Abstract: A wireless personal area network (WPAN) system includes a plurality of WPAN devices using encrypted wireless communication therebetween when in an enabled state and not wirelessly communicating when in a disabled state. At least one of the WPAN devices includes a WPAN identity reader for reading at least one identifying parameter of a user, for confirming that the user is an authorized user based upon reading the at least one identifying parameter, and for wirelessly communicating with at least one other WPAN device to switch the at least one other WPAN device from the disabled state to the enabled state based upon confirming the user is an authorized user.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 27, 2005
Publication date:
July 27, 2006
Applicant:
Research In Motion Limited, a Canadian corporation
Inventors:
Herbert Little, Scott Rose, Scott Totzke, Mihal Lazaridis
Abstract: A communications system includes a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) user agent. A server communicates with the SIP user agent and allocates an SIP ID for the user agent for subsequent communications using SIP. A database can be associated with the server and contain data relating to free SIP ID's that can be allocated to the SIP user agent and allocated SIP ID's.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 16, 2004
Publication date:
March 16, 2006
Applicant:
Research In Motion Limited, a Canadian corporation
Abstract: A communications system may include at least one mobile wireless communications device, and a wireless communications network for sending text messages thereto. More particularly, the at least one mobile wireless communications device may include a wireless transceiver and a controller cooperating therewith for receiving text messages. The controller may be switchable between a normal message mode and an audio message mode. Also, the at least one mobile wireless communications device may further include a user interface device connected to the controller for receiving at least one audio mode filter parameter from a user, and an audio output connected to the controller. The controller, when in the audio message mode, may select received text messages based upon the at least one audio mode filter parameter, and output audio messages including speech generated from the selected text messages via the audio output.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 1, 2004
Publication date:
September 1, 2005
Applicant:
Research In Motion Limited, a Canadian corporation
Abstract: A battery charger may include a charger connector to be coupled to a corresponding device connector of a portable device including a rechargeable battery. The battery charger may also include a charging circuit connected to the charger connector, and a controller connected to the charger connector and the charging circuit. The controller may be for causing a portable device connected to the charger connector to identify its corresponding portable device type and its corresponding rechargeable battery type from among a plurality of different portable device types and different battery types, and for causing the charging circuit to charge the rechargeable battery based thereon.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 11, 2004
Publication date:
August 11, 2005
Applicant:
Research In Motion Limited, a Canadian corporation