Patents by Inventor David William James Holmes
David William James Holmes has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 7076240Abstract: A mobile communication terminal device such as a cellular telephone is provided with a preliminary identifier stored in memory. The identifier allows access to a cellular network for verification and provides essentially unique identification by the network, but is insufficient to allow further use of the network. During verification, the identifier is analyzed by a cellular network processor and a determination is made whether the cellular telephone should have restricted access to the network. Upon favorable completion of the identifier analysis, a signal may be transmitted to the cellular telephone that allows the cellular telephone to have less restricted access to the network.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2004Date of Patent: July 11, 2006Assignee: Cingular Wireless, II, LLCInventor: David William James Holmes
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Patent number: 7006851Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include a apparatus for coupling with a vehicle having a wireless protocol-enabled device, such as a hands-free car kit, and a power supply and for coupling with a wireless device. The wireless protocol may be a protocol such as Bluetooth, and the wireless device may be a wireless phone. The apparatus comprises a charge cord, a vehicle adapter located at a first end of the charge cord, and a connector located at a second end of a charge cord. The vehicle adapter couples the power supply to the charge cord, and the connector couples the charge cord with the wireless device. The apparatus also comprises a wireless protocol module operably connected to the charge cord, wherein the module comprises logic to exchange communications signals between the wireless protocol-enabled device and the wireless device.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2003Date of Patent: February 28, 2006Assignee: Cingular Wireless, II, LLCInventors: David William James Holmes, Thomas Edwin East Nelson
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Patent number: 6915132Abstract: A method and system automatically activates a mobile station in a wireless communications network. The system includes an over the air activation function (OTAF) processor in the network that initiates an activation process in response to receiving a registration message from a mobile switching center serving the mobile station requesting the activation. Each mobile station has a unit of information stored into it at the time of its manufacture to enable it to request over the air activation. That unit of information is either the network routing address of the OTAF processor, or alternately, it is a value that is translatable into that address, either an OTAF ID number that is the same value for every mobile station or it is a sequentially serialized dummy value for the mobile identification number (a dummy MIN). When the mobile station is turned on for the first time in the network, it requests activation over the air by transmitting to the local mobile switching center a registration order.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2001Date of Patent: July 5, 2005Assignee: AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.Inventors: Arun K. Chatterjee, Brian Kevin Daly, David William James Holmes, Ileana A. Leuca
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Patent number: 6889065Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include a system and method for adapting a wireless device, such as a Bluetooth-enabled mobile device or other Bluetooth-enabled device to a hands-free car kit or similar system. The adapter module is physically configured so that it can be inserted directly into the cradle in place of the phone. Once inserted into the cradle, the adapter module makes electrical contact with the connector in the cradle with a matching connector on one side of the adapter module. The mated connectors provide power to the adapter module and bi-directional communications between the adapter module and the hands-free car kit. The adapter module includes circuitry for communicating with the Bluetooth-enabled mobile device and the hands-free car kit in order to exchange communications signals between the Bluetooth-enabled mobile device and the hands-free car kit.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2001Date of Patent: May 3, 2005Assignee: Cingular Wireless II, LLCInventors: David William James Holmes, Edward D. Schmitt, Ibrahim Mohamed, Thomas Edwin East Nelson
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Patent number: 6807168Abstract: A teleservice server in a wireless network provides an interface between a mobile station and an Internet protocol network thereby facilitating data transfers between these elements. The server translates datagrams from the IP network into a format suitable for transmission over a wireless network that provides voice communication capabilities. The server also translates data messages received from the mobile station over the wireless network into a format suitable for appropriate transmission in the IP network.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2002Date of Patent: October 19, 2004Assignee: AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.Inventors: Brian Kevin Daly, David William James Holmes, Michael Luna, Michael P. Moore, John Eric Myhre, Adrian David Smith
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Publication number: 20040185831Abstract: A mobile communication terminal device such as a cellular telephone is provided with a preliminary identifier stored in memory. The identifier allows access to a cellular network for verification and provides essentially unique identification by the network, but is insufficient to allow further use of the network. During verification, the identifier is analyzed by a cellular network processor and a determination is made whether the cellular telephone should have restricted access to the network. Upon favorable completion of the identifier analysis, a signal may be transmitted to the cellular telephone that allows the cellular telephone to have less restricted access to the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2004Publication date: September 23, 2004Inventor: David William James Holmes
