Patents Examined by Marisol Fahnert
  • Patent number: 8107978
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method and system for allowing voice short message service (SMS) messaging using methods of recipient addressing as used by text SMS messaging. A user creates a text SMS message and addresses the message to a recipient. The address of the recipient may be obtained from the address book stored locally on the user's mobile device. A client application intercepts the text SMS message and prompts whether the user wants to include a voice SMS message. If the user wants to include the voice SMS message, the user's voice message is recorded on a server. The text message along with a notification of the voice message is transmitted to the recipient. The recipient may use the information in the voice message notification to access and listen to the user's recorded voice message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Kirusa Inc.
    Inventors: Ewald C. Anderl, Ajay Kumar Thapar, Chinna Marudhu Pandian Chockalingam
  • Patent number: 8103281
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a method for communicating in a wireless communication network (1) comprising a number of cells (2.1, 2.2, 2.3) served by respective base stations (3). According to the proposed method, the following steps are performed: splitting up one at least one of a frequency bandwidth and a time interval allocated to the communication in at least a first part and a second part; using said first part for communication according to a first reuse scheme; and using said second part for communication according to a second reuse scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Denis Rouffet, Alistair Urie
  • Patent number: 8095153
    Abstract: A system and a method generate a recommendation on a mobile device. The system and the method may use a time, a location, a venue and/or an event to generate the recommendation. Further, the system and the method may use an event database to determine current interests of the user. Still further, the system and the method for generating a recommendation on a mobile device may use a transactional history of the user and/or behavior of other users to generate the recommendation. The system and the method may recommend, for example, digital media, news and event information, editorial content and/or physical or digital merchandise. As a result, the system and the method may generate a recommendation that corresponds to the current interests of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Packet Video Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Jenkins, Jeff Rayfield
  • Patent number: 8081958
    Abstract: A mobile device, system, and method are directed towards enabling a user, virtually on the fly, to invite another user to participate in an on-line conferencing session, by providing a link that automatically enables the other user to participate in the conferencing session. In one embodiment, the conferencing session is a text messaging conference session, such as one that might employ instant messaging, or the like. In one embodiment, a user may request a conferencing session to be established, by sending a request to a server device. The request may, include an identifier of an invitee with whom the first user wishes to communicate. The server determines a unique link for the invitee and session, and sends the invitee an invite message with their unique link. Selecting the unique link enables the invitee to automatically access and to participate in the conferencing session with the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Gustav Söderström, Nathanael Joe Hayashi
  • Patent number: 8078187
    Abstract: A wireless communication system including a wireless relay station storing a priority table in which identifiers of the communications that are relayed with higher priority are registered, a wireless relay device relaying communications specified by the communication identifiers registered in the priority table with higher priority than other communications, a stream server receiving communication start requests from any of the wireless terminals and sends to the wireless relay station communication identifiers specifying the communications that are about to be started, and requests registration in the priority table, and a wireless relay station registering the communication identifiers whose registration has been requested in the priority table, such that a proportion S/U of a sum S of consumption bandwidths of the communications specified by communication identifiers registered in the priority table to the available bandwidth U of the wireless network does not exceed a predetermined upper limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Ryuichi Matsukura, Hitoshi Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 8073458
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems and methods that facilitate the allocation of spectrum for wireless communications. A database may be maintained that includes spectrum that has been offered by spectrum holders for use by spectrum users. Portions of the offered spectrum that have been allocated to spectrum users may be identified, the remainder of the offered spectrum being unallocated spectrum. A request specifying aspects of desired spectrum may be received from a user. A lack of available spectrum from the offered spectrum that fulfills the specified aspects in the request may be identified. Unallocated spectrum from a corresponding spectrum offer may be apportioned to fulfill the request with unallocated spectrum that matches the time duration and the geographic area aspects of the request and that has a frequency range that is shifted from the frequency range of the request for at least a portion of the time duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Spectrum Bridge, Inc.
