Having Talk Group Patents (Class 455/518)
  • Patent number: 8555201
    Abstract: A wireless communication device that has one or more applications resident on a computer platform, a wireless communication interface, a display, and a user interface that, at least, appears on the display and through which a user of the wireless communication device interacts with the computer platform. The display is configured to be selectively controlled by the specific user interfaces of one or more applications resident on the computer platform, and the one or more applications and/or an arbiter that is resident on the computer platform will determine which user interface of the one or more applications resident on the computer platform controls the display based upon a predetermined criteria when the user interfaces compete for control of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Rashim Gupta, Mark Aaron Lindner, Fnu Tejaswini, Alexandra Carey
  • Patent number: 8548448
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable mediums for managing communications on telecommunication devices utilizing communication categories are provided. A subset of contacts accessible by a telecommunication device are associated with one or more communication categories. Each communication category can be associated with a set of communication activities. Based on a selection of a specific contact, a telecommunication device can generate a display having display objects representative of communication categories associated with the selected contact. Additionally, based on a selection of a communication category, the telecommunication device can further generate a display including display objects representative of a set of communication activities corresponding to the selected communication category.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Steffen Vance, Jasdeep Singh Chugh, Jared T. Benson, Christian Robertson, Shilpa R. Shah, Gabriel J. White, Gordon Kar Kee Kam
  • Patent number: 8543719
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for managing XDM (XML Document Management) service information to improve management efficiency for OMA (Open Mobile Alliance) service information. The apparatus includes a controller for creating a shared User Resource Identifier (URI), and using a value created by the controller as a static value to be used as a newly-created reference handle for shared service information referred to by service information. The newly-created value is set as an unchanged value (i.e., it remains static until a corresponding element vanishes), thereby preventing signaling overhead, compatibility degradation, and resource waste due to modification of the shared service information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jae-Kwon Oh, Wuk Kim, Sang-Kyung Sung
  • Patent number: 8538470
    Abstract: A reception-process manager of a call server writes, in a transfer-voice-data storage, voice data contained in a voice packet received from the transmitter terminal which has acquired the talk right. A transmission-process manager of the call server determines the next transmission interval of a voice packet for each receiver terminal on the basis of determination information received from the each receiver terminal. The transmission-process manager reads out the voice data in a size dependent on the determined transmission interval from the transfer-voice-data storage, generates voice packet containing the voice data for the each receiver terminal, and transmits the voice packet to the each receiver terminal. Thus, the voice-packet transmission interval can be changed for each receiver terminal without stopping voice-packet transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Takashi Ohno, Kenichi Horio, Masahide Noda, Jun Kakuta
  • Patent number: 8538458
    Abstract: A system for exchanging GPS or other position data between wireless devices for purposes of group activities, child location monitoring, work group coordination, dispatching of employees etc. Cell phones and other wireless devices with GPS receivers have loaded therein a Buddy Watch application and a TalkControl application. The Buddy Watch application communicates with the GPS receiver and other wireless devices operated by buddies registered in the users phone as part of buddy groups or individually. GPS position data and historical GPS position data can be exchanged between cell phones of buddies and instant buddies such as tow truck drivers via a buddy watch server. Emergency monitoring services can be set up with notifications to programmable individuals in case an individual does not respond. Positions and tracks can be displayed. TalkControl simplifies and automates the process of joining talk groups for walkie talkie services such as that provided by Nextel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: X One, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard D. Haney
  • Patent number: 8538471
    Abstract: A network communication device located on a Push To Talk (PTT) communication network and configured to provide time-shifting capabilities to a user of a PTT communication device is disclosed. The network communication device includes a receiver configured to progressively receive time-based media. The network communication device also includes a time-shifting buffer for progressively storing the received time based media as the time-based media is received and a time-shifting buffer controller configured to control the rendering of the time-based media at the PTT device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Voxer IP LLC
    Inventors: Thomas E. Katis, Matthew J. Ranney, Mary G. Panttaja, James T. Panttaja
  • Publication number: 20130231049
