Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for signal transmission and reception between a user equipment, a base station, and a server in a mobile communication system. The user equipment obtains control information related to traffic associated with the user equipment. The user equipment transmits a user plane message created based on the control information, to the server, via the base station.

Abstract: A mobile device includes a positioning module sampling at least a position of the mobile device at a sampling rate when active and a processor capable of determining whether a mobile device is travelling or dwelling based on at least the sampled position of the mobile device. The processor further identifies a travel mode for a trip segment for the mobile device based on at least the sampled position of the mobile device when the mobile device is travelling and identifies an activity when then the mobile device is dwelling.

Abstract: Systems and methods can support connection-oriented messaging and signaling. Connection-oriented messaging channels may be established between wireless mobile computing devices within a local-area wireless network. Timeouts, acknowledgements, and other events within the connection-oriented messaging channel may be monitored. Connectivity disruptions may be rapidly identified in response to failures within the connection-oriented messaging channel. Reconnection permits may be issued to control reconnection attempts during connectivity disruptions. The messaging connection manager can buffer undelivered messages during the connectivity disruptions for retransmission of the undelivered messages upon reestablishing connectivity. The messaging connection manager can support messages for setting up, tearing down, and managing streaming communications, such as voice calls, between the wireless mobile computing devices.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure include a device for geo-fence monitoring. The device includes a first positioning circuit, a second positioning circuit, and a control circuit. The first positioning circuit is configured to determine a position of the device before becoming inactive. The second positioning circuit is configured to determine an estimated distance that the device travels relative to the position. The control circuit is configured to reactivate the first positioning circuit when the estimated distance exceeds a first predetermined threshold and a difference between a current wireless fingerprint and a previous wireless fingerprint exceeds a second predetermined threshold.

Abstract: A system may comprise a processor-based portable device having a communication unit and a position determining unit and a life circle database. One or more life circle records are defined in the life circle database. Each life circle record is associated with a position/location and comprises contact information and/or instructions to be applied for contacting at least one responder and/or for performing one or more predefined operations in case of a distress situation of a bearer of the processor-based portable device. A life circle record to be used at a distress situation is selected on the basis of a current position of the processor-based portable device.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for activating a mobile terminal to communicate over a communication network are provided. The method includes retrieving, by a terminal, provisioning data associated with the communication network, transferring, by the terminal, the provisioning data to the mobile terminal, and configuring communication settings of the mobile terminal using the provisioning data.

Abstract: A system for transferring a profile that is stored at an authentication module includes: a first terminal that includes a first authentication module and that operates based on a user profile that is stored at the first authentication module; a second terminal that includes a second authentication module and that requests the user profile by transmitting a first message including user identification information; and a management server that receives the first terminal and that acquires a profile that is stored at the first terminal based on user identification information and that transmits the acquired profile to the second terminal, wherein the first terminal exports the stored profile, and the second terminal installs a profile, having received from the management server at the second authentication module.

Abstract: A network device receives business logic for Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) policies and automatically generates a policy list based on the business logic. The network device receives signaling messages for user equipment and determines, based on the policy list, policy decisions that are responsive to each of the signaling messages. The network device further logs a decision flow associated with each of the signaling messages and corresponding policy decisions; determines, based on the logging, if the policy list can be structured more efficiently; and automatically updates the policy list when the policy list can be structured more efficiently.

Abstract: Communication groups are formed based on mobile station location history. The process includes receiving, at a controller device, a group formation request from a requesting device, the request specifying a location and a time window, identifying one or more mobile stations determined to be within a threshold area relative to the location during the time window, and causing a communication group to be created including the identified one or more mobile stations. A further process includes a requesting device configured to identify a location and time window associated with an event, transmit a group formation request specifying the location and the time window and requesting formation of a communication group comprising mobile stations located within a threshold area relative to the location during the time window, and transmit using a communication group identifier provided to the requesting device.

Abstract: A method of utilizing location information to augment biometric screening. In some aspects, the method includes determining a mobile computing device's likely location, the mobile computing device associated with a user, and augmenting biometric analysis with the device's likely location. Augmenting biometric analysis with the device's likely location may involve increasing or decreasing a confidence level of the biometric analysis based on the device's likely location. The method may also include determining that the mobile computing device is not moving and entering into a waiting state until the mobile computing device is moving, and/or predicting the mobile computing device's likely location. The subject technology also encompasses mobile computing devices and/or systems programmed and/or configured to perform and/or facilitate the above methods.

