A method of operating a network server, such as a mobile application gateway, connect devices on a cellular or carrier network with individual networks, such as enterprise voice and data networks or residential networks. The effects of the present invention are far reaching in terms of transferring effective call control from the cellular network into the control of the individual network, such as the enterprise, and enabling new business models for the purchase of cellular service from a public cellular carrier by an enterprise.

In some embodiments a transceiver is configured to wirelessly transfer data between a host computing device and one or more peripheral devices over a communication path using a communication data construct comprising a packet structure arranged in a repetitive communication structure. The repetitive communication structure can include a transmit time window within which the host transmits data to the one or more connected peripheral devices and a receive time window within which the host receives data from the one or more connected peripheral devices. A duration of the receive time window is set based on a predetermined communication report rate between the host computing device and the one or more connected peripheral devices. A new peripheral device is added as a connected peripheral device when the new peripheral device transmits a request to the host to be added as a connected peripheral device and the receive time window has time available to add the new peripheral device.

A mobile application gateway for connecting devices on a cellular network with individual networks, such as enterprise voice and data networks and/or residential networks. The effects of the present invention are far reaching in terms of transferring effective call control from the cellular network into the control of the individual network such as the enterprise, and enabling new business models for the purchase of cellular service from a public cellular carrier by an enterprise. The invention may consist of a primarily of core network and services components based on the IMS network architecture, and is backward compatible to support legacy systems in place in current telecom and data networks.

A system and method for triggering on platform usage can include at a platform, receiving and storing a trigger configuration of an account; operating a platform comprising internally executing a process on behalf of an account and publishing at least one event when executing the process; at the platform, incrementing a counter in response to the at least one event and if the stored trigger configuration species a usage key associated with a category of counted events of the at least one event; monitoring counters in a context of an associated trigger; and processing the trigger upon the counter satisfying condition of an associated trigger.

A system and method for triggering on platform usage can include at a platform, receiving and storing a trigger configuration of an account; operating a platform comprising internally executing a process on behalf of an account and publishing at least one event when executing the process; at the platform, incrementing a counter in response to the at least one event and if the stored trigger configuration species a usage key associated with a category of counted events of the at least one event; monitoring counters in a context of an associated trigger; and processing the trigger upon the counter satisfying condition of an associated trigger.

A nurse call system that enables a call for a nurse from anywhere in a hospital ward while a patient carries a mobile phone is provided. The nurse call system includes a plurality of patient mobile phones 10 are carried by hospitalized patients and connected to a controller 8 via a base station 12 as with nurse mobile phones 9, and each patient mobile phone 10 has a hospital room ID and a nurse call slave device ID registered therein for recognizing a bed location of the patient carrying the patient mobile phone 10, thus enabling a nurse call operation for transmitting a call signal with the hospital room ID and the slave device ID added thereto, to the nurse call master device 7 and at least one of the nurse mobile phones 9, through a predetermined operation.

A method for handling call originations is provided. The method includes sending origination information from a mobile device to an application server in an enterprise network using Short Message Service (SMS) and determining whether a hotline feature is present in a subscriber profile associated with the mobile device. Data is then routed from the mobile device to a predetermined destination based on the hotline feature.

Disclosed are a walkie-talkie and a walkie-talkie information transmission method. The walkie-talkie includes: an interconnection communication module, configured to establish short-range communication with an interconnection terminal; a radio frequency module, configured to establish radio frequency communication with another walkie-talkie; an internal communication interface; and a processor connected to the interconnection communication module and the radio frequency module through the internal communication interface; the processor is configured to: receive, through the interconnection communication module, a first signal sent by the interconnection terminal towards the other walkie-talkie, process the first signal to obtain a second signal, and send the second signal to the other walkie-talkie through the radio frequency module; or receive, through the radio frequency module, a third signal sent by the other walkie-talkie towards the interconnection terminal, process the third signal to obtain a fourth signal, and send the fourth signal to the interconnection terminal through the interconnection communication module.

Techniques including controlling coupling and uncoupling of RF ports included in an RF switch matrix including first-side RF ports and second-side RF ports, where each of the first-side RF ports is configured to be selectively coupled to at least one of two or more of the second-side RF ports, identifying one or more of the second-side RF ports as active ports including an active port, causing the RF switch matrix to couple the active port to a signal port included in the first-side RF ports, obtaining at least one of a bit error rate and a signal to noise ratio for a demodulation of an RF stream received via the active port, and causing, in response to at least one of the bit error rate or the signal to noise ratio, the RF switch matrix to couple the signal port to a spare port included in the second-side RF ports.

Examples described herein include devices and systems utilizing backscatter communication to directly generate transmissions in accordance with wireless communication protocols that can be decoded existing devices. Examples include devices that generate 802.11b transmissions using backscatter communication. Examples of network stacks are described which may facilitate backscatter devices to coexist with other devices (e.g. in the ISM band), without incurring, or reducing a need for, the power consumption or carrier sense and medium access control operations.