    Abstract: Embodiment methods and systems include external hardware that can be fitted to a wireless communication device to optimize group communications on the wireless devices. The wireless device may be coupled to an external case configured with a physical button that enables group communication such as push-to-talk and other push-to-experience capabilities. Optimizations for push-to-talk communication may be implemented in a push-to-talk mode in response to detecting connection to the external hardware. Signaling between the external case and the wireless device allows detection of the switch to (or from) push-to-talk mode when a user depresses (or releases) the hard key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sandeep Sharma, Mohammed Ataur R. Shuman, Shobha Subbaramoo
  • Patent number: 8526988
    Abstract: A method for circulating a message to a group of people, including sending a circulated message by a 1st mobile communicator, and sequentially receiving the circulated message by an nth mobile communicator and sending the circulated message to an (n+1)st mobile communicator, n=2, 3, . . . , N?1, wherein each one of the N mobile communicators has a distinct phone number. A system is also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Eyal Bychkov, Uri Ron, Tal Engelstein
  • Patent number: 8520551
    Abstract: A method clusters a plurality of users in a mobile network, according to a specific profile. Data regarding the user is allocated to each user. Data is immediately exchanged between at least two users as soon as said users are located in a predefined communication range in order to spot users with profiles having a given content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Enterprise Communications GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Berger, Christian Seitz
  • Patent number: 8521231
    Abstract: A communication device includes a microphone, communication unit, storage unit, extraction unit, and display control unit. The microphone converts the sound inputted into audio data, and then outputs the audio data. The communication unit receives audio data from an external communication device capable of communication. The storage unit stores registered word data corresponding to specific words. The extraction unit extracts, based on at least one among audio data outputted from the microphone and audio data received by the communication unit, and on the registered word data stored in the storage unit, specific words included in the sound based on the respective audio data. The display control unit causes the specific words extracted by the extraction unit, or phrases or sentences including the specific words, to be displayed on a display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Kensaku Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8521144
    Abstract: The application relates to location based telephone conferences. In a location based telephone conference, upon request from a user to join a telephone conference, his location is determined and he is joined to a conference according his location. However, in the prior art it is assumed that the user remains in the telephone conference even if he moves and changes his location. The application addresses a situation where a plurality of telephone conferences, each associated with a specific area (1.4), are provided and a user moves between these areas. The telephone conferences are managed in such a way, that when a subscriber leaves an area assigned to a specific conference, he is switched into another telephone conference which is assigned to the area the user is presently located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Deutsche Telekom AG
    Inventor: Michael Quade
  • Patent number: 8520584
    Abstract: The present invention supports a communication protocol on a wireless communication network to transmit application data on the control channel to an access terminal. Base transceiver stations are grouped and configured into paging zones. The radio network controller transmits a page message and application data to the base transceiver stations in the paging zone where the access terminal is located. Each of the base transceiver stations transmits a page and buffers the application data. The buffered application data is only transmitted by the base transceiver station receiving a response to the page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Haseeb Akhtar, Krishnakumar Pillai, Hong Ren, Carl Cao
  • Patent number: 8521203
    Abstract: A communication system and method for dispatch service is suitable for RF communication system of a group, wherein the mobile device receives dispatch services of paging message on the first channel, then executes quick reply function via 2-Way Radio or GSM network, so as to transmit text or voice message to the dispatch center; the mobile device also comprises a channel scanning function and a double frequency scanning function, of which the channel scanning function is used to monitor and select a second channel and write into the device, and then the double frequency scanning function is executed to transmit message on the second channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Unication Group/Unication Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shih-Tseng Yeh
  • Patent number: 8515356
    Abstract: In a radio communication system (1), a lower-level station (10a) has: a lower-level station ID detection unit (13) which detects a lower-level station ID for identifying another lower-level station (10b), from a signal from the other lower-level station (10b); a group ID detection unit (12) which identifies a group ID for identifying a group to which the other lower-level station (10b) belongs; a measurement unit (15) which measures a channel utilization state of the other lower-level station (10b); a utilization probability update unit (19) which calculates a channel utilization amount for each lower-level station and a channel utilization amount for each group based on the lower-level station ID, group ID and channel utilization state, and updates a channel utilization probability which indicates the utilization probability of communication channels based on the channel utilization amount for each lower-level station and the channel utilization amount for each group; and a channel determination unit (20) wh
