公开(公告)号：US08737318B2

公开(公告)日：2014-05-27

申请号：US12628993

申请日：2009-12-01

申请人： James Fan ,  David Chen ,  Richard Kuo

发明人： James Fan ,  David Chen ,  Richard Kuo

IPC分类号： H04W4/00

CPC分类号： H04W8/02 ,  H04L63/067 ,  H04M15/00 ,  H04M15/46 ,  H04M15/8038 ,  H04M2215/0168 ,  H04M2215/56 ,  H04W4/24 ,  H04W8/12 ,  H04W8/183 ,  H04W12/04 ,  H04W12/06

摘要： A method for providing cellular access to a mobile device when the device is out of a home network operated by a home wireless service provider. The method includes presenting an option to initiate a process to establish a temporary roaming agreement between the home wireless service provider and a foreign wireless service provider operating a foreign network in a location of the mobile device outside of the home network. The method also includes receiving a selection of the option, accessing a web application associated with a negotiation server in response to the selection, providing subscriber credentials to the negotiation server for use by the negotiation server to negotiate the temporary roaming agreement, and allowing the mobile device to access a foreign network operated by the foreign wireless service provider in accordance with the temporary roaming agreement.

摘要翻译： 一种用于当设备离开由家庭无线服务提供商操作的家庭网络时，向移动设备提供蜂窝接入的方法。 该方法包括呈现一个选项，以启动在家庭无线服务提供商和在家庭网络之外的移动设备的位置处操作外部网络的外部无线服务提供商之间建立临时漫游协议的过程。 该方法还包括接收选项的选择，响应于选择访问与协商服务器相关联的web应用，向协商服务器提供用户凭证以供协商服务器协商协商临时漫游协议，并允许移动 设备根据临时漫游协议访问由外国无线服务提供商操作的外部网络。

公开(公告)号：US08705713B2

公开(公告)日：2014-04-22

申请号：US12125803

申请日：2008-05-22

申请人： James Fan ,  Jennifer K. Lam ,  Thomas Barrett

发明人： James Fan ,  Jennifer K. Lam ,  Thomas Barrett

IPC分类号： H04M1/64

CPC分类号： H04M3/53 ,  H04L65/4076 ,  H04M2203/4509

摘要： A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a Unified Messaging System (UMS) having a controller to receive one or more voicemail, video, or text messages directed to a subscriber of the UMS, present the subscriber one of a first option to convert one of the one or more voicemail messages received in a first media playback format to a second media playback format, and a second option to transfer at least a portion of one or more of the received voicemail, video or text messages received by the UMS to one of a set top box or digital video recorder. The controller is adapted to detect a selection of one of said options, and execute the selected option. Other embodiments are disclosed.

摘要翻译： 包含本公开的教导的系统可以包括例如统一消息系统（UMS），其具有控制器以接收指向UMS的订户的一个或多个语音邮件，视频或文本消息，向用户提供 第一选项，用于将以第一媒体播放格式接收的一个或多个语音邮件消息中的一个转换为第二媒体回放格式，以及第二选项，用于传送所接收的语音邮件，视频或文本消息中的一个或多个的至少一部分 由UMS接收到机顶盒或数字录像机之一。 控制器适于检测对所述选项之一的选择，并且执行所选择的选项。 公开了其他实施例。

公开(公告)号：US08670752B2

公开(公告)日：2014-03-11

申请号：US12890088

申请日：2010-09-24

申请人： James Fan ,  David Chen ,  Richard Kuo

发明人： James Fan ,  David Chen ,  Richard Kuo

IPC分类号： H04M3/42

CPC分类号： G07C9/00309 ,  G07C9/00857 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W12/06 ,  H04W12/08 ,  Y10T70/5155

摘要： Systems, methods, and devices that integrate a subscriber's communication services, including home wireline communication services, and a service-entity communication services are presented. User equipment (UE) is associated with a subscription for communication services, comprising wireline and wireless communication services, of a subscriber. The UE communicates with an enhanced service management component (ESMC) associated with a service entity to facilitate integration of at least a portion of the subscriber's communication services with the service entity's communication services while the UE is registered with the ESMC. While registered, the subscriber's UE is used to facilitate controlling a door lock to the subscriber's room associated with the service entity; and accessing the integrated communication services, including at least a portion of the home services, while in a location of the service entity, at least when the home services are provided via the same provider as that serving the service entity.

