A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: acquiring data indicative of an inferred mental state of an authoring user in connection with at least a particular item of an electronic message, and associating the data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user with the particular item. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.

Acquisition and particular association of data indicative of an inferred mental state of an authoring user

Access and service convergence over the mobile internet - A survey

A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: acquiring a first inference data indicative of an inferred mental state of a first authoring user in connection with a particular item of an electronic message, acquiring a second inference data indicative of an inferred mental state of a second authoring user in connection with the particular item of the electronic message; and associating the first inference data and the second inference data with the particular item. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.

Acquisition and particular association of inference data indicative of inferred mental states of authoring users

In some embodiments, a base station includes a service flow management module having an admission control module and a data path function module in communication with the admission control module. The data path function module is adapted to generate a first dynamic service addition (DSA) request message for a first uplink service flow in an active state to provide voice over internet protocol (VoIP) signaling. the admission control module, in response to the admission control module determining that a second uplink service flow in an admitted state for a VoIP call can be supported, is adapted to generate an admit signal, with the first and the second uplink service flows being substantially in accordance with an Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) 802.16 standard. The data path function module, in response to the admit signal, is further adapted to generate a second DSA request message for the second uplink service flow, with the second DSA message containing an amount of a reserved bandwidth for the VoIP call.

Apparatus and method to support voip calls for mobile subscriber stations

A system, method, computer program product, and carrier are described for causing one or more destination-dependent criteria to be applied at least to a data object and indicating a decision whether to transmit the data object to a destination partly based on a default value and partly based on one or more results of the one or more destination-dependent criteria being applied at least to the data object.

Using destination-dependent criteria to guide data transmission decisions

Location information is a valuable tool in personal communication systems, especially considering the wide variety of communication mechanisms that are available and affordable today. Users can easily access different types of networks (e.g., the public switched telephone network (PSTN), cellular networks and Internet Protocol (IP) networks), and they can choose to communicate via voice, data or video. An interesting issue is how we can blend location information, different communication services, and other advanced mechanisms such as policy control and presence information to build a visually oriented, easily personalized communication platform. We present MapWeb, a novel location-based platform that allows a user, via a map interface, to locate in her vicinity buddies and points of interest such as restaurants, hotels, banks, and gas stations, and to communicate with these entities via the communication mechanism of her choice. The system is built on the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) architecture and is fully extensible at both the server and the client sides. It has many potential applications in settings such as security, emergency response, salvage, traffic management and Olympic-scale activity organization.

MapWeb: A location-based converged communications platform

Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) is considered a cost-effective way to provide wireless access to an Internet protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)-based core network. Determining how to provide end-to-end quality of service (QoS) for the applications indicated is a significant issue. This article highlights the IMS over WiMAX framework and proposes a layered QoS model with feasible signaling flow. Several techniques are analyzed, especially cross-layer QoS mapping and an end-to-end QoS provisioning signaling mechanism. © 2007 Alcatel-Lucent.

Fang Liu

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MapWeb: A location-based converged communications platform

Provisioning end-to-end QoS under IMS over a WiMAX architecture

Provisioning end-to-end QoS under IMS over a WiMAX architecture: Research Articles