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Takefumi Yamada, Takahiro Asai
  • Patent number: 8515461
    Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a display unit configured to display content on a screen, a wireless communication unit configured to communicate with at least one external terminal, and a control unit configured to display a menu list including a transmission menu of the content when a command for displaying the menu list related to the content is input, and control the communication unit to transmit the content to the external terminal when the transmission menu is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sung Min Baek, Dong Hyun Lee, Sun Yuoung Hwang, Hyun Namgung, Jin Young Kim, Jin Won Lee
  • Patent number: 8515500
    Abstract: A scheme is provided for conserving power in client terminals and/or reducing latency in wireless systems by using a proxy device. The client terminal may have a primary communication interface for communications with an access node and a secondary communication interface to communicate with the proxy device. The client terminal may indicate to the access node a short cycle rate for monitoring its signaling/control channel(s). The client terminal may the power off its primary communication interface without informing the access node. Prior to powering off its primary communication interface, the client terminal may assign the proxy device to act as its proxy and monitor the signaling/control channel with the access node. The proxy device monitors the signaling/control channel(s) according to the indicated short cycle rate. Upon detection of a message for the client terminal, the proxy device forwards the message to the client terminal via a secondary communication interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Soumya Das, Samir S. Soliman, Nishith Chaubey, Andrew T. Hunter, Paul B. McAllister
  • Patent number: 8514762
    Abstract: A system and method embeds text in a multicast transmission. An exemplary method comprises receiving non-voice data. The non-voice data is embedded within digitized voice data. The digitized voice data with the embedded non-voice data is wirelessly transmitted, by a computing device, as a multicast transmission to a plurality of mobile devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John H. Du Hart, IV, Kelly Schlueter, Michael Faith, William Sakoda, Stephen F. Paulus, Michael N. Hagans, Edward Moskaluk
  • Patent number: 8515393
    Abstract: A mobile communications device with a wireless module and a controller module is provided. The wireless module performs wireless transmissions and receptions to and from a cellular station. The controller module receives a detachment request message comprising a detachment cause from the cellular station via the wireless module, and determines whether the detachment cause indicates unauthorized membership of a closed subscriber group (CSG) supported by the cellular station. Also, the controller module determines whether the cellular station is a non-CSG cell in response to the detachment cause indicating unauthorized membership of the CSG supported by the cellular station, and keeps an allowed CSG list unmodified in response to the cellular station being a non-CSG cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Kundan Tiwari, Chih-Hsiang Wu
  • Publication number: 20130210475
    Abstract: Adapters (10) for use with portable electronic communications devices (12) such as cellular phones, smart phones, and personal digital assistants can facilitate use of the devices (12) in half-duplex communications modes such as push to talk (PTT) and land portable radio (LMR). The adapters (10) can include a case (18) configured to receive the communications device (12), and a button or key (40) mounted on the case. The key (40) communicates with the communications device (12) when the communications device (12) is disposed in the case (18), and is operable to generate on a selective basis an input corresponding to a transmit command that causes the communications device (10) to transmit. The adapters (10) can also include a speaker module and a microphone that communicate with the communications device (10) via a connector (28) on the case (18), or wireless transceivers (41a,41b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: HARRIS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Blake J. Nylund
  • Publication number: 20130210476
    Abstract: An originating mobile station seeks to establish a push-to-talk (PTT) communication session with a destination mobile station. To do this, the originating mobile station transmits a first request message that requests the PTT session. Before receiving a predefined indication that the requested PTT session has been accepted, the originating mobile station transmits a first continuation message that includes first session description information to facilitate establishment of the PTT session. A PTT server receives the first request message and, before receiving the first continuation message, transmits to the destination mobile station a second request message that requests the PTT session. The PTT server then transmits a second continuation message that includes second session description information. The destination mobile station receives the second request message and, before receiving the second continuation message, transmits an acceptance message indicating acceptance of the requested PTT session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventor: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
  • Patent number: 8509699
