The patents also include wireless communication technologies and key smartphone technologies including wireless email, proximity sensing, software-application management, location-based services and multidevice synchronization.
Wireless email giant Research In Motion has taken a big hit in its long running legal dispute with NTP, and now faces the prospect of paying more than a billion dollars to get itself out of trouble.
He published his concept on an Arpanet mailing list in 1982 (he called his piece "Electronic Mail for People on the Move"), and went on to found RadioMail in the early 1990s -- a wireless email service (surprise, surprise).
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The pressure is on RIM Co-Chief Executive JamesBalsillieJames Balsillie to quickly resolve his company's patent dispute with NTP , and now the maker of the popular BlackBerry wireless email devices has returned to the bargaining table and is engaging in settlement talks through a court-appointed mediator.
The complaint cites a T-Mobile document in which T-Mobile explains that it has been responsible for a number of significant "firsts" in the U.S. mobile wireless industry, including the first handset using the Android operating system, Blackberry wireless email, the Sidekick, national Wi-Fi "hotspot" access, and a variety of unlimited service plans.
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He suggests that such a system should accept wireless, web, and email submissions when activated.
Trusted companies, sworn to do no evil, have been caught trolling for data like commercial fishermen troll for tuna, grabbing netfuls of search histories, email addresses and other information from unprotected wireless networks.
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Millennials, in particular, are using email, text messages and engaging in so many other wireless connections.
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The jury is now hearing from Samsung, which is arguing that Apple has infringed its wireless communications patents as well as those having to do with photo handling in email on mobile devices.
Whether they want to keep track of email, Facebook, Twitter or even stream music and video while travelling, Tep Wireless provides a much more cost-effective solution for travelers than established mobile carriers, putting an end to holiday horror stories about 'bill shock'.
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These are paid because RIM's BlackBerry email service, which routes messages through its own data centers, takes pressure off carriers' overloaded wireless networks.
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Motorola's new Home Monitoring and Control System HMEZ1000, a system of wireless network cameras and sensors that let's you keep tabs on your home from anywhere, and will automatically email or text message you when a door or window is opened, or when the temperature or humidity hits a certain level.
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