Abstract: An audio system has a playing circuit for generating an audio signal, at least a speaker electrically connected to the playing circuit for playing sound according to the audio signal, a detector for detecting a communication signal of mobile phones or automobile phones and generating a corresponding mute signal, and a mute circuit electrically connected to the detector and the playing circuit for receiving the mute signal. The mute circuit stops the speaker from playing sound after the mute circuit receives the mute signal.

Abstract: A method in a mobile wireless communications device (300) including determining a communication time remaining, for example by decrementing (210) a communication time limit for communication time used, and providing a user alert (214) at an output (370) of the device before a total communication time used exceeds the communication time limit. In another embodiment, the communication time remaining is automatically reset (205) periodically to the communication time limit, for example in synchronism with a service provider billing statement. In another embodiment, the communication time remaining is indicated (211), for example visually on a display (320) of the device.

Abstract: A method, computer program product, and data processing system for transferring mobile telephone minutes or other mobile telephone services or features from one customer to another is disclosed. A customer dials into an interactive service that allows the customer to specify one or more recipients and a number of minutes, services, or features to transfer. A data processing system associated with the customer's mobile telephone service provider effects a transfer of minutes, services, or features from the customer's account to the recipients' accounts. In addition, a notification that the transfer has occurred can be sent to the recipients.

Abstract: A method, computer program product, and data processing system for specifying a party to be billed for the entirety of mobile telephone airtime and other charges in a telephone conversation is disclosed. Either the caller or a called party may accept all airtime and/or other charges. In addition, the parties need not operate a mobile telephone, but may use a conventional “wire” telephone.

Abstract: A method, computer program product, and data processing system for allowing a third party to assume a mobile telephone user's airtime and other charges when the mobile telephone user enters a particular geographic area, such as the third party's property is disclosed.

Abstract: A system and method are provided by which a network operator is able to detect fraudulent use of a subscriber's terminal, regardless of whether or not the subscriber is aware of the fraudulent use of her terminal. Detecting unauthorized terminal use in a wireless network includes recording a history of terminal location and registration patterns, analyzing the recorded history of location and registration patterns of the terminal, monitoring current location and registration patterns of the terminal, and requesting clarification when a deviation between said statistical analysis of the location and registration patterns of said terminal and said current location and registration patterns of said terminal is detected.

Abstract: A method of reducing access to communication system resources by a fraudulent Mobile Station (102). The Mobile Switching Center (104) sends a message to the Authentication Center (106) to invoke a first authentication procedure. The Authentication Center responds with a message including the results of the first procedure, and possibly, parameters for performance of an additional authentication procedure. Based on the contents of the message, the Mobile Switching Center decides whether to delay call setup until after the additional authentication procedure has completed successfully or whether to initiate call setup in parallel with the additional authentication procedure.

Abstract: A mobile ad hoc network may be established between a plurality of devices that have common contacts on their contact lists. The contact lists may be conventional contacts stored in a list of contacts on a scheduling and information management or other software packages in one embodiment. Communications with various devices is limited to those devices listed on the list of contacts. Modification of those lists of contacts is controlled on a password-protected basis in one embodiment. Thus, a parent, for example, may limit the ability of child users to contact or be contacted by and communicate with unauthorized persons.

Abstract: A mobile content delivery system that optimizes the delivery of especially bandwidth-consuming content (or the flow of any peak-hour data traffic) in a way that best utilizes the free capacity in the radio network, thus enabling considerably more efficient usage of the radio capacity. It also allows new services and pricing structures to be used in the cellular network, that otherwise would not be possible. The class of delivery of message content can be selected by the user on a transaction basis, or subscription-based and pre-defined in a user profile. By choosing a scheduled delivery the user can receive the content at a fraction of the price compared to instant delivery, since the content is sent at a time when the network is least utilized.

Abstract: There is provided a mobile communication terminal with which a user can easily participate in generation of musical tones utilizing contents of a motion of the user. A mobile communication terminal receives communication services via a mobile communication network. A motion sensor detects a motion of a user on the mobile communication terminal. A storage device stores musical tone information. A control information generating device generates musical tone control information in accordance with results of detection of the motion sensor. A musical tone generating device generates musical tones based on the musical tone information stored in the storage device and the musical tone control information generated by the control information generating device.

Abstract: A piconet of consumer devices (1) communicate with the Bluetooth protocol, and a mobile phone (2) automatically captures consumer data including user data and device data. The mobile phone (2) has a Bluetooth interface, a mobile network interface, and a bridging circuit between them. The bridging circuit is used to automatically update a management system (2) with captured data via the mobile network. The management system (3) uses the captured data to update a user profile. It then uses the profile data to filter available services and push the selected services to the user.