摘要翻译： 提出了集成用户通信服务（包括家庭有线通信服务）和服务实体通信服务的系统，方法和设备。 用户设备（UE）与订户的用于通信服务的订阅（包括有线和无线通信服务）相关联。 UE与与服务实体相关联的增强型服务管理组件（ESMC）进行通信，以便在UE注册到ESMC的同时，使用户的通信服务的至少一部分与服务实体的通信服务集成。 注册时，用户的UE被用于便于控制与服务实体相关联的用户房间的门锁; 以及至少当经由与为服务实体提供服务的服务实体提供服务相同的提供商提供家庭服务时，在服务实体的位置处访问包括家庭服务的至少一部分的综合通信服务。

公开(公告)号：US08649335B2

公开(公告)日：2014-02-11

申请号：US12628946

申请日：2009-12-01

申请人： James Fan ,  David Chen ,  Richard Kuo

发明人： James Fan ,  David Chen ,  Richard Kuo

IPC分类号： H04W4/00

CPC分类号： H04W12/06 ,  H04L63/067 ,  H04M15/00 ,  H04M15/46 ,  H04M15/49 ,  H04M15/51 ,  H04M15/745 ,  H04M15/80 ,  H04M15/8038 ,  H04M15/81 ,  H04M2215/0168 ,  H04W4/00 ,  H04W4/24 ,  H04W8/12 ,  H04W8/20 ,  H04W12/04 ,  H04W12/08

摘要： A method for providing cellular access to a mobile device when the mobile device is out of a home network operated by a home wireless service provider that has no pre-arranged roaming agreements with any foreign wireless service provider in a location of the mobile device, The method includes implementing an intelligent Mobile Device Access Network Manager (iMDANM) application on a Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC). The iMDANM application being configured to allow a foreign wireless service provider to lease a portion of the UICC from the home wireless service provider to provision service credentials to the leased portion of the UICC, thereby providing the mobile device access to a foreign network operated by the foreign wireless service provider.

摘要翻译： 当移动设备离开由归属无线服务提供商操作的家庭网络时，向移动设备提供蜂窝接入的方法，所述家庭无线服务提供商在移动设备的位置处与任何外部无线服务提供商没有预先安排的漫游协议。 方法包括在通用集成电路卡（UICC）上实现智能移动设备接入网络管理器（iMDANM）应用。 所述iMDANM应用被配置为允许外部无线服务提供商从所述家庭无线服务提供商租赁所述UICC的一部分，以向所述UICC的租用部分提供服务凭证，从而提供所述移动设备访问由所述UICC所操作的外部网络 国外无线服务提供商。

公开(公告)号：US08332394B2

公开(公告)日：2012-12-11

申请号：US12126642

申请日：2008-05-23

申请人： James Fan ,  David Ferrucci ,  David C. Gondek ,  Wlodek W. Zadrozny

发明人： James Fan ,  David Ferrucci ,  David C. Gondek ,  Wlodek W. Zadrozny

IPC分类号： G06F7/00 ,  G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06N5/04 ,  G06F17/30654 ,  G06N5/02

摘要： A system, method and computer program product for conducting questions and answers with deferred type evaluation based on any corpus of data. The method includes processing a query including waiting until a “Type” is determined AND a candidate answer is provided; the Type is not required as part of a predetermined ontology but is a lexical/grammatical item. Then, a search is conducted for evidence that the candidate answer has the required LAT (e.g., as determined by a matching function leveraging a parser, a semantic interpreter and/or a pattern matcher). Alternately, the LAT may be matched to a known Ontological Type and then a candidate answer searched in an knowledge-base or database determined by that type. Then, all the evidence from all the different ways to determine that the candidate answer has the expected lexical answer type (LAT) is combined and one or more answers provided.

