104 results about "Mobile service provider" patented technology

A method for sending a targeted advertising campaign to a plurality of mobile phone devices, comprises the step of receiving geographic information relating to geographic location of mobile phone devices, wherein the information is collected from a plurality of corresponding mobile service providers. The method includes the step of maintaining a subscriber database that contains contact information relating to a plurality of subscribers. The system interacts with an advertiser so as to receive advertising content intended for targeted mobile phone devices. Furthermore, the system communicates the advertising content to the targeted mobile phone devices that are located within a specified distance from a location specified by the advertiser.

The current application is directed to an intelligent-thermostat-controlled environmental-conditioning system in which computational tasks and subcomponents with associated intelligent-thermostat functionalities are distributed to one or more of concealed and visible portions of one or more intelligent thermostats and, in certain implementations, to one or more intermediate boxes. The intelligent thermostats are interconnected to intermediate boxes by wired and / or wireless interfaces and intelligent thermostats intercommunicate with one another by wireless communications. Wireless communications include communications through a local router and an ISP, 3G and 4G wireless communications through a mobile service provider. Components of the intelligent-thermostat-controlled thermostat-controlled environmental-conditioning system may also be connected by wireless communications to remote computing facilities.

Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for automated multi-device, multi-persona wireless SIM management. A virtual SIM database associated with a user is maintained on the mobile service provider's network. Such a virtual SIM database contains multiple personas for that user. For each of the user devices they wish to use on the mobile service network, the user is furnished with one “stub” SIM to be installed on the user device, onto which may be loaded any one of the personas maintained by the virtual SIM database. Upon an event, a selected user device downloads a selected persona from the network and loads it onto its stub SIM, so that the selected device is now registered on the network with that persona.

The present invention relates to mobile communications and, in particular provides a system that allows for the creation of content for such uses as full-track audio, ringtones, images, video, and combined video and audio for mobile phones, and systems for deploying such content. Content generation includes one or more of segmenting and transferring media files, other than those that may be available from a mobile service provider, to a mobile communication device.

A method and apparatus for performing SIM-based authentication and authorization in a WLAN Internet Service Provider (WISP) network supporting the universal access method (UAM) of authentication and authorization enabling roaming for customers of mobile service providers onto said networks. In addition, the invention provides a secure way of authenticating the customer's client device to the mobile service provider's network by employing temporary credentials for authentication that provide privacy of the user's identity and prevent replay attacks. Finally, if the WISP network supports the ‘pass-through’ facility, the authentication can be done more securely and quickly.

Disclosed is a method and means for facilitating direct access by an end user of a service to a mobile service provider that is typically mobile, wherein the end user is able to select a desired mobile service based primarily on the proximity of that mobile service provider to that end user at the time the end user requires that service.

The current application is directed to an intelligent-thermostat-controlled environmental-conditioning system in which computational tasks and subcomponents with associated intelligent-thermostat functionalities are distributed to one or more of concealed and visible portions of one or more intelligent thermostats and, in certain implementations, to one or more intermediate boxes. The intelligent thermostats are interconnected to intermediate boxes by wired and / or wireless interfaces and intelligent thermostats intercommunicate with one another by wireless communications. Wireless communications include communications through a local router and an ISP, 3G and 4G wireless communications through a mobile service provider. Components of the intelligent-thermostat-controlled thermostat-controlled environmental-conditioning system may also be connected by wireless communications to remote computing facilities.

The invention discloses an intelligent network connection traffic management system facing mobile sharing. The system is used to realize the automatic driving, operation and control of an intelligentnetwork connection vehicle on a road for a shared mobile service provider. The system provides specific personalized information and a time-sensitive control command to the intelligent network connection vehicle to assist the vehicle to complete an automatic driving task, and simultaneously, provides operations and maintenance services to a vehicle owner and / or the shared mobile service provider of the vehicle. The vehicle is a full time control or partial time control vehicle. The driving task comprises one or more of the following contents: vehicle following, lane changing, and path navigation.