    Abstract: A radio access network (RAN) accumulates page messages in a paging buffer for subsequent transmission into a wireless coverage area. A buffer monitor is configured to periodically monitor the occupancy of the paging buffer and to detect when there is a surge in the paging buffer occupancy (e.g., when the occupancy increases by at least a threshold amount during an evaluation time period). When the buffer monitor detects a surge in paging buffer occupancy, the RAN transmits a control message that changes one or more access parameters that mobile stations operating in the wireless coverage area use to determine when to transmit responses to page messages. Because of the changed access parameters, mobile stations that receive page messages in the same time period are less likely to transmit responses in the same access cycle channel, thereby reducing the possibility of access probe collisions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventors: Andrew Wurtenberger, Caleb Hyde, Manasa Keshavachandra
  • Patent number: 8509401
    Abstract: A multicast transmission system includes a server and a plurality of terminal devices, the servers and the terminal devices connected through a network. Each terminal device includes data transmission means for transmitting data to the server during a PTT call, and output means for receiving counting result data from the server and outputting the counting result data. The server includes counting means for counting or tallying up data received from the terminal devices, and counting data transmission means for transmitting the counting result data to the terminal devices used by members of the PTT call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Yoshimachi
  • Patent number: 8509693
    Abstract: A system and method for routing audio for a vehicle mounted communication system includes activating (210) a (Push-To-Talk) PTT button associated with a handheld or rear microphone and determining (220) whether a short range wireless device is operationally coupled with the vehicle mounted communication device. In accordance with an embodiment, first audio signals received (260) from a microphone of the short range wireless device are transmitted to a remote party (265) when the short range wireless device is operationally coupled to the vehicle mounted communication device. Second audio signals received (270) from a remote party are routed (275) to a speaker of the short range wireless device, when the short range wireless device is operationally coupled with the vehicle mounted communication device and the PTT button is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Motorola Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Ellis A. Pinder, Jack Wong
  • Patent number: 8509834
    Abstract: A method and computer-readable medium for establishing a push-to-talk social group are provided. According to the method, group setup information is received from a member of the push-to-talk social group, and a data transmission, including an internet address of an internet application that manages push-to-talk social groups, is sent to each member of the push-to-talk social group. Push-to-talk calling may be monitored in a push-to-talk gateway application, based upon the group setup information. When a push-to-talk call is detected in which a first member of the push-to-talk social group is active, other members of the push-to-talk social group are informed that the first member is active on the detected push-to-talk call. Other members of the group may then initiate a push-to-talk call with the first member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Nextel Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Mike Gailloux, Kenneth W. Samson, Brian A. Gavin
  • Patent number: 8504089
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatus and software have been discovered for use by individual users to monitor the geographic location of other people or assets with some relationship to the user. Once some manner of location information is determined, users have the ability to describe that location in various ways and control how that information is shared with other users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Behemoth Development Co. L.L.C.
    Inventor: Brett B. Stewart
  • Patent number: 8503355
    Abstract: A method, a server and a system for managing a session in walkie-talkie (“push-to-talk”) mode between terminals each of which has respective capacities for encoding and decoding voice and/or image signals. The terminals are logged onto the session via a server and a first wireless telecommunications network to which the terminals are connected and a second network to which the server is connected. The server comprises a data encoder/decoder. When a session is established at the request of a terminal, a sender terminal sends data encoded according to an initial type of coding to one or more receiver terminals that are connected via the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: France Telecom
    Inventors: Aude Pichelin, Nathalie Beziot, Khadjia Daoud-Triki
  • Patent number: 8503934
    Abstract: A communications device includes a first radio (106, 300) configured to support wireless communications with a second radio (104) using a plurality of communications modes. The device includes a switch element (118, 326) configured to cause the first radio to transmit when actuated. The device also includes a control element (306, 324) for detecting one or more actuations of the switch element and configured to select a one of the plurality of communications modes based on a sequence of the actuations of the switch element detected by the control element during a pre-defined time interval and to cause a wireless transmission from the first radio to the second radio according to the one of the plurality of communications modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth P. Beghini, Eric Van Ness, Donald R. Martz, David Hinterberger
  • Publication number: 20130196706
    Abstract: WiFi interworking solutions for Push-To-Talk over Cellular (PoC) in the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Standard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: KODIAK NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventor: KODIAK NETWORKS, INC.
