Qualcomm Incorporated

Vikram Yashpal

John W Elliott

John M Harvey

Daniel Holman Agre

Nakul Duggal

John Harvey

Chris A Wolfe

Catherine Chow

John Walters

Mark Heil

Peggy A Erlandson

David O'Brien

Joe Rassenti

Greg Nissley

Methods, systems, apparatus and computer program products are described for controlling content presented on user-controlled wireless device assets and/or features, such as ringtone, wallpaper, wireless device memory and the like. In present aspects, a user-requested control state change is undertaken from a user-controlled state to an advertisement-control state. In this regard, once the user has conceded control of the wireless device asset over to an advertiser or advertisement provider, the advertiser is allowed to provide advertisements to the designated wireless device asset for a predetermined period of time. From the advertiser or advertisement provider perspective present aspects provide for advertisements to be presented on novel platforms. Additionally, by gaining control over the wireless device asset the advertisers or advertisement providers are assured that their advertisements will be executed for the duration of the control period.

System and methods for controlling advertisements on wireless device assets

A method for sharing data content is provided. The method includes aggregating requests to share data content across broadcast networks and re-broadcasting the data content based at least in part on the number of requests or a determined capacity of the broadcast networks.

Content sharing via mobile broadcast system and method

A method to create community channels is provided. The method includes defining a subset of channels from a broadcast network, associating one or more tags with the channels, and employing the tags to enable a community network from the broadcast network.

Community driven program access system and method

System for message delivery to field personnel. The system includes a method for operating a server in a message delivery system. The method includes receiving a message for transmission to a recipient, and determining a message characteristic associated with the message. The method also includes obtaining contact information associated with the recipient based on the message characteristic, and transmitting the message to the recipient using a communication method indicated by the contact information.

System for message delivery to field personnel

A system for providing online service reports to user subscribers. The service reports contain service information about services rendered by one or more service providers operating at the direction of a service administrator. The system includes a service hub coupled between the service administrator and the one or more service providers. The service hub receives an access message that defines access rights for the user subscribers. A decoder decodes the service information from one or more operational messages exchanged between the service administrator and the one or more service providers. A network server is coupled between the service hub and the user subscribers via a communication network. The network server receives a request from a selected user subscriber, and in response, provides at least a portion of the selected service information to the selected user subscriber based on the access rights.

System for providing online service reports

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Carlsbad, CA, United States of America

Vikram Yashpal