An unique personal identification number (PIN) is issued when a promotional product is purchased. The consumer receives a receipt with information on how to redeem the PIN with a mobile communication device and qualify for a reward. An MSP (mobile service provider) is able to track the consumer's redemption actions to the consumer's mobile telephone number when the consumer redeems the PIN. In another example, the consumer is able to redeem a generic coupon at a point of sale (POS), redeem a PIN by electronically scanning a mobile phone at the POS, and then use the PIN to obtain rewards. A method, system and software product for issuing and redeeming PINs are described.

The invention relates to a resource allocation method for a low-delay high-reliability service in mobile edge computing, and belongs to the technical field of mobile communication. According to the method, in a multi-MEC multi-user environment, a user task queue model and an MEC task queue model are described respectively, a theoretical model of mobile service provider network utility maximizationis established with the task queue overflow probability as the constraint, and joint allocation is performed on power resources, bandwidth resources and computing resources. Considering that a constraint condition in the optimization model comprises a limit constraint of a task queue overflow probability; a random optimization problem of time averaging is converted and decomposed into three sub-problems of single-time-slot solving through a Lyapunov optimization theory, including calculation resource allocation of users, bandwidth and power allocation and calculation resource allocation of MEC, and then the three sub-problems are solved respectively. According to the method, the average total income of the MSP is improved while the requirements of users for low time delay and high reliability are met.

A transaction authentication system authenticates a transaction by determining whether a mobile device and POS device involved in the transaction are at the same location. A POS registry stores location data for POS devices. A PAN registry stores mobile device IDs corresponding to account numbers. A mobile device ID can be provided from the PAN registry in response to receiving an account number from a POS device. The mobile device ID can then be used to retrieve location information from a home location register maintained by a mobile service provider. The retrieved location data for a POS device and the retrieved location data for a mobile device are compared.

Methods and systems are disclosed for a virtual mobile service provider. In one embodiment, a method comprises providing a first mobile service enabler for a first mobile service, the mobile service enabler having a first interface using a first format for communicating with a first set of content providers; and providing a second mobile service enabler for a second mobile service, the second mobile service enabler having a second interface using the first format for communicating with a second set of content providers. The method further comprises providing a plurality of drivers, each of the drivers configured to adapt communications received from the first and second mobile service enablers to a wireless network communications format associated with a wireless network access provider in communications with the respective driver.

A telephone location system where a consumer can ask a service bureau to find the location of a particular mobile telephone possibly for a fee. The service bureau contacts the correct mobile service provider who locates the mobile telephone if possible using assisted GPS or any other location method and returns the location to the service bureau possibly for an access charge. The service bureau can return the telephone location to the consumer in a relational form or in terms of absolute coordinates (such as longitude and latitude). A total or partial privacy feature allows the mobile telephone to turn-off location to all but emergency services or people possessing an identification such as a PIN.

A system and methods are described which enable cellular operators to implement the Calling Party Pays (“CPP”) approach for roaming charges. Mobile Service Providers are enabled to allow their roaming customers to choose between the CPP approach and the Receiving Party Pays (“RPP”) approach on specific incoming roaming calls. Before a call from an originating caller to a Roaming customer is connected, a party is advised of the charge that he will incur by virtue of the Roaming customer being outside his cellular local network, and is given an opportunity to accept the charge. In addition, roaming customers may determine the charge a specific caller will pay for a call.

A system for carrying out transactions includes customer stations (118) and ATM stations (120) and a service provider station (114). The service provider station and customer stations are operated in a building (116) or other facility in which a service provider operates the service provider station in a secure room. Audio and video communications are established between the service provider and customers at the customer stations and ATM stations. Items can be exchanged between customer station customers and the service provider through carriers (26) transmitted through a pneumatic tube system (22). A video material presentation device (50) provides promotional or other video material which may be presented on displays at the customer stations. The video material may be presented to customers when the customer terminal is not in communication with the service provider terminal.

