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7418263 Systems and methods for handover between space based and terrestrial radioterminal communications  
A satellite communications system includes a satellite that is configured to wirelessly communicate with radioterminals in a satellite coverage area over a satellite frequency band, and an...
7418236 Extraterrestrial communications systems and methods including ancillary extraterrestrial components  
A system for communications on an extraterrestrial body may include a space-based component and an ancillary extraterrestrial component on the extraterrestrial body. The space-based component may...
7340213 Intra- and/or inter-system interference reducing systems and methods for satellite communications systems  
A first radio signal is received via a first satellite reception path, for example, an antenna or spot beam, which serves a satellite cell. The received first radio signal includes a desired...
7295807 Methods and systems for configuring satellite antenna cell patterns in response to terrestrial use of satellite frequencies  
Space-based wireless radiotelephone communications are provided in a satellite footprint over a satellite radiotelephone frequency band. The satellite footprint is divided into satellite cells in...
7257611 Distributed nonstop architecture for an event processing system  
Methods and architectures for implementing a fault tolerant real time event processing system are provided. The system includes at least one satellite and at least one primary data center. The...
7233795 Location based communications system  
A location based communications system uses a physical location system (PLS) or relative position system to determine a communication unit's location in two or three dimensions, and is configured...
7221905 Dual mode satellite cellular telephone systems  
A dual-mode telephone with a satellite communication adapter is disclosed. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a cellular-type handportable phone is equipped with a connector for...
7218931 Satellite radiotelephone systems providing staggered sectorization for terrestrial reuse of satellite frequencies and related methods and radiotelephone systems  
A satellite radiotelephone system can include a space-based component and a plurality of ancillary terrestrial components. The space-based component is configured to provide wireless radiotelephone...
7203490 Satellite assisted push-to-send radioterminal systems and methods  
A satellite is used to route push-to-send messages among terrestrial base stations. Reduced push-to-send delays thereby may be provided, when a source push-to-send radioterminal is widely separated...
7181161 Multi-band/multi-mode satellite radiotelephone communications systems and methods  
Satellite radiotelephone systems and communications methods include a space-based component that is configured to communicate with radiotelephones in a satellite footprint that is divided into...
7180873 Spread spectrum code division destination access (SS-CDDA) for satellite communication system with distributed gateways  
A code division multiplexing system for a link between components of a satellite communications system is disclosed where, using spread spectrum techniques, channel blocks are each spread by a...
7174127 Data communications systems and methods using different wireless links for inbound and outbound data  
A hybrid satellite communications system provides communications, particularly Internet access, to computer users. The hybrid satellite communications system includes a satellite system and a...
7155340 Network-assisted global positioning systems, methods and terminals including doppler shift and code phase estimates  
A mobile terminal is configured to receive wireless communications including GPS data from a terrestrial and/or satellite wireless network, and to perform pseudo-range measurements using the GPS...
7149526 Coordinated satellite-terrestrial frequency reuse  
A system and method of operation for efficiently reusing and/or sharing at least a portion of the frequency spectrum between a first satellite spot beam and a second satellite spot beam, and/or an...
7139577 Method for call control of communication terminal equipment wirelessly connected to communication networks  
Calls (ar) directed to wireless communication terminal equipment (KE) wirelessly connected to base stations (BS-H) of a home area (H) and to a communication network (KN) are switched to the...
7130888 Method and apparatus for controlling a computer over a TCP/IP protocol network  
The present invention permits virtually the entire functionality of a computer system to be made accessible over a network such as the Internet or an Intranet. More particularly, the present...
7016675 System and method for controlling telephone service using a wireless personal information device  
A system and method for accessing a data network telephony account using a wireless personal information device (PID). The user may connect over the wireless cellular infrastructure to a telephony...
6996369 Repeater for a satellite phone  
A repeater is disclosed which is usable to permit a satellite phone, normally requiring a direct line of sight link to an orbiting satellite, to communicate with the satellite when the satellite...
6937699 System and method for advertising using data network telephone connections  
A system and method for providing advertising and advertising services using a telephone system. A data network telephony system includes a commercial message server that communicates with a...
6931232 Bi-static communication relay architecture  
A bi-static communication relay includes a receiver and transmitter carried by different platforms. In particular, the transmitter may be carried by a geosynchronous satellite forming a broadcast...
6870830 System and method for performing messaging services using a data communications channel in a data network telephone system  
A system and method for performing messaging between telephones in a data network telephone system. The message communications may be managed by a messaging application connected to the data...
6857072 System and method for enabling encryption/authentication of a telephony network  
A system and method for enabling encryption and/or authentication services on a telephony network. A portable information device, such as a personal digital assistant is used to exchange encryption...
6857021 Proximity-based registration on a data network telephony system  
Proximity-based registration of a user to a data network appliance on a data network telephony system. A portable information device, such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) or passive...
6856616 System and method for providing service provider configurations for telephones using a central server in a data network telephony system  
A system and method for providing service provider configured telephone service to a user of a data network telephone. The user connects a data network telephone to the data network. The data...
