitive application, it requests a suspension of the subscription to the receipt of the certain type of notification messages. Such request may be achieved using, for example, SIP SUBSCRIBE, SIP NOTIFY or SIP PUBLISH messages. The communications node comprises a communications module subscribing to the receipt of a certain type of notification messages and initiating the time sensitive application, and service logic that responsive to the engagement in the time sensitive application, instructs issuance of a request to suspend the subscription to the receipt of the certain type of notification messages. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090303915 | NODE SCHEDULING AND ADDRESS ASSIGNMENT WITHIN AN AD-HOC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for address assignment and node scheduling within an ad-hoc communication system is provided herein. During operation a personal area network coordinator (PANC) ( | 12-10-2009 |
