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7363043 Passive GSM-based self-locating device  
A self locating device that uses GSM signals associated with GSM digital telephone base stations to determine its current location. The device uses GSM common channel signals to determine observed...
7363042 Cell phone muting override system  
The disclosed invention relates to a system for restricting radio frequency transmissions within a restricted area and more particularly to a mechanism for overriding the restriction of radio...
7359717 Method for transmitting an assignment through wireless transmission  
A method and system whereby a customer automatically receives an assignment on his wireless device without the need to visit a reservation desk. When the customer initially makes a reservation with...
7355510 Telematics system vehicle tracking  
A method of tracking a vehicle including receiving vehicle information at a call center from a telematics unit via a wireless network, determining whether the vehicle information is associated with...
7353047 Integrated mobile phone ring scheduler  
A mobile telephone comprises a ringer to provide an audible alert of an incoming telephone call. The mobile telephone has a ringer schedule interface to receive a ringer control schedule. The...
7349366 Overlap mitigation in wireless LANs using a central medium access control  
The present invention relates to an access point for a wireless local area network. The access point is arranged to service its stations by using a Point Coordination Function protocol and to...
7333820 System and method for providing routing, mapping, and relative position information to users of a communication network  
The present invention is directed to a system and method for providing real-time position information of one party to another party by utilizing a conventional telecommunication network system such...
7330730 Portable terminal  
A portable terminal (e.g., portable telephone) is constituted using a geomagnetic sensor for detecting an azimuth, and a GPS receiver for detecting a present position thereof. A direction of a...
7328002 Communications terminal, communication control method and program  
Wireless electronic payment of a cellular phone to a commercial company for commodities and/or services, received from the company, through the company's register and a non-contact IC of the...
7324839 Communications control method, communications control system, and wireless telephone device  
An antenna of a wireless interface is installed in a communications suppressing area, and a communications suppressing signal is transmitted. When a wireless telephone device receives this signal,...
7323982 Method and system to control movable entities  
A method to wirelessly control an entity having an attached transponder is disclosed. A geographical zone is defined. The geographical zone can be defined by allowing a user to define and load to a...
7321775 Method for obtaining location related information allowing to locate a terminal attached to a communication network  
The present invention concerns a method for obtaining location information on the location of a terminal (UE) attached to a communication network, said method comprising the steps of: issuing, by...
7321580 Directional carrier sense medium access for wireless nodes  
A method ( 508 ) and system ( 226 ) provide directional medium access control for wireless nodes ( 102 ) in a wireless network ( 100 ), each of the nodes ( 102 ) having a transceiver ( 228 ) and a...
7317927 Method and system to monitor persons utilizing wireless media  
A method and system of selectively communicating with a first portable device within pre-defined geographical zones is disclosed. The first portable device is associated with a geographical zone...
7277711 Location system and method for client terminals which provide location-based service to mobile terminals  
In one of multiple mobile communication networks, a serving node responsible for locating mobile terminals is responsive to a registration request from a mobile terminal for storing the serving...
7272401 Apparatus and method for determining position information of user equipment  
An apparatus for determining position information of one or more UEs (User Equipments), which includes a plurality of Node Bs for transmitting propagation signals to UEs positioned in a specific...
7266381 Method for filtering mobile telephone communications and related device  
A method of filtering calls between a mobile network provided with frequency channels and mobile telephones registered with this mobile network. When the mobile telephones are located in a control...
7266348 Tire air pressure detection system  
A tire air pressure detection system, able to prevent a strong electric field or strong radio interference from affecting transmitters and causing mistaken data relating to tire air pressure to be...
7263374 Method of changing the setting of mobile unit by broadcasting message  
A method of changing the setting of mobile unit by broadcasting message is provided. Firstly, the broadcaster codes the setting information into an application program via message editing such....
7254404 Method and apparatus for processing position information in a mobile device  
Method and apparatus for processing position information in a mobile device is described. In one example, a request for a position to be computed within a predefined period of time is received. A...
7248885 Automatic/timed silencing of mobile phone from a network  
A method and system provides automatic/timed silencing of a mobile phone by a telecommunications network. The method has the steps of: forming a schedule of silence at a mobile phone; sending the...
7245923 Mobile device and geographic information system background and summary of the related art  
The present invention provides a system and mobile device for providing geographic information to a user. The system includes a mobile device that is wirelessly connected to a geographic database....
7242969 Portable communication terminal and ringtone volume control method  
A portable communication terminal has two chassis and one of the two chassis includes a receiver for outputting voice and a speaker for informing of an incoming call. The terminal includes a...
7233798 Method and apparatus for determining location of a remote unit using GPS  
To address the need for faster location determination by GPS-equipped units, this application describes embodiments of the present invention that provide GPS-assist data to a remote unit ( 110 )...
7231219 Method, apparatus, and program for automated property adjustment in a cellular network  
A mechanism is provided for detecting when a wireless device is entering a quiet zone. An out-of-range condition is created in an entryway to a quiet zone. When a wireless device is in a transition...