Abstract: In accordance with the preferred embodiments of the present invention, a communication network (110) and a method (600) for enabling a mobile feature on a land line element are described herein. The communication network (110) generally includes a home subscriber server (240), a services client element (220), and a database translation feature server (230). The home subscriber server (240) being operable to provide mobile feature information. The services client element (220) is coupled for communication with the home subscriber server (240) to retrieve mobile feature information based on a registration associated with a subscriber. The database translation feature server (230) is coupled for communication with the services client element (220) to receive the mobile feature information. Furthermore, the database translation feature server (230) is operable to transmit the mobile feature information to a land line element (250).

Abstract: An apparatus and method is disclosed for configuring a mobile radio station device (e.g., a cellular telephone) when the mobile radio station device or “mobile station” is initially configured for service. The present invention comprises an apparatus and method for downloading initial operational parameters to a mobile station using a radio link. The initial operational parameters are downloaded using a data call connection formed with the mobile station. A data message, such as a Short Message Service (SMS) message, is sent to the mobile station. The data message requests the mobile station to initiate a data call connection with a node-device that contains (or has access to) the initial operational parameters. The mobile station forms a data call connection with the node-device and receives the initial operational parameters.

Abstract: A portable electronic information device with superb portability and/or amusement value is provided. This device A is a portable electronic information device A having an external housing 1 that can be equipped in a car, and the device A is provided with expression means 7, 8 and 9 for performing actions that can be sensed by the user of the vehicle, in accordance with vehicle status information of the vehicle or output signals from sensors 4 or 5 equipped inside external housing 1, and thus delivers superb amusement value. This device also functions as a vehicle key, providing high portability, and enabling information to be shared with a home computer, thus providing a high level of convenience.

Abstract: A wireless communication system has a central computer, one or more wireless access points and one or more personal badges that communicate wirelessly with the one or more wireless access points. The badges provide the user with a communications device that permits the user to initiate telephone calls and conferences, receive telephone calls, receive pages and be located within a particular environment.

Abstract: A communications system is described wherein consensual push of services from radio beacons (30, 32, 33) to a user's portable device (14) is enabled. The consent process comprises a user registering the portable device (14) at a registration beacon (30) to consent to data delivery from other relevant beacons (32,33) in a network. The registration beacon 30 has a broadcast range which is constrained within, and highlighted to a user as, an indicated interaction zone (16). The range is preferably constrained and highlighted using electromagnetic shielding (18), or by using a directional antenna, or a combination of both. In use, the user must position their portable device (14) within the indicated interaction zone (16) to register for service delivery.

Abstract: A method for simulating a communication system, including displaying a graphic representation of a state chart including a plurality of states and corresponding to a procedure followed by the communication system. The method also includes generating executable computer code responsive to the state chart, which code, when run by a simulator, causes the simulator to simulate the procedure. The method further includes incorporating into the computer code one or more pointers so as to generate, while the simulator is simulating the procedure, an indication in the graphic representation of the state in which the simulator is running.

Abstract: A frequency band controlling part 107 determines a frequency band assignable to a transmission line according to the frequency, bandwidth, and the power of the interference wave at a base station 200 by means of a supplied control signal from a separating part 105. The frequency band controlling part 107 selects a frequency band for the transmission line and a frequency band for the reception line for the base station 200 according to this assignable frequency band contained in the control signal.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for providing a link between the hearing aid of a user and the user's wireless telephone to reduce interference in the hearing aid due to transmissions of the wireless telephone. The link between the wireless telephone and the hearing aid is formed using an ad hoc polling based communication infrastructure, such as the Bluetooth protocol.

Abstract: A system, apparatus and method provides communication services to interior mobile stations within a building structure using an in-building communication infrastructure and distribution stations positioned on selected floors of the building structure. A base station communicates through the in-building communication infrastructure using distribution frequencies suitable for transmission through the in-building communication infrastructure. The distribution stations communicate through the in-building communication infrastructure using the distribution frequencies while providing wireless service to the mobile stations within a coverage frequency bandwidth. An original cable infrastructure of a preexisting communication system can be used to distribute signals throughout the building at the distributions frequencies without the need to install new cables.

