System and method for networking and controlling vending machines
OF THE INVENTION There is shown in FIG. 1 a system 10, which is an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. System 10 has three vending machines 36, 38 and 39 connected to a network control lin... Read More
Inventors: Kolls, Brock;, Assignee: USA Technologies, Inc. (Wayne, PA) |
Method of handling short message service acknowledgement messages between cooperating mobile switching centers in a radio telecommunications network
In one aspect, the present invention is a method of handling Short Message Service (SMS) messages in a radio telecommunications network when an originating mobile station-based Short Message Entity (M... Read More
Inventors: Corriveau, Michel; Brochu, Jean-Pierre; Raynauld, Jacques; Joong, Donald;, Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm, SE) |
Communication status confirmation system using user data
What is claimed is: 1. A communication status confirmation system employing user data on a communication network transmission path employing a logical multiplexing method; and a plurality of data comm... Read More
Inventors: Watanabe, Kazuko; Furukawa, Kazunori;, Assignee: Fujitsu Limited (Kanagawa, JP) |
Communicating packet data with a mobile station roaming within an incompatible mobile network
A system is disclosed for enabling a mobile station associated with a first packet data network to roam within a second packet data network where the data routing mechanisms utilized by the first and ... Read More
Inventors: Frid, Lars; Pehrsson, Arne; Backstrom, Martin; Andersson, Dick; Axelsson, Ulf; Olsson, Ulf;, Assignee: |
Communique system with active feedback for cellular communication networks
Existing cellular communication networks are designed with a network topology that is exclusively point to point in nature. This paradigm represents the historical view of cellular communications as ... Read More
Inventors: McKenna, Daniel B.; Graziano, James M.;, Assignee: Vesuvius, Inc. (San Diego, CA) |
Method and system for support of overlapping IP addresses between an interworking function and a mobile IP foreign agent
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Turning now to the figures, wherein like reference numerals represent like elements in all of the several views, FIG. 1 illustrates, by way of additional background, the p... Read More
Inventors: Hiller, Thomas Lloyd; Wang, Jin;, Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc. (Murray Hill, NJ) |
Mobile internet access
It is an object of the present invention to overcome or at least mitigate the above noted disadvantages. In particular, it is an object of the present invention to provide for the secure transmission ... Read More
Inventors: Turunen, Matti;, Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones Limited (Espoo, FI) |
Mobile IP communication scheme for supporting mobile computer move over different address spaces
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a mobile IP communication scheme for a computer system in which a plurality of computers can communicate with each other by being mutually... Read More
Inventors: Inoue, Atsushi; Ishiyama, Masahiro; Fukumoto, Atsushi; Tsuda, Yoshiyuki;, Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Kawasaki, JP) |
Method and apparatus for communication using a mobile internet in a mobile communication network
An object of the present invention is to solve at least the problems and disadvantages of the related art. Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a system and method for a mobil... Read More
Inventors: Lim, Byung Keun;, Assignee: LG Information & Communications, Ltd. (Seoul, KR) |
Methods and apparatus for providing mobility of a node that does not support mobility
The present invention provides methods and apparatus for enabling a node that does not support Mobile IP to roam to various Foreign Agents so that it may receive packets sent to it by a corresponding ... Read More
Inventors: Leung, Kent K.; Dommety, Gopal K.;, Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (San Jose, CA) |
Method and apparatus for emulating ethernet functionality over a serial bus
The invention allows applications to transparently use a serial bus as if it were an Ethernet. According to one aspect of the invention, IEEE-1394 bus node identifiers are mapped to MAC addresses usin... Read More
Inventors: Joy, Joseph M.; Murching, Arvind; Cleeton, Lawrence R.;, Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA) |
RF communication signal distribution system and method
These needs and others are satisfied by the method for distributing RF communication signals of the present invention. The method comprises the steps of, at a first signal processing subsystem, receiv... Read More
Inventors: van der Kaay, Erik; Dubovsky, George S.;, Assignee: Allen Telecom Inc. (Solon, OH) |
Hybrid fiber-coax system having at least one digital fiber node
Briefly, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, ingress noise in a shared hybrid fiber-coax system in which upstream information is transmitted from the subscribers to the head en... Read More
Inventors: Dail, James E.;, Assignee: AT&T Corp (Middletown, NJ) |
Communications system
The present invention seeks to provide an improved distributed antenna network for microcells. The present invention further seeks to provide a single optical fiber network which is used simultaneousl... Read More
Inventors: Farber, Allan; Petrov, Dmitri; Loboda, Howard;, Assignee: Foxcom Wireless Ltd. (Jerusalem, IL) |
Systems and methods for monitoring terrestrially reused satellite frequencies to reduce potential interference
Some embodiments of the present invention can monitor and control the radiation by an ancillary terrestrial network, and/or satellite radiotelephones that communicate therewith, to reduce and preferab... Read More
Inventors: Karabinis, Peter D.; Churan, Gary G.;, Assignee: ATC Technologies, LLC (Reston, VA) |
Cellular telephone anti-fraud system
