Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080207224 | Method for Updating Location Information on a Wireless Device - A method is provided for updating a position of a mobile device coupled to a wireless communication network via one of a plurality of base stations. The method comprising the following steps. A position of the mobile device is determined. The mobile device then waits for a predefined trigger notification before determining an updated position of the mobile device. The predefined trigger notification is generated in response to a motion trigger. A device configured to implement the method as well as a computer readable medium comprising instructions to implement the method are also provided. | 08-28-2008 |
20080261630 | INDICATING USER PRESENCE ON A MESSAGING NETWORK - A system and method for indicating when a message recipient is unavailable to receive messages in an instant messaging network, for example, being engaged in telephone communications on the receiving device, where disruption of service is likely or imminent. When notification of an inbound call is received the communications device transmits via the GPRS connection a packet indicating the impending unavailability of the recipient for messages, prior to disruption of the GPRS data stream to establish a GSM connection. | 10-23-2008 |
20080263474 | MULTIPLE DISPLAY WINDOW HANDLING - Display windows associated with one or more software applications are differentiated with a pictograph drawn in each window. The user can then quickly and easily distinguish between windows of the same application or between applications by referring to the pictograph, rather than having to read small text and graphics located in the title bar of the windows. A pictograph may be a watermark which is visible through any overlying text or graphics in the window. | 10-23-2008 |
20080268816 | PREDICTING USER AVAILABILITY FROM AGGREGATED SIGNAL STRENGTH DATA - A system and method for determining the availability of a mobile communications device on a network based on a prediction that the device will cross a peer-defined service boundary. The service boundary may be the periphery of a region in which the received signal strength is stronger than a minimum value, or the periphery of a region in which a particular service provider's signal is dominant. When the device is about to cross the service boundary, or has crossed the boundary, a notification of a change in service is issued to at least one of the user of the device, a presence service, or another network operator. The notification may comprise a change in the presence status of the mobile communications device. The service boundary is defined using aggregated data from a plurality of mobile communications devices reporting the received signal strength at various geographic locations. | 10-30-2008 |
20090088188 | METHOD, MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVE DOWNLOADING TO A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method, mobile communication device, and system for selective downloading to a mobile communication device are provided. In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a method on a mobile communication device for downloading data from a content source to the mobile communication device, the mobile communication device being configured for connecting to at least cellular data networks and wireless local area networks (WLANs), the method comprising: receiving a request to download data; determining if the requested data comprises a media file; selecting a communication medium for downloading the requested data in accordance with whether the requested data comprises a media file; and downloading the requested data to the mobile communication device using the selected communication medium. | 04-02-2009 |
20090219166 | VISUAL EVENT NOTIFICATION ON A HANDHELD COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - A method of event notification on a handheld communications device involves first receiving an indication of an occurrence of an event at the handheld communications device. The communications device comprises a display device, and the event has an associated notification definition for providing a visual notification of the occurrence of the event. The notification definition comprises a content parameter that specifies a scope of the content of the visual notification, and an action parameter that specifies the action to be taken on the communications device after the visual notification is initiated. Then, a visual notification of the occurrence is provided on the display device in accordance with the associated notification definition. The visual notification provides particulars of the event. | 09-03-2009 |
20100217721 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BLOCKING OBJECTIONABLE COMMUNICATIONS IN A SOCIAL NETWORK - A system and method blocks objectionable communications in a social network. A first user of the social network determines when communications from a second user to the first user that are displayed and viewed by third party users of the social network are objectionable. In response, the first user blocks further display of communications from the second user to the first user that were intended by the second user to be displayed and viewed by third party users of the social network. | 08-26-2010 |
20100217838 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE TO DISPLAY A REMAINING CONTENT PORTION OF A WEB ARTICLE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications device includes a processor cooperating with a wireless transceiver for displaying on a display a linking web page including a plurality of introductory content portions of linked web articles having hyperlinks associated therewith. User selection of a corresponding hyperlink for a given linked web article is permitted via at least one input device. Content of the given linked web article is searched to determine a remaining content portion after the introductory content portion. At least part of the remaining content portion is displayed on the display. | 08-26-2010 |
