Motorola Corporation

Google Inc.

Juan C Fernandez

Von Alan Mock

Charles P Schultz

Jorge Luis Perdomo

Kenneth S Lerner

Guy George Romano

Noel S Massey

Isabel M Fernandez

A communications terminal () including a user interface communicably coupled to a controller is configured to form a group of contacts. In one embodiment, the terminal displays only contacts having at least two attributes in common. In another embodiment, the terminal displays a group of contacts having a social relationship with at least two degrees of social separation relative to a user associated with the group. In another embodiment, a group of contacts is formed upon initiation of an application at the terminal, wherein all contacts in the group are associated with terminals running the same application and are also engaged in a common activity.

Contact group dynamics in networked communication devices

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A method () and system (or) of using a credit card media type () integrated with a wireless communication device () can include determining () that the wireless communication device is inoperable for use in a commercial transaction and enabling () the use and authorization of the credit card media type with a predetermined restriction profile that is more restrictive than when the credit card media type is used with the wireless communication device when operable. The method can lower () the payment authorization amount or limit a type of item that is purchased to a predefined type based on a remote network being unable to communicate with the wireless communication device. The method can also remove () the credit card media type from the communication device and enable the use and authorization of the credit card media type with the predetermined restriction profile.

Method and system for wireless and credit card transactions

A method () of payment of communication services includes determining () if a request () for services is an essential service or non-essential service, determining () if a device and/or user is authorized for non-essential service, and determining () if there are sufficient pre-pay funds for the non-essential service. The method can further include rejecting () the request for non-essential service if the device and/or user is unauthorized or if insufficient pre-pay funds exist. The method grants () the request if the request is for essential service (such as voice services). The essential service or subscription or post-pay service can be added () to a recurring bill. If the device and/or user is authorized and sufficient prepay funds exist, then the method grants () the request for the non-essential service. In response or in conjunction with granting, the method can deduct () funds from prepay funds upon granting the request.

Communication services payment method and system

The invention concerns a method () and system () for providing a passenger profile. The method can include the steps of receiving () one or more passengers having mobile units () in a vehicle () in which at least some of the mobile units have been programmed with passenger profiles and receiving () the passenger profiles from the mobile units. The method can also include the step of informing () at least the driver of the vehicle of the passenger profiles once the passenger profiles are received. As an example, setting one or more parameters of the vehicle can be based on the received passenger profiles. In addition, setting the parameters of the vehicle based on the received passenger profiles may restrict the operation of the vehicle in a predefined manner.

Method and system for passenger profiles

A method for an RF base station (105) to transmit an emergency message to a selective call receiver (104). The base station (105) receives incoming messages that are to be transmitted to selective call receivers, some of which incoming messages are emergency messages that include an emergency code, such as '911'. The base station (105) creates a shortened emergency message by removing the emergency code from an incoming emergency message, and sends the shortened emergency message to a selective call receiver (104), along with an alert instruction for actuating a priority alert in the selective call receiver (104).

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Boca Raton, FL, United States of America

Juan C Fernandez