Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for protecting privacy of parties to electronic transactions, such as transactions conducted through a GSM network. An anonymity service provider receives orders directed from its subscriber to a recipient for goods or services, along with information about its subscriber. The anonymity service provider relays the order to the recipient but withholds information about the subscriber, as the subscriber directs. The recipient receives payment for the good or service by way of a voucher from the anonymity service provider.

Abstract: A gateway apparatus including a first inter-device interface configured to communicate with a monitoring apparatus; a second inter-device interface configured to communicate with a plurality of base station apparatuses that are subordinate; and a processor configured to generate second configuration information by a protocol conversion of converting first configuration information to a format compatible with the second inter-device interface, when the first configuration information is received from the monitoring apparatus through the first inter-device interface, the processor further configured to transmit the generated second configuration information to the plurality of base station apparatuses through the second inter-device interface.

Abstract: A method for localizing a vehicle using vehicle-to-X communications is disclosed which provides improved position data. Signals from at least one object arranged outside a vehicle are received using a receiving unit arranged in the vehicle. A signal strength of the received signals is respectively measured and first position data of the vehicle is obtained by utilizing a determined position of using object. Second position data is determined based on the first position data. The signal strength or a change in the received signal strength is incorporated into the determination of the second position data.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide an apparatus that includes a navigation signal receiver and a processing circuit. The navigation signal receiver is to receive, from a plurality of satellites, first ephemeris data. The first ephemeris data is effective for a first time duration. The processing circuit is to predict, based on the first ephemeris data, second ephemeris data. The second ephemeris data is effective for a second time duration that is extended beyond the first time duration. The second ephemeris data is used by the navigation signal receiver to acquire satellite signals for positioning the apparatus during the second time duration.

Abstract: Some embodiments relate to an accessory device that may operate in a first mode, where the first radio of the accessory device is configured to perform cellular communication with a base station, or a second mode, where the second radio of the accessory device is configured to perform short-range communication with a companion device and utilize cellular functionality of the companion device to provide cellular communications through the companion device to the base station. The accessory device may operate to selectively transition between the first mode and the second mode based on one or more factors, such as signal strength of the short-range communication between the accessory device and the companion device, the relative batter level of the two devices, and/or a communications status of the companion device.

Abstract: A mobile virtual network operator is provided. The operator includes a server that is communicatively coupled to a mobile device. The mobile device includes application software provided by the virtual network operator for allowing phone call and data connectivity.

Abstract: The present invention is an applications gateway that offers multiple functions and features for specific geographic venue locations, while providing easy access to advertising, purchasing, and redemption opportunities for that specific geographic venue location. Venue locations can be stadiums, shopping malls, amusement parks, open air spaces where people can congregate, and/or buildings, which most often require the presence of a concentration of people. The venue location may correlate to the location of the hand-held mobile unit or it may be a remote geographic venue location not near the location of the hand-held mobile unit. Access to the gateway application is through a hand-held mobile unit, which can include a mobile phone, smartphone device, or portable computer having a wireless radio transmission connection. (e.g. iPhone, Droid, iPad, Slate, etc.

Abstract: Various components of an electronic device housing and methods for their assembly are disclosed. The housing can be formed by assembling and connecting two or more different sections together. The sections of the housing may be coupled together using one or more coupling members. The coupling members may be formed using a two-shot molding process in which the first shot forms a structural portion of the coupling members, and the second shot forms cosmetic portions of the coupling members.

Abstract: A mobile electronic device such as a mobile phone includes wallet application software for receiving, storing, encrypting, and transmitting selected payment card data. A tab including a programmable magnetic stripe is associated with a controller for receiving transmitted payment card data and programming the stripe with selected data. The tab is mounted directly to the electronic device or to an attachment device removably coupled to the electronic device. The attachment device may comprise a case for the mobile electronic device that allows access to a user interface and display of the mobile electronic device.

Abstract: The invention proposes several improvements related to the management of secure elements, like UICCs embedding Sim applications, these secure elements being installed, fixedly or not, in terminals, like for example mobile phones. In some cases, the terminals are constituted by machines that communicate with other machines for M2M (Machine to Machine) applications.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a malicious call recognition method and apparatus, and belong to the field of mobile communication. The method includes: obtaining call detail record information of the call when a local end makes a call to a peer end, the call detail record information of the call including a call record of the local end within first preset duration that is closest to current time, and/or a call record of the peer end within the first preset duration that is closest to the current time; matching the call detail record information of the call with a malicious model corresponding to a malicious call event included in a preset malicious model library; and determining the call to be a malicious call if the malicious model that matches with the call detail record information of the call is found.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure include a wireless device and a computer readable medium with programmable instructions which when executed cause a processor of the wireless device to securely store a message. The device and computer readable medium are configured to receive a message at the device, filter the message according to at least one predetermined criteria, encrypt the message if the message includes at least the one predetermined criteria, and store the encrypted message in the wireless device.

