Patents Examined by Angelica Perez
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Patent number: 7215970Abstract: A messaging applications router (MAR, 1) has router notes (RNs) which interface with external short message service centers (SMSCs). A management node (MN, 12) and each router node maintain a DNS server, and in the routing nodes the DNS servers are linked with a routing agent (RA). Each router node binds to SMSCs transparently to the ESMEs depending upon current load distribution and configuration settings.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2002Date of Patent: May 8, 2007Assignee: Markport LimitedInventors: Louis Corrigan, Joseph Cunningham, John Murtagh
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Patent number: 7197327Abstract: A method system and components for outer loop power control which compensates for changing channel conditions. A target metric, preferably target signal-to-interference ratio (SIR), is adjusted with differing step up and step down levels to converge on a relatively low steady state level of step up and step down target metric adjustments. The initial target SIR remains fixed during an inner loop settling state, followed by incremental target SIR adjustments during a transient state, and smaller incremental target SIR adjustments in a steady state. Step sizes of the adjustments are preferably based on the target block error rate (BLER) and the number of errors detected within predetermined time intervals.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2004Date of Patent: March 27, 2007Assignee: InterDigital Technology CorporationInventors: Chang-Soo Koo, Charles Dennean
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Patent number: 7194253Abstract: Method with which a mobile user in a mobile network can order products, with the following steps: recording an image corresponding to the product to be ordered, linking the image data with a personal identification of the mobile user, transmitting the linked order message to a server in said mobile radio network, comparing said image data with images stored in a product database, each of said image in said database being linked with an identification of the product provider, sending a message containing an identification of the ordered product and of the ordering mobile user to said product provider.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2002Date of Patent: March 20, 2007Assignee: Swisscom Mobile AGInventors: Rudolf Ritter, Eric Lauper
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Patent number: 7177663Abstract: A multi-mode wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) includes at least one antenna, first and second communication mode receivers and a first communication mode transmitter. The first and second receivers simultaneously receive signals from the antenna. The first transmitter generates and sends a first type of signal to the antenna while, at the same time, the second receiver receives a second type of signal from the antenna. In a preferred embodiment, the WTRU further includes a vector multiplier configured to reduce or eliminate interference of signals received by the second receiver, the interference being caused by the first transmitter. The vector multiplier adjusts the phase and amplitude of noise (i.e., spurious in-band noise) measured by the second receiver. The WTRU may further include a second communication mode transmitter configured to generate and send a second type of signal to the antenna.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2004Date of Patent: February 13, 2007Assignee: InterDigital Technology CorporationInventors: Timothy A. Axness, Leonid Kazakevich
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Patent number: 7174126Abstract: In a broadband communications system, e.g., a cable system, programming content can be readily reserved and accessed for viewing using an interactive program guide, a network home graphic user interface (GUI), Quick View Guide, etc., in accordance with the invention. Such programming content may include in-progress programs, future programs and previously broadcast programs which are recorded at a headend in the cable system, and which may or may not have overlapping broadcast times. In addition, the user may reserve programs at a set-top terminal, and may also do so remotely from the terminal through a communications network such as, the Internet, a public switched telephone network (PSTN), a wireless telephone network, etc.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2003Date of Patent: February 6, 2007Assignee: Time Warner Interactive Video Group Inc.Inventors: David McElhatten, Steven Johnson, Robert Benya, Robert B. Golden, James W. Kasanin
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Patent number: 7107085Abstract: A mobile communication terminal having adaptive array antennas is provided that is capable of transmitting signals to an intended base station without interfering other devices, even when a reception error occurs. The mobile communication terminal basically performs array transmission/reception using weight vectors produced in reception to weight and combine signals received via antennas, and thereby receives a desired signal. In transmission, the mobile communication terminal uses the weight vectors used in reception to weight and combine transmission signals and transmits them. However, when an error detection circuit detects a reception error in the desired signal, a transmission control unit turns off a switch for the antenna and transmits the transmission signals in a non-directional pattern via the antenna, so that the transmission signal reaches the intended base station.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2001Date of Patent: September 12, 2006Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., LtdInventor: Yoshiharu Doi
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Patent number: 7107077Abstract: Disclosed is a method for displaying a message in a folder-type mobile terminal including a main body, a sub-body foldably mounted to the main body, said sub-body having a first display mounted on an outer side and a second display mounted on an inner side thereof. Upon receipt of a message, while the sub-body is folded, the mobile terminal displays an indicator indicating receipt of the message on the first display. Upon receipt of a key input corresponding to a user's external display request, the mobile terminal determines whether the first display is set to a double-line display mode. If the first display is set to the double-line display mode, the mobile terminal slidingly displays the received message on a first line of the first display and fixedly displays a message received time and a caller's phone number on a second line of the first display.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2001Date of Patent: September 12, 2006Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jae-Wook Lee