7231216 Mobile positioning using intergrated ad-hoc network  
A mobile station positioning method for a cellular communications system includes evaluating an initial position estimate of a target mobile station having an initial area of uncertainty,...
7224980 Radio system  
A stationary device 20 sends a portable-device finding signal to a portable device 10 from a plurality of stationary-device side antennae 24 and 25 , which are located at different...
7221939 System, method, and apparatus for automatically selecting mobile device profiles  
A system, apparatus, and method for automatically or interactively updating a wireless/mobile device's active settings or profile, based on the location of the mobile device. Profile point...
7218924 Method for restricting calls to a cell phone  
The present invention is a method for restricting calls to a cell phone, including the steps of: receiving restriction information; testing an incoming call to the cell phone against the...
7215978 Mobile terminal apparatus, mobile terminal settings changing system, method used therefor, and program thereof  
A settings changing system can power off only the mobile terminal apparatus of a user entering a specific institution without fail. The mobile terminal apparatus obtains ticket information from a...
7200411 Portable information terminal and communication system  
Herein disclosed are a portable information terminal and a communication system according to the present invention. The portable information terminal comprises an information providing unit 109 ...
7200410 Portable telephone  
A portable telephone which enables operations other than transmission and reception functions, such as retrieving telephone numbers, creating e-mails, playing games, without emitting strong...
7197322 Method and system for facilitating location-based services  
A method and system are disclosed for facilitating location-based services. In an exemplary arrangement, when a mobile station is engaged in a data session with a server, the mobile station may be...
7194275 Position determination of mobile stations  
In a cellular communications network, additional control signals comprising virtual base station identification data are distributed in the radio system from well defined locations by e.g....
7194273 Location based service restrictions for mobile applications  
A cell phone system that controls the functionality of cell phones based upon their geographical locations. Functionality information stored in data bases located at and unique to each location. A...
7184746 Method and apparatus for providing network support for a wireless emergency call  
A system is provided to allow a network to obtain the location of a mobile station (e.g. mobile phone) having AGPS/AFLT CDMA capability during an emergency call—without the use of the MPCAP...
7181229 System which automatically disables or switches off a cellphone  
This invention relates to a system for disabling a cellphone in the presence of certain conditions, and for switching it off in the presence of some other conditions, while allowing its use in the...
7171217 Location finder  
A system and a method for reporting a location are provided. A location finding device determines whether the location finding device is located within a first distance of a first location or area....
7164935 Mobile telephone with simultaneous power-on and transmission setting function  
A control unit 102 of a mobile telephone 10 sets a radio wave mode to ON or OFF, and stores the setting of the radio wave mode internally. ON shows that radio wave transmission is permitted,...
7162255 System for providing name of location at which cellular phone terminal unit is located  
A location name server is disclosed, that comprises a database for storing peripheral information and location names that have been correlated with each other as a plurality of sets, a means for...
7162015 Automated information access via the telephone line  
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for obtaining information from a remote database via a telephone network using an automated interactive system. Such information may include, for example, credit...
7158803 Emergency services for wireless data access networks  
A system [ 100 ] for facilitating wireless data communication may include an operations center [ 110 ] configured to implement access control rules [ 305 ] within an emergency zone [ 200 ] and an...
7142877 Apparatus and method for automatically muting restricted electronic devices in restricted areas  
A system, consisting of an ultrasonic transmitter and a receiver, is described for controlling certain electronic sound-generating and radio-frequency-generating devices. In restricted areas where...
7136680 Motion detecting wireless receiver and signal monitoring method therefor  
A portable wireless transceiver ( 104 ) includes a receiver ( 206 ) for monitoring transmissions from neighboring transceivers ( 106 A and 106 B) to select a transceiver to use for communications....
7127260 Apparatus and method for determining paging alert mode in a mobile communication system  
Disclosed is a method for determining a paging alert mode of a mobile terminal in a mobile communication system. The mobile terminal determines whether there exists a sub-BTS, depending on a...
7113798 Portable telephone system and communication control method for portable telephone set  
A simple base station device is installed in the entrance or the like of a building and a power OFF signal is supplied. A portable telephone set that has received the signal informs the simple base...
7106852 Telephone accessory for generating conversation utterances to a remote listener in response to a quiet selection  
A user conducts a telephone conversation without speaking. It does this by moving the participant in the public situation to a quiet mode of communication (e.g., keyboard, buttons, touchscreen)....
7103371 Method and apparatus for dynamic voice reservation within wireless networks  
A multi-hop wireless Ad-Hoc network according to the present invention employs a voice reservation protocol. The protocol supports voice and data communication and incorporates retransmission and...
7103365 System and method for locating an alternate communication mechanism in case of a failure of a wireless communication device  
A system (and method and programmable storage medium for storing program steps of the method) for locating an alternate communication mechanism in case of a failure of a wireless device, includes a...
7082311 Location technology support determinations in wireless communications networks and devices  
A method for determining location technology supported by a wireless communications network including sending ( 505 ) a location request, for example a MO-LR request, from a mobile wireless...
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