Abstract: A method for managing one or more communication sessions in a plurality of networks is provided. The plurality of networks includes one or more mobile telephone networks and one or more IP-based wireless communication networks. The method includes accessing (304) a mobile telephone network (104) by an electronic device (102). The service from the mobile telephone network is provided by a first service provider. Further, the method includes detecting (306) an IP-based wireless communication network (106). The service from the IP-based wireless communication network is provided by a second service provider. Moreover, the method includes establishing an automatic rerouting (308) of communication sessions for the electronic device from the mobile telephone network to the IP-based wireless communication network. The re-routing is established such that new communication sessions will be automatically routed to the IP-based wireless communication network.

Abstract: When a wireless two-way communications device that has a plurality of user interfaces (and where at least two of these interfaces comprise different interface modalities) receives (101, 201) non-user input regarding an operational constraint (such as, but not limited to, an environmentally-sourced or an internally-sourced operational constraint), an automatic determination (102, 202) will follow regarding a plurality of differing user interface operational configurations as will comply with the operational constraint. One or more of these operational configurations are then presented (103, 203) to a user of the device in order to prompt provision of a user instruction regarding use of such operational configurations. Upon receiving (104, 204) a corresponding instruction from the user, the corresponding operational configuration is used (105, 205) to thereby accommodate the operational constraint in a manner that is relatively satisfactory to the user.

Abstract: A method and system for providing a Quality of Service (QoS) change warning at a user equipment (UE) is disclosed. The method includes predicting (304) a change in radio access resources that will provide an associated new QoS that is significantly different than a current QoS being provided by the radio access resources. Further, the method includes presenting (306) a user alert at the UE. The alert is presented to the UE when it is determined that the associated new QoS would negatively impact a current service present on the user equipment in a significant manner.

Abstract: A device (300) having a user interface (303) is provided with an automatic discretionary capability of determining use of a wireless message. The wireless message may contain user interface preference information that is initially sourced by an end user platform. The device uses the automatic discretionary capability to determine whether and to what extent to use the user interface preference information to influence control of the user interface (303). The device (300) may contain a wireless receiver (302) for receiving the wireless messages with a memory (304) for storing the user interface preference information therein. Also provided in the device (300) is a processor (301) which provides and uses the automatic discretionary capability to determine to what extent to use the user interface preference information to influence control of the user interface (303). The automatic discretionary capability of the device (300) may override, accept, or weight the user interface preference information.

Abstract: A first user interface is presented (101) within a portable electronic device. The selection of a first function by the user via the first user interface is then detected (102). In response to detecting (102) the user's selection of the first function, the first user interface is then replaced (103) with at least a partially disabled second user interface that is different from the first user interface. A user selection of at least one user-selectable function in the second user interface is then detected (104). After the function is detected, the first user interface provides (105) the user with information regarding at least one corresponding user-selectable function that comprises a substantially similar function as the selected user-selectable function from the second user interface.

Abstract: An electronic device (300) for speech dialog includes functions that receive (305, 105) a speech phrase that comprises a request phrase that includes an instantiated variable (215), generate (335, 115) pitch and voicing characteristics (315) of the instantiated variable, and performs speech recognition (319, 125) of the instantiated variable to determine a most likely set of acoustic states (235). The electronic device may generate (335, 140) a synthesized value of the instantiated variable using the most likely set of acoustic states and the pitch and voicing characteristics of the instantiated variable. The electronic device may use a table of previously entered values of variables that have been determined to be unique, and in which the values are associated with a most likely set of acoustic states and the pitch and voicing characteristics determined at the receipt of each value to disambiguate (425, 430) a newly received instantiated variable.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for ad hoc addressing and group creation for wireless devices is described. A wireless communication device that has a sensor for sensing the contact or proximity of another wireless communication device forms a communication link with the second wireless communication device. The contact or close proximity of the two devices operates to identify the two devices for which a link will be established. This provides easy addressing of the desired device, and security as the user must initiate physically contacting or bring the device in very close proximity to the other device. Once the link is established data can be transferred between the two devices. In the simplest embodiment, the two devices are touched together and personal contact information is automatically exchanged. If a plurality of devices are in close proximity or touched together, an ad hoc network can be formed between all the devices. The network would be established for only as long as needed.

Abstract: A method and apparatus to recognize hand-printed characters represented as an electronic ink stream. A first filtering box (300) is defined around a center of a first output point (324) in the electronic ink stream and the first output point is added to a filtered ink stream. A second output point (328) is added to the filtered ink stream only when the electronic ink stream moves outside the filtering box (300). When the second output point (328) is added, the filtering box is re-centered on the second output point (328) only in a dimension that is exceeded after adding the second output point (328) to the filtered ink stream to create a second filtering box (310). Moreover, extraction points (630, 640, 650 and 660) are provided approximately equally spaced across a finite set of points of electronic ink to create a compact representation of a finite set of points of electronic ink.