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20080292080 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADDING AND ASSOCIATING USERS ON CONTACT ADDRESSBOOK - Systems and methods are disclosed that allow a service user to add other service users and non-users into the service user's address book based on contact telephone numbers. This method allows a first service user to be associated either automatically or through an invitation process with a second service user via their telephone numbers for them to be service contacts on each other's service phonebook. Systems and methods for growing a service user base are also provided. | 11-27-2008 |
20080292092 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TELEPHONE NUMBER NORMALIZATION AND DENORMALIZATION - A method is disclosed that normalizes a telephone number from a number of input sources into standardized E.164 “+” format so that the telephone number can be represented in a consistent format relative to the user's own mobile number MSISDN and used uniformly across different functional components in a communications system. The disclosure also describes a method for denormalizing a telephone number in the E.164 “+” format into a dial digit phone number sequence that can be used to successfully establish calls from a user terminal device and to route calls via optimal routes through a voice termination network. | 11-27-2008 |
20080293403 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SERVICE BRIDGING - A system is disclosed that provides functionality for mobile communications service bridging with distributed service gateway call managers that allow application clients running on users' communication devices to be served by any of the available service gateways, preferably in an active-active load balance configuration. Each service gateway instance may bridge the application client to a range of network services such as voice origination and termination services, IM services, messaging services, online community services, IP voice services, and premium services such as multiparty click-to-conference, directory services, and voice mail. | 11-27-2008 |
20080293427 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOBILE ORIGINATED OPTIMAL CALL ROUTING - A system and method is disclosed that provides dynamic and optimal call routing functionality for originating calls from a mobile to the callee party involving alternate network access points and call routing based on considerations such as caller and callee device type, type of available network connections, caller preference, callee presence, caller and callee international and national calling number prefix, and caller or callee service package plan. A significant advantage of this method is that the system can dynamically select the access point and route based on callee party disposition, route quality of service, network route availability, network route cost, and regulatory network tariff pricing structures. | 11-27-2008 |
20130198296 | System and Method for Processing Messages in a Messaging Service - A method, system and server for processing messages sent from a client in a network are provided. The method comprises: for a message for a conversation to be transmitted from a client associated with a first user account of a plurality of user accounts associated with the network to a set of user accounts of the plurality of user accounts, upon activation of a command to send the message, sending to the set of user accounts a request message requesting acceptance of the conversation; receiving replies from the set of user accounts to the request message; and sending the message for the conversation to a first subset of accounts associated with the set of user accounts that generated an acceptance message for the request message and updating a message log associated with the conversation to indicate that the first subset of accounts has accepted the conversation as participants in the conversation. A method, system and server for message archiving are also provided. | 08-01-2013 |
20140310365 | System and Method for Tracking Messages in a Messaging Service - A system, server and a method for processing messages received at a server device in a network are provided. The method comprises: for a message being transmitted from a first account associated with a client device to a second account in the network, receiving a message event associated with the message at the server; determining whether the message event is associated with an existing conversation involving the first account, and if so setting a sequence number associated with the message event to a value incremented from a current sequence number associated with the existing conversation, otherwise setting the sequence number to a value to track a new conversation; and sending the sequence number to the first user account. | 10-16-2014 |
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20080203589 | VARIABLE FILL AND CHEESE FOR MITIGATION OF BEOL TOPOGRAPHY - A method of designing features on a semiconductor wafer. A design of active or functional features is provided for chiplets separated by kerf areas on the wafer. The method then includes determining pattern density of the chiplet features, and applying a pattern of spaced dummy features on chiplet area not covered by active or functional features, as well as in the kerf areas. The dummy features are uniformly expanded or reduced in size until a desired dummy feature pattern density is reached. | 08-28-2008 |
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20090256263 | STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR HYBRID TUNGSTEN COPPER METAL CONTACT - The present invention in one embodiment provides a method of forming an interconnect comprising, providing a interlevel dielectric layer atop a substrate, the interlevel dielectric layer including at least one tungsten (W) stud extending from an upper surface of the interlevel dielectric to the substrate; recessing an upper surface of the at least one tungsten (W) stud below the upper surface of the interlevel dielectric to provide at least one recessed tungsten (W) stud; forming a first low-k dielectric layer atop the upper surface of the interlevel dielectric layer and the at least one recessed tungsten (W) stud; forming a opening through the first low-k dielectric layer to expose an upper surface of the at least one recessed tungsten stud; and filling the opening with copper (Cu). | 10-15-2009 |
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20120189767 | SELF-ALIGNED NANO-SCALE DEVICE WITH PARALLEL PLATE ELECTRODES - A contiguous deep trench includes a first trench portion having a constant width between a pair of first parallel sidewalls, second and third trench portions each having a greater width than the first trench portion and laterally connected to the first trench portion. A non-conformal deposition process is employed to form a conductive layer that has a tapered geometry within the contiguous deep trench portion such that the conductive layer is not present on bottom surfaces of the contiguous deep trench. A gap fill layer is formed to plug the space in the first trench portion. The conductive layer is patterned into two conductive plates each having a tapered vertical portion within the first trench portion. After removing remaining portions of the gap fill layer, a device is formed that has a small separation distance between the tapered vertical portions of the conductive plates. | 07-26-2012 |
20120199182 | SOLAR CELL DEVICE - A solar cell device includes a solar cell. The solar cell includes a first light-capturing element configured to receive photonic energy. The solar cell device also includes a device interface for communicatively coupling an electrically chargeable device with the solar cell to receive electrical energy converted by the solar cell from the photonic energy. The solar cell device also includes a second light-capturing element for receiving and providing photonic energy as a supplemental source of energy to the solar cell. | 08-09-2012 |