| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7549043 |
Providing certificate matching in a system and method for searching and retrieving certificates |
June 16, 2009 |
| A system and method for searching and retrieving certificates, which may be used in the processing of encoded messages. In one broad aspect, a message management server generates certificate identification data from a message that uniquely identifies a certificate associated with the |
| 7548954 |
Compressible display of e-mail message string to facilitate readability |
June 16, 2009 |
| A displayed string of emails is effectively compressed for improved readability by deleting some or all headers and/or by skipping the cursor from one message body to another in response to "hot" key actuation(s) by a user. |
| 7548849 |
Method for generating text that meets specified characteristics in a handheld electronic device |
June 16, 2009 |
| Incoming e-mails, instant messages, SMS, and MMS, are scanned for new language objects such as words, abbreviations, text shortcuts and, in appropriate languages, ideograms, that are placed in a list for use by a text input process of a handheld electronic device to facilitate the ge |
| 7548757 |
Methods and apparatus for facilitating the delivery of e-mail using different data communication |
June 16, 2009 |
| Methods and apparatus for facilitating the delivery of e-mail messages from a mobile communication device are disclosed. In one disclosed example, an end user of the mobile device enters e-mail message information corresponding to a new e-mail message through a user interface. Prefer |
| 7548747 |
Configurable and pushable carrier communications with rich content |
June 16, 2009 |
| Apparatus, methods, data structures, and computer programming for the display on mobile wireless communications devices of information without the authorization or control of administrative servers. Displayed information can include, for example, carrier logos, news, and advertisemen |
| 7548628 |
Microphone coupler for a communication device |
June 16, 2009 |
| The invention provides a microphone coupler for a microphone located within a housing of a portable communication device and a device incorporating the coupler. The coupler comprises a body section and a conduit or just a conduit. The body section is shaped to fit around the micropho |
| 7548625 |
System and method of audio testing of acoustic devices |
June 16, 2009 |
| A system and method of testing the audio performance of an acoustic device is provided. To test a device microphone, an audio signal is generated, provided to an external speaker, outputted to the device microphone, and routed to an auxiliary input/output device where it is outputted and |
| 7546956 |
System and method of operation control on an electronic device |
June 16, 2009 |
| Systems and methods of application control for use on an electronic device. A device can be configured to receive an operation request from an application. The device can determine whether the requested operation is allowed to be performed by the application based upon a stored autho |
| 7546453 |
Certificate management and transfer system and method |
June 9, 2009 |
| A method and system for Certificate management and transfer between messaging clients are disclosed. When communications are established between a first messaging client and a second messaging client, one or more Certificates stored on the first messaging client may be selected and t |
| 7545767 |
Apparatus and method of controlling unsolicited traffic destined to a wireless communication dev |
June 9, 2009 |
| An apparatus and method of controlling unsolicited traffic are disclosed herein. The apparatus and method can be applied to wireless communication networks such as CDMA2000, UMTS, GPRS and the like so that traffic which is not solicited by wireless communication devices operating on thos |
| 7545290 |
Handheld electronic device and method for disambiguation of compound text input and for prioriti |
June 9, 2009 |
| A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software that is operable to disambiguate compound text input. The device is able to assemble language objects in the memory to generate compound language solutions. The device is able to |
| 7543160 |
System and method for generating a secure state indicator on a display |
June 2, 2009 |
| A system and method for generating a security indicator on a display of a computing device (e.g. a mobile device), to indicate when the computing device is in a secure state while locked. A determination is made (e.g. by a data protection system) as to whether at least some of the secure |
| 7543122 |
System and method for obscuring hand-held device data traffic information |
June 2, 2009 |
| Increasing security for a hand-held data processing device with communication functionality where such a device includes an access-ordered memory cache relating to communications carried out by the device. The hand-held data processing device has a locked state that is entered by the |
| 7542764 |
Method of using SNR to reduce factory test time |
June 2, 2009 |
| The application relates to wireless networks and more particularly to a method of reducing factory test time of receiver sensitivity in a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) wireless device. Under TIA/EIA/-98E, the radio frequency (RF) sensitivity of a CDMA wireless receiver is the |
| 7542730 |
Method and system for filtering wavetable information for wireless devices |
June 2, 2009 |
| A method for providing wavetable information to a wireless device from a content server over a wireless network, the wavetable information including a plurality of samples corresponding to a plurality of notes, comprising: in response to a request from the wireless device, receiving |
| 7541991 |
Antenna with near-field radiation control |
June 2, 2009 |
| An antenna and a wireless mobile communication device incorporating the antenna are provided The antenna includes a first conductor section electrically coupled to a first feeding point, a second conductor section electrically coupled to a second feeding point and a near-field radiation |
| 7539730 |
System and method for selecting messaging settings on a messaging client |
May 26, 2009 |