    Inventor: Randall C. Chang
  • Patent number: 8064926
    Abstract: A method and device for controlling the operability of a transmitter on a mobile communications device by determining if the mobile communications device is located proximate to an operator's seat of a vehicle. A condition parameter of the mobile communications device may be determined. The transmitter on the mobile communications device may be disabled in response to the mobile communications device being located proximate to an operator's seat of a vehicle and further in response to the determined condition parameter. The transmitter on the mobile communications device may be enabled, in response to determining that the mobile communications device is not located in a restricted location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Embarq Holdings Company, LLC
    Inventors: Jamie Christopher Howarter, Charles Michael Lesher, Jeffrey Sweeney, Robert J. Morrill, Heather Hull
  • Patent number: 8032178
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal comprises a first body, a first key button part disposed on a front surface of the first body, a second body rotatable connected to the first body such that the second body is rotatable about a longitudinal axis of the first body, a display disposed on a front surface of the second body, a camera disposed on a rear surface of the first body, and a sliding cover slidably connected to the first body. When the sliding cover is in a closed state, the first key button part and the camera are covered by the sliding cover, and when the sliding cover is in an opened state, the first key button part and the camera are exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kyoosung Choi, Yiseob Park
  • Patent number: 8032188
    Abstract: A cellular phone apparatus that is designed to mount at least one cellular phone and also alert an individual when any one of the cellular phones mounted within the apparatus receives a call. One embodiment of the apparatus can hold one cellular phones, while another embodiment of the apparatus can hold three cellular phones. The phones are preferably placed into “vibrate” mode when being placed within the apparatus. When a phone mounted within the apparatus receives a call, the vibration of that cellular phone will activate the apparatus, causing the apparatus to make a ringing sound and alert an individual of the incoming call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Inventor: James R. Walker, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7991409
    Abstract: Stationary wireless network stations are woken up using Wake-on-WLAN functionality. Wake-on-WLAN is provided by paging stations in a wireless network. Paging may support mobile stations across multiple access points. Paging may also support stationary nodes with reduced overhead. Wake-on-WLAN is also provided to stationary stations in idle mode by signifying a wake-on event in a traffic indication map (TIM). Wake-on events may occur when a station is associated or disassociated with an access point. Upon receiving a wake-on event, a station associates or reassociates with an AP if necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Emily H. Qi, James Tsai, Myron Hattig
  • Patent number: 7978650
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for processing media data so that an MBS is supported in a BWA communication system. A traffic processing method supports an MBS in a broadband wireless access communication system having a number of base stations and at least one contents server for transmitting various media traffics to the base stations. The method includes reserving a resource for MBS burst assignment with regard to the base stations; requesting the contents server to provide a traffic to be transmitted to the base stations when the resource has been successfully reserved; shaping a media traffic transmitted by the contents server; and transmitting the media traffic to the base stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Geun-Hwi Lim, Jun-Hyung Kim, Joon-Ho Park, Yong Chang
  • Patent number: 7974631
    Abstract: A method and system for efficient resource allocation based on distributed scheduling in a wireless communication system including heterogeneous mobile stations. The method includes receiving, by a base station, a first message including resource request quantity information from at least one heterogeneous mobile station using different resource allocation schemes; calculating, by the base station, a shadow price for a corresponding mobile station based on the resource request quantity information associated with the corresponding mobile station; and transmitting a second message including resource allocation quantity information determined based on the shadow price to the corresponding mobile station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung-Woo Cho
  • Patent number: 7965977
    Abstract: Various methods, apparatuses, and systems are described in which a WAP is coupled to an antenna unit and provides a wireless LAN. In one embodiment, the antenna unit includes at least one remote antenna circuit having one or more ports to receive a control signal and a transmit signal transmitted from the WAP located in a multi-tone transmitter-receiver. Each remote antenna circuit includes a transmit amplifier unit that amplifies the transmit signal, a receive amplifier unit that amplifies a receive signal, and control unit that receives the control signal. The control unit controls an operation of the transmit and the receive amplifier units to extend a range of the wireless WAP with the at least one remote antenna circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: 2Wire, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Barry Angell, Steve Maher