In a first form of the invention, a transmitter identification device includes a plurality of transmitters each for generating a transmitter signal with internal data traits and external signal traits... Read More
Inventors: Frederick, Max B.;, Assignee: Corsair Communications, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA) |
Apparatus and method for detecting potentially fradulent telecommunication
OF THE INVENTION A detailed description of an apparatus and method for detecting potentially fraudulent and performing credit based management of telecommunications activity, is set forth below with ... Read More
Inventors: Johnson, Eric A.; Handzel, Mark J.;, Assignee: Lightbridge, Inc. (Burlington, MA) |
Method and system for presentation of content from one cellular phone to another through a computer network
OF THE INVENTION Hereunder, the preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, it is to be understood that modifications will b... Read More
Inventors: Qi, Naizhen; Wang, Xiaozhou;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
System and methods for integrated sharing of satellite access link bandwidth
What is claimed is: 1. A method for assigning satellite access link bandwidth upon demand, the method comprising the steps of: a) receiving a connection request; b) determining a requested number of t... Read More
Inventors: Natarajan, Kadathur S.;, Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Schaumburg, IL) |
Earth-fixed cell beam management for satellite communication system using dielectic lens-focused scanning beam antennas
The methods and apparatus described and claimed below pertain to a multibeam antenna system which is deployed aboard each satellite in a constellation of satellites orbiting below geo-synchronous alti... Read More
Inventors: Patterson, David Palmer; Sturza, Mark Alan;, Assignee: Teledesic Corporation (Kirkland, WA) |
Antenna beam congruency system for spacecraft cellular communications system
A spacecraft cellular communication system according to an aspect of the invention includes a spacecraft body. A signal receiving and frequency conversion arrangement is mounted on the body, for recei... Read More
Inventors: Kent, Edward Jay; Profera, Jr., Charles Edward; Hawkes, Thaddeus Arthur;, Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corp. (Sunnyvale, CA) |
Satellite communications system having distributed user assignment and resource assignment with terrestrial gateways
The foregoing and other problems are overcome and the object of the invention are realized by a satellite communications system having at least one satellite; a system controller; a plurality of gatew... Read More
Inventors: Wiedeman, Robert A.; Monte, Paul A;, Assignee: Globalstar L.P. (San Jose, CA) |
Method and system for communicating high rate data in a satellite-based communications network
What is claimed is: 1. A system for providing high frequency data communications in a satellite-based communications network, the system comprising: a plurality of communications satellites each havin... Read More
Inventors: Anselmo, Carl S.; Houston, Sam W.; Sullivan, Daniel P.;, Assignee: Hughes Electronics Corporation (El Segundo, CA) |
Interactive fixed and mobile satellite network
The foregoing and other problems are overcome and the objects of the invention are realized by a communications system that is constructed and operated in accordance with this invention. The communica... Read More
Inventors: Wiedeman, Robert A;, Assignee: Globalstar L.P. (San Jose, CA) |
Load shedding method to enhance uplink margin with combined FDMA/TDMA uplinks
In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, a load shedding method to enhance uplink margin between a terrestrial terminal and a satellite in a satellite based cellular communications s... Read More
Inventors: Wright, David A.; Wilcoxson, Donald C.;, Assignee: TRW Inc. (Redondo Beach, CA) |
Satellite communication service with non-congruent sub-beam coverage
The foregoing and other problems are overcome and the objects of the invention are realized by methods and apparatus in accordance with embodiments of this invention. The inventors have realized that ... Read More
Inventors: Monte, Paul A; Hirshfield, Edward;, Assignee: Globalstar L.P. (San Jose, CA) |
Method and system for communicating high rate data in a satellite-based communications network
What is claimed is: 1. A system for providing high frequency data communications in a satellite-based communications network, the system comprising: a plurality of communications satellites (12) each ... Read More
Inventors: Anselmo, Carl S.; Houston, Sam W.; Sullivan, Daniel P.;, Assignee: Hughes Electronics Corporation (El Segundo, CA) |
Orthogonal code division multiple access waveform format for use in satellite based cellular telecommunications
OF THE INVENTION INDEX OF SECTIONS 1.0 OVERVIEW 2.0 FORWARD LINK WAVEFORM FREQUENCY PLAN 3.0 FORWARD LINK CHANNEL TYPES 4.0 WAVEFORM STRUCTURE 5.0 MODULATION FORMAT 6.0 SUBSCRIBER PRIVACY 7.0 FORWARD... Read More
Inventors: Ohlson, John E.; Martin, Donald R.;, Assignee: TRW Inc. (Redondo Beach, CA); Stanford Telecommunications, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) |
Encryption devices for use in a conditional access system
OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT The following Detailed Description will first provide a general introduction to a conditional access system and to encryption and decryption, will then describe how service ... Read More
Inventors: Pinder, Howard G.; Palgon, Michael S.;, Assignee: Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. (Lawrenceville, GA) |
Method and device for frequency translation in powerline communications
It is a primary objective of the present invention to provide a method of improving communication signals along a power line where interference sources may corrupt the communication signals. This obje... Read More
Inventors: Lee, Jack Wing;, Assignee: Amperion, Inc. (Andover, MA) |
Cell Phones 
