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| 20080208990 | PRESENCE SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, SERVER AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREFOR - A presence system in which communication terminals and a presence server may cooperate to provide status notifications. A communication terminal may provide the server a store message to suspend transmission of status notifications to that communication terminal. The presence server may be arranged so that in response to a store message requesting storage of status notifications the transmission of status notifications from the server to that communication terminal is suspended. Several approaches to release the suspension are provided. The presence system, communication terminal and/or the communication presence server may include hardware and/or computer code or software to provide the respective functions and operations. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080229304 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR SPREAD OF APPLICATIONS - It is provided a mechanism for improving the procedure for a first communication device to send a message to a second device, the message including a link to an application server where the second device is requested to perform down load an application. A method in a first communications device (first device) including sending a message to a second communication device (second device), the message including a link to an application server from where an application can be downloaded into the second device; obtaining first information from the application server whether the second device has activated the link received in the message, and started to download the application, the first information indicating whether the second device has started to download the application, and indicating whether the second device downloads the application when the first information is obtained. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080238886 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING TACTILE FEEDBACK FOR TOUCH-BASED INPUT DEVICE - A system detects when a user's finger is near a key on a touch screen. When the user's finger is near the key, the touch screen may begin to vibrate. The vibrations may increase in frequency and/or intensity as the user's finger approaches the key. The vibrations may decrease in frequency and/or intensity as the user's finger moves away from the key. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080247359 | MOBILE DEVICE HANDOFF CONTROLLER AND METHOD AND SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A hand-off controller for use in a system including an application server, the application server being connected to a mobile device via a first network connection to conduct an application session involving data communications between the application server and the mobile device. The hand-off controller is operatively coupled to the application server and configured to recognize that a surrogate device has connected to the application server via a second network connection; recognize that the surrogate device is intended to participate in the application session in the place of the mobile device; enable data communications directed to the mobile device from the application server, in relation to the application session, to be sent to the surrogate device; and enable data communications directed to the application server from the surrogate device, in relation to the application session, to be sent to the application server, whereby the surrogate device is able to continue the application session with the application server in place of the mobile device. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080261533 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A method in a first communications device for setting up a point-to-point IP connection to a second communication device is provided. The first device is adapted to communicate with the second device over a radio communication network IP connection. The first device and the second device use a point-to-point radio technology and are adapted to communicate over a point-to-point IP connection. The point-to-point radio technology allows for radio communication within a specific range. The first device is surrounded by a third communication device within the specific range. The third device uses point-to-point radio technology. The method may include: sending a request to the second device over a setup radio communication network IP connection, requesting a point-to-point identity associated with the second device; obtaining from the second device, a point-to-point identity associated with the second device over the radio communication network IP connection; sending a query to the third device, requesting if it is associated with the obtained point-to-point identity obtained from the second device, by using said point-to-point radio technology; receiving a message comprising information that the second device is retrieved and information how to retrieve the second device; and changing the setup IP connection to a point-to-point IP connection. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080285533 | NEIGHBOURING DEVICE AID IN RECEIVING SETS OF DATA - According to one embodiment, a first wireless communication device may receive a data file via a first wireless network interface, determine if the whole file has been properly received, receive at least the data of the file that have not been properly received via the first wireless interface from a neighboring second wireless communication device and combine the data received via the first wireless network interface with data received from the neighboring wireless communication device in order to obtain the complete file. The second wireless communication device may also receive the data file via a second wireless network interface and send at least the data of the file that have not been properly received over a neighbor device interface. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080307112 | USING PERSONAL DATA FOR ADVERTISEMENTS - A device may receive personal data that is collected at a client device, obtain a network address of a media device from the client device, send the network address to an advertisement device, and send the personal data to the advertisement device. The advertisement device may retrieve advertisements based on the personal data and send the retrieved advertisements to the media device. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080309519 | DEVICE HAVING PRECISION INPUT CAPABILITY - An input device may include input keys, where each key may has associated with it a first sensitivity, a second sensitivity, and an input information, and key registration logic may include logic to detect a first stimulus that corresponds to the first sensitivity of a first key of the input keys, logic to register the first key when the first stimulus corresponding to the first sensitivity of the first key is detected, logic to detect a second stimulus that corresponds to the second sensitivity of a second key of the input keys, and logic to input the input information corresponding to the first key when the second stimulus corresponding to the second sensitivity of the second key is detected. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090002479 | Methods and terminals that control avatars during videoconferencing and other communications - Methods and associated wireless communication terminals are disclosed that control the display of avatars on communication terminals. A person's portrait characteristics are identified in a video stream from a video source. A portrait command is selected among a plurality of portrait commands that are known to the recipient communication terminal in response to the identified person's portrait characteristics in the video stream. The selected portrait command is transmitted to a recipient communication terminal. The recipient communication terminal can then modify a displayed avatar in response to received portrait command. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090010406 | Methods of Determining Information Regarding Remote User Terminals and Related Systems and Computer Program Products - A method of determining user terminal information may include initiating a communication at a first user terminal between the first user terminal and a second user terminal using a telephone number of the second user terminal. Information regarding the second user terminal may then be received at the first user terminal from the second user terminal during the communication over a non-voice channel without opening a voice channel between the first and second user terminals. Related systems and computer program products are also discussed. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090063270 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE MARKETING USING NETWORKED DEVICES - An interactive marketing technique may include distributing a marketing item to electronic devices. The users of the electronic devices may share the marketing item with other electronic devices to progressively attain credit that leads to an ability to use the marketing item. Also, sharing of the marketing item may progressively display larger portions of an image content component of the marketing item on a display of the electronic device. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090100063 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING LOCATION INFORMATION USING A NETWORKED PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An improved system and method is disclosed for providing a user with detailed information about a particular location where the user is present. In one embodiment, a user may take a video of the location where the user is present. The user's video may be transmitted to a network server, which performs a video recognition algorithm to match the video to a location about which information is contained in a location information database. The user may then be connected to a network dataset, such as a webpage or webpages, associated with the location. In other embodiments, locality information comprising location identifiers may be obtained or transmitted from the location to a user's portable electronic device. The locality information may be transmitted to a network server, which matches the locality information against a location information database to identify the location. Once the user's location is matched to location information within the database, detailed information about the location may be transmitted directly to the user's portable electronic device. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090100181 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ESTABLISHING A SERVICE SESSION - A method of establishing a service session via a server with a secondary entity of a first user having a primary entity associated with a subscription is disclosed. The method comprises sending a unique identifier of the first user's subscription from the secondary entity to the server; receiving from the server a symbol sequence to the secondary entity; enabling sending of the symbol sequence from the primary entity to the server such that the server is able to match that the received symbol sequence and the sent symbol sequence are identical, wherein a match confirms that the secondary entity is authenticated if the primary entity is authenticated; and setting up the service session on the secondary entity. An entity, server, and corresponding method for the server, as well as computer programs for the entities and the server are also disclosed. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090111424 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING AUTHENTICATED NETWORK ... - A method for establishing an authenticated network connection in a packet-switched network with an electronic equipment, the method including transmitting a request from an electronic equipment through a packet-switched network connection to an authentication server. The authentication server generates a first unique identifier and transmits the first unique identifier to the electronic equipment through the packet-switched network connection. The electronic then transmits a message from the electronic equipment to a short message service (SMS) server through a circuit-switched network connection, wherein the message includes the first unique identifier and a second unique identifier (e.g., a telephone number of the electronic device). The message is routed to the authentication server and authenticated. After authentication, the electronic equipment may utilize a packet-switched connection for a variety of communication services (e.g., chat sessions, voice over Internet Protocol) with other authenticated electronic equipment. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090111511 | PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH THREE DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY - The present invention relates to a portable communication device ( | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090125992 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING SECURITY CREDENTIALS USING SMS - The present invention provides a system and method for establishing security credentials for using an Internet or other network application requiring user authentication. In an exemplary embodiment, a user electronic device may connect to an application server to initiate use of the application. The application server may respond by transmitting to the user electronic device session identification information (a Session ID). The user electronic device may then transmit an SMS message containing the Session ID back to the application server, which permits the application server to link to the user electronic device. The application server may generate for the user encrypted security credentials and transmit an encryption key for them to the user electronic device in a response SMS message. In a separate message, the security credentials are transmitted to the user. In this manner, only the legitimate user electronic device has both the encryption key and the encrypted security credentials. The user electronic device may then decrypt the security credentials using the encryption key, and use the security credentials to access the network application. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090168758 | METHODS FOR FACILITATING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN INTERNET PROTOCOL MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM (IMS) DEVICES AND NON-IMS DEVICES AND BETWEEN IMS DEVICES ON DIFFERENT IMS NETWORKS AND RELATED ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS - A bridge device is used to setup communication sessions between Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) devices and non-IMS devices or between non-IMS devices over an IMS network. Once a communication session is established, the IMS Bridge device may translate messages received from the respective endpoint devices between IMS and non-IMS formats. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090174763 | VIDEO CONFERENCE USING AN EXTERNAL VIDEO STREAM - A portable communication device may determine whether a video camera is in a vicinity of the portable communication device. If so, video taken by the video camera may be used in a video conference conducted from the portable communication device. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090193124 | Methods, Portable Electronic Devices, Systems and Computer Program Products for Automatically Creating Social Networking Services (SNS) - Methods, portable electronic devices, systems and computer program products are provided for automatically creating a social networking service (SNS) session. The methods include generating at and transmitting from a first device a first audio and/or video fingerprint of an audio and/or video event. The first audio and/or video fingerprint has a first predetermined length (T). A second audio and/or video fingerprint is periodically transmitted to a server from the first device. The second audio and/or video fingerprint has a second predetermined length (t), smaller than the first predetermined length (T), and includes data associated with the audio and/or video event that is later in time than data included in the first audio and/or video fingerprint. The first device is joined to an SNS session, automatically created by the server, responsive to receipts at the server, of a third audio and/or video fingerprint having the first predetermined length (T) from a second device that includes a portion of the first audio and/or video fingerprint or the second audio and/or video fingerprint periodically transmitted from the first device. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090265165 | AUTOMATIC META-DATA TAGGING PICTURES AND VIDEO RECORDS - A method and apparatus for labeling an image recorded by a portable electronic device with descriptive tags is disclosed. Sounds in the vicinity of the portable electronic device are recorded. When the image is captured, the audio record of recorded sounds from a first predetermined period of time prior to the capture of the image until a second predetermined period of time after the capture of the image is retrieved. The retrieved audio record is processed to create a list of recognizable words in the retrieved audio record. The list of recognizable words is then stored in a metatag field associated with the captured image. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20100110002 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH COMBINED INPUT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention relates to a communication device comprising a combined input and display device for character input and image display and a method for controlling said character input and image display. The device comprises a control unit and a proximity sensor arranged in such a way that the sensor is able to detect when a pointer comes within a first predetermined distance from the input and display device and that the control unit is configured to generate a first control signal for changing display modes, from a first to a second display mode, upon detection of the pointer. The second display mode is kept until the pointer is withdrawn more then a second predetermined distance from the display device at which occasion the control unit is configured to generate a second control signal for changing display modes, from the second to the first display mode. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100210244 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HANDLING MESSAGES - A device, method and system for handling received messages on a portable electronic device. The device includes a message handling section | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100278101 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF MAINTAINING A CONNECTION IN A NETWORK COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and system for maintaining a connection between two hosts in a multi-hop network comprising at least one network node disposed between the two hosts and a network element, e.g., a NAT, designed to release the connection after a period of inactivity. The method includes determining a first node in which a keep-alive message will terminate after crossing a network element designed to release the connection after a period of inactivity, and sending a keep-alive data packet configured to terminate in the first node after crossing the network element designed to release the connection. The keep-alive packet configured to terminate in the first node after crossing the network element designed to release the connection may be sent within a time period less than the time period of inactivity after which the network element would release the connection. The method allows for a connection to be kept open without waking up a client device and/or without activating air interface procedures. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20110034188 | AUTOMATIC SPREAD OF APPLICATIONS - The present invention relates to a method in a first communications device for sharing an application with a second communication device. The method comprises the steps of: Sending a first short message service (SMS) to the second device. The first SMS comprises a link to a place from where the application can be downloaded into the second device. The first SMS comprises an identity for the second device to use for initiating an IP connection between the first device and the second device and the second device. The method comprises the further step of being connected by the second device for setting up an IP connection between the first device and the second device. The method comprises the further step of communicating with the second device in an IP connection sharing the application. | 02-10-2011 |