Abstract: A system and method for inserting data packets into unoccupied segments of a data stream to thereby reduce the amount of unused bandwidth when communicating data to mobile platforms using a satellite system. Non-priority data packets that are not time sensitive are inserted into data paths, wherein other data packets, including priority data packets, are already provided. Specific non-priority data packets are selected for insertion based upon specified characteristics. One or more transponded satellites are used for transmitting the data packets according to data traffic requirements to thereby maximize the use of available bandwidth.

Abstract: A system and method for managing the transmission of data content, in real time, to a plurality of mobile platforms operating within a given coverage region. The system makes use of a database which includes an identifier which uniquely identifies each mobile platform authorized to access the system, together with the specific types of data content to be provided to, and level of quality of service to be accorded to, each mobile platform. The system and method allows the delivery of data content to each one of a plurality of mobile platforms receiving data content to be better managed, in real time, whenever a mobile platform is available to receive data content.

Abstract: A home agent provides mobility transparent communications to a mobile node temporarily connected to a second network as a mobile destination different from a first network normally utilized. The home agent includes a module receiving a new registration request from the mobile node via the second network, amodule detecting, when receiving the new registration request, that lease addresses of a DHCP server and addresses pooled beforehand are all occupied, and a module searching for, when detecting that all the addresses are occupied, an address on thebasisof self-managedinformationandallocatingthesearched address to the mobile node.

Abstract: In a wireless telecommunications network, a method of sending control information from a first terminal (2,UE) to a second terminal (UE,2) is provided. The method includes at a time both sending control information over a first dedicated channel and sending further control information over at least one further dedicated channel.

Abstract: A state transition diagram is presented for a user's access terminal for a satellite telecommunication system, showing the state of the access terminal's mobility management software layer, in response to various stimuli and conditions as the user enters into and out of various modes of operations, including deactivation, activation and illumination of a dark beam of a spot beam that is a shared resource.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for providing information related to an Internet Protocol (IP) Multi-Media (IM) Subsystem (IMS) to a mobile terminal. The method includes storing the information into a memory that is readable by the mobile terminal, and reading the stored information from the memory. The memory may be at least one of a USIM, an EEPROM or a RAM. In one embodiment the information is stored during a PDP context activation procedure. A wireless communications system that operates in accordance with the method is also disclosed.

Abstract: To provide a mobile station that can suppress the repetition of location registration.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for handing over a radio signal to a mobile device from at least two base stations. The mobile device will only qualify a radio signal, if it is above a predetermined threshold. Accordingly, the quality of the output of the mobile device is preserved.

Abstract: A Virtual Soft Handover (VSHO) process for high data rate (HDR) applications is disclosed that considers the total number packets remaining to be transmitted prior to initiating the VSHO. An HDR mobile terminal maintains data transmission information relating to an amount of data to be transmitted during a data transfer in progress during a data session. The data transmission information may include, for example, the total packet size of a data transmission and the data transmission status (i.e., the number of packets remaining to be transmitted). The decision of whether to perform a VSHO is made according to the data transmission information. In one embodiment, a VSHO may be deactivated when the number of packets remaining to be transmitted is less than a certain threshold. In other embodiments, a VSHO may not be performed if the total packet size is smaller than a certain threshold.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile station having two communication interfaces and to a method of providing a location dependent service to said mobile station utilising said two communication interfaces. For providing a highly flexible mobile station it is suggested that both communication interfaces can be used simultaneously, and that said mobile station comprises a gateway module for forwarding data from said first communication interface to said second communication interface and vice versa.

Abstract: An ad-hoc, peer-to-peer radio access system having a series of remote terminals, where each remote terminal is capable of forming a link, or hop, of the routing of a call made by one of the series of terminals. The status of the battery of each terminal which may potentially form part of the routing path of a call is reported to other terminals, whereby the routing path for a call will be decided also based on the status of the battery-charge of each terminal along the routing path.

Abstract: A mobile ad hoc network may be established between a plurality of devices that have common attributes. The attributes may, for example, be working for the same company, belonging to the same organization or attending the same school. Information about common attribute devices may be progressively shared, using a bucket brigade technique of sharing information between in-range devices. Status information about the devices in the network may be similarly shared in a bucket brigade fashion. Thus, the network is dynamic in the sense that at any given time, it may be determined whether any given device in the network is active. Moreover, the links are established between a manageable number of devices defined by having common attributes with one another.