The invention discloses a system supporting VOIP and CS telephone, which comprises a terminal gateway equipment, a wireless broadband module, SLIC, SWITCH and a telephone set; the SLIC is used for bidirectional transmission of SPI and PCM line signal between the telephone set and the terminal gateway equipment; the SWITCH is used for transmitting VOIP voice code stream between the terminal gateway equipment and the SLIC, and establishing PCM line from the SLIC to the terminal gateway equipment or the wireless broadband module to transmit CS voice code stream; the terminal gateway equipment is used for communicating with the wireless broadband module to accomplish the voice signal transmission between infinite broadband network and the terminal gateway equipment; and the wireless broadband module is used for the network registration and connection of VOIP telephone and the establishing of CS telephone. The invention further discloses a method for supporting VOIP and CS telephone, By using the system and the method, user can enjoy different voice services according to different service scenes on one telephone set, and mobile service provider can dispose services according to different situations, improves increment capability, and saves communication cost.

Methods and systems for detecting and responding to malware events associated with mobile / portable computing devices by means of a malware detection gateway device associated with a mobile service provider network are provided. According to one embodiment, a malware detection gateway device associated with a mobile service provider network detects a malware event based on a data stream transmitted to or from a portable computing device communicating with a packet data network via the mobile service provider network. Responsive thereto, the malware detection gateway device causes a malware reporting / notification message to be sent to a user of the portable computing device by sending a malware indicating message, including an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the portable computing device, to a lookup device.

The invention provides an ultrahigh-speed fiber wireless MIMO transmission system and method. The system comprises an analog-to-digital / digital-to-analog conversion unit, a series-to-parallel / parallel-to-series conversion unit, four paths of 4QAM sequence encoding and decoding units, four paths of OFDM modulation and demodulation units, four paths of radio frequency quadrature modulation and demodulation units, a downlink optical dual-path quadrature coherent modulation unit, a downlink optical coherent demodulation photoelectric detection unit, four radio frequency filtering amplification processing units, four paths of radio frequency transmit-receive antennas, an uplink optical coherent modulation photoelectric detection unit and an uplink optical coherent demodulation photoelectric detection unit. An encoding, modulation, transmission, demodulation and access system and method are provided for high-speed fiber microwave transmission between adjacent base stations and high-speed wireless mobile receiving and transmission between the base stations and terminals in 5G (the fifth generation of mobile communication ) and 6G (the sixth generation of mobile communication ) future mobile communication systems of future wireless mobile service providers.

The current invention is based, at least in part, on the recognition that there is a problem of missed commercial opportunities when a commercial vendor is a mobile provider of goods or services. A need exists for facilitating communication between a mobile provider of goods or services and a potential recipient of those goods or services. Ideally, a solution to this need would not require a human dispatcher as an intermediary, due to various inefficiencies associated with such a method. In accordance with an aspect of the current invention, the limitation of missed business opportunities is avoided by (1) activating, by a mobile provider of commercial goods or services, a notification regarding availability to provide said commercial goods or services within a given distance of said mobile provider; and, (2) receiving, in response to said notification, and at a mobile location of said mobile provider of commercial goods or services, a request from a requester who is within the given distance of said mobile provider to provide said commercial goods or services to said requester. This method maximizes commercial opportunities between two parties without the need for a human dispatcher as an intermediary.

A method of authenticating a mobile communication device can include forming a Session Initiation Protocol referred by token using authentication data provided by a mobile service provider over a mobile communications link and sending the token to a Session Initiation Protocol server via a wireless network. The Session Initiation Protocol server can send a request for validation, built using the token, to the mobile service provider using Parlay. A reply from the Session Initiation Protocol server can be received over the wireless network, wherein the reply indicates whether the request for validation from the Session Initiation Protocol server was confirmed.

Provided is a system employed for authentication of a mobile terminal and a method using the same, wherein the method is such that an authentication code is received from a tag using a first communication type through a second communication type using a substantially same frequency band as that of the first communication type, and the authentication code is transmitted to a server of a mobile service provider to perform the authentication.