| A system and method of selecting messaging settings on a messaging client are provided. A display configured to operate in conjunction with the messaging client displays a compose screen that includes a message portion and a messaging settings portion when an outgoing message is to b |
| 7539170 |
Optimized data reconnect |
May 26, 2009 |
| A method of optimizing reconnection of a point to point protocol link layer in a mobile device comprising the steps of: monitoring whether the mobile device has entered a new zone; starting a stabilization period when the mobile device enters a new zone; checking whether the mobile d |
| 7538692 |
Handheld electronic device and method for disambiguation of compound text input and for prioriti |
May 26, 2009 |
| A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software that is operable to disambiguate compound text input. The device is able to assemble language objects in the memory to generate compound language solutions. The device is able to |
| 7537458 |
Connector for electronic devices |
May 26, 2009 |
| Various embodiments are provided herein for a connector that can provide electrical and mechanical coupling between first and second objects. The connector generally comprises at least one connecting element that has at least one first and second contact portion, at least one guidance po |
| 7536718 |
Method and system for controlling software loads on a third-party mobile station |
May 19, 2009 |
| A system and method for allowing a licensee having mobile station hardware to support its own set of carriers and software demands of these carriers, the software including licensor software, the method comprising the steps of: assigning a unique third party identifier to the licensee; |
| 7536562 |
System and method of security function activation for a mobile electronic device |
May 19, 2009 |
| A system and a method are provided for activating one or more security functions of a mobile electronic device. The system and method provide for the activation of one or more security functions when the mobile electronic device is stored in a mobile electronic device holder. Securit |
| 7536206 |
Expedited communication key system and method |
May 19, 2009 |
| A method of performing expedited communication functions on a mobile device includes monitoring the duration-of key press on a keyboard of the mobile device and determining if the monitored duration of the key press is greater than a threshold duration. If the monitored duration of the |
| 7536185 |
Apparatus, and associated method, for facilitating network selection at a mobile node utilizing |
May 19, 2009 |
| Apparatus, and an associated method, for facilitating with which network of a group of wireless local area networks that a mobile node attempts to communicate. Network selection utilizes a network selection list. The network selection list is contained at a SIM card, or the like, if the |
| 7535726 |
System and method for assembling components in an electronic device |
May 19, 2009 |
| The invention provides a system of components in an electronic device. The system comprises: a PCB; a first component mounted to the PCB; a cap located about the first component; a second component; and a platform for the second component. In the system, the platform and the cap cooperat |
| 7534060 |
Keypad and handheld electronic device |
May 19, 2009 |
| An improved keypad having a plurality of keys can have linguistic elements assigned to the keys in any of a variety of arrangements depending upon various considerations. |
| 7533331 |
System and method for securely adding redundancy to an electronic message |
May 12, 2009 |
| A system for adding a redundancy check to an electronic message to discourage tampering and facilitate identification of altered messages provides a communication device for composing message content, a messaging module with a formatting and encoding layer for encoding the message co |
| 7532882 |
Method and system for automatically configuring access control |
May 12, 2009 |
| A method for automatically configuring an access control point based upon the network resource requirements of an application. The installation of a new application on a mobile device or other user device is accompanied, before, during, or after installation, with the distribution of acc |
| 7532198 |
Handheld electronic device with roller ball input |
May 12, 2009 |
| An improved handheld electronic device includes an input apparatus, an output apparatus, and a processor apparatus. The input apparatus includes a reduced keyboard and a roller ball input. The roller ball input includes a movable portion that is substantially continuously rotatable w |
| 7529527 |
Methods and apparatus for reestablishing a data connection with a wireless communication network |
May 5, 2009 |
| Methods and apparatus for use in a wireless communication device for re-establishing communications with a wireless communication network are described. In one illustrative technique, a data connection is maintained with the wireless network for communicating data with use of data co |
| 7529230 |
Wireless router system and method |
May 5, 2009 |
| A wireless router employing a technique to couple a plurality a host services or host systems and a plurality of wireless networks. A method to route data items between a plurality of mobile devices and a plurality of host systems through a common wireless router. A point-to-point co |
| 7529184 |
Flow control buffering |
May 5, 2009 |
| A method and system for improved buffering during a flow control event, the system comprising: a mobile station having a mobile timer; a radio network communicating wirelessly with the mobile station and including: a base station; and a packet control function (PCF) capable of interrupti |
| 7528596 |
Fixture for manual functional testing of wireless devices |
May 5, 2009 |
| A fixture is provided for functional testing of an assembled wireless device. The wireless device has a first port and a second port. The fixture comprises: a base having an opening formed therein for receiving a retainer, the retainer being rotatably mounted in the opening for rotat |
| 7526572 |
System and method for providing remote data access for a mobile communication device |
April 28, 2009 |
| In one exemplary embodiment, a system for providing data access between an information source and a mobile communication device includes a transcoding system and a first network device. The transcoding system includes a plurality of transcoders, and each transcoder is operable to tra |