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Publication number: 20040176086Abstract: A method and system automatically activates a mobile station in a wireless communications network. The system includes an over the air activation function (OTAF) processor in the network that initiates an activation process in response to receiving a registration message from a mobile switching center serving the mobile station requesting the activation. Each mobile station has a unit of information stored into it at the time of its manufacture to enable it to request over the air activation. That unit of information is either the network routing address of the OTAF processor, or alternately, it is a value that is translatable into that address, either an OTAF ID number that is the same value for every mobile station or it is a sequentially serialized dummy value for the mobile identification number (a dummy MIN). When the mobile station is turned on for the first time in the network, it requests activation over the air by transmitting to the local mobile switching center a registration order.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2004Publication date: September 9, 2004Applicant: AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.Inventors: Arun K. Chatterjee, Brian Kevin Daly, David William James Holmes, Ileana A. Leuca
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Patent number: 6725033Abstract: A mobile communication terminal device such as a cellular telephone is provided with a preliminary identifier stored in memory. The identifier allows access to a cellular network for verification and provides essentially unique identification by the network, but is insufficient to allow further use of the network. During verification, the identifier is analyzed by a cellular network processor and a determination is made whether the cellular telephone should have restricted access to the network. Upon favorable completion of the identifier analysis, a signal may be transmitted to the cellular telephone that allows the cellular telephone to have less restricted access to the network.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2002Date of Patent: April 20, 2004Assignee: AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.Inventor: David William James Holmes
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Patent number: 6636749Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include a apparatus for coupling with a vehicle having a wireless protocol-enabled device, such as a hands-free car kit, and a power supply and for coupling with a wireless device. The wireless protocol may be a protocol such as Bluetooth, and the wireless device may be a wireless phone. The apparatus comprises a charge cord, a vehicle adapter located at a first end of the charge cord, and a connector located at a second end of a charge cord. The vehicle adapter couples the power supply to the charge cord, and the connector couples the charge cord with the wireless device. The apparatus also comprises a wireless protocol module operably connected to the charge cord, wherein the module comprises logic to exchange communications signals between the wireless protocol-enabled device and the wireless device.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2001Date of Patent: October 21, 2003Assignee: AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.Inventors: David William James Holmes, Thomas Edwin East Nelson
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Publication number: 20030063717Abstract: A system and method are provided for automatically providing for connection to electronic addresses received in spoken communications or audio signals. Under one embodiment, a system and method receives telephone calls or other information streams including spoken address information. The spoken address information includes electronic addresses, for example, telephone numbers. The system and method identify the spoken address information, and automatically recognize and extract the identified address information from the information stream. The extracted address information is subsequently available for use in automatically coupling a receiving communication device to electronic devices accessed by or associated with the extracted address information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2001Publication date: April 3, 2003Inventor: David William James Holmes
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Publication number: 20030013442Abstract: A mobile station can be selectively coupled to two or more networks. By maintaining an address translation table and introducing communication between the switching control units within the multiple networks, it is possible to provide notification to the mobile station of the existence of a communication request from a first network while the mobile station coupled to the second network.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2002Publication date: January 16, 2003Inventors: David William James Holmes, Adrian Smith
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Publication number: 20020198031Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include a apparatus for coupling with a vehicle having a wireless protocol-enabled device, such as a hands-free car kit, and a power supply and for coupling with a wireless device. The wireless protocol may be a protocol such as Bluetooth, and the wireless device may be a wireless phone. The apparatus comprises a charge cord, a vehicle adapter located at a first end of the charge cord, and a connector located at a second end of a charge cord. The vehicle adapter couples the power supply to the charge cord, and the connector couples the charge cord with the wireless device. The apparatus also comprises a wireless protocol module operably connected to the charge cord, wherein the module comprises logic to exchange communications signals between the wireless protocol-enabled device and the wireless device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2001Publication date: December 26, 2002Inventors: David William James Holmes, Thomas Edwin East Nelson
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Publication number: 20020197964Abstract: A mobile communication terminal device such as a cellular telephone is provided with a preliminary identifier stored in memory. The identifier allows access to a cellular network for verification and provides essentially unique identification by the network, but is insufficient to allow further use of the network. During verification, the identifier is analyzed by a cellular network processor and a determination is made whether the cellular telephone should have restricted access to the network. Upon favorable completion of the identifier analysis, a signal may be transmitted to the cellular telephone that allows the cellular telephone to have less restricted access to the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2002Publication date: December 26, 2002Inventor: David William James Holmes
