| REDKNEE INC. Patