BACK-CHANNELED PACKETED DATA
Granted: May 5, 2011
Application Number:
20110103356
Consistent with one aspect, location-based mobile-terminal data is processed within or involving the wireless portion of such communication networks, and methods and apparatuses process the location-based mobile-terminal data based on information provided from outside the relationship of the network operator and the user. The location-based mobile-terminal data is extracted and processed by a node in the wireless portion of the communication network based on a specified set of rules.…
BACK-CHANNELED PACKETED DATA
Granted: May 5, 2011
Application Number:
20110103357
The disclosure is directed to mobile terminals, their circuits, components, CPU-programming instructions and methods of implementing the mobile terminals so that they behave in accordance with one or more of the above-characterized manners. For example, the mobile terminal used in such a wireless network includes a memory circuit that stores: on behalf of an operator for the communication network, user identity information relating to wireless network subscriber data useful for providing…
MANAGING NETWORK TRAFFIC BY EDITING A MANIFEST FILE
Granted: April 7, 2011
Application Number:
20110082924
A technique for controlling the streaming of content through a network is disclosed. In an embodiment, the technique involves editing the manifest file that is used to implement an HTTP adaptive bit rate streaming protocol. For example, a manifest file is received at an intermediate network device in response to a request from a client for a content element, the manifest file is then edited at the intermediate network device, and then the edited manifest file is sent to the client. In an…
MANAGING NETWORK TRAFFIC USING INTERMEDIATE FLOW CONTROL
Granted: April 7, 2011
Application Number:
20110082946
A technique for controlling the streaming of content through a network is disclosed. The technique involves changing the rate at which content chunks are sent from an intermediate network device in order to cause a client to request content chunks that are encoded at a different bit rate. For example, an intermediate network device can reduce the rate at which content chunks are sent to a client in order to cause the client to adapt to the reduced flow rate by requesting content chunks…
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING MULTIMEDIA MESSAGES USING A MESSAGE INTERMEDIATION MODULE
Granted: March 31, 2011
Application Number:
20110075676
A system and method for managing multimedia messaging is described. A system includes a messaging intermediation module having, a sender-side interface configured to communicate a multimedia message between the messaging intermediation module and a data gateway of a multimedia messaging system, a recipient-side interface configured to communicate the multimedia message between the messaging intermediation module, an Internet gateway, a message store and forward (MSF) server, and another…
NETWORK-BASED IMPLEMENTATION OF VELOCITY CONTROLS FOR A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE
Granted: February 10, 2011
Application Number:
20110034185
A communication network includes a wireless network, a location platform, and a network component. The wireless network includes a base station to send data to and receive data from a mobile station via radio frequency communication signals. The location platform is operably coupled to the wireless network. In one embodiment, the location platform computes a velocity of the mobile station in response to a velocity request. The network component is operably coupled between the wireless…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS OVER A WIRELESS NETWORK
Granted: August 19, 2010
Application Number:
20100211470
A system and method for controlling financial transactions is disclosed. A customer, using a wireless device, identifies a point of sale and the amount of a transaction at that point of sale is first communicated to a central service and then transmitted to the wireless device for display at the wireless device. The customer can either accept the transaction amount to complete the transaction or reject the amount to cancel the transaction. The customer may have to enter a password or…
CONTENT DISCOVERY USING GATEWAY BROWSING DATA
Granted: June 3, 2010
Application Number:
20100138423
An internet browsing gateway is utilized to locate mobile web content and improve search capabilities for wireless devices. Mobile browsing data is logged as web pages are requested from and returned to wireless devices associated with the same wireless network. An index server continually updates search indexes in real time as users request searches and search results are returned. As a result, the mobile content that is discovered becomes more relevant for users of the same wireless…
CONFIRMATION OF DELIVERY OF CONTENT TO AN HTTP/TCP DEVICE
Granted: February 18, 2010
Application Number:
20100042739
A method to confirm delivery of data to a receiving device via a sending socket is disclosed. One embodiment of the method comprises determining when a predetermined amount of data has been removed from a send buffer of the sending socket and sending a confirmation when the predetermined amount of data has been removed from the send buffer. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING UNWANTED DIGITAL CONTENT DELIVERED TO A MAIL BOX
Granted: December 4, 2008
Application Number:
20080301235
Email messages stored on a mail server are filtered to identify the email messages that contain unwanted content. The mail server receives incoming email messages over a network. A content filter performs an initial scan to identify the incoming email messages that contain unwanted content by determining whether signatures associated with the email messages are included on a list of signatures that identify email messages that are known to include unwanted content. The email messages…
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCESSING A COMMON DATABASE FROM A MOBILE DEVICE AND A COMPUTING DEVICE
