Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Frank J. Bogacz
  • Patent number: 7376225
    Abstract: A network (30) of a telecommunication system (100) receives requests (31) for feature transfers from one user (10) to another user (20). In addition, network initiated feature transfer marks a call agent (61) for feature transfer. Subsequent call attempts from a call agent (51) are redirected (63) by the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernerd R. McKibben, Pramodkumar Patel, Derek A. Oxley
  • Patent number: 7187759
    Abstract: A voice mail method screens calls made by a calling subscriber (10) to a called subscriber (20) which is unavailable (or otherwise screening calls). The screening method determines (110) whether the called subscriber (20) has a voice mail screening feature. An internet protocol multi-media system (50) receives the call from the called subscriber (114). The internet protocol multi-media system then transfers call control to a voicemail screening server which plays subscriber (20) the beginning of the voicemail message being left by subscriber (10) and offers to-route the call back to the called subscriber (20). The called subscriber then indicates via a short code whether the called subscriber will accept the call (124).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Inventors: Pramodkumar Patel, Erwin P. Comer
  • Patent number: 7159148
    Abstract: A mobile subscriber (20) initiates a request for packet data services (100). As the request is processed from network node (40) to network node (50), the transmission is checked for errors (104). For successive failures, exceeding a threshold (108), an alarm condition along with a cause code corresponding to the particular network node is sent to a network system manager (114).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin G. Dunlop, Harry H. Dill
  • Patent number: 7158806
    Abstract: A call setup method (50) makes an early detection if a mobile call is to be placed (52). The mobile unit (10) then checks to insure that the battery life of the mobile unit is above a threshold level (56). If the battery level is sufficient, the mobile unit begins an early scan for an RF acquisition message (60).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: John M. Harris, Ronald T. Crocker
  • Patent number: 7149516
    Abstract: A personal home location register (HLR) (10 –20) is modifiable directly by a user. The personal HLR then communicates with a telecommunications service provider (30) to directly affect changes in the personal HLR. The network HLR (70) of the telecommunications service provider simply points to the personal HLR of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter J. Armbruster, Stephen D. Magee, Bradley R. Schaefer
  • Patent number: 7149515
    Abstract: Transcoding needs and selection are performed by a central call control function (17, 35). Each transcoder (18, 23, 34, 36) registers with the appropriate call control (17, 35). The call control then determines whether a vocoder is required at all. If vocoding is required, call control (17, 35) selects the appropriate transcoder (18, 34) and inserts the appropriate transcoder into the bearer traffic stream (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas G. Hallin, Keith A. Olds, William N. Shores
  • Patent number: 7142537
    Abstract: A third generation (3G) gateway provides the facilities for extending a number of internet protocols between a second generation (2G) network and a 3G network. The various messages of a session initiation protocol (SIP) are extended to provide user identification and server identification subfields. The SIP message extensions facilitate the communication of 2G and 3G networks for the purposes of implementing push-to-talk and dispatch service features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: William N. Shores, Barbara M. Desutter, Thomas G. Hallin, Edward J. Neyens, Robert J. Thomas
  • Patent number: 7130275
    Abstract: An automatic protection arrangement for a communication system (100) provides a working line terminal equipment (300 and a link (1A) for transmitting bearer traffic from a number of bearer payload processors (50-N) to a switching center (10). The arrangement also has a protection line terminal equipment (35) and link (2A) coupled to the switching center (10). For detected faults, an instantaneous switch over occurs of the bearer traffic of the bearer payload processors (50-N) from the working line terminal equipment (30) to the protection line terminal equipment (35).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel L. Gross, Gregory C. Ladden, Karl E. Miller, Stephen S. Sawyer
  • Patent number: 7116786
    Abstract: A method for interception of encrypted end-to-end (12, 14) communication data stores encryption keys (42, 44) of secure communication users. Upon intercept activation (47) a decrypt function (20) provides plain text data to an authorized appropriate law agency (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernerd R. McKibben, Erwin P. Comer, William Turner Scott
  • Patent number: 7103809
    Abstract: A method for selecting (64) a server (30, 40 or 50) is based upon an available server capacity indication (66) for each of the servers. A server may become faulty. Repeated attempted selection (63) of a faulty server exponentially decreases (70) the probability of selecting the faulty server. The method performs a ratio of a currently available capacity for each server of a pool of servers to the total available capacity for all the servers in the pool (64). The server capacities for the pool of servers are dynamically changed (68, 70).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas J. Schlangen
  • Patent number: 7085575
    Abstract: In a mobile telecommunication system (10), a number of user equipments (40–45) may receive multimedia broadcast multicast services. The method for power allocation and user assignment for MBMS services determines any number (K) of user equipments which may be served without complete cell area coverage (78). For more than K user equipments (40–45) requesting MBMS services, dedicated channels are assigned (84). For user equipments requesting MBMS service during a broadcast, such user equipment is assigned to the channel (broadcast or dedicated) with the lower power requirement, if power is available. If the user is assigned to the broadcast channel, and power is available, power of the broadcast channel is adjusted (108). Otherwise, the power of the broadcast channel is increased and no further power is indicated as being available (112).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Aicard Fabien, Amitava Ghosh, Rapeepat Ratasuk