  • Patent number: 7962151
    Abstract: A user who loses or has stolen his wireless telephone can access an Internet server that prompts the phone to send to the server (and, hence, the user) the GPS location of the phone. Also, when a wireless telephone reaches a low voltage state, indicating the imminent loss of the ability to call the phone to cause it to ring as a location aid, the phone automatically sends its last GPS location to the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: David John Blackman, Jennifer Lee-Baron, David Wayne Wall, Peter Hamilton Wetsel
  • Patent number: 7894822
    Abstract: A node (5) for use in a cellular network (4) to control the transmission of data from a radio base station (3) in the cellular network to a mobile terminal (1), is proposed, said node (5) comprising memory (7) for storing a channel quality value reported by the mobile terminal, and acknowledgement messages received from the mobile terminal, and calculating means (9) for calculating an adjustment value for the channel quality value based on the acknowledgement messages. The calculating means (9) is arranged to calculate said adjustment value for the perceived channel quality value taking into account at least two responses related to at least two blocks, and calculate said adjusted value using the adjustment value. The evaluation may be based on consecutive acknowledgement messages or on statistics derived from a plurality of messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventor: Anders Jonsson
  • Patent number: 7885651
    Abstract: A newly-installed wireless base station collects, in an on-demand manner, cell setting information that includes position information, transmission power information, and radio frequency information from one or more neighboring base stations without using radio wave information, and determines its own radio frequency and transmission power level based on the cell setting information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Masaya Akihara
  • Patent number: 7877084
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system that enables telephone users to specify parameters that will be used in filtering incoming calls to the user's telephone device. The invention can use parameters known in telephone use such as call cost or roaming detection of mobile telephone device and user-defined settings to enable users to control costs and improve efficiency when using their cell telephones especially outside their home network and/or time zone. These call filtering parameters serve to activate the call filtering method of the present invention. The user can choose parameters that specify telephone call cost and user time zone location as threshold parameters that can trigger activation of the call filtering method of the present invention. When those parameters are exceeded, the system will enable the user-defined settings that determine how to process or direct incoming calls. The method and system of this invention can include dynamic parameters (i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jennifer Martin, John Nathan Tolva
  • Patent number: 7877062
    Abstract: An exemplary ambient noise filtering method includes: sampling ambient noise signals to obtain multiple groups of sampled signals; analyzing each group of the sampled signals in each sampling period to determine ambient noise frequency band(s) in each sampling period, wherein the ambient noise frequency band is a frequency band where the ambient noise distributes; determining main noise frequency band(s) by statistically analyzing all the ambient noise frequency bands, wherein the main noise frequency band is a frequency band where the ambient noise concentrates and mainly distributes; and filtering the ambient noise out of signals generated during a communication by filtering the determined main noise frequency band(s) if the main noise frequency band(s) does not have a same range as that of a speech frequency band. Related exemplary mobile phone performing the method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shih-Fang Wong, De-Zhi Li
  • Patent number: 7865198
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for a message exchange service, especially to a service method for transmitting/receiving an SMS (Short Message Service) or MMS (Multimedia Message Service) information from a mobile terminal to a residential device, or from a residential device to a mobile terminal, characterized by including a mobile terminal; Internet; a home network serving node (HNSN) system; an SMS server; and an indoor residential gateway (RG) having a plurality of residential devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: SK Telecom Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Young-Sik Shin
  • Patent number: 7860517
    Abstract: A method, a computer readable medium and a system for using a mobile agent to track a mobile device using a plurality of location breadcrumbs in an environment where network access may be unreliable, comprising, registering with a tracking server by a tracking client to receive a location of the mobile agent, receiving a location breadcrumb by the tracking server from the mobile agent, and reporting the location of the mobile agent by the tracking server to the tracking client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Inventors: John P. Patoskie, Robert R. Hauser