Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090011740 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING TARGETED INFORMATION BASED ON A USER PROFILE IN A MOBILE ENVIRONMENT - A method for providing targeted content-messages on a wireless access terminal (W-AT) includes receiving metadata concerning a pool of content-messages from a remote apparatus, filtering the metadata based on a user profile on the W-AT to select at least one specific content-message, and receiving the at least one specific content-message from the pool of content-messages. | 01-08-2009 |
20090011744 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DELIVERY OF TARGETED INFORMATION BASED ON A USER PROFILE IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Methods and systems for receiving targeted content messages on a wireless access terminal (W-AT) are disclosed. For example, a particular method may include selecting at least one reception time based on a user profile and a targeted content message delivery schedule, and receiving a targeted content message at the selected reception time. | 01-08-2009 |
20090012861 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING TARGETED INFORMATION USING PROFILE ATTRIBUTES WITH VARIABLE CONFIDENCE LEVELS IN A MOBILE ENVIRONMENT - Various systems and methods for of generating a user profile for use in providing targeted-content-messages to a wireless access terminal (W-AT) are disclosed. For example, a user profile with at least one profile element may be provided to the W-AT, and a profile confidence level for the profile element may be also provided. | 01-08-2009 |
20090013024 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING TARGETED INFORMATION USING IDENTITY MASKING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - Methods and systems for providing user information from a wireless access terminal (W-AT) to a remote apparatus without revealing a primary identity of the user of the W-AT include generating an alternate user identifier for the W-AT, and providing the alternate user identifier and first information related to targeted-content-message information and/or user profile information to the remote apparatus. | 01-08-2009 |
20090013051 | METHOD FOR TRANSFER OF INFORMATION RELATED TO TARGETED CONTENT MESSAGES THROUGH A PROXY SERVER - Information transfer methods for exchange of information with a wireless access terminal (W-AT) includes receiving a first message from the W-AT, the first message including first information provided by the W-AT and an address of the W-AT capable of identifying the W-AT, converting the first message to an anonymized message by replacing the W-AT address with a transaction identifier (ID), transmitting the anonymized message to a remote server, receiving a first response from the remote server, the first response having response information and the anonymized address information, converting the first response to a second response by replacing the transaction ID with the W-AT address, and transmitting the second response to the W-AT. | 01-08-2009 |
20090046591 | AD HOC SERVICE PROVIDER'S ABILITY TO PROVIDE SERVICE FOR A WIRELESS NETWORK - An ad hoc service provider for a wireless network, a method for providing service from a mobile node, and a machine-readable medium are disclosed. An ad hoc service provider includes a processing system configured to support first and second wireless access protocols and to alter the ad hoc service provider's ability to provide service for a wireless network in response to a resource related event. A method includes sending a request that a mobile node be allowed to provide service as an ad hoc service provider, detecting a resource related event of the mobile node for a wireless network, and altering the mobile node's ability to provide service for the wireless network. A machine-readable medium includes instructions for detecting a resource related event of a mobile node, and altering the mobile node's ability to provide service as an ad hoc service provider for a wireless network based on the detection. | 02-19-2009 |
20090046676 | AD HOC SERVICE PROVIDER CONFIGURATION FOR BROADCASTING SERVICE INFORMATION - An ad hoc service provider includes a processing system configured to enable access by one or more mobile clients to a first wireless network via a second wireless network. The processing system is further configured to assemble service information for broadcasting to one or more mobile clients. The service information includes attributes of access to the first wireless network, the access being offered by the ad hoc service provider to one or more mobile clients. | 02-19-2009 |
20090047930 | METHOD FOR A HETEROGENEOUS WIRELESS AD HOC MOBILE SERVICE PROVIDER - An adhoc service provider includes a user interface. The adhoc service provider is configured to enable a user to wirelessly access a network through the user interface, and provide a wireless access point to the network for a mobile client authenticated by a server. | 02-19-2009 |
20090047966 | METHOD FOR A HETEROGENEOUS WIRELESS AD HOC MOBILE INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE - A server is configured to authenticate an adhoc service provider to provide a wireless access point to a network for a mobile client, the processing system being further configured to authenticate the mobile client to use service provided by the adhoc service provider, wherein the processing system is further configured to establish a tunnel between the server and the mobile client through the adhoc service provider. | 02-19-2009 |
20090048977 | USER PROFILE GENERATION ARCHITECTURE FOR TARGETED CONTENT DISTRIBUTION USING EXTERNAL PROCESSES - A targeting-message profile may be obtained by a wireless access terminal (W-AT) by receiving a rule for establishing a user profile, synthesizing at least one profile attribute based on user behavior, and determining a need for further information based on the at least one profile attribute. Then, the W-AT may request the further information from an apparatus external to the W-AT, such as a server containing census information, receive the further information from the apparatus, and generate the profile based on the profile attributes and the further information. | 02-19-2009 |
20090157834 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTI-LEVEL DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION CACHE MANAGEMENT IN A MOBILE ENVIRONMENT - Methods and systems for updating memory content in a mobile client are disclosed. For example, an exemplary method includes maintaining a list of first attributes relating to a set of first messages on the mobile client, wherein each of the set of first messages resides on the mobile client, maintaining a list of second attributes relating to set of second messages on the mobile client, wherein each of the set of second messages does not reside on the mobile client, identifying target attributes associated with a message request by the mobile client, selecting by the mobile client a selected message from one of the set of first messages and the set of second messages by applying a set of selection rules to the target attributes, and in the situation where a second message is selected, requesting the selected second message from a remote server using a wireless link. | 06-18-2009 |
20090201977 | BEST FRAME DERIVATION IN A WIRLESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A communications node can receive a plurality of communication signals, each including a block of data estimates with respective quality metrics. Each block of data estimates can be derived from an original block of data sent over different wireless paths, or from a derived block of data estimates sent over a different wireless path. A data combining circuit can be used to combines the blocks of data estimates as a function of the respective quality metrics to produce an output set of data estimates with a derived quality metric. | 08-13-2009 |
20090268649 | MULTIRADIO-DATABASE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - In various embodiments, communication apparatuses and methods for providing robust communications are disclosed. For example, an exemplary apparatus for use in a communication system employing a plurality of different communication channels may include a first database of channel performance information embedded on a machine-readable and writable medium, wherein the first database includes a plurality of records with each record containing information relating to a wireless channel monitored by a Media Access Controller (MAC), input circuitry configured to receive information from a plurality of MACs monitoring their respective wireless channels such that each record of the first database contains channel performance information for a respective wireless channel, and output circuitry configured to provide the channel performance information to a plurality of applications-level executable programs running on one or more computers. | 10-29-2009 |
20090319329 | USER PROFILE GENERATION ARCHITECTURE FOR MOBILE CONTENT-MESSAGE TARGETING - A targeted-content-message-related profile for use with wireless access terminals (W-ATs) may be generated by one or more usage-related rules on the W-AT itself. The usage generate rules may be used by the W-AT to generate a user profile, with the usage-related rule providing a dynamic property to the user profile. All or part of the user profile may then be used as a targeted-content-message-related profile for targeting content messages. | 12-24-2009 |
20120027001 | AD HOC SERVICE PROVIDER'S ABILITY TO PROVIDE SERVICE FOR A WIRELESS NETWORK - Exemplary embodiments are directed to devices and methods for supporting a wireless access point for one or more mobile clients. A mobile device may include a first module for supporting access to a network via a first wireless access protocol. The device may further include a second module for supporting a wireless access point for the one or more mobile clients to the network using a second wireless access protocol. | 02-02-2012 |