The present disclosure is directed to using distributed ledger architectures. In one example, a distributed ledger system includes a first wireless provider and a second wireless provider configured to provide wireless services to one or more of end users of the first wireless provider to roam on; and a plurality of nodes associated with one or more of the wireless providers. Each of the plurality of nodes is configured to access a digital record of an exchange of wireless services between the first wireless provider and the second wireless provider; enable roaming of the one or more of the end users on the second wireless provider upon detecting a first triggering condition; monitor usage of the wireless services; verify the roaming based on the monitoring of the wireless services; and terminate the roaming of the one or more of the end users upon detecting a second triggering condition.

Methods and systems for interfacing between broadband wireless communication systems and Local Area Network (LAN) systems includes a repeater station placed at a location that receives sufficient signal strength from a broadband wireless service provider. LAN devices interface with the broadband wireless service provider through the repeater station. The LAN devices are able to operate within the operating range of the repeater station. The repeater station includes a protocol converter that interfaces between a first protocol associated with the broadband wireless service provider, and one or more protocols associated with the devices. For example, and without limitation, the protocol converter converts between a first protocol associated with a Wide Area Network (WAN) service provider, such as a cellular telephone protocol, and one or more LAN protocols associated with the one or more devices. The one or more devices optionally include one or more wireless devices.

Methods and systems are disclosed for a virtual mobile service provider. In one embodiment, a method comprises providing a first service enabler for a first mobile service, the service enabler having a first interface using a first format for communicating with a first set of content providers; and providing a second service enabler for a second mobile service, the second service enabler having a second interface using the first format for communicating with a second set of content providers. The method further comprises providing a plurality of drivers, each of the drivers configured to adapt communications received from the first and second service enablers to a wireless network communications format associated with a wireless network access provider in communications with the respective driver.

The invention relates to an intelligent early warning system and discloses a serious disaster intelligent early warning system based on a mobile information terminal. The serious disaster intelligent early warning system comprises a disaster early warning public information issuing platform and a mobile intelligent terminal. The mobile intelligent terminal is in communication connection with the disaster early warning public information issuing platform through a mobile Internet or a mobile service provider short message gateway. A serious disaster intelligent early warning method based on the mobile information terminal is also disclosed. A disaster information intelligent identification processing system application product is installed on the mobile intelligent terminal. According to a disaster standard information database, when a wireless network is not available, the mobile intelligent terminal may still receive, by means of a SMS manner, disaster early warning information from the disaster early warning public information issuing platform and converts the disaster early warning information into a disaster early warning standard information to be issued. An intelligent terminal user is notified by means of various warning ways such as graphics and text information alarm, voice information alarm, LED state lamp information alarm and the like. As a result, full coverage of disaster information alarm service is achieved.

The invention provides a security prompting method for a crowded place. The method firstly sets a broadcast area, a management platform of the mobile service provider calculates the broadcast area andlocks a corresponding base station, and the base station broadcasts to users in the broadcast area as required for notifying and sending security alerts. In the crowded areas such as scenic spots, large-scale event gathering places, group activities, concerts, marathons and cultural fairs, the security prompting method utilizes existing mobile phones to cover users, push the information such as warm reminder, road guiding and abnormal traffic flow around before the event to the personnel entering the area, and give targeted unblocked route advices, care text messages and the like, thereby providing people with safety warnings.

The invention provides a network control method and a base station. The method comprises that: an operation state of a mobile network is acquired; the operation state of a wireless local area network is acquired; and resource scheduling is performed according to a preset scheduling strategy and the operation state. Cost of deployment and maintenance of a WLAN can be lowered for a mobile service provider via the network control method and the base station.

The invention relates to an approach of using SMS service of advance payment mobile terminal to conduct electronic payment. When mobile user shops from network supermarket, advance payment mobile terminal number and payment cipher is supplied to payment authentication server as initiative authentication information. The server search initiative authentication information in database to execute first authentication. If passing, a random number is sent to mobile terminal through SMS by authentication server and the authentication number is received again from network supermarket. The server checks whether the two numbers are consistent to conduct the second authentication. If passing again, the server requests mobile service provider to subtract payment from balance. In this way, if user has no mobile terminal, although he knows payment information, he can't pass electronic payment authentication, which makes electronic commerce more convenient and safe.