  • Publication number: 20130196704
    Abstract: Machine-Type-Communication-type (MTC-type) devices of an MTC Group are uniquely identified across all types of wireless networks by a system and method in which a receiver is capable of receiving a signal from at least one node of a wireless network. The signal contains MTC Group ID information that corresponds to an MTC Feature that provides at least one system optimization for the wireless device. The received MTC Group ID is then processed to determine whether the MTC received Group ID corresponds to an MTC Feature to which a wireless device is a member. The MTC Group ID information contained in the received signal comprises part of a Mobile Subscription Identification (MSIN) field of an International Mobile Subscriber Identify (IMSI), additional digits added to an IMSI, of part of a separate MTC Group message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: Puneet Jain, Muthaiah Venkatachalam, Meghashree Dattatri Kedalagudde
  • Publication number: 20130196705
    Abstract: Provided is a communication terminal that prevents a listener from missing a conversation during a group call and enables the listener to identify a speaker. Mobile telephones of users B and C receive, from a mobile telephone of a user A who is a speaker, DTMF information having a value of “1” and identifying the user A, and audio data of the user A; output an identification tone indicated by the DTMF information, and audio of the user A; and store the DTMF information and a flag indicating “other”. When a speaker is switched to the user B, the mobile telephone of the user B generates audio data of the user B, selects DTMF information having a value of “2” as information identifying the user B; and transmits the selected DTMF information and the audio data of the user B to the mobile telephones of the users A and C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: KYOCERA Corporation
  • Patent number: 8499061
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for inserting a new device in a community of devices wherein each device of the community is able to store insertion requests received from at least one new device and to forward these insertion requests to a device chosen by a user of the community for confirming authorization to join the community.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Olivier Heen, Nicolas Prigent
  • Patent number: 8498660
    Abstract: Enhanced Group Calling Features for Connected Portfolio Services in wireless communications networks, such as a mobile or cellular phone communications networks. The Connected Portfolio Services include Mobile Conferencing (Scheduled/Instant/Reservationless Conference), Family Connect, Buddy Connect, and Quick Reach, while the Enhanced Group Calling Features include Voicemail Diversion (the recognition of a diversion to voicemail and dropping the leg), Reverse Quick Reach (where a terminating subscriber defines how a call dialed to his/her mobile number should be handled and directed), and Single Number Group Calling (an optimal design implementation of single number based group calling).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Kodiak Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce D. Lawler, Krishnakant M. Patel, Ravi Ayyasamy, Harisha M. Negalaguli, Basem A. Ardah, Gorachand Kundu, Ramu Kandula, Brahmananda R. Vempati, Ravi Shankar Kumar, Chetan M. Patel, Shiva K. K. Cheedella
  • Publication number: 20130190033
    Abstract: An embodiment is directed to switching between server-arbitrated group communication sessions at an access terminal (AT) within a wireless communications system. The AT participates in a first group communication session when it receives an announce message announcing a second group communication session, acquires priority levels for the first and/or second group communication sessions and determines whether to switch between sessions based on the priority level(s). In another embodiment, the AT participates in a given processing task (e.g., a gaming session, a voice call, a group session, etc.) when it receives an alert that relates to a group communication session. If the alert is specially configured to force the given access terminal to drop the given processing task, the AT drops the given processing task irrespective of whether the AT later joins the announced group communication session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: QUALCOMM Incorporated
  • Patent number: 8494458
    Abstract: A facility for performing employing multiple frequencies in a secure distributed hierarchical convergence network is described. The facility receives a signal in a first frequency, converts the received signal to an internal representation, applies a business rule to the converted signal, and, when the business rule indicates that the signal should be transmitted in a second frequency, causes the internal representation of the signal to be translated to a second frequency and transmitted in the second frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: CoCo Communications Corp.
