Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100029308 | DIRECT MOBILE STATION-TO-MOBILE STATION COMMUNICATION OF MULTIMEDIA MESSAGE SERVICE (MMS) MESSAGES - Multimedia message service (MMS) communications directly between mobile stations avoid interactions with a MMS Center (MMSC). In the examples, the originating station sends a short message service (SMS) message notifying the destination mobile station of the availability of the MMS message. This message provides an IP address of the originating station and an identifier for retrieval of the MMS message. In response, the destination mobile station sends back a packet message using the IP address of the originating station and the identifier, to request retrieval of the MMS message. The request message also includes an IP address for packet communication with the destination station. The originating mobile station uses that address for packet communication of the MMS message to the destination mobile station. In the examples, the destination station sends the MMS message to a regional node, for possible transcoding and/or to facilitate billing. | 02-04-2010 |
20110025491 | FIREARM AND SYSTEM FOR NOTIFYING FIREARM DISCHARGE - A firearm equipped with a capability of wireless communication reports a discharge of the firearm to a reporting center terminal via a wireless communication link. The firearm includes a firearm housing including a trigger assembly. A sensor is coupled to the firearm housing for sensing the discharge of the firearm. The housing, e.g., portion of a pistol grip, also encases a wireless communication unit for transmitting a message indicating occurence of the firearm discharge to the terminal via wireless communication network. A GPS receiver installed in the firearm receives GPS signals from GPS satellites to enable calculation of the location of the firearm, either at the firearm or by a Position Determining Equipment (PDE), to identify the location of the firearm to the reporting center terminal. Upon detection of the discharge of the firearm, the firearm initiates activities of the GPS receiver and the wireless communication unit. | 02-03-2011 |
20110028128 | BROADCAST MEDIA INFORMATION CAPTURE AND COMMUNICATION VIA A WIRELESS NETWORK - An accessory device, such as a mobile telematics unit, captures tags for user desired media content items from a content broadcast, such as a digital radio broadcast or television broadcast. Each tag provides one or more parameters for identification of a song or other audio selection. The accessory device sends each tag over a mobile communications network air interface, with an identifier of an account of a mobile communications network subscriber. A server receives such tag transmissions and compiles a list of one or more tags directly from the accessory device, for the subscriber on the identified mobile service account. In some situations, the server generates a playlist from the stored list of tags and communicates at least a portion of the playlist to a personal media device, upon access by the personal media device to the subscriber's account. | 02-03-2011 |
20110030024 | GRID RECORDING FOR VIDEO-ON-DEMAND - A set top box determines DVR requests that the set top box is not able to record based on a number of scheduled DVR requests. The set top box provides the DVR request to a DVR management server. The DVR management server selects another set top box to record the television content associated with the DVR request based on a number DVR requests the other set top box is scheduled to record. The DVR management server issues a command to the other set top box to record the television content associated with the DVR request. The other set top box provides the recorded television content, associated with the DVR request, to the set top box. | 02-03-2011 |
20110256846 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR MEDIA TRANSFER - Components of a mobile traffic network and components in communication with the network cooperate to confirm whether a mobile station user or account owner has previously purchased media content for a particular mobile station. Media content that has already been purchased by a user can be downloaded by that user to a new mobile station after the initial mobile station is lost, damaged, or upgraded. | 10-20-2011 |
20110269484 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING AN APPLICATION FROM A MOBILE STATION - Systems and methods for recommending an application from a mobile station are shown and described. Components of the network and components in communication with the network cooperate to confirm whether a mobile station recommended to receive the application is capable of executing the application and provisioning the application for transmission to the recommended mobile station. | 11-03-2011 |
20120281534 | VARIABLE AAA LOAD DISTRIBUTION FOR PDSN - A packet data serving node (PDSN) manages sessions between mobile devices and a packet-based network. The PDSN sends requests to and receives responses from an authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) server. The PDSN includes a packet session manager configured to create, maintain, and terminate the sessions between mobile devices and the packet-based network. The PDSN also includes a global AAA manager configured to determine latency in communication between the PDSN and the AAA server based on latencies of responses to at least two requests which the PDSN sends to the AAA server. The global AAA manager determines an adjustment in a load which may be imposed on the AAA sever based on the determined latency and causes the determined adjustment in the load which may be imposed on the AAA server to be implemented. | 11-08-2012 |
20120322473 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATING A RESPONSE FROM A MOBILE STATION - Mobile stations, methods, functionality, and articles of manufactures enable mobile stations to automatically respond to a messaging service message. An application is stored and executed on a mobile station. The application provides functionality to determine response message content for use by the application, receive a mobile messaging service message, and respond automatically, without interaction by the end-user of the mobile station, send a response to the received mobile messaging service message containing the message content for the sender of the received mobile messaging service message. The automatic response application may be user activated or automatically activated under various circumstances including at a specific time, on a regularly scheduled basis, upon detection of movement faster than a predetermined speed, or upon detection of the station being in a mobile vehicle. | 12-20-2012 |
