Motorola Corporation

Rami Chaim Levy

Mark A Barros

Robert Cary Gray

Ryan M Nilsen

Nitin Desai

Ronald James Kelley

James Allen Hymel

James A Zollo

Stephen O Bozzone

Alan R Beatty

Bonnie J Bachman

The invention concerns a method () of providing information about a communications device. The method includes the steps of establishing () a communications connection between a first mobile communications unit () and at least a second mobile communications unit (), transmitting () from the first mobile communications unit to the second mobile communications unit a condition of at least one operational parameter of the first mobile communications unit and informing () a user of the second mobile communications unit of the conditions of the operational parameters of the first mobile communications unit. The operational parameters of the first mobile communications unit can include a signal strength, a battery level, a location, an audio configuration, an alert configuration, a conference indicator and a phone type indicator.

Method and system for providing information about a communications device

A device () capable of selectively altering its appearance can include a housing portion () of the device having at least one photochromic compound and an ultraviolet light source () forming a portion of the device for exposing the portion of the device having the photochromic compound to the ultraviolet light source. A reaction by the photochromic compound can provide or serve as a status indicator for the device. The device can be any number of devices such as a portable communication device, a personal digital assistant, a laptop computer, a camera, a GPS device, a printer, a camcorder, a vehicle, a toy, a personal hygiene device, a watch, a calculator, and a writing instrument for example. The device can be formed so that reactions by the photochromic compounds within the device are controlled solely by the ultraviolet light sources (and) within the device.

Functional application of photochromic compound materials to products

A method and apparatus form electrical connections between electronic circuits and conductive threads () that are interwoven into textile material (). Electronic circuits (), such as semiconductor dies, are connected to a carrier () and electrical connections () are made to conductive connection areas () on the carrier (). Conductive stitching () provides electrical contacts for both the conductive connection areas () on the carrier () and the conductive threads () that are interwoven into the textile material (). Optionally, a thin, flexible substrate material () is perforated during the stitching process.

Method and apparatus for solder-less attachment of an electronic device to a textile circuit

A communication system () provides for improved dispatch communications, by providing a method for monitoring the signal quality at each of the Mobile Stations (MS) involved in a dispatch call. Once engaged in the dispatch call, the MSs () monitor the signal quality of their ACCH channel () and send a message back to the system () if their signal quality falls below a predetermined threshold. If the signal quality of any dispatch call participant falls below the given threshold (), the system alerts all the dispatch call participants () thereby avoiding any loss of communications, and tears down the previously set up dispatch call. If the signal quality becomes acceptable again () for those MS who had previously experienced poor signal quality, they send a message to the system, which automatically sets up a new dispatch call and alerts all the dispatch participants that the dispatch channel can be used again ().

Method and apparatus for dropping and reacquiring a dispatch channel

A service provider network ( ) and method therein operates to dynamically reduce the bandwidth required for data. The service provider network ( ) includes a memory ( ) for storing subscriber information of a subscriber device ( ), a data engine ( ) for receiving a generic data request from the subscriber device ( ), formatting the request into a compatible format, transmitting the request, and receiving data in response to the request, and an intelligent proxy server ( ) for receiving the data from the data engine ( ), manipulating or filtering the data as a function of the subscriber information to thin the content of the data, and outputting the filtered data to the subscriber device ( ).

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Plantation, FL, United States of America

Rami Chaim Levy