Motorola

About: Motorola is a company organization based out in Schaumburg, Illinois, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Signal & Communications system. The organization has 27298 authors who have published 38274 publications receiving 968710 citations. The organization is also known as: Motorola, Inc. & Galvin Manufacturing Corporation.

User authentication in a communication system utilizing biometric information

Abstract: A method and apparatus for authenticating subscriber units (30) and users (25) in a communications system includes a communications node (200) which receives biometric information describing a user (25), and measures an RF signature of the subscriber unit (30). The biometric information and RF signature are compared against a valid user profile to determine authenticity of the user (25) and the subscriber unit (30). The biometric information can include retinal scan data, fingerprint data, or other data. The RF signature can include spectral content, phase or frequency characteristics, or other identifying features.

Communication device controlled by appointment information stored therein, and method therefor

Abstract: A communication device (100) whose operations are synchronized to a stored appointment book (117). The communication device (100) comprises a controller (116) programmed to accept and store an appointment book (117) including information representing daily appointments and configuration information (119) specifying actions to be performed by the communication device with respect to the daily appointments. The controller monitors the appointment book in real time and perform actions saynchronized to the appointment book (117).

Method and system of auto message deletion using expiration

Abstract: A method (40) and system (10, 20 or 30) of message handling can include tagging a message with an expiration period that is designated for delivery to a recipient (108) via a server (106), deleting (58) the message from the server after the expiration period if no third party recipient is designated or if the message is a lower priority message, and delivering (52) the message after the expiration period to a third party if a third party recipient (110) is designated. The method can further include sending (46) a notification to a sender that the expiration period has been reached if the message has not been sent and optionally offering an option to the sender to either delete the message from the server or to resend it with a new or no expiration period. Note, the message can be a text message, voice mail or calendar event message.

Fast call set-up for multi-mode communication

Abstract: Fast call set-up for a call to a multi-mode communication unit (102) is facilitated by a method and apparatus for registering and re-registering priorities with a SIP registrar (111). A list of contacts with first priorities associated with a mode of operation in a first enterprise network (106) is established and used. A switch to second priorities is made when a probability of a switch from the first mode of operation to a second mode of operation in a second cellular network (108) satisfies a threshold. The list of contacts includes a contact having an expiration time for the first mode of operation. A quality factor is determined and the list of contacts is re-registered and the expiration time changed if the quality factor does not satisfy a threshold.

Instant message proxy for circuit switched mobile environment

Abstract: An instant message (IM) proxy (24) according to the present invention is capable of maintaining the availability status of a mobile subscriber (12) even when the mobile subscriber is roaming or temporarily out of a mobile network coverage area, and even after the IM proxy unsuccessfully attempts to send an instant message (42) to the mobile subscriber. Messages will continue to be re-sent to the mobile subscriber (12) in the near-real time manner characteristic of a typical instant message system until IM parameters programmed into a retry counter (38) and/or the timer (40) located at the proxy (24) are exceeded and the IM proxy drops the message. In addition, the IM proxy (24) of the present invention is capable of bundling instant messages intended for the mobile subscriber (12) to minimize mobile system overhead connection costs while at the same time minimizing IM system latency.