  • Patent number: 7076265
    Abstract: A mobile unit 40 which is in a soft handoff condition 50 with a base station (32) has the power transmitted by the base station (32) on the mobile link (52) controlled. The base station (32) determines (70) when a frame erasure count reaches a particular level N. The base station then places this link in a clamped state (72) at minimum power. When the base station determines that M consecutive good frames have been received (92), the base station restores the link (52) to a normal state (94). A recovery arrangement (100, 110 and 120) prevents clamping by all base stations (32–34) and loss of the link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel R. Tayloe, Chih-Ming J. Chiang, Mark T. Pflum, Zaigham A. Kazmi
  • Patent number: 7058407
    Abstract: A controller (102) in a fixed network of a wireless data communication system (100) transmits an indication that a diversity transmission of the information stream is available. When predetermined capabilities of a user equipment (112) and the fixed network are sufficient to allow soft combining of a primary transmission and the diversity transmission of bits of the information stream in the user equipment, the controller further transmits primary and diversity transmissions in a manner that facilitates soft combining in the user equipment, and transmits a group identity of the information stream to indicate that the information stream is in the primary and diversity transmissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhijun Chi, Mansoor Ahmed, Robert Mark Harrison
  • Patent number: 7054323
    Abstract: A network requested PDP context activation (57) allows push applications (45) to unsolicited transmit push data to a mobile station (10). A gateway (30), GGSN (Gateway GPRS Support Node), typically initiates the network requested PDP context activation (57).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Cindy J. Viola, Jheroen P. Dorenbosch, Douglas A. White
  • Patent number: 7043249
    Abstract: A packet data serving node (106) initiates a packet data session update procedure with the RAN by passing a session update message containing packet data session parameters associated with at least one packet data service to a packet control function (111) which may be part of a radio access network (110). The session parameter may include a packet data service inactivity timer, QoS parameters, user information or any other session related parameters. Packet control function (111) examines the PSDN code and inhibits tearing down the link (A10/A11) between PCF (111) and PDSN (106). Further, if a handoff occurs, the BS passes the packet data session parameters associated with each of the service instances to the MSC that in turn passes them on the target BS of the handoff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventor: Shahab M. Sayeedi
  • Patent number: 7043198
    Abstract: The present invention utilizes a dual polarization reception system (200) that utilizes the energy available in orthogonal polarizations to effectively increase link margin, thereby allowing for adequate signal quality reception in difficult environments. A co-polarized and a cross-polarized signal are separately downconverted and demultiplexed. The signals from each demultiplexed output are then sampled and weighted. The weighted samples for each polarity are combined in soft decision combining/decoding circuitry (255, 360), and this circuitry determines the most likely state of a received symbol's transmitted value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Duke Edward Hanson, Thomas Peter Emmons, Jr., Robert Anthony Peters, James William Startup, Peter Monsen, Norbert Kleiner
  • Patent number: 7031273
    Abstract: For a network server (35) communicating with a wireless unit (10) via a Session Initiation Protocol, a retransmission method (50) first sets a timer based upon a time likely for a mobile unit to respond (54). Then the network server waits for a response (56). When the timer set for the kind of mobile unit being used expires (64), a retransmit of the original SIP request takes place (68). Optionally, modes for waiting may include a linear mode (72) and an exponential mode (74).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: William N. Shores, Nandakishore A. Albal, Louis C. Depalma, Thomas P. Emmons, Jr., Derek A. Oxley
  • Patent number: 7031280
    Abstract: A wireless communication unit (101, 200), network switch (112, 300) and corresponding methods facilitate routing and handover or handin of calls from a second network (105) to a first network (103) when the unit has been operating in second network and is being handed in to the first network. The communication unit comprises a transceiver (203) and a controller (209) arranged to operate with the transceiver to determine (503) that the wireless communication unit is within a coverage area of the first network; to exchange messages (505, 507) corresponding to call appearance information with the switch in the first network; to decide whether a call within the second network can be handed in to the first network based on the exchange of the messages (507); and to initiate (519, 619) a handin of the call to the first network only when the decision is affirmative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventor: Niranjan N. Segal
  • Patent number: 7016315
    Abstract: A user terminal (10) using an internet protocol using session initiation protocol to interconnect a number of user terminals (11–13) in a conference call. A conference bridge (30) or user terminal (10) detects speech of one of the user terminals (203). A “babble ” timer is started (207). The speaker is allowed to continuously speak until silence is detected (217) or until the “babble” timer timers out (211).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter J. Armbruster, Bradley R. Schaefer, Mark L. Shaughnessy
  • Patent number: 7002987
    Abstract: A common services and applications agent (10) handles a number of input sources of voice and data information (11–16). These sources of voice and data information are converted (20) to session initiation protocol. The session initiation protocol for the voice and data information is provided to the communication network (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark L. Shaughnessy, Peter J. Armbruster, Bradley R. Schaefer