摘要翻译： 一种系统，方法和计算机程序产品，用于基于任何数据语料库进行延迟型评估的问答。 该方法包括处理查询，包括等待直到确定类型，并提供候选答案; 该类型不是作为预定本体的一部分所必需的，而是词汇/语法项目。 然后，进行搜索以证明候选答案具有所需的LAT（例如，通过利用解析器，语义解释器和/或模式匹配器的匹配函数确定）。 或者，LAT可以与已知的本体类型相匹配，然后在由该类型确定的知识库或数据库中搜索候选答案。 然后，将来自所有不同方式的所有证据确定候选答案具有预期的词汇答案类型（LAT），并提供一个或多个答案。

公开(公告)号：US20120303787A1

公开(公告)日：2012-11-29

申请号：US13571549

申请日：2012-08-10

申请人： James Fan ,  Jennifer K. Lam

发明人： James Fan ,  Jennifer K. Lam

IPC分类号： G06F15/173

CPC分类号： G06F11/079 ,  G06F11/0748

摘要： A method includes receiving a problem report from a customer via an access interface of a plurality of access interfaces at a first horizontal layer of a problem management system, wherein the problem report indicates that the customer is having a problem with one of the network-based services, receiving a request from the customer for self-service problem resolution via the access interface, identifying a workflow related to the problem, obtaining the workflow from a second layer of the problem management system, providing a diagnostic tool to the customer via the access interface, according to the workflow, and providing the diagnostic tool to an agent via another access interface after the customer contacts the agent.

摘要翻译： 一种方法包括经由问题管理系统的第一水平层上的多个访问接口的访问接口从客户接收问题报告，其中，问题报告指示客户与基于网络的一个有问题 服务，通过访问接口接收来自客户的用于自助服务问题解决的请求，识别与问题相关的工作流程，从问题管理系统的第二层获取工作流程，经由访问向客户提供诊断工具 接口，并根据客户联系代理，通过另一个访问接口向诊断工具提供诊断工具。

公开(公告)号：US08321904B2

公开(公告)日：2012-11-27

申请号：US12264952

申请日：2008-11-05

申请人： James Fan ,  Richard T. Kuo ,  David FengLin Chen

发明人： James Fan ,  Richard T. Kuo ,  David FengLin Chen

IPC分类号： H04N7/173

CPC分类号： H04N21/6334 ,  H04N21/25816 ,  H04N21/25841

摘要： A provisioning system includes a services management system operable to enable a set-top box device configured to receive broadband services at a first network location to access one or more of the broadband services at a second network location. The first network location is associated with a subscriber account and the second network location is not associated with the subscriber account. The broadband services include a voice service, a data service, and a video service. The provisioning system includes a subscriber authentication system operable to evaluate a request that includes subscriber authorization data, to selectively authorize access to the one or more broadband services at the second network location based on the subscriber authorization data, and to enable the set-top box device to access the one or more broadband services when the set-top box device is at the second network location.

摘要翻译： 配置系统包括服务管理系统，其可操作以使能配置成在第一网络位置接收宽带服务的机顶盒设备以访问第二网络位置处的一个或多个宽带服务。 第一网络位置与订户帐户相关联，并且第二网络位置不与订户帐户相关联。 宽带服务包括语音服务，数据服务和视频服务。 供应系统包括用户认证系统，其可操作以评估包括订户授权数据的请求，以基于订户授权数据选择性地授权对在第二网络位置处的一个或多个宽带服务的访问，并且使得机顶盒 设备在机顶盒设备处于第二网络位置时访问一个或多个宽带服务。

公开(公告)号：US20120130835A1

公开(公告)日：2012-05-24

申请号：US12949995

申请日：2010-11-19

申请人： James Fan ,  Thomas Barrett ,  Jennifer Lam

发明人： James Fan ,  Thomas Barrett ,  Jennifer Lam

IPC分类号： G06Q30/00 ,  H04N7/16

CPC分类号： G06Q20/12 ,  G06Q20/18 ,  G06Q30/0601 ,  H04N21/47815 ,  H04N21/4828 ,  H04N21/4882 ,  H04N21/6181

摘要： A method includes receiving purchase data at one or more computing devices associated with a media service provider. The purchase data includes information descriptive of a particular purchase made by a subscriber of the media service provider from a seller, where the seller is independent from the media service provider. The method also includes selecting media content available from the media service provider based on the purchase data. At least a portion of the selected media content is sent to a device associated with the subscriber.

