[July 05, 2012] VIA Telecom Assigned Patent Tweet (Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) By Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 5 -- VIA Telecom, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,213,933) developed by Anthony S. Lee, San Diego, for a "wireless communication between a base station and a mobile device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "System and method for wirelessly communicating between a base station and a mobile device. The base station wirelessly sends a first one or more overhead messages to the mobile device. The first one or more overhead messages may include at least one parameter. The mobile device may wirelessly receive the first one or more overhead messages from the base station, including the at least one parameter. The base station may wirelessly send a second one or more messages to the mobile device according to a schedule based on the at least one parameter. The mobile device may wirelessly receive the second one or more messages according to the schedule based on the at least one parameter. The mobile device may schedule a sleep cycle based on the at least one parameter, which may reduce battery consumption in the mobile device. The second one or more messages may be sent less frequently than the first one or more overhead messages." The patent application was filed on May 1, 2009 (12/434,003). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,213,933.PN.&OS=PN/8,213,933&RS=PN/8,213,933 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. KS0705AK0705-756451 (c) 2012 Targeted News Service [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]