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Patent number: 7095987Abstract: A first downlink transmission beam and a second downlink transmission beam is determined based on a received user-derived signal. The first downlink transmission beam is substantially uncorrelated with the second downlink transmission beam. The first downlink transmission beam is associated with a portion within a first sector. The second downlink transmission beam is associated with a portion within a second sector. A first signal is diversity encoded to produce a first diversity-encoded signal. A second signal is diversity encoded to produce a second diversity-encoded signal. The first diversity-encoded signal is sent over the first downlink transmission beam. The second diversity-encoded signal is sent over the second downlink transmission beam.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2001Date of Patent: August 22, 2006Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Louis R Brothers, Jr., John Cangeme, Alexander Flaig, Samuel J MacMullan, H. Vincent Poor, Tandhoni S Rao, Stuart C Schwartz, Triveni N Upadhyay
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Patent number: 7031659Abstract: A hands-free device includes a communication unit that obtains a Media Access Control (MAC) address of a portable terminal device from the portable terminal device, and an address storing unit that registers one of the MAC addresses that is obtained by the communication unit into the address storing unit itself in response to a registration trigger signal. The hands-free device also includes a control unit that reads the registered MAC address from the address storing unit and specifies a portable terminal device having the read registered address as a communication target device in response to a search trigger signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2002Date of Patent: April 18, 2006Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaaki Tomoda, Toshihiko Kurosaki, Takeshi Hatakeyama, Teruaki Ata, Ken-ichi Moriguchi, Tsuyoshi Kindo
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Patent number: 6975939Abstract: Time-tagged coordinates from session-unique transmissions of wireless devices are collected routinely and stored for later analysis. From this data, one may derive a sequence of wireless device operation from which attributes may be ascertained. Sequences are accumulated until a dense aggregate pattern (900) is formed over a geographic area. Aggregate data is sorted into ranges representing speed of movement and then converted to pixels representing cells (401) in an aggregate matrix (400). Heavily weighted values (402) are assigned to cells (401) that represent a location within a pre-specified spatial error (100) about a data point (101). Lower values are assigned to cells (401) representing paths (200), or corridors, connecting these better-identified locations. As more transmission sessions (500) are added to the matrix (400), the largest weight values (402) cluster as individual cells (401) representing a most likely path (1001).Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2002Date of Patent: December 13, 2005Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the ArmyInventors: Daniel L. Edwards, R. Justin Simpson
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Patent number: 6954622Abstract: A method and system for cooperative transmission power control in a communication system is provided. The method, operating within a system having a base station and at least on mobile station, includes the step of providing a power control data structure having memory fields indexed according to a predetermined parameter set. The next step retrieves from one of the memory fields a transmission power control value and adjusts a transmission power level of the mobile station according to the retrieved value.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2002Date of Patent: October 11, 2005Assignee: L-3 Communications CorporationInventors: David S. Nelson, Lyman D. Horne, Delon K. Jones
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Patent number: 6954660Abstract: A data backup equipment (a charger 12A) has a charging connection terminal (22) to be connected to a charging terminal (20) of a portable telephone (10) and an information transmission connection terminal (26a) to be connected to an external information instrument connection terminal (24a). A data backup section (18) automatically reads the data from the portable telephone in association with a charging operation when the portable telephone begins to be charged through the charging terminal (20).Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2001Date of Patent: October 11, 2005Inventor: Shinji Aoyama
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Patent number: 6950679Abstract: A portable telephone that executes a desired function with simple operations. The portable telephone that executes various functions selected from hierarchically structured menus is provided with dedicated execution keys 9 for instructing execution of functions, a function assigning device for assigning a desired function to an execution key 9, and a function executing device for executing a function assigned to an execution key 9 in response to a pressing of the execution key 9.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2001Date of Patent: September 27, 2005Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kumiko Sugiyama, Masato Namekawa
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Patent number: 6944460Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product for allocating resources to a communication channel between a transmitter and a receiver are disclosed. The receiver implements a procedure that instructs the transmitter to utilize the maximum available bandwidth, consistent with maintaining satisfactory communication channel performance. When the performance of the communication channel degrades, the receiver measures the strength of a communication signal received from the transmitter. If the communication signal strength satisfies a threshold, then the bandwidth dedicated to the communication channel may be decreased, and at least one of the number of bits per symbol and coding rate may be increased. By contrast, if the communication signal strength fails to satisfy a threshold, then the transmitter may increase the transmission power and/or reduce the user rate of the communication link.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2001Date of Patent: September 13, 2005Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)Inventor: Jacobus Haartsen
