ANNAPOLIS, Md., Oct. 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) (NASDAQ: TSYS), a world leader in secure and highly reliable wireless communication technology, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued sixteen new patents to TCS. In the quarter, TCS filed for 32 U.S. patents. Thus, as of September 30, the total number of patents issued worldwide in the portfolio was 439, with more than 300 patent applications pending.

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The 16 recently added U.S. patents describe innovations in several key communications categories, including:


    --  Public Safety: Since deploying the first U.S. wireless E911 solution in
        1998, TCS has been a leader in public safety solutions for wireless
        E911, NG911, and E112. We are also pioneering and improving the methods
        by which U.S. public safety answering points (PSAPs) can receive a
        wireless or voice over internet protocol (VoIP) subscriber's location
        during calls for emergency assistance. Accurate location of a 911 caller
        is essential for dispatching emergency personnel. The recently issued
        Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) E911 Metro Street Address Guide
        (MSAG) Validation (U.S. 9,077,817) describes key techniques to address
        accurate location of the 911 VoIP caller. Currently, VoIP subscribers
        are expected to register their validated civic address which will be
        presented to a PSAP as the VoIP caller's location during a 911 call.
        However, these self-registration processes can fail when VoIP
        subscribers change location and forget to update their address. Future
        VoIP 911 services are expected to use automatic location techniques to
        identify the location of the caller. The invention describes how such
        automated location techniques, providing a latitude/longitude
        description of the VoIP 911 caller's location, can be converted to an
        appropriate dispatchable address that conforms to the metropolitan
        street address guide of local public safety authority - a current
        expectation of most public safety authorities.
    --  Location: Many wireless device applications request and store device
        location information of the user and can share that information with
        other applications, or other users, on request. The ready availability
        of this type of information raises concerns with personal privacy and
        security. The ability to selectively give third parties the ability to
        locate the user, and at user-controlled times, is highly desirable.
        Personal Location Codes (PLC's) are network independent codes that allow
        users to give others access to their location via a code, and can time
        limit that access by having the code expire. This provides the user with
        strong privacy-management controls. The recently issued Personal
        Location Code patent (U.S. 9,113,327) describes techniques to control
        access to location information using PLC's.
    --  GIS/Mapping: A geofence defines a virtual spatial boundary or virtual
        perimeter for the purpose of creating triggers when a mobile device
        either enters or exits these boundaries. Geofences are commonly used in
        child location services to alert parents when a child's cellphone leaves
        the boundary of a school or park, or when company management monitors
        equipment at a job site or tracks the location of a mobile workforce.
        TCS has been developing and implementing geofence technologies for more
        than ten years, and this recently issued patent is the fourth TCS-issued
        patent covering this technology. Method and System for Identifying and
        Defining Geofences (U.S. 9,137,636) describes techniques to simply and
        easily create geofences that are based on existing boundaries associated
        with real-world objects or places versus the user having to physically
        draw a boundary around an object or place on a map.
    --  Messaging. TCS was issued another intelligent delivery agent patent
        bringing the total in this growing portfolio to seven US patents. Text
        messaging has become a ubiquitous worldwide means of communication for
        people, especially Millennials, and TCS has been providing the core
        technology that enables text messaging for more than 15 years. TCS's
        systems have processed more than 30 percent of all U.S. SMS text
        messages, including more than five trillion text messages to date. The
        recently issued Intelligent Delivery Agent for Short Message
        Distribution Center patent (U.S. 9,143,908) is a continuation of earlier
        patents in this area and describes improved techniques for throttling
        short messages to Short Message Service Centers so as to deliver
        messages only when the recipient's device is online. Doing so reduces
        the pressure on the wireless carrier's critical network resources due to
        repetitive failed message-delivery attempts when the device is off-line
        and avoids charging the message sender for a message that may not be
        delivered or which might be delayed.

The remaining 12 U.S. patents issued in the period are: System and Method to Publish Information from Servers to Remote Monitor Devices (U.S. 9,077,582); System and Method for Re-Directing Requests from Browsers for Communications Over Non-IP Based Networks (U.S. 9,100,241); Small Form Factor (SFF) Router (U.S. D735,701 S); Geofence with Kalman Filter (U.S. 9,113,298); Emergency 911 Data Messaging (U.S. 9,131,357); Ancillary Data Support in Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Messaging (U.S. 9,130,963); User Plane Location Services Over Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) (U.S. 9,088,614); Enhanced E911 Network Access for a Call Center Using Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Messaging (U.S. 9,125,039); Location Aware Content Using Presence Information Data Formation with Location Object (PIDF-LO) (U.S. 9,087,132); Virtual Location Aware Content Using Presence Information Data Formation with Location Object (PIDF-LO) (U.S. 9,148,491); Maintaining Triggered Session State in Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) Enabled System (U.S. 9,112,683); System and Method for Positioning Using Hybrid Spectral Compression and Cross Correlation Signal Processing (U.S. 9,097,783).

TCS Chairman, President and CEO Maurice B. Tose said: "TCS continues to build a strong patent portfolio around our expertise and our engineering leadership in key areas of technology. These patents are tangible assets that provide licensing and sales opportunities. Having this depth of intellectual property also allows us to better defend claims against our products."

About TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.

TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS), headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland, is a world leader in secure and highly reliable wireless communications. Our patented solutions, global presence, operational support and engineering talent enable 9-1-1, commercial location-based services and deployable wireless infrastructure; cybersecurity; defense and aerospace components; and applications for mobile location-based services and messaging. Our principal customers are wireless network operators, defense and public safety government agencies, and Fortune 150 enterprises requiring high reliability and security. Learn more at www.telecomsys.com.

Except for the historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements as defined within Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and are based upon TCS' current expectations and assumptions that if incorrect would cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. Risks include those detailed from time to time in the Company's SEC reports, including the report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 and on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2015.

Existing and prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise the information in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or circumstances, or otherwise.

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