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Publication number: 20020197911Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include a system and method for adapting a wireless device, such as a Bluetooth-enabled mobile device or other Bluetooth-enabled device to a hands-free car kit or similar system. The adapter module is physically configured so that it can be inserted directly into the cradle in place of the phone. Once inserted into the cradle, the adapter module makes electrical contact with the connector in the cradle with a matching connector on one side of the adapter module. The mated connectors provide power to the adapter module and bi-directional communications between the adapter module and the hands-free car kit. The adapter module includes circuitry for communicating with the Bluetooth-enabled mobile device and the hands-free car kit in order to exchange communications signals between the Bluetooth-enabled mobile device and the hands-free car kit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2001Publication date: December 26, 2002Inventors: David William James Holmes, Edward D. Schmitt, Ibrahim Mohamed, Thomas Edwin East Nelson
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Patent number: 6490445Abstract: A mobile communication terminal device such as a cellular telephone is provided with a preliminary identifier stored in memory. The identifier allows access to a cellular network for verification and provides essentially unique identification by the network, but is insufficient to allow further use of the network. During verification, the identifier is analyzed by a cellular network processor and a determination is made whether the cellular telephone should have restricted access to the network. Upon favorable completion of the identifier analysis, a signal may be transmitted to the cellular telephone that allows the cellular telephone to have less restricted access to the network.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2000Date of Patent: December 3, 2002Assignee: AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.Inventor: David William James Holmes
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Publication number: 20020159476Abstract: A teleservice server in a wireless network provides an interface between a mobile station and an Internet protocol network thereby facilitating data transfers between these elements. The server translates datagrams from the IP network into a format suitable for transmission over a wireless network that provides voice communication capabilities. The server also translates data messages received from the mobile station over the wireless network into a format suitable for appropriate transmission in the IP network.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2002Publication date: October 31, 2002Inventors: Brian Kevin Daly, David William James Holmes, Michael Luna, Michael P. Moore, John Eric Myhre, Adrian David Smith
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Patent number: 6459897Abstract: A mobile station can be selectively coupled to two or more networks. By maintaining an address translation table and introducing communication between the switching control units within the multiple networks, it is possible to provide notification to the mobile station of the existence of a communication request from a first network while the mobile station coupled to the second network.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2000Date of Patent: October 1, 2002Assignee: AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.Inventors: David William James Holmes, Adrian Smith
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Patent number: 6393014Abstract: Methods and systems to communicate data to a mobile station. A request to transfer data from an internet Protocol (IP) network to a mobile station ca be received. Whether the mobile station is registered in a first network of a plurality of networks can be determined. The plurality of networks can include the first network operating under a first protocol and a second network operating under a second protocol, and the second protocol can be different than the first protocol. If the mobile station is registered in the first network, the data can be adapted to be transferred via first network and transferred to the mobile station via the first network.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 1997Date of Patent: May 21, 2002Assignee: AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.Inventors: Brian Kevin Daly, David William James Holmes, Michael Luna, Michael P. Moore, John Eric Myhre, Adrian David Smith
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Publication number: 20020037724Abstract: A method and system automatically activates a mobile station in a wireless communications network. The system includes an over the air activation function (OTAF) processor in the network that initiates an activation process in response to receiving a registration message from a mobile switching center serving the mobile station requesting the activation. Each mobile station has a unit of information stored into it at the time of its manufacture to enable it to request over the air activation. That unit of information is either the network routing address of the OTAF processor, or alternately, it is a value that is translatable into that address, either an OTAF ID number that is the same value for every mobile station or it is a sequentially serialized dummy value for the mobile identification number (a dummy MIN). When the mobile station is turned on for the first time in the network, it requests activation over the air by transmitting to the local mobile switching center a registration order.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2001Publication date: March 28, 2002Inventors: Arun K. Chatterjee, Brian Kevin Daly, David William James Holmes, Ileana A. Leuca
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Patent number: 6282421Abstract: A method and system automatically activates a mobile station in a wireless communications network. The system includes an over the air activation function (OTAF) processor in the network that initiates an activation process in response to receiving a registration message from a mobile switching center serving the mobile station requesting the activation. Each mobile station has a unit of information stored into it at the time of its manufacture to enable it to request over the air activation. That unit of information is either the network routing address of the OTAF processor, or alternately, it is a value that is translatable into that address, either an OTAF ID number that is the same value for every mobile station or it is a sequentially serialized dummy value for the mobile identification number (a dummy MIN). When the mobile station is turned on for the first time in the network, it requests activation over the air by transmitting to the local mobile switching center a registration order.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2000Date of Patent: August 28, 2001Assignee: AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.Inventors: Arun K. Chatterjee, Brian Kevin Daly, David William James Holmes, Ileana A. Leuca