Motorola Corporation

Blackberry Corporation

W Garland Phillips

Jheroen Pieter Dorenbosch

Dwight Randall Smith

Alain Charles Briancon

Terence Edward Sumner

Jeffrey David Couts

Steven Jeffrey Goldberg

Slim S Souissi

Bashar Jano

Richard Lionel Bennett

Jack Anthony Gipson

Thomas Mark Jones

Xuming Chen

Larry David Jordan

Eric Jon Wesley

As described herein, there is provided methods, apparatus and computer program products to display visual information on a foldable display device. Display control signals are altered or modified to avoid display of or compensate for impairment in the display of visual information on fold deformations introduced in a display unit of the display device in response to folding of the display unit, or to reverse any alterations or modifications in the event that the fold deformations are eliminated by unfolding of the display unit.

System and method for foldable display

Systems, methods and apparatus are described for displaying visual information on a deformable display device, and for compensating for distortion of images of the visual information that results from the deformation of the display device and the viewing orientation of a viewer of the display device, or for improving or enhancing the displayed visual information in response to the deformation of the display device and the viewing position of the viewer.

System and method for bendable display

A method of and processing function for a resource for facilitating scheduling a meeting the methodincluding specifyingindividuals to participate in the meeting and desired resources for facilitating the meeting; communicatingwith scheduling agents for the individuals and with a processor functionfor a resourcecorresponding to the desired resources; negotiating with the scheduling agents to determine availability of the individuals and with the processor function to determine availability of the resource; and schedulingthe meeting at a time when the resource and a sufficient number of the individuals are available.

Method and apparatus for scheduling a meeting

A method and apparatus for providing multimodal communication outputs information, such as retrieved content, in a first modality. An output modality change command is generated, such as via a multimodal user input interface, or other suitable mechanism. A multimodal communication apparatus and method then reprovides the previously output information as reprovided information in a different output modality in response to receiving the output modality change command. Accordingly, a user or unit may have content delivered in one modality and redelivered in a different preferred modality or modalities. Accordingly, a user or device may request output modalities dynamically so that content can be delivered using a different user preference after the content has already been provided in a first modality.

Method and apparatus for multimodal communication with user control of delivery modality

A wireless client () maintains () a shopping list of items desired by a shopper, and then transmits () the shopping list to an in-store shopping system (). The in-store shopping system receives () the shopping list and then generates information identifying where to find the items and further identifying where the wireless client is positioned in the store. The in-store shopping system communicates () the information to the wireless client, which then displays () the information to the shopper.

Method and apparatus for interactive shopping

A wireless device uses profiles associated with one or more contexts, which defines various operating situations. Depending on a context, the wireless device changes its operational behavior in accordance with a defined profile, when a context parameter changes. Among other things, the context can correspond to a wireless device location, user age, skill, or gender, or ambient environmental factors, such as temperature. For example, based on a profile associated with a location, the wireless device can change its operational behavior relative to sharing resources with other devices.

Wireless device having context-based operational behavior

A method and corresponding apparatus for a first controller ( ) and implemented in a second controller ( ), arranged for providing messaging service to, respectively, a first load ( ) and a second load ( ), to cooperatively and dynamically allocate a resource ( ) between these loads. The method allocates a first and second default portions ( ) of the resource ( ), and schedules messages from the first and the second load ( ) within these default portions ( ). Any unused part ( ) of the default portions is reported to the other controller and it schedules messages from its load within the unused part ( ), thereby dynamically allocating the resource ( ) between the first and second load ( ).

Method and apparatus for dynamic allocation of a messaging system resource

A wireless communication system measures ( ) a traffic load of ones of a plurality of fixed communication stations ( ) and transmits ( ) from at least one of the stations information describing a location of the at least one of the stations and locations of nearby other stations, along with traffic loads corresponding to the stations. A portable communication unit ( ) within communication range of the station conveys ( ) the information, thereby assisting the user of the portable communication unit to find a fixed communication station having sufficient capacity available for handling a desired communication.

Method and apparatus for assisting a user to find a communication resource of sufficient capacity

A group selected from a plurality of portable subscriber units ( ) is defined ( ), and a plurality of locations corresponding to members of the group are identified ( ) by a controller ( ) in cooperation with a base station and the group members. The controller determines ( ) from the plurality of locations at least one distance between selected ones of the members, and sends ( ) a notification when the at least one distance satisfies a predetermined set of rules.

Method and apparatus for distance-based notification in a two-way wireless communication system

A processor (208) selects a candidate message (214) from a message queue (212), and tests (306) whether an available space (216) in the current frame of data is sufficient to accommodate the candidate message. The processor records (320, 420) a skip indicator (218, 220) into a predetermined memory location, in response to the candidate message being a numbered message and the available space in the current frame being insufficient. The processor skips (316) the candidate message during the current frame even though available space is sufficient, when the skip indicator is recorded in the predetermined memory location and is applicable to the candidate message. The processor adds (332) the candidate message to the current frame of data, when the available space in the current frame is sufficient and the candidate message is a message not affected by the skip indicator. The processor continues (330) to select, test, record, skip, and add, as above, to form the current frame of data.

Method and apparatus in a radio messaging system for forming a current

A messaging system implements a group call in a controller (110, 120) by receiving (306) first and second messages intended for first and second recipients and determining (416) that the first and second messages are identical to one another. In response to making that determination, the controller transmits (522) the first and second messages as a single group call message.

Method and apparatus in a messaging system for implementing a group call

In a data communication system a first controller (102) selectively retrieves data from a database (316) in a second controller (106). Data corresponding to a plurality of entities is programmed (602) into the database. The data includes a plurality of parameters for each of the plurality of entities. Ones of the plurality of parameters are selectively defined (604) to belong to parameter groups in accordance with a predetermined grouping plan. The first controller generates (612) a request for the data corresponding to one of the plurality of entities from the database, the request further indicating a desired one of the parameter groups. The second controller returns (620) the desired one of the parameter groups corresponding to the one of the plurality of entities, in response to the request.

Method and apparatus for selectively retrieving data from a database in

A messaging system capable of transmitting messages to receivers which roam between coverage areas. In one configuration, a coverage area (600) is divided into a plurality of zones (605, 610, 615). A single simulcast system identification (SSID) number is assigned which consists of a local identification number which identifies the coverage area (600), a zone identifier which identifies a zone (610) within the coverage area, traffic splitting flags and a frequency. For larger roaming areas, a network is defined as consisting of a plurality of service areas and is identified by network identification information (NID). NID information and/or SSID information along with a priority value is stored in a receiver according to desired coverage and like information is transmitted in the corresponding zone or service area and the roaming pager operates on the frequency having the NID or SSID having the highest priority.

Message system and method for efficient multi-frequency roaming

A paging controller (10) schedules the transmission of pages of different protocol types, dynamically, taking into account both the airtime efficiency of transmitting a page of a particular protocol type and the fairness of transmitting pages of that protocol type. The paging controller (10) determines the efficiency of transmitting stored pages for each protocol type based upon the number of code words stored for the pages of the protocol type in a paging queue (27-30) and based upon the delay, if any, that is expected to be encountered in changing to the protocol type. The paging controller (10) determines the fairness of transmitting pages of a particular protocol type based upon the age of the pages of the protocol type that are stored in the paging queue (27-30). The paging controller (10) schedules and encodes only up to a predetermined limited number of batches/frames of pages of the selected protocol type so that if pages of a different protocol type are received by the paging controller (10) that are determined to be more efficiently and fairly transmitted than the currently selected paging type, the paging controller (10) can quickly change to the protocol type of the newly received pages.

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