6822957 Distributed network address translation for a network telephony system  
System and method for distributed network address translation in a network telephony system. A first network phone with a first protocol, requests at least one locally unique port from a first...
6804224 System and method for providing telephone service having private branch exchange features in a voice-over-data network telephony system  
A system and method for providing telephone service to a user of a telecommunications device using a data network service provider. The data network service provider has a local service host that...
6795429 System and method for associating notes with a portable information device on a network telephony call  
A system and method for associating notes to a call with a portable information device, such as a personal digital assistant. In one embodiment, notes taken during a call are associated with...
6744759 System and method for providing user-configured telephone service in a data network telephony system  
A system and method for providing user-configured telephone service to a user of a data network telephone. The user connects a data network telephone to the data network. The data network telephone...
6741586 System and method for sharing computer screens over a telephony network  
A system and method for communicating screen display images on a computer to another computer using a telephony network. A screen share button on a data network telephone initiates a screen shot...
6735440 Low earth orbit distributed gateway communication system  
There is disclosed a method and an apparatus for extending the effective service regions of gateways and virtual gateways through a gateway-to-gateway diversity technique. The gateways are...
6731630 Flexible dial plan for a data network telephony system  
A dial plan for a data network telephony system is provided. A variable-length-code scheme is used to assign communication numeral strings to user identifiers and/or device identifiers, such as SIP...
6726152 Satellite communications system  
Boeing achieves satellite diversity by having a large discrimination angle for a MEO constellation of communications satellites to limit interference in the Ku-band with GSO communications systems....
6681252 System and method for interconnecting portable information devices through a network based telecommunication system  
A personal information device (PID) is coupled to an IP Telephony phone in order to provide end-to-end connectivity to another PID through a network. The architecture disclosed includes a pair of...
6661996 Satellite communication system providing multi-gateway diversity to a mobile user terminal  
Disclosed herein is a method for operating a satellite communications system as well as a method for providing a larger effective gateway coverage area, and a system that operates in accordance...
6654357 Satellite repeater diversity resource management system  
A satellite communications system ( 10 ) has a controller for improving and optimizing the delivery of path diversity in a satellite repeater-based communication system, thereby conserving both FDM...
6650901 System and method for providing user-configured telephone service in a data network telephony system  
A system and method for providing location information and other information about a calling telephone to the caller during a telephone connection in a data network telephony system. Data network...
6594469 Methods and apparatus for broadcasting regional information over a satellite communication system  
In a communication satellite constellation which uses CDMA and multiple spot beams for point-to-point communication, a system is provided for broadcasting regionally related information within a...
6587687 Multiple satellite fade attenuation control system  
The teaching of this invention pertains particularly to satellite communications systems using GSO or NGSO satellites. This invention employs data derived from signals of various types to derive a...
6584490 System and method for providing call-handling services on a data network telephone system  
A system and method for providing call handling services on a data network telephony system. A portable information device, such as a PDA, associated with a user contains the user's address and/or...
6577622 System and method for using a portable information device to establish a conference call on a telephony network  
A system and method for using a portable information device, such as a personal digital assistant, to establish a conference call on a telephony network. In one embodiment, a user of the portable...
6567668 Locator barring for satellite-based networks  
A telecommunications system and method for managing the eligibility of access to a satellite-based network by mobile originated and mobile terminated calls by including, for example, within the...
6567645 Multiple satellite repeater management system using frame error rate for diversity selection  
A method for operating a mobile satellite telecommunications system has steps of (a) providing a user terminal that is operable to simultaneously receive a communication signal from a gateway via a...
6529707 Satellite communications adapter for cellular handset  
A dual mode telephone is used with a satellite communication adapter. A cellular-type handportable phone is equipped with a connector for the attachment of accessories. This connector provides a...
6522865 Hybrid satellite communications system  
A hybrid satellite communications system provides communications, particularly Internet access, to computer users. The hybrid satellite communications system includes a satellite system and a...
6501939 Satellite communications adapter for a cellular handset  
A dual-mode telephone with a satellite communication adapter is disclosed. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a cellular-type handportable phone is equipped with a connector for...
6493538 System and method for hybrid satellite and terrestrial communication  
A system for communicating information between a central site and a remote site includes a central network access device operable to receive a broadcast signal from the central site and to...
6463279 Channel frequency allocation for multiple-satellite communication network  
A method and apparatus (system) for providing forward-link channel-frequency allocation for multiple-satellite cellular communications networks is disclosed. The system has a centralized...
6418147 Multiple vocoder mobile satellite telephone system  
A user terminal ( 16 ) includes an RF transceiver ( 30 ) for transmitting modulated RF signals to a gateway ( 14 ) and for receiving modulated RF signals from the gateway via at least one satellite...
6400946 Multimode universal mobile telecommunications system  
The invention relates to a mobile communication entity, which combines several mobile communication networks, which can be part of different mobile communication systems ( 31, 33, 34, 44 ), and in...
6377817 Asymmetric data transmission for use in a multi-modulation environment  
A data transmission method and system for circuit switched and other services that can be employed in TDMA-based systems, and that supports the use of one or several types of modulation (e.g.,...
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