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Patent number: 6941140Abstract: Each base station in a network has an antenna which is connected in the conventional way to a transceiver for handling normal call traffic on one or more radio channels. In addition there is another transmitter which transmits a test signal on each of several test channels, one for each radio channel available for use by the main transceiver. The transceiver also has a receiver for detecting the test channels. The system is controlled by a timer which ensures that the transmitter and receiver do not operate at the same time. The receive times may be random, or may be co-ordinated between individual base stations. When the receiver is in operation, it will detect transmissions of the test signals from other base stations. The signal strength is measured and the result is used by a control system to determine a preference value for each channel; the stronger the signal detected, the lower the preference value.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2000Date of Patent: September 6, 2005Assignee: British Telecommunications public limited companyInventor: Richard E. Tateson
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Patent number: 6931238Abstract: Radio section 103 multiplies modulated transmission signals A to D respectively by a carrier with a frequency of fA, fB, fC or fD, thereby performs the frequency conversion, and outputs the resultant signals to switch 104. Switch 104 switches between frequency conversion sections fA to fD and between antennas A to D to connect, and timing control section 105 outputs a timing control signal to switching control section 107 at time intervals for which timer 106 is preset. Switching control section 107 controls the switching of switch 104 according to switching patterns which are preset in switching pattern storage section 108 and which are each indicative of a connection relationship between antennas A to D and frequency conversion sections fA to fD.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2000Date of Patent: August 16, 2005Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junichi Aizawa, Osamu Kato, Mitsuru Uesugi, Takeshi Akiyama
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Patent number: 6925304Abstract: A payload data connection arrangement within a core network in a cellular mobile communication network reduces the number of transcodings and reduces the number of transmission devices that are linked in by a more flexible handling of interworking functions. This is achieved by comparing possible payload connections between a core network and access networks for both legs of a call. Based on the result of the comparison, only those devices are linked in that are technically necessary. Methods and devices that are used to set-up data connections with said benefits are illustrated and described.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2001Date of Patent: August 2, 2005Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Heino Hameleers, Frank Hundscheidt, Hermann Dingels, Jarle Fjōrtoft
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Patent number: 6912409Abstract: An improved modular masthead for use in cellular communications networks is described. The masthead unit includes a power amplifier, a duplexer and a local power supply that supplies the power amplifier. The power amplifier is arranged to amplify outgoing communication signals received from a base station. In a preferred embodiment, the masthead also includes a low noise amplifier for amplifying incoming communication signals and passing the amplified incoming communication signals to an associated base station. With this arrangement, the masthead forms a modular unit that is distinct from the base station such that the modular masthead may be replaced independently of the base station. With this arrangement the range of a cell within a cellular network may be changed by simply swapping an existing masthead unit with a second masthead unit having a different power supply thereon and making software changes in the system.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2001Date of Patent: June 28, 2005Assignee: InterWAVE Communications International, Ltd.Inventor: Nicholas S. A. Waylett
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Patent number: 6842615Abstract: A telecommunications network including sub-telecommunications networks for transferring information including packet data which comprises one or more mobile stations, a first sub-telecommunications network, and a second sub-telecommunications network interconnected with the first sub-telecommunications network. The network further includes a number of gateway GPRS support nodes, and one or more gateway GPRS support nodes corresponding to each of the first sub-telecommunications network and the second sub-telecommunications network. Each of the gateway GPRS support nodes is operable to provide interworking between the first and the second sub-telecommunications networks and external packet data networks. The network also includes a system controlled in accordance with a procedure for transferring packet data within a multi-country telecommunications network.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2001Date of Patent: January 11, 2005Assignee: Comsat CorporationInventor: Oguz Angin
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Patent number: 6745004Abstract: A technique for providing secondary DC power to certain satellite payload components to reduce the number of secondary power converters on the satellite. A frequency generator (60) is used as a source of secondary DC power instead of providing separate secondary DC power converters. A plurality of secondary DC power lines is tapped off of the frequency generator (60) and applied to certain satellite payload components, such as LNA/DCs (18) and upconverters (42). Additionally, the secondary DC power available from the frequency generator (60) is used as a secondary DC power source for a satellite beacon assembly (62) that provides a signal to a beacon antenna (74).Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2001Date of Patent: June 1, 2004Assignee: Northrop Grumman CorporationInventors: Bridget M. Martin, Daniel R. Lane