Granted: February 14, 2008
Application Number:
20080039062
The present invention has been made in consideration of thin devices efficiently communicating ideas and transactions into data networks by using other devices with full functional user interface in the networks. According to one aspect of the present invention, the thin device exclusively controls the authentication of a rendezvous that is associated with a user account in a server. The thin device running a micro-browser provisions the rendezvous with a set of credential information in…
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCESSING A COMMON DATABASE FROM A MOBILE DEVICE AND A COMPUTING DEVICE
Granted: February 14, 2008
Application Number:
20080040782
The present invention has been made in consideration of thin devices efficiently communicating ideas and transactions into data networks by using other devices with full functional user interface in the networks. According to one aspect of the present invention, the thin device exclusively controls the authentication of a rendezvous that is associated with a user account in a server. The thin device running a micro-browser provisions the rendezvous with a set of credential information in…
LAWFUL INTERCEPT SERVICE
Granted: December 13, 2007
Application Number:
20070287428
A system and method is provided for monitoring the activities and/or locations of wireless units in a wireless network independent of location-based service preferences of those wireless units. That is, a system and method is provided that allows an authorized requester override location-based service preferences (e.g., privacy settings) that may be set for a wireless unit. In this regard, an authorized entity may be able to effectively locate and/or monitor the activities of a wireless…
INTERFACE FOR WIRELESS LOCATION INFORMATION
Granted: September 13, 2007
Application Number:
20070213074
Multiple location finding equipment (LFE) inputs are used to enhance location information made available to wireless location-based applications. A wireless network utilizes a mobile switching center to route communications between wireless stations, a network platform, and a variety of LFE systems. A Location Finding System (LFS), resident on the network platform, receives location information from the LFEs and provides location information to wireless location based applications. In…
Wireless network with adaptive autonomous location push
Granted: February 1, 2007
Application Number:
20070026871
A method of providing location-based services includes transmitting a first location criterion from a wireless network server to a wireless device. The method also includes evaluating whether a physical location of the wireless device satisfies the first location criterion. The process of evaluating is performed in part using the wireless device. When the first location criteria is satisfied, the method further includes transmitting an indication from the wireless device to the server…
Broadcast system for cellular networks
Granted: September 14, 2006
Application Number:
20060203770
An example system comprises one or more base stations, each base station associated with a cell, a Channel-to-Subscriber Management Entity operable to register a channel and a plurality of subscribers to that channel, wherein each subscriber is located in at least one of the cells, and a router operable to send media content associated with the channel to the one or more base stations, wherein each base station is operable to transmit the content to the subscribers in its cell at the…
Anonymous positioning of a wireless unit for data network location-based services
Granted: August 24, 2006
Application Number:
20060189328
This invention concerns a process and a system for providing location information for a wireless unit in a wireless network to a location-based service provider, using a data network. In particular, the location information is provided to the location-based service provider without necessarily providing the identity of wireless unit, e.g., a subscriber's wireless identification number, to the service provider. In this regard, a subscriber's identification number may be hidden from the…
Agent based application using data synchronization
Granted: August 3, 2006
Application Number:
20060173959
A network-based messaging system comprises multiple agents to communicate messages between multiple users in real time using, for example, an XML document synchronization model. Each agent has properties defined in XML and can subscribe to properties of other agents. Each agent can notify other agents which subscribe to it of changes to its properties. The agents communicate using an XML or alternative extensible data interchange protocol. The agents include device agents to represent…
Enhanced PDE selection
Granted: February 9, 2006
Application Number:
20060030337
A method and apparatus for managing the selection of location information sources (e.g., position determining equipment sites and handset-based location finding capabilities) to provide location information for a mobile communications unit (e.g., a cellular phone) are disclosed. Embedded within a request for location information on a particular mobile communications unit are one or more specifications regarding the quality of the requested location information. Such specifications is…
Method and apparatus for acquiring, processing, using and brokering location information associated with mobile communications devices
Granted: January 12, 2006
Application Number:
20060009194
An information broker operates a location server coupled to a wireless network and a wireline network, which acquires and processes information indicating locations of mobile communication devices on the wireless network. The information broker provides the processed information to one or more recipients. The processed information may be provided by the information broker to a recipient in exchange for payment, as part of a business transaction. The raw or processed location related…
