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6166652 System and method for locating misplaced items  
A system for locating lost keys or other items includes a compact, pocket-sized unit that includes a key chain. The unit includes a sound generator that generates a sound of sufficient volume to...
6151490 Methods and systems for providing audio and video telephone communications using a personal computer and a television  
A personal computer is used to provide audio and/or video telephone communications. Audio telephone communications are provided by using a personal computer to relay audio telephone communications...
6144859 Wireless cellular communicator system and apparatus  
A wireless cellular communicator system and apparatus for telemetry tracking, surveillance, data transmission, identification, and remote monitoring includes a communicator for data encoding and...
6144848 Handheld remote computer control and methods for secured interactive real-time telecommunications  
An interactive bi-directional telecommunication method using a handheld low power user device to access a host computer server along a telecommunication path, and to command the host computer...
6144850 Real-time monitoring of remote base station transceiver subsystems  
A system and method is provided for monitoring remote base station transceiver subsystems (BTSs) in a concurrent real-time operating system (CROS) environment in a code division multiple access...
6138009 System and method for customizing wireless communication units  
A system and a method respectively for customizing wireless communication units for use in wireless communication systems. The wireless communication units are generic and include a device for...
6134434 System and method for providing service negotiation in a communications network  
A system and method for providing subscriber unit or base station initiated service negotiation in a wireless communication system. Message generators in the mobile switching center, base station,...
6128776 Method for managing software in code division multiple access (CDMA) base station system of personal communication system  
A method for managing software in a code division multiple access (CDMA) base station system of a personal communication system (PCS) includes the step of setting a processor type to each processor...
6128483 Simultaneous over the air data download to multiple radios  
In a multi-point mobile radio broadcast network, the multiple mobile radios can have personality information reprogrammed via a broadcast method, rather than on a one-to-one basis. A communications...
6119001 Roamer service auto-activation and deactivation in a home location register  
An automatic activation of a roamer mobile station is implemented in a visited network home location register. Responsive to a registration attempt by the roamer mobile station a default subscriber...
6108534 Data and message retrieval communications system including remote receive-only communication unit  
A data and message retrieval communications system utilizes a base station such as a PC or cellular phone to transmit received messages and stored data in accordance with an operator customized...
6091967 Scalable radio platform  
A scalable radio platform for wireless communication systems which interfaces with either user equipment or system equipment to allow system parameters to be modified such that users of different...
6088588 Method and wireless terminal for monitoring communications and providing network with terminal operation information  
A wireless terminal monitors its communications with a wireless network in order to provide the network with performance information. The terminal monitors its own operations and messages, or...
6081704 Mobile radio communication device  
It is an object of the present invention to inhibit the use of a portable telephone that is lost or stolen and to smoothly recover it. According to the present invention, a mobile radio...
6070070 Method and apparatus for remote telephony switch control  
A command, such as an application specific command, is communicated from a central host to a remote station via a cellular mobile radio network. The station may be a fixed or roaming device. The...
6064879 Mobile communication method, and mobile telephone switching station customer management system, and mobile unit for implementing the same  
A mobile communication method suitable for a purchased mobile unit system, a mobile telephone switching station, a customer management system, and a mobile unit. A temporary ID, with communication...
6064880 Mobile station having short code memory system-level backup and restoration function  
A method is disclosed for operating a telecommunications system. The method includes a first step of providing at least one mobile station and a telecommunications network that are bidirectionally...
6061571 Telephone system capable of utilizing telephone number information stored in parent portable telephone unit by a plurality of child portable telephone units  
In a telephone system, which is arranged by a parent telephone unit and a plurality of child telephone units capable of radio-communicating with the parent telephone unit, the parent telephone unit...
6055442 Short message service for a mobile radio network  
6052600 Software programmable radio and method for configuring  
A software programmable radio (200) receives information to configure a reconfigurable resource (208) to perform an operation based on the information. A processor (210) within the reconfigurable...
6052581 Automatic NAM programming of radio telephone  
Apparatus for remotely programming a radio telephone with identification data. The apparatus receives and decodes DTMF signals indicative of the identification data and controls storage of the...
6044265 Methods and apparatus for cellular set programming  
A method for programming a cellular set over a control channel may be used to update data stored within a cellular set by having the cellular set search the control channel for data updates that...
6044275 System and method for time defined delivery of short message service messages  
A telecommunications system and method is disclosed for allowing a mobile subscriber to define a date and time of delivery for a Short Message Service (SMS) message sent by the mobile subscriber to...
6044263 Method for providing a location independent dialing procedure within a mobile telecommunications network  
A memory register correlating an access code for accessing a particular long distance carrier within a particular telecommunications network is coupled either to a mobile station or to a...
6041228 Open `plug and play` O and M architecture for a radio base station  
A method and apparatus for preparing a vendor- and version-independent information model that a cellular telephone base station can use to communicate its capabilities in a plug and play fashion to...