20100222036 | ADVERTISING SERVER FOR DELIVERING TARGETED ADVERTISEMENTS TO A MOBILE WIRELESS DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A communications system includes at least one mobile wireless communications device for contacting a given entity having a telephone number associated therewith and an advertising server. The advertising server is configured to identify the given entity based upon the telephone number and identifying at least one property associated with the given entity. The advertising server is also configured to selectively send a targeted advertisement to the at least one mobile wireless device based upon the at least one property. | 09-02-2010 |
20100223136 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM FOR SENDING ADVERTISEMENT MESSAGES TO A MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A communications system includes at least one mobile wireless communications device operable based upon payment of a wireless network user subscription fee, and for sequentially playing media files. The communications system also includes an advertising server for sending at least one advertisement message to the at least one mobile wireless communications device to be played between the media files. The at least one mobile wireless device plays the audio advertisement messages between the media files for a discount of the wireless network user subscription fee. | 09-02-2010 |
20100228720 | MOBILE WIRELESS DEVICE TO DISPLAY SELECTED WEB FEEDS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications device includes a processor cooperating with a wireless transceiver for communicating with a remote server to search a markup language file of at least one web page stored on a remote web server to determine addresses of a plurality of web feeds on the at the least one web page. The processor also cooperates with an input device and a display to display on the display a list of the plurality of web feeds and to generate a list of selected web feeds based upon the input device. Information from the selected web feeds is downloaded using the wireless transceiver and based upon respective addresses of the selected web feeds. The downloaded information from the selected web feeds is displayed on the display. | 09-09-2010 |
20110195725 | Estimating a Location of a Mobile Device - The approximate location of a directed cell of a cellular network is calculated based on locations in the vicinity of which mobile devices were able to detect the directed cell. A mobile device is able to estimate its own location from the approximate locations of one or more directed cells that it can identify. This estimated location of the mobile device may be used to seed its GPS receiver. | 08-11-2011 |
20120135277 | LOCATION OF A FUEL CELL ON A MOBILE DEVICE - A mobile device having: a keyboard; a printed circuit board having at least one contact responsive to the keyboard; and a fuel cell assembly having: a fuel cell located between the keyboard and the printed circuit board, the fuel cell having a membrane and at least one aperture corresponding with the at least one contact; a tank adapted to store a fuel for the fuel cell; and piping connecting the tank with the fuel cell, where the fuel cell ventilates through the keyboard. Alternatively, the fuel cell acts as the printed circuit board and at least one contact for the keyboard is printed onto the fuel cell. | 05-31-2012 |
20120266257 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BLOCKING OBJECTIONABLE COMMUNICATIONS IN A SOCIAL NETWORK - A system and method blocks objectionable communications in a social network. A first user of the social network determines when communications from a second user to the first user that are displayed and viewed by third party users of the social network are objectionable. In response, the first user blocks further display of communications from the second user to the first user that were intended by the second user to be displayed and viewed by third party users of the social network. | 10-18-2012 |
20120304080 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INSTANT MESSAGING CONVERSATION SECURITY - A method for securing an instant messaging (“IM”) conversation between at least a first and a second user, the first and second users having a first and a second client, respectively, in communication over a network, the method comprising: receiving a command from the first user through an input device and a graphical user interface (“GUI”) presented on a display of the first client to disable copying of the IM conversation; and, transmitting a message to the second client to inform the second client and the second user that copying of the IM conversation has been disabled. | 11-29-2012 |
20130189995 | PREDICTING USER AVAILABILITY FROM AGGREGATED SIGNAL STRENGTH DATA - A system and method is provided for determining the availability of a mobile communications device on a network based on a prediction that the device will cross a pre-defined service boundary between two different coverage areas serviced by two different service providers. Specifically, when the device is predicted to cross the service boundary, or has crossed the boundary, a notification of a change in service is issued to at least one of the user of the device, a presence service, or another network operator. The notification may include a change in the presence status of the mobile communications device. | 07-25-2013 |