Abstract: Transmit signal loop-back by a wireless receiver permits a transmitting network to estimate the characteristics of downlink propagation channels between one or more network transmitters and the receiver based on the loop-back signals. Downlink channel estimates may be, for example, used by the network in transmit pre-filtering. With transmit pre-filtering, transmit signals are compensated before transmission for the effects of the downlink propagation channels to, for example, reduce interference between multiple information signals being simultaneously transmitted to a number of wireless receivers. Loop-back techniques include but are not limited to the involved wireless receivers looping back at least a portion of the signal received from the transmitting network, which may then be processed by the network to estimate downlink channels. In some cases, the receivers may estimate downlink channels and provide these estimates to the network.

Abstract: The present invention is a method and a means of predicting the usability of specific applications or general types of applications in a data communications or wireless network within either specific geographic areas or general types of geography, such as a typical suburban environment. The invention provides a means of using information about the statistics of relevant Quality of Service parameters such as data throughput and delay as a function of location and velocity, to simulate the behavior of applications as a function of location and velocity in the data communications or wireless environments.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are presented to optimize the likelihood of a successful acquisition of frame timing information of an asynchronous base station by providing a mechanism that copes with short-term degradations caused by a dynamic radio environment. An acquisition search is performed in a plurality of stages, wherein a declaration indicating a failure at a stage is delayed through the use of a verification stage. The verification stage can be repeated a variable number of times. The number of repetitions of the verification stage can be dependent upon the stage at which the failure occurred. Declaration of failure occurs only after the predetermined number of verification searches have been performed.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are presented for scheduling asynchronous neighboring cells within a wireless communication system. The Neighbor Set is apportioned into a Synchronated Neighbor Set and an Asynchronous Neighbor Set. Rather than performing a full frame timing acquisition search upon the Neighbor Set, only portions of the full frame timing acquisition search are selectively applied to the Asynchronous Neighbor Set. In addition, a synchronous search is performed on the Synchronated Neighbor Set.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an electronic system and method for managing location, calendar, and event information. The system comprises at least two hand portable electronic devices, each having a display device to display personal profile, location, and event information, and means for processing, storing, and wirelessly communicating data. A software program running in the electronic device can receive local and remote input data; store, process, and update personal profile, event, time, and location information; and convert location information into coordinates of a graphic map display. The system additionally includes at least one earth orbiting satellite device using remote sensing technology to determine the location coordinates of the electronic device. The electronic devices receive synchronization messages broadcast by the satellite device, causing the software program to update the personal profile, event, time, and location information stored in each hand portable electronic device.

Abstract: In a mobile communication system, a terminal unit makes access to surrounding base stations to get base station information and sends the information together with self terminal information to a location server. The terminal unit receives assistant information for the reception of GPS satellite signals from the location server and measures the GPS signals and signal delay values of base stations. The terminal unit location is computed based on the signal delay value data selected as being smaller than a threshold value or as being smallest delay values.

Abstract: A mobile station requests a start of positioning and receives a response of positioning from a positioning server, following which it informs the positioning server of its own station information and neighboring base station information gathered through searching the neighboring base stations. Thereby, the mobile station receives assistant information regarding GPS satellites to be captured based on a station location designated by the positioning server and then it measures a GPS signal and a base station signal such as an apparent signal delay. In the case that the positioning information collected as described above is sufficient for location computing, it displays the location computed by the positioning server. In contrast, in the case that the positioning information is insufficient, it displays “positioning impossible” without sending the positioning information to the positioning server.

Abstract: A wireless terminal is designed to prevent the user from having to wait a long time in case fetching of search data takes a long time. The wireless terminal, if it determines the need of long time for the search of GPS satellites by a GPS transceiver, inhibits the GPS transceiver from searching GPS satellites and operates on a CDMA transceiver to search for CDMA base stations. The wireless terminal fetches only CDMA base station data pertinent to the CDMA base stations and sends to a position data server, and the position data server points the location of the wireless terminal based solely on the CDMA base station data provided by the wireless terminal. Based on the inhibition of search of GPS satellites by the GPS transceiver, the time needed until the reception of positioning result can be reduced, and the user is prevented from being subjected to long time waiting.

Abstract: A wireless terminal has the enhanced performance in the attainability of successful search of GPS satellites based on the operation of a position data server. The server sets a GPS satellite search time longer than usual when station data pertinent to surrounding stations is below a prescribed level, when the distance between the wireless terminal and a communication station is beyond a prescribed distance, when the wireless terminal is in such a specific area as seashore, or when a reference station or the communication station is a repeater station. The server sends data of the longer search time to the wireless terminal via the communication station. Setting a GPS satellite search time longer than usual prevents the deviation of the ideal search timing, which enables the optimal search of GPS satellites, out of the search time set by the position data server.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for merging mobile, or wireless, telephone service with existing wired telephone equipment in a facility, such as a home or business, are provided. With the apparatus and method, a converter is associated with the facility such that a wireless telephone number is associated with the converter. Telephone calls may be made to the facility via a wireless telephone network and the converter. The converter receives calls from the wireless telephone network directed to the converter, converts the format of the wireless telephone call to a wired telephone call format, and routes these calls to one or more wired telephone units in the facility. Calls originating from the wired telephone units in the facility are received by the converter which converts the call signals to an appropriate format for wireless network routing, and forwards the call to the wireless network.