20130163739 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSFERRING CONTROL OF A CONFERENCE BRIDGE - A conference calling system enables transfer of control of a conference bridge. The transferor terminal has an option to transfer control of the conference bridge to a transferee terminal. The transferee terminal has an option to accept or reject control of the conference bridge. When the transferee terminal accepts control prior to the transferor terminal severing control, the control of the conference bridge is transferred to the transferee terminal. However, when the transferee terminal rejects or does not accept within a predetermined time the control of the conference bridge, the transferor terminal is provided an option to transfer control of the conference bridge to alternate terminals, one terminal at a time, until an alternate terminal accepts control or the transferor terminal severs control of the conference bridge. As long as a terminal has control of the conference bridge, the conference bridge is not severed. | 06-27-2013 |
20130329878 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTHORIZING CALL FORWARDING - A call forwarding server in a telephony network is configured to provide an authorization function during activation of a call forwarding service. In response to receiving a forwarding request including initiating and terminating telephone numbers (TN), the call forwarding server generates and sends a request for the terminating TN to obtain authorization for the forwarding service. In response to receiving an authorization response for enabling call forwarding, the call forwarding server enables call forwarding for the initiating TN by updating a call forwarding record to include an entry including the initiating TN and the terminating TN. Communications placed to the initiating TN are automatically forwarded to the terminating TN once the forwarding service is enabled. | 12-12-2013 |
20130337798 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR MEDIA TRANSFER - Components of a mobile traffic network and components in communication with the network cooperate to confirm whether a mobile station user or account owner has previously purchased media content for a particular mobile station. Media content that has already been purchased by a user can be downloaded by that user to a new mobile station after the initial mobile station is lost, damaged, or upgraded. | 12-19-2013 |
20140043141 | SERVICE IDENTIFICATION AUTHENTICATION - A server receives a service personnel identification verification request from a computing device. The request includes identification information obtained via the computing device from a security badge. The computer determines whether there is a security concern with the identification information by comparing the identification information to stored service personnel information in a service personnel database. A response is sent to the computing device indicating the result of the determination, for presentation to a user who may be interacting with a person having the security badge. | 02-13-2014 |
20140058893 | ORDERING FROM A MENU VIA NFC ENABLED MOBILE DEVICE - An NFC-enabled mobile device is used to select one or more items identified on a menu of a business establishment. The mobile device transmits an order for the selected items to a server of the establishment when the mobile device is brought within range of a near field communication terminal at the premises of the establishment. The mobile device receives a message from the server of the establishment via the wireless transceiver of the device. Based on the information from the message, the mobile device presents to the customer an indication of the status of fulfillment of the order. An initial order of the selection may be sent prior to the order by the mobile device through NFC or other networks, or may be sent via a different device. | 02-27-2014 |
20140099922 | INTERFACE FOR SYNCHRONIZING AUTOMATED REPLIES BETWEEN DIFFERENT MESSAGING SYSTEMS - Systems and techniques are provided for synchronizing automated reply configuration settings between different messaging services for an individual user of a mobile device. User account information and an authentication key are registered at a server of a first messaging service associated with the mobile device and a second messaging service associated with a client of the second messaging service. In response to a request for access to an automated reply function of the first messaging service from the client of the second messaging service, it is determined whether or not the client is authorized for access based on a comparison of authentication information included in the client's request with the authentication key registered for the mobile device. If the client is authorized successfully, the client is allowed to access the automated reply function in accordance with configuration information specified in the request from the client. | 04-10-2014 |
20150049754 | TELEPHONY ENABLED INFORMATION EXCHANGE - Systems and methods for IMS telephony enabled information exchange are disclosed. In some implementations, a transfer request to transfer a file from a first user to a second user is received at a IMS gateway and during an ongoing telephone call established between a first device associated with the first user and a second device associated with the second user. The second user on the ongoing telephone call is identified at the IMS gateway. Upon identifying the second user and responsive to the transfer request, the file is transferred from the first user to the second user. | 02-19-2015 |
20150055850 | System For and Method Of Paper Note Authentication and Tracking Through NFC - A system for and method of paper note authentication and tracking through NFC is presented. The system and method includes utilizing an authenticating device to receive paper note data using an NFC reader, transmit the paper note data to an authenticating party, receive an authentication determination and/or additional paper note data, and authenticate the paper note where the authentication determination indicates accordingly. The system and method may further include updating the paper note data upon authentication to prevent duplicate authentication attempts. | 02-26-2015 |
20150058220 | PAYMENT PRE-AUTHORIZATION - A computing device may receive account information identifying a user account and may authenticate the computing device as authorized to configure pre-authorized transactions for the identified user account. The computing device may receive pre-authorization parameters specifying limitations on transactions to be performed using a payment card associated with the user account, the limitations being separate from limitations on use of the payment card specified in a cardholder agreement associated with the payment card, and may provide a pre-authorization request to a transaction authorization server authorizing transactions performed using the payment card, the pre-authorization request including the account information and the pre-authorization parameters. | 02-26-2015 |