Abstract: The transmission of a warning message to a mobile terminal in a mobile communication network is triggered by an emergency event. The mobile terminal is first made aware of the need to receive a warning message by reception of an emergency event notification. The warning message is divided into a plurality of message segments. Each segment is transmitted in a separate paging message over a paging channel to mobile terminals in an idle mode. Information is added to each message segment to enable the mobile terminal to discriminate between segments belonging to different warning messages.

Abstract: A system comprising a first interrogator device that includes: a first antenna configured to transmit, to a target device, a first radio-frequency (RF) signal having a first center frequency; a second antenna configured to receive, from the target device, a second RF signal having a second center frequency that is a harmonic of the first frequency; and first circuitry configured to obtain, using the first RF signal and the second RF signal, a first mixed RF signal indicative of a first distance between the first interrogator and the target device. The system further comprises at least one processor configured to determine the first distance based, at least in part, on the first mixed RF signal, and determine a location of the target device based, at least in part, on the determined first distance.

Abstract: Controlling message handling in a mobile communication terminal. A message creation procedure is initiated followed by assigning a destination address to a message. Message content for the message is recorded and subsequent to the assignment of the destination address, a message received from an originating address is recognized. The originating address of the received message is compared with the destination address of the message being recorded. In a case where the comparison results in that the originating address is equal to the destination address the received message is displayed.

Abstract: A system and method for determination the relative location of a mobile object is described that includes building a database of known/expected locations with the exact longitude and latitude for each location. Next, an estimated location for a mobile object is generated using information from the cellular network and an area boundary is defined around the mobile object that defines, with some probability, where the object is actually located. The known locations in the database that fall within the area boundary are then identified and a relative probability is calculated for each known location that indicates its relative likelihood of where the mobile object is actually located. From this information at least the most probable location of the mobile object is determined along with a measure of estimation confidence.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus enabling a mobile device to receive paging notifications from multiple networks. In one embodiment of the present invention, a first device connected to a first network momentarily ignores the first network, to monitor a second network instead. The first device identifies and prioritizes a list of applications of the first network; the prioritized listing allows the first device to preempt one of its lower priority tasks to monitor the second network for paging messages instead. The described methods and apparatus enable e.g., GSM paging for Class B cellular devices which are connected to GPRS NMO-2 type networks. The Class B cellular device can ignore certain GPRS data (which is tolerant to error), to decode GSM paging channels, which would otherwise be missed.

Abstract: To actualize frequency synchronization with each of radio communication systems while suppressing increase in circuit scale of a user terminal in an environment in which the user terminal concurrently communicates with a plurality of radio communication systems with different frequencies, a radio base station of the present invention is a radio base station for forming a narrow-area cell to communicate with a user terminal in a radio communication system where the narrow-area cell is provided inside a wide-area cell, and has a carrier frequency synthesizer that generates a carrier frequency of the narrow-area cell based on a wide-area radio signal transmitted from a radio base station for forming the wide-area cell, and a sampling frequency synthesizer that generates a sampling frequency of a baseband signal of the narrow-area cell based on the wide-area radio signal.

Abstract: A method (30) is provided for a first network node (22) of ensuring validity of a service request. The method (30) comprises receiving (31), from a second network node (13), a first piece of information relating to a destination identifier of the service request; receiving (32), from a communication device (12), a request for the service, the request comprising a second piece of information relating to the destination identifier; and determining (33) the service request to be valid if establishing a correspondence of the first piece of information with the second piece of information, else determining the service request to be invalid. Methods in a second network node (13) and in a communications device (12) are also provided and corresponding devices.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and methods for allowing non-compliant communication devices to receive multimedia messages. In a particular embodiment, a method provides receiving, from a multimedia messaging system, a content identifier that a destination communication device will use to access content of a multimedia message transferred from a first communication device. The method further provides determining a device identifier for the destination communication device and inserting the device identifier into the content identifier. After inserting the device identifier, the method provides transferring the content identifier to the destination communication device.