Patents Assigned to Sprint Communciations Company L.P.
  • Patent number: 8060069
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide ways to track the status of calls made to mobile devices. An illustrative method includes an originating mobile device receiving data from a mobile access network about an outgoing call, utilizing the data from the mobile access network to determine the outcome of the outgoing call, displaying an indicator of the outgoing call on the originating mobile device, and displaying an indicator of the outcome (connected, no answer, voicemail, busy, etc.) on the originating mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Sprint Communciations Company L.P.
    Inventors: Harry Hong-Lun Lai, Sean M. Casey, Woo Jae Lee, Pujan K. Roka, Elizabeth V. Shaw
  • Patent number: 8036690
    Abstract: Systems and methods for transmitting multimedia data are disclosed which, in some embodiments, may comprise polling a first wireless device to obtain at least a first statistics of consumption of content previously transmitted to the first wireless device and polling a second wireless device to obtain at least a second statistics of consumption of content previously transmitted to the second wireless device. The method also comprises determining the resources available to transmit a first content and a second content to the first and second wireless device, wherein the first content to be transmitted to the first wireless device is selected based on the first statistics of consumption, and wherein the second content to be transmitted to the second wireless device is selected based on the second statistics of consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Sprint Communciations Company L.P.
    Inventors: Jason R. Delker, Robin D. Katzer, Todd N. Koellner, Brian D. Mauer, Sei Y. Ng, M. Jeffrey Stone
  • Patent number: 7592959
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for RF suppression is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of mounting a first RF antenna into an RF suppression enclosure. The RF suppression enclosure has an opening in one side of the enclosure. The first RF antenna is aligned with a target area of use through the opening. The RF suppression enclosure is aligned such that radiation from a second RF antenna is reduced by the RF suppression enclosure before reaching the first antenna inside the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Sprint Communciations Company L.P.
    Inventors: John C. Bynum, William A. Ogier, Ross Pierson, Jerrod L. Basgall