Motorola Corporation

Ketan M Shah

Jeffrey D Smith

Alfred A Wieczorek

Douglas Eugene Ross

Ajit Mathews

Randall A Moyers

Brian M Elwell

Randall L Moyers

A portable communication device () having a customizable skin and theme on a display () of the communication device can include a transceiver (and), a display coupled to the transceiver, a memory (or) having stored therein at least two skin and theme types () and at least one encapsulated data entry associated with each of the skin and theme types, and a processor () coupled to the transceiver and the display. The processor can be programmed to dynamically update the display in the communication device based upon a selection of at least one among the skin and theme types and based upon at least one encapsulated data entry associated with a selected skin and theme type.

Method and apparatus for modifying skin and theme screens on a communication product

A mobile station ( ) contains a local personality database ( ) in a memory ( ) of the mobile station. The local personality database contains information records ( ), at least one of which has a variable personality parameter, such as a directory number ( ). The directory number may change with either the time of day, geographic location, or both. At the appropriate time, the mobile station transmits a request to a central office ( ) to receive an update of the directory number. The central office searches a parameter database ( ) to find the most recent directory number, and returns it to the mobile station, which stores it for use at a later time. The system can also update scan and channel lists in the same manner.

Method and apparatus for updating a mobile station parameter set

A communication device (,) operates in first and second modes of operation including a dispatch mode of operation and a telephone mode of operation. The device (,) includes a main body (,) having a top surface (,) and a cover (,). The cover,selectively moves between at least a first position wherein at least a portion of the top surface (,) is covered to provide for selective operation in the dispatch mode and at least a second position wherein the top surface (,) is exposed to provide for selective operation is the telephone mode of operation. The cover (,) includes a see through section (,) covering at least a portion of the display section (,) when the cover (,) is in the first position in order to protect the display section (,) and simultaneously provide access thereto. The cover (,) also includes through access keys (,) which provide access to the keypad (,) even when the cover (,) is closed. The display section (,) includes soft key designation areas (,) and (,) whose textual contents change depending on the position of the cover (

Communication device with mode change softkeys

Communication resources are allocated within a radio communication system in anticipation of expected resource requirements using predictions based on information supplied by a subscriber unit. In one embodiment, the system uses the subscriber unit's location history to predict a future location (510, 520, 530). In another embodiment, the system uses radio capability information, along with environment information for the subscriber unit, to predict loading conditions for potential hand-over sites (610, 620, 630), and assigns the subscriber unit to one of the potential hand-over sites based on the predicted loading conditions (640).

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Miami, FL, United States of America

Ketan M Shah