Motorola Corporation

Google Technology Holdings LLC

Robert Patzer

Arnold Sheynman

Mark Pecen

Rodney Landers

Theodore S Rzeszewski

Jerome O Vogedes

William S Hede

Mark R Lemke

Kevin C Mowry

Timothy Powers

Lidong Chen

A cellular communications network including a base station subsystem () including a base station controller communicably coupled to a plurality of base stations (), a user accessible mobile wireless communications device configuration control server () coupled to the base station subsystem (), an network broadcast transmitting assisting base station (), which may be coupled to the user accessible mobile wireless communications device configuration control server or to the base station subsystem. A mobile station is configured with configuration information associated with the assisting base station when the mobile station monitors the assisting base station.

Dynamic mobile station configuration in wireless communications systems and methods therefor

Methods and devices for end-user generation of content previews including selecting digital content stored on a communications device, and generating a content preview on the communications device from the digital content selected based on content transcoding information. In one embodiment, a mobile wireless communications device () includes a content preview generator () for generating content previews from content stored in memory based on content transcoding information, and a transmitter () for sharing the content previews with other mobile wireless communications devices, for example, in peer-to-peer communications.

Digital content preview generation and distribution among peer devices

A push-to-talk (PTT) radio resource controller () establishes a 'reverse' channel using a forward channel resource request module (), a reverse channel resource request module (), an allocation rules module () that is coupled to the forward channel resource request module () and the reverse channel resource request module (), and a channel resource availability module () that is coupled to the allocation rules module (). A method () for establishing a reverse channel in a PTT system initiates a forward PTT circuit () between an originating device and at least a first called device, initiates a first reverse PTT circuit () between the first called device and the originating device before releasing () the forward PTT circuit, and then releases () the first reverse PTT circuit.

Push-to-talk reverse channel establishment

A communication system () includes two or more communication devices () for communicating video including at least one virtual image. An avatar is associated with each communicated image. Change messages are communicated between a transmitting communication device () and at least one receiving communication device () to provide iterative enhancement of each avatar associated with a current digital image at the receiving communication device ().

Video enhancement of an avatar

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for utilizing existing systems and components in a cellular network for managing network functionality to reduce event pressure between managers and agents. In accordance with the preferred embodiments of the invention, a filter, an event counter module, and a performance measurement module, all residing on the agent, perform event notification filtering, counting, and thresholding in the agent. In accordance with the preferred embodiments, only an alarm is sent to the manager from the agent if event notifications exceed a threshold that is established by the manager on the agent.

Manager-directed method for event pressure reduction

A method of authentication between servers in a three party network protocol network includes first providing at least one network access server (NAS) in communication with at least one user of the network and also in communication with at least one remote authentication server (RAS) coupled to the network. An access request message including a user password is sent from the user to the NAS. The NAS encrypts the password with a shared secret between the NAS and the RAS. The NAS subsequently tags a message authentication code (MAC) using the shared secret to the encrypted password. The encrypted password and MAC are then sent to the RAS. The RAS first authenticates the NAS by verifying the MAC before decrypting the encrypted user password.

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Robert Patzer