Abstract: A method of storing data in a network database system comprising receiving a first value for a dataset, the first value corresponding to a first node, storing the first value for the dataset, receiving a second value for the dataset, the second value corresponding to a second node, wherein the first value is different from the second value, identifying a conflict between the first value for the dataset and the second value for the dataset, and storing the second value for the dataset along with the first value for the dataset and resolving the conflict by query of an authoritative data source.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for reducing the number of base stations used for paging a mobile station by obtaining a higher location precision of the mobile station by providing a first location update at a first location register from a wireless communication device (515, 520); sending a second location update to a second location register in response to the first location update (525, 530); and determining the location of the wireless communication device based on at least one of the first location register and the second location register (535), wherein the first location register corresponds to a first location area and the second location register corresponds to a second location area. The invention proposes to include a universal location area server (305) to perform a correlation between the first location register and a second location register to obtain the reduced set of base stations.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the need for an apparatus and method for providing dispatch group and individual call services on a CDMA communication system. Generally, the present invention discloses modifications to the IS-95 CDMA standard such as substituting a dispatch identifier (e.g., 201) for the Electronic Serial Number (ESN) used to generate CDMA long-code masks (e.g., 211). In the present invention, transmitted voice information is encoded using a long-code mask thus derived. In addition, a dispatch identifier is used to determine (306 and 404) the appropriate paging resource for transmitting and receiving dispatch call pages.