Abstract: On embodiment of the system and method provides asymmetric adaptive modulation which allows uplink and downlink subframes of data to be transmitted between a base station and a CPE with different modulation schemes, thus increasing the efficiency of downlink transmissions while maintaining the stability of uplink transmissions. In systems with multiple CPEs, each CPE and base station pair can independently select their uplink and downlink modulation techniques. The system and method are also adaptive in that they adjust the modulation schemes based on, for example, signal to noise ratio measurements or bit error rate measurements.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are described for providing data services to a mobile data device through a packet data service node system and a wireless data network. The method includes the steps of exchanging data between the mobile data device and packet data service node system at least partially through the wireless data network using a tunneling protocol, decoding the tunneling protocol within a programmers space of a general purpose computing platform of the packet data service node system, determining an identity of the user from the decoded tunneling protocol and providing at least some data services to the identified user based upon a predetermined services list associated with the identified user.

Abstract: A phone number only messaging experience is provided in an Inter-Carrier Short Messaging System (IC-SMS) service. Subscriber to subscriber messages are routed between carrier's networks using an Inter-Carrier messaging module with appropriate MIN/carrier/carrier routing look-up capabilities. Short messages may be sent to a subscriber in another carrier's network addressed only with a phone number. If the recipient is outside of the sender's carrier network, the Inter-Carrier messaging module of the Inter-Carrier service provider (ICSP) determines the appropriate carrier for the recipient, appends the appropriate syntax to the short message to allow internet protocol (IP) or other standardized communication techniques between SMSCs of the two carriers, and routes the short message to the destination carrier. The recipient in the other carrier's network may reply back to the ICSP's sender using only the subscriber's directory number.

Abstract: A method of status enquiry between a plurality of subscriber communication units in a wireless communication system includes the step of transmitting (220) a status enquiry message from a first subscriber communication unit (100) to a second subscriber communication unit. The second subscriber communication unit receives said status enquiry message and transmits (240) a status response message back to said first subscriber communication unit in response to said status enquiry message. This provides an ability to a subscriber unit to determine the status of another subscriber unit without the need to initiate a full call set-up to that subscriber unit. This allows the user to automatically ascertain whether the destination subscriber unit is available before making the call. The destination subscriber unit may automatically respond without user input, and preferably without the need for the user to be informed.

Abstract: A technique for transferring a data message between a first terminal device and a second terminal device via an intermediate terminal device includes: entering a data message into the first terminal device; transmitting the data message from the first terminal device to the intermediate terminal device; formatting the data message into at least one SMS (Short Message Service) message in the intermediate terminal device; and transmitting the at least one SMS message from the intermediate terminal device to the second terminal device. Formatting the data message may include formatting the data in a SyncML format. The intermediate terminal device may include a mobile terminal and the data message may be transferred from the first terminal device to the intermediate terminal device via a short range communication link which may include an IR or Bluetooth communication link.

Abstract: A compander for noise reduction of a FM-signal is described, wherein a linear phase compression and/or expansion is performed.

Abstract: In a mobile communication receiving apparatus in which signals received on a plurality of receiving paths (branches) are combined by a combiner, correlation between noise signals contained in the signals received on respective ones of the branches is detected by a noise correlation calculating unit, and control is exercised so as to maximize signal-to-noise power ratio of the combined signal based upon the correlation calculated in the noise correlation calculating unit. Signal-to-noise power ratio can be maximized even if noise components contained in respective ones of the branch signals are mutually correlated.

Abstract: A wide area communication system (100,200) employs a method and apparatus for providing a localized information (410) to a communication device (500) located in the wide area communication system (100,200). The wide area communication system (100,200) includes a plurality of local coverage areas (110-112, 219-225) that are each served by one or more broadcast transmission sites (103-108, 203-212). A broadcast transmission site (300) providing communication service to a local coverage area that includes the communication device (500) transmit, during a first pre-allocated time interval and/or together with a first pre-allocated broadcast address, information relating to their local coverage area.