Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080232309 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE QUEUING FOR DISCONTINUOUS WIRELESS CHANNELS - A method and system for data transmission on wireless discontinuous channels. The method and system include adjusting ordering of a plurality of transmission units in a queue to be transmitted in a wireless discontinuous channel to reduce unusable channel access time; determining transmission eligibility of each of the transmission units in the queue; and servicing the queue by transmitting the transmission units responsive to the adjusted order. | 09-25-2008 |
20080232433 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHORT RANGE COMMUNICATION USING ADAPTIVE CHANNEL INTERVALS - A system and method for data transmission on wireless discontinuous channels including a control/safety information (CSI) channel having a duty cycle, and a plurality of service channels. The system and method include: evaluating channel utilization of one or more of the channels; calculating an optimal CSI channel duty cycle responsive to the channel utilizations; adjusting the duty cycle of the CSI channel to the calculated optimal CSI channel duty cycle; broadcasting the optimal CSI channel duty cycle; and transmitting data during the optimal CSI channel duty cycle. | 09-25-2008 |
20090034495 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING A PERSISTENT APPLICATION SESSION WITH ANONYMITY BETWEEN A MOBILE HOST AND A NETWORK HOST - System and method for facilitating a persistent application session with anonymity between a mobile host and a network host in a wireless communication environment. The system and method include establishing a first communication session between the mobile host and the network host through a first radio access point; receiving a first mobile host identifier and a mobile host address from the mobile host during the first communication session, wherein the first mobile host identifier is different from the mobile host address; terminating the first communication session due to movement of the mobile host; establishing a second communication session between the mobile host and the network host using the first mobile host identifier, through a second radio access point; and receiving a second mobile host identifier from the mobile host during the second communication session, wherein the second mobile host identifier is different from the first mobile host identifier and the mobile host address. | 02-05-2009 |
20090081958 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BROADCAST MESSAGE RATE ADAPTATION IN MOBILE SYSTEMS - A method and system for setting transmission rate of messages transmitted and received by a mobile unit. The method and system include monitoring the speed of the mobile unit; and adjusting the transmission rate based on the speed of the mobile unit. Prevailing conditions may also be determined and the transmission rate may be further adjusted based on the prevailing conditions. The prevailing conditions may be determined based on at least one of states of one or more sensors local to the mobile unit and information provided from an external source over a communication system. The prevailing conditions may include at least one of slick pavement, limited visibility, road construction, object in roadway, accident, dense traffic, and anomalous driving behavior. | 03-26-2009 |
20090109061 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING INTERSECTION RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR VEHICLES - A method and system for determining right of way for a plurality of mobile units at an intersection. The method and system include collecting position and movement information about the plurality of mobile units approaching the intersection; storing a plurality of rules about right of way at the intersection; accessing information about geometry of the intersection; calculating which one or more of the plurality of the mobile units have right of way to enter the intersection, responsive to the position and movement information, the stored rules and the information about geometry of the intersection; and wirelessly transmitting right of way indication signals to one or more of the plurality of the mobile units. | 04-30-2009 |
20090305722 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED COLLECTION OF CALL ROUTING PERFORMANCE DATA IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A method and system for collecting location-sensitive call routing data in a wireless telecommunications network under test, the wireless network routing a test call to an appropriate destination based on a geographic area from which the test call was placed. The method and system include receiving the test call placed from a test call device to one or more destination devices, via said network under test; generating originator call records by the test call device; generating destination call records by the devices; electronically collecting originator call records from the test call device, destination call records from the one or more destination devices and network call records from said network under test; and storing said collected originator, destination call records, and network call records in a data collecting device; and organizing said call records such that the originator call records, the destination call records, and the network call records pertaining to the placed test call are associated together. | 12-10-2009 |
20100060483 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING INTERSECTION RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR VEHICLES - A method and system for determining right of way for a plurality of mobile units at an intersection. The method and system include collecting position and movement information about the plurality of mobile units approaching the intersection; storing a plurality of rules about right of way at the intersection; accessing information about geometry of the intersection; calculating which one or more of the plurality of the mobile units have right of way to enter the intersection, responsive to the position and movement information, the stored rules and the information about geometry of the intersection; and wirelessly transmitting right of way indication signals to one or more of the plurality of the mobile units. | 03-11-2010 |
20100267344 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BROADCAST MESSAGE TRANSMISSION IN MOBILE SYSTEMS - A method and device for dynamically changing transmission parameters of broadcast messages transmitted and received by a mobile unit. The method and device include monitoring transmission channel characteristics; dynamically adjusting the transmission parameters of a message based on the monitored transmission channel characteristics; and broadcasting the message using the adjusted transmission parameters. The transmission parameters may include one or more of transmission power, error code rate, and modulation rate. The transmission channel characteristics include one or more of the group consisting of received message density, channel congestion, detected number of message collisions, and signal to interference ratio. | 10-21-2010 |
20130151506 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AND ACTING UPON A USER'S ASSOCIATION TO A ZONE OF RELEVANCE - A computer-implemented method for determining a zone of relevance for locating a wireless end-user and making a user notification decision including: storing information related to the enterprise in an enterprise database; storing information related to the end-user in an end-user database; accessing said enterprise and user end databases to extract enterprise and end-user related information; accessing a geographical database to extract geographic information, based on information obtained from the enterprise database; extracting relevant dynamic inputs from external sources via a predefined application programming interface; determining a value for the user notification based on weighting of said extracted information and historical use information; determining a zone of relevance for the wireless end-user; and notifying a user, wherein notifying the user meets predetermined criteria for the determined value of notification. | 06-13-2013 |
20130172013 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A ZONE OF RELEVANCE FOR SUBSCRIBER LOCATION AND NOTIFICATION - A computer-implemented method for determining a zone of relevance for locating wireless subscribers of interest to a location based application and making a user notification decision including: obtaining application specific information from an application service provider; obtaining wireless subscriber profile and real time information from a serving wireless network operator; accessing a geographical database to extract related geographic information; extracting relevant dynamic inputs from external sources; determining the value of user notification based on weighting of said extracted information and historical use information; and determining a corresponding zone of relevance wherein notifying the user meets certain criteria for the determined value of notification. | 07-04-2013 |