6035189 Method for using services offered by a telecommunication network, a telecommunication system and a terminal for it  
The invention relates to the use of intelligent network services from a terminal (3) of a telecommunication network and particularly to the introduction of new services and a programmable user...
6029065 Remote feature code programming for mobile stations  
The base station of a wireless communications network determines what features a mobile station will support, then downloads information to the mobile station which will notify the mobile station...
6029066 Communication process in a telecommunications network  
6023620 Method for downloading control software to a cellular telephone  
The present invention comprises a method and apparatus for downloading software into a remotely located cellular telephone via wireless communication. The cellular telephone includes two memories...
6018656 Programmable cellular telephone and system  
A module (P-code module) provides parameter information to a Number Assignment Module (NAM) in a cellular phone unit by processing a simple programming code (P-code) entered by the user through a...
6018654 Method and apparatus for downloading tones to mobile terminals  
A method and apparatus for downloading tone data from a public land mobile network to a mobile telephone unit is disclosed. A mobile telephone unit includes means enabling the user to request...
6014561 Method and apparatus for over the air activation of a multiple mode/band radio telephone handset  
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for over the air activation of a multiple mode/band radio telephone. The method includes the steps generating at least one message containing...
6006091 System and method of informing a radio telecommunications network of the operating capabilities of a mobile terminal located therein  
A method in a cellular telecommunications network of informing the network of a plurality of operating capabilities of a mobile terminal. The method begins with the steps of entering an access...
5995829 Programmable system determination in dual-mode wireless communications systems  
The procedure for Programmable System Determination (PSD) utilizes the over-the-air programming protocol and procedures which support the Over-The-Air Service Provisioning (OTASP) feature in...
5978668 Radio communication apparatus  
A communication method and a communication apparatus, in which a terminal can be selected in accordance with a specific application, and the abuse thereof can be prevented in the case of terminal...
5978674 Method and apparatus for configuring dispersed components in a communications system  
A system and method for readily varying the configuration of a telephone system and the functions/features available to the users of wireless telephone instruments on the system. The telephone...
5974312 System and method for updating a memory in an electronic device via wireless data transfer  
An electronic device has a microprocessor operable in a plurality of modes including a memory update mode, a nonvolatile memory and a wireless communication interface for receiving data over a...
5956636 Method and system for automatic activation of a wireless device  
Methods and apparatus for automatic activation of a wireless device in a subscription activation system are provided which use information received from a programmed but non-activated device. In...
5950130 Mobile station with intelligent roaming and over-the-air programming features  
A method of intelligent roaming wherein a Systems Access List (SAL), programmed into the memory of a mobile station over-the-air or via a physical interface, is used to select a preferred system...
5943425 Re-authentication procedure for over-the-air activation  
A method and system for providing OTA during the service origination call, wherein the mobile station performs an authentication procedure in response to a re-authentication message received, using...
5940752 Arrangement for remotely programming a cellular telephone terminal  
In a cellular telephone terminal having increased storage capability, ease of entry and access for data stored therein is provided through utilization of a computer equipped with a modem, a wired...
5930704 Reconfigurable subscriber terminal for a wireless telecommunications system  
A subscriber station for the wireless connection of user telecommunications equipment to a remote central station of a wireless telecommunications system includes a transmitter/receiver for...
5926756 Method and system for programming a cellular phone  
A method and system simplifies and accomplishes the programming of a PED (12), such as a cellular telephone (22), via the use of a personal computer (PC). The present invention includes software...
5918172 Multiple number assignment module communication  
A communication system (10) includes a communication device (12) that supports communication using multiple number identification modules (70-74). Each NAM (70-74) supported by the communication...
5914668 Wireless terminal controlled mobility operational parameters  
Allowing a user of a wireless terminal to control the mobility operational parameters when desired by the user. The user enters parameter selection information into the wireless terminal; and the...
5915026 System and method for programming electronic devices from a remote site  
A system is provided for programming home electronic devices. The system includes a computer for converting information needed to program the electronic device which is communicated from the...
5915225 Remotely retrieving SIM stored data over a connection-less communications link  
An SMS or USSD message encapsulating a request for Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) stored data is transported to the mobile station over a connection-less communications link such as a Stand-alone...
5903653 Vehicle security system  
An anti-theft system is disclosed which includes a fuel cut-off valve (12) that is controlled in response to receiving a command over a paging system utilizing a paging receiver (14). The message...
5896566 Method for indicating availability of updated software to portable wireless communication units  
In a wireless communication system (100), updated software is downloaded to a server (104). In response to a software update query sent by the server, a portable wireless communication unit (101)...
5887254 Methods and apparatus for updating the software of a mobile terminal using the air interface  
A wireless user terminal (10), such as a cellular telephone, includes a transceiver (14, 16) for conducting bidirectional RF communications with a communications network (32) and a data processor...