摘要翻译： 一种方法包括在与媒体服务提供商相关联的一个或多个计算设备处接收购买数据。 购买数据包括描述由卖方独立于媒体服务提供商的卖方从媒体服务提供商的用户进行的特定购买的信息。 该方法还包括基于购买数据选择可从媒体服务提供商获得的媒体内容。 所选择的媒体内容的至少一部分被发送到与用户相关联的设备。

公开(公告)号：US20120077467A1

公开(公告)日：2012-03-29

申请号：US12889953

申请日：2010-09-24

申请人： James Fan ,  Thomas Barrett ,  Jennifer K Lam

发明人： James Fan ,  Thomas Barrett ,  Jennifer K Lam

IPC分类号： H04W4/00 ,  H04W4/12

CPC分类号： H04W4/14 ,  H04W4/12 ,  H04W4/24

摘要： Systems, methods, and devices that can conditionally and/or automatically control message forwarding by communication devices are presented. A network message management component and/or handset message management component can monitor messages (e.g., short message service (SMS) messages) communicated between user equipment (UE) in a communication network, identify and/or intercept a message for which one or more forwarding conditions have been specified by the message originator, target, or forward target, and conditionally and/or automatically route the message to the target and/or forward target in accordance with predefined message routing rules based at least in part on the conditions specified by the originator, target, or forward target. The predefined message routing rules can be implemented by the network and/or the UEs, and can relate to the UE identifiers, time, priority, cost, operation state, size, desired automatic response messages, or other desired factors, associated with the message.

摘要翻译： 呈现可以有条件地和/或自动地控制通信设备的消息转发的系统，方法和设备。 网络消息管理组件和/或手机消息管理组件可以监视在通信网络中的用户设备（UE）之间传送的消息（例如，短消息服务（SMS）消息），识别和/或拦截一个或多个 已经由消息发起者，目标或转发目标指定转发条件，并且根据预定义的消息路由规则有条件地和/或自动地将消息路由到目标和/或转发目标，所述预定消息路由规则至少部分地基于由 发起者，目标或转发目标。 预定义的消息路由规则可以由网络和/或UE实现，并且可以涉及与消息相关联的UE标识符，时间，优先级，成本，操作状态，大小，期望的自动响应消息或其他期望因素 。

公开(公告)号：US20110307932A1

公开(公告)日：2011-12-15

申请号：US12814001

申请日：2010-06-11

申请人： James Fan ,  Jennifer K. Lam ,  Cheng P. Liu

发明人： James Fan ,  Jennifer K. Lam ,  Cheng P. Liu

IPC分类号： H04N7/173

CPC分类号： H04N21/4788 ,  G01D4/004 ,  H04N21/2547 ,  H04N21/4131 ,  H04N21/4786 ,  H04N21/488 ,  H04N21/8126

摘要： System(s), method(s), and device(s) providing converged wireline and wireless services in part by employing a set-top box (STB) with machine-to-machine (M2M) communication are presented. The STB, associated with an access point, such as a femtocell, can be used to send/receive messages, including video, to/from user equipment (UE) via a core network. A monitoring system includes a sensor component that is triggered under specified conditions, and the STB records events in response to the trigger, where a recorded event can be sent as a message to the UE. The STB or associated remote control can indicate a received message to a user, who can view the message on the STB, remote control, or associated television. A meter component is associated with the STB via the femtocell or other desired connection. The STB can receive and store utility meter readings for validation or dispute by the user.

摘要翻译： 提出了通过采用机器对机器（M2M）通信的机顶盒（STB）部分提供融合有线和无线服务的系统（方法）和设备。 与接入点（例如毫微微小区）相关联的STB可以用于经由核心网络向/从用户设备（UE）发送/接收包括视频的消息。 监视系统包括在特定条件下触发的传感器部件，并且STB响应于触发记录事件，其中记录的事件可以作为消息发送到UE。 STB或相关联的遥控器可以向用户指示接收到的消息，谁可以在STB，遥控器或相关电视机上观看消息。 仪表组件通过毫微微蜂窝或其他所需的连接与STB相关联。 STB可以接收和存储用户验证或争议的功率表读数。