Abstract: A mobile device is associated with a mobile communications network. The mobile device comprises: a transmitter for sending a request, to the mobile communications network, for a secure location verification (LV) message; a receiver for receiving the requested LV message, wherein the LV message is digitally secured so as to enable a selected third party application program to verify an authenticity of the LV message, wherein the LV message comprises location data determined by the mobile communications network as representing a location of the mobile device and identification data for identifying the mobile device; and the transmitter for sending the received LV message to the third party application program so as to enable the third party application program to verify the location of the mobile device.

Abstract: A position-based mobile terminal power management device, includes a positioning module connected to the power management and control module; a network connection monitoring module connected to the power management and control module; a power management and control module connected to the positioning module, network connection monitoring module, storage module, and terminal function module respectively; a storage module connected to the power management and control module; and a terminal function module connected to the power management and control module. With the device, a mobile terminal can automatically enable or disable the accessory devices thereof according to the position of the mobile terminal, thus saving power and facilitating use by a user.

Abstract: The present invention is method and system that uses a mobile phone and has the ability to call and/or text one or more pre-programmed numbers once an emergency application on the mobile device is actuated without requiring any additional steps on the part of the user. In order to make this communication, the user preferably only needs to touch a simple and enlarged emergency button. The invention is catered to elderly individuals who can be prone to struggle with the functions on common mobile devices. If the user triggers the emergency call function, the mobile device will automatically call and/or text certain designated contacts of the user.

Abstract: This disclosure includes systems and methods for adjusting one or more roaming parameters using information regarding WLAN activity and/or a connection characteristic indicative of the reliability of the connection.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a touch panel, an operation position detecting unit that detects an operation position, in a locked state, at which a touch operation has been made on the touch panel, an ear pinna determining unit that determines whether the touch operation has been made by a user's ear pinna, according to the detected operation position, and an ear pinna operation accepting unit that, if the touch operation is determined to have been made by the user's ear pinna, accepts an operation input made by the touch operation by the ear pinna.

Abstract: A method of controlling a mobile communication terminal including a first antenna and a second antenna is provided. The method includes receiving transmission data to be transmitted, applying first power smaller than a first threshold value to the first antenna, applying second power smaller than the first threshold value to the second antenna, and cooperatively transmitting the transmission data based on the first power and the second power, respectively, by the first antenna and the second antenna, wherein a sum of the first power and the second power is larger than a second threshold value.

Abstract: There is provided a method of enabling identification of a wireless device in a wireless communication environment, the wireless device being attached to a cellular radio communication network. The method comprises the step of the wireless device sending, to a network node in a Wireless Local Area Network, WLAN, an identifier of the wireless device valid in the cellular radio communication network before or when contacting the WLAN for association of the wireless device in the WLAN. The identifier of the wireless device valid in the cellular radio communication network is signaled in a WLAN message to the network node in the WLAN.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a computer implemented method of processing messages may include providing a dashboard to be displayed to an owner of a brand, the dashboard comprising a message received from a user device, the message comprising an instance of an appearance of a mark or logo of the owner of the brand; receiving a prioritization of the message from the owner of the brand; creating a gallery of messages including the message; and prioritizing the message in the gallery according to the prioritization from the owner of the brand.

Abstract: For an incoming session intended for a user element, a domain selection function (DSF) is provided in a multimedia subsystem (MS) to select a circuit-switched subsystem (CS) or MS domain to use when routing the incoming session to the user element. Regardless of the domain in which incoming sessions are originated, the incoming sessions intended for the user element are routed to an S-CSCF in the MS. The S-CSCF directly or indirectly employs the DSF to determine whether to use the MS or the CS for terminating the incoming session. Based on available domain selection criteria, the DSF will select an appropriate domain, such as the MS or CS, to use for routing the incoming session to the user element. The domain selection decision of the DSF is provided to the S-CSCF, which will proceed by routing the incoming session to the user element via the selected domain.

Abstract: Systems and methods for accomplishing charging operations in a communications network in which a plurality of charging and enforcement (CaE) components operate as enforcement points for a single data communication may include receiving in a server computing device usage records from a first CaE component and a second CaE component, generating correlated usage records by using a common Service Data Flow (SDF) to correlate the one or more usage records received from the first CaE component with the one or more records received from the second CaE component, and using the correlated usage records to determine a charge value that identifies correct charges to be applied.