Smartsynch, Incorporated

Cortxt, Inc.

Starscriber Corporation

Dane Blackwell

Roderick Michael Johnson

Ryan Jones

Wilfred Mueller

Dennis M Needham

Patrick Hamilton

Brad Scheurman

Allan L Scribner

Michael Johnson

Methods and systems for more efficiently providing telecommunications services are provided. A menu of options may be presented to a user upon detecting that the user has attempted to connect a call to a recipient. If the user selects an option before a predetermined amount of time has elapsed, the actions associated with that option may be performed instead of setting up a call between the user and the recipient. If the predetermined amount of time elapses without the user making a selection of an option or if the user has explicitly indicated a desire to establish the call, the call may be established.

Methods and systems for providing efficient telecommunications services

Methods, systems and computer program products for determining a location of a device based on location information are described. In some implementations, location assist information may be requested so as to determine a location of sufficient quality to satisfy a requesting application. Upon receiving the location assist information, empherides from one or more visible sources may be requested. The location assist information may be used to determine the location of the device until the device has received and decoded the empherides.

Methods and apparatus for providing location data with variable validity and quality

A system and method for transmitting data from a utility meter, such as a power meter, is disclosed. A microprocessor housed inside the power meter obtains readings of various power indicia, stores the readings in memory, and determines an efficient means of formatting the data for transmission to a remote host computer for further processing and use. The data is selectively compressed to minimize the amount and size of data that needs to be transmitted. The microprocessor is mounted on a circuit board assembly within the power meter housing and interfaces between the meter board of the power meter and a transmitter. The transmitter communicates the formatted and potentially compressed data from the power meter to the remote host computer wirelessly or via hard-wired communication lines. The various power indicia include power usage or power quality information.

System and methods for wirelessly transmitting data from a utility meter

A method for wirelessly transmitting data from an utility meter, such as an electric meter, is disclosed. A microprocessor housed inside an energy meter obtains readings of various power indicia, stores the readings, processes the buffer to determine an efficient means of formatting the data for transmission using a radio frequency communications link. The method examines the plurality of readings and determines if values can be communicated by transmitting an initial reading and followed by the difference of the next reading from the previous reading. A special indication is transmitted to turn 'on' compression and allow the receiver to propertly interpret received data. Other indicators are transmitted to turn 'off' compression, turn on compression for a pre-defined limited duration, or vary the range of the difference between readings.

Systems and methods for wirelessly transmitting data from a utility meter

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