    Inventors: Mark L. Tucker, Jeremy Bruestle, Riley Eller, Brian Retford, Choong Ng
  • Patent number: 8494571
    Abstract: Methods and computer-readable mediums for processing push-to-talk voice messages are provided. According to one method, a first mobile station receives a push-to-talk voice message from a second mobile station, determines that a data object is attached to the push-to-talk voice message, determines a type of the data object, and stores the data object in a PTT attachment queue of the first mobile station, based upon the determined type of the data object, which may be a picture, video data, audio data, e-mail, document, contact, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Nextel Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Mike Gailloux, John Everson, Kenneth W. Samson, Jeffrey Dillon
  • Patent number: 8494586
    Abstract: A communication system, including a modular wireless communicator including a connector for connecting the communicator to any one of a plurality jacket devices, a controller for receiving identification signals that identify a jacket device that is connected to the communicator, for receiving user input signals generated by input controls from the identified jacket device, and for decoding the received user input signals based on the received identification signals, and a modem for transmitting data over the air in response to the decoded user input signals, and a plurality of jacket devices, each jacket device including input controls for receiving user input and generating corresponding user input signals, and a connector for connecting the jacket device to the communicator and for transmitting the identification signals and the user input signals to the communicator controller, wherein the communicator does not include input controls when a jacket device is not connected thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Itay Sherman, Yohan Yehouda Cohen
  • Patent number: 8493958
    Abstract: An access terminal (AT) and a data-optimized cellular communication radio network (RN) negotiate a set of packet sizes for use on a reverse link between the AT and the RN. The negotiated set of packet sizes may differ from the default set of packet sizes defined in an existing standard, such as 1xEV-DO Revisions A and B. The packet sizes in the negotiated set may be tailored to provide a good fit with an application transmitting data on the reverse link, such as a voice encoder of a voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) application. The AT and the RN communicate using the negotiated set of packet sizes. The packet sizes of the negotiated set may be mapped to the same reverse rate indicator (RRI) channel codewords as are defined in systems operating under the standard. Packing efficiency is thus increased, and higher capacity for delay-sensitive applications is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Rashid Ahmed Akbar Attar, Naga Bhushan
  • Patent number: 8494548
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request message from a requesting endpoint, where the request message requests a communication session corresponding to an area. An area-based group comprising one or more endpoints associated with the area is identified. The area-based group allows the endpoints to communicate with each other in the communication session. The requesting endpoint is added to the area-based group to allow the requesting endpoint to communicate with the one or more endpoints in the communication session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Shmuel Shaffer, Ramanathan T. Jagadeesan, Bich T. Nguyen, Gregory D. Pelton, Labhesh Patel
  • Patent number: 8489134
    Abstract: A method is provided in one example implementation and the method includes interacting, via a first communication resource manager located in a first domain, with a second communication resource manager located in a second domain. The method further includes determining whether to establish a link for multicasting between users in the first domain and users in the second domain, and the link between the domains is established based on presence data of at least one user in the first domain and at least one user in the second domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Zeeshan Khan, Keith Edmund O'Brien, Shmuel Shaffer
  • Patent number: 8489135
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are disclosed relating to wireless communications. The systems and techniques involve wireless communications wherein a module or communications device is configured to listen for a period of time for an incoming pilot signal from a remote terminal that exceeds a threshold power level for the purpose of acquiring such incoming pilot signal and operating under control of the remote terminal, and operating independently of the remote terminal if such pilot signal is not detected within the period of time, such independent operation including transmitting a pilot signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sanjiv Nanda, Ranganathan Krishnan
  • Patent number: 8483379
    Abstract: There is provided an telephone control apparatus including storing unit for storing ringtone patterns for each incoming call group relative to one or more telephone terminals; and controlling unit for performing a ring operation of the telephone terminal belonging to the incoming call group which is to receive a call based on the ringtone pattern specified from the storing unit, wherein when a certain incoming call group among the plural incoming call groups becomes in a call receiving condition, the controlling unit specifies the ringtone pattern corresponding to the incoming call group in a call receiving condition by referring to the storing unit and controls the telephone terminals belonging to the incoming call group in the call receiving condition to perform a ring operation based on the ringtone pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuneyuki Sakano, Jun Satou
  • Publication number: 20130172038
    Abstract: A network communication device located on a Push To Talk (PTT) communication network and configured to provide time-shifting capabilities to a user of a PTT communication device is disclosed. The network communication device includes a receiver configured to progressively receive time-based media. The network communication device also includes a time-shifting buffer for progressively storing the received time based media as the time-based media is received and a time-shifting buffer controller configured to control the rendering of the time-based media at the PTT device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: VOXER IP LLC
    Inventor: Voxer IP LLC
  • Publication number: 20130172037
    Abstract: A client device performs a method for priority scanning of groups across multiple disparate connected networks which includes the client device creating a scan list having a designated priority group in response to user input that monitors the activity of a plurality of communication groups on a first wireless network that has a one-to-one mapping to a second plurality of logically equivalent communication groups provisioned on the multiple wireless networks. The client device also receives an indication from a communication server that a group on the scan list is active and automatically and preemptively joins the active group using resources on the first wireless network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: REMA GOVIND, DANIEL R. LOEGER
  • Patent number: 8478261
    Abstract: A predictive wakeup function for Push-to-Talk-over Cellular (PoC) call setup optimizations in a cellular mobile phone network. In performing the predictive wakeup for call setup optimizations, an originating mobile transmits an event trigger to a real-time exchange that interfaces to a mobile switching center in the cellular mobile phone network. The real-time exchange transmits a wakeup message to one or more terminating mobiles of predicted participants, in order to transition the terminating mobiles of the predicted participants from a dormant state to an active state prior to a call being setup with the terminating mobiles of the predicted participants. The terminating mobiles of the predicted participants are identified by a predictive wakeup mechanism before the originating mobile sends a list of one or more terminating mobiles of actual participants to the real-time exchange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Kodiak Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Brahmananda R. Vempati, Krishnakant M. Patel, Pratap Chandana, Anand Narayanan, Ravi Ayyasamy, Bruce D. Lawler, Basem A. Ardeh, Ramu Kandula, Gorachand Kundu, Ravi Shankar Kumar, Bibhudatta Biswal
  • Publication number: 20130165172
    Abstract: A communication system which includes a plurality of communication terminals, each communication terminal includes: a memory that stores a group attribute representative of an attribute of a group, the group attribute assigned to a communication terminal or a user of the communication terminal; a communication unit that transmits the group attribute stored in a memory of a correspondent terminal located within a predetermined range from the communication terminal, and receives a group attribute stored in a memory of the correspondent terminal; and a controller that compares the group attribute received by the communication unit with the group attribute stored in the memory of the communication terminal and initiates selectively one of a first information processing and a second information processing based on a result of the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazutoshi OBANA
  • Publication number: 20130165171
    Abstract: A method for providing presence notification for PTT chat group communications includes a server receiving, from a communication device of a member of a chat group, a session initiation message to start a session for the PTT chat group. The session initiation message includes a member-selected priority. The server generates an event notification message that includes an indication that the chat group is active and has been assigned a priority, and sends the event notification message to communication devices of at least some of the other chat group members. Additionally, where a group priority has been assigned to the chat group, the group priority is assigned to the session. Otherwise, the member-selected priority is assigned to the session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Madhusudan K. Pai, Ilya Freytsis, Dominic Lazara, Udaya Shankara P.S., Shrinivas Shetti, Luqing Wang
  • Publication number: 20130165173
    Abstract: In one illustrative example, a technique in a mobile communication device which is operative in a wireless communication network for Push-To-Talk (PTT) communications involves receiving, at the mobile communication device, presence information associated with at least one other mobile communication device, the presence information including at least one of a current availability indication or capability indication; and buffering a PTT communication prior to its transmission from the mobile communication device based on the presence information. The current availability or capability indication may be an automatic answering indication or a media capability indication, as examples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventor: Research In Motion Limited
  • Patent number: 8472980
    Abstract: A system for the collection, aggregation and analysis of location based crowdsourcing data includes a server that server that controls the distribution of crowdsourcing requests and workloads to a plurality of external mobile platforms. The server receives crowdsourcing queries from multiple parties and provides measurement requests to the mobile platforms, e.g., based on the location of the mobile platforms. Upon receipt of the measured contextual data from the mobile platforms, the server may distribute information, such as the raw measured contextual data or an analysis of the measured contextual data, to the appropriate requesting parties in a secure manner. The mobile platform may receive a plurality of measurement requests from a remote server, wherein the plurality of measurement requests are based on crowdsourcing queries from a plurality of parties. The mobile platform may measure and provide to the remote server contextual data in response to the plurality of measurement requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Behrooz Khorashadi, Saumitra Mohan Das, Rajarshi Gupta
  • Publication number: 20130157708
    Abstract: A communication device performs a method for selecting a network for an application service based upon system performance. The method includes obtaining multiple sets of performance metrics. Each of the multiple sets of performance metrics comprises at least one performance metric for a same application service. The method further includes evaluating the multiple sets of performance metrics to select one of the corresponding networks to access the application service on the selected network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: GEORGE R. ECONOMY, DANIEL J. MCDONALD
  • Patent number: RE44378
    Abstract: In a cellular system configuration, the location of a mobile station is determined from the acquisition of cellular network data pertaining to the mobile station, and the translation of such network data into a corresponding geographical position profile. The cellular system includes a mobile station locator entity for receiving from a mobile switching center the network data such as cell and/or sector ID and trunk group member number. The mobile station locator translates the network data into position information such as geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude), resolution (radius), and angle values for sectorized cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Verizon Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Borkowski, Robert D. Packard, II, Hingsum F. Fung, Hadi F. Habal, Manuel Maseda, Sheng-Roan Kai, Kenneth Chao