| 7526313 |
Seamless call switching in a dual mode environment |
April 28, 2009 |
| Methods and apparatus for providing a seamless switching of voice calls between different wireless networks are disclosed. In one illustrative example, a mobile communication device has a processor and one or more wireless transceivers coupled to the processor. The one or more wireless |
| 7526305 |
Push-to-talk handling in a dual processor environment |
April 28, 2009 |
| In a push-to-talk device having two processors where one of the processors is a radio chip and one of the processors is a microprocessor, a method and apparatus for synchronizing the microprocessor and the radio chip includes the steps of checking the status of a radio push-to-talk key o |
| 7525941 |
Methods and apparatus for reducing power consumption in CDMA communication device |
April 28, 2009 |
| Methods and apparatus for reducing power consumption of a code division multiple access (CDMA) communication device are described. The CDMA communication device operates in a communication session with a base station during which information is communicated over an information channe |
| 7525936 |
Apparatus, and associated method, for facilitating network selection by a roaming mobile node |
April 28, 2009 |
| Apparatus, and an associated method, by which to facilitate operation of a roaming mobile node to perform a packet communication service. When the mobile node roams beyond its home network, detection is made of the available networks in whose coverage area that the mobile node roams |
| 7525544 |
System and method of converting edge record based graphics to polygon based graphics |
April 28, 2009 |
| A method for converting graphic object data that defines a graphic object, including converting the graphic object data from a path format to a second format, the path format including path elements that are each associated with a fill style and define one or more polygon shapes at l |
| 7525495 |
Low profile antenna insert nut |
April 28, 2009 |
| An antenna mount comprising a front cylindrical mount, the front cylindrical mount having a threaded interior for installing an antenna; a flanged central portion; a base mount consisting of a hollow cylinder cut away along a longitudinal axis, leaving a half-circular cross section. |
| 7525452 |
Handheld electronic device and method for disambiguation of text input providing suppression of |
April 28, 2009 |
| A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software that is operable to disambiguate text input. In addition to identifying and outputting representations of language objects that are stored in the memory and that correspond with a |
| 7523416 |
Navigation of an N-dimensional hierarchical structure using a 2-dimensional controller |
April 21, 2009 |
| A system and method for navigating a multi-hierarchical menu system using a two-dimensional controller, comprising displaying an N.sup.th level of the multi-hierarchical menu system having a plurality of icons in proximity to a pointer on a portion of a display, scrolling the icons in |
| 7523338 |
Apparatus and method to support USB enumeration of a bus powered handheld device |
April 21, 2009 |
| The proposed solution relates to enumeration of a handheld device by a host controller in a laptop, and more particularly to a method and apparatus to support USB enumeration of such a handheld device where greater than 100 mA is required to enumerate the chipset associated with the |
| 7523112 |
System and method for searching a remote database |
April 21, 2009 |
| In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are provided for searching a remote database. A server may be used to communicate with a mobile device over a wireless network. The mobile device may include a local application database for storing data items for |
| 7519924 |
Handheld electronic device including appointment and meeting conflict notification, and associat |
April 14, 2009 |
| A method of checking a new entry in a calendar application having a cache that includes a first subset of existing entries falling within a first date range. Also, an electronic device implementing the method. The method includes determining whether the date of the new entry falls wi |
| 7519468 |
System and method for navigating a mobile device user interface with a directional sensing devic |
April 14, 2009 |
| A manual input navigation device and a sensor are utilized to manipulate graphical elements in a mobile device graphical user interface. The manual input navigation device generates an input navigation signal for altering a relative position of the graphical element in the graphical |
| 7519388 |
System and method for event-dependent state activation for a dual-mode mobile communication devi |
April 14, 2009 |
| A handheld mobile station system capable of automatically answering voice calls is disclosed. The system is comprised of a handheld mobile station, a magnet detection system within the mobile station, a magnet within a mobile station holster located in close proximity to the magnet detec |
| 7519381 |
Text messaging conversation user interface functionality |
April 14, 2009 |
| A computer readable medium, method and user device for a user interface functionality for SMS and SMS-like message conversations is provided. A group of individual SMS messages is treated as a single entity by the SMS conversation UI, the SMS conversation history UI saves space by includ |
| 7519357 |
System and method for accessing contact information on a communication device |
April 14, 2009 |
| Contact records are stored. Each record has values in respective fields, including first and second fields and a contact identifier field. A communication, that includes a network identifier, is received. Which of the records matches the identifier is determined based on the value in |
| 7519329 |
Determination of antenna noise temperature for handheld wireless devices |
April 14, 2009 |
| Antenna noise temperature is determined for a handheld wireless communication device which typically includes a radio, e.g. having a wireless transceiver and associated circuitry connected thereto, and an antenna connected to the radio. The method includes measuring an antenna therma |
