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| 20090163175 | VIRTUAL SIM CARD FOR MOBILE HANDSETS - A system and method for providing a capability to backup cellular telephone provisioning information and personal data from a mobile handset on a server. A user initializes an account with a service provider with authentication credentials and backs up provisioning information and personal data stored within a mobile handset to server for safe keeping. The provisioning information and personal data can be accessed via the cellular telephone network so that the provisioning and personal data can be transferred among mobile handsets. This allows a user to restore personal data quickly and easily if a mobile handset replaced, lost or destroyed. The system and method further provide the capability to remotely provision new mobile handsets. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090191846 | BIOMETRIC SMART CARD FOR MOBILE DEVICES - A method and apparatus for controlling access to the data stored on a smart card for use in mobile devices. A user initializes the smart card memory by saving an authentication credential in memory. Subsequently, when various applications executed on the mobile device seek to retrieve the data stored in the smart card memory, the user must submit to an authentication process before access to the data stored in the smart card memory is granted. Embodiments utilize biometric traits and biometric templates stored in memory as authentication credentials. Biometric sensors are provided with the smart card so that a candidate biometric trait can be generated and compared with a biometric template stored in memory. If the biometric trait matches the stored biometric template, then access to the data stored in the smart card is granted. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20100279714 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CDMA EVDO PAGING INTERVAL ALIGNMENT WITH AN OVERLAID WIMAX NETWORK - Certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for communicating, by a multi-mode mobile station (MS), with first and second networks via first and second radio access technologies (RATs). The method generally includes determining a first set of one or more paging parameters in an effort to establish a listening interval of a sleep cycle of the first network that aligns with a sleep interval of a control channel cycle of the second network and communicating the first set of paging parameters to a base station of the first network in a request to establish the sleep cycle of the first network. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100290373 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR POWER SAVINGS IN FDD or H-FDD NETWORKS - Certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and systems for saving battery power in frequency division duplex (FDD) or half-duplex FDD (H-FDD) wireless networks. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100290374 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR HANDOVER SCANNING IN FDD OR H-FDD NETWORKS - Certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for efficient scanning of the neighboring base stations for handover by a mobile station operating in frequency division duplex while maintaining the communication with a serving base station. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100290375 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RANGING AND NETWORK ENTRY GROUP SWITCHING IN FDD WIMAX NETWORKS - Certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for changing an FDD group during ranging or network entry procedures for the frequency division duplex (FDD) WiMAX systems. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100311391 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING MULTI-STAGE VIRTUAL SIM PROVISIONING AND SETUP ON MOBILE DEVICES - A system and method for provisioning a mobile device with user preferences and settings. The user preferences and settings may be default preferences and settings selected by the various applications loaded onto the mobile device or previously user preferences and settings selected by a user. User selected preferences and settings may be stored in a remote server memory. The preferences and settings may be retrieved by new mobile device. The preferences and settings stored in the remote server memory may contain triggers which initiate a connection with various third party servers. In response to the trigger, various third party servers may transmit further instructions to the mobile device which allows the mobile device to complete the restoration of the user's preferences and settings. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100311402 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING SOFT SWITCH OF VIRTUAL SIM SERVICE CONTRACTS - A system and method for providing updated rules governing the switching of enabled provisioning data supporting a wireless service contract. A mobile device may be initially programmed with a profile data table and priority list index data table to automatically enable provisioning data supporting one of the plurality of service providers stored in a VSIM internal memory unit to conduct a wireless communication when certain operational parameter values are satisfied. The profile data table and priority list index data table may be automatically updated in response to a variety of triggers. The profile data table and priority list index data table may be stored remotely. Operational parameters regarding each call request are collected and transmitted to a remote service contract selection server. The selection of an optimal service provider account may be made remotely in the service contract selection server and transmitted back to the mobile device. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100311404 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPDATING RULES GOVERNING THE SWITCHING OF VIRTUAL SIM SERVICE CONTRACTS - A system and method for providing updated rules governing the switching of enabled provisioning data supporting a wireless service contract. A mobile device may be initially programmed with a profile data table and priority list index data table to automatically enable provisioning data supporting one of the plurality of service providers stored in a VSIM internal memory unit to conduct a wireless communication when certain operational parameter values are satisfied. The profile data table and priority list index data table may be automatically updated in response to a variety of triggers. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100311418 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SWITCHING VIRTUAL SIM SERVICE CONTRACTS WHEN ROAMING - A system and method store provisioning data supporting a plurality of service providers in a VSIM internal memory unit of a mobile device. The mobile device may automatically enable provisioning data supporting one of the plurality of service providers stored in the VSIM internal memory unit to conduct a wireless communication so as to avoid roaming fees. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100311444 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SWITCHING VIRTUAL SIM SERVICE CONTRACTS BASED UPON A USER PROFILE - A system and method store provisioning data supporting a plurality of service providers in a VSIM internal memory unit of a mobile device. A user may specify a user profile to automatically enable provisioning data supporting one of the plurality of service providers stored in the VSIM internal memory unit to conduct a wireless communication when certain criteria values are satisfied. The automatic enabling of provisioning data may be determined based upon mobile device location, communication usage request and/or time and date. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100311468 | VIRTUAL SIM CARD FOR MOBILE HANDSETS - A system and method store provisioning data supporting a plurality of service providers in a VSIM internal memory unit of a mobile device. A user may selectively enable provisioning data supporting one of the plurality of service providers stored in the VSIM internal memory unit to conduct a wireless communication. An embodiment permits backing up, retrieving and restoring personal data in the VSIM internal memory unit using a remote database. Another embodiment allows a mobile device to select an optimal service provider to conduct a wireless communication. The optimal service provider may be determined based upon mobile device location, communication usage request and/or time and date. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110044238 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR UPDATING CHANNEL DESCRIPTOR INFORMATION IN WIMAX NETWORKS - This application provides techniques for updating channel descriptor (CD) information in a wireless communications system. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110045849 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RECOVERING FROM AN INCOMPLETE IDLE MODE ENTRY - This application provides techniques for a mobile station (MS) to determine whether a base station (BS) successfully receives a response to a BS request for the MS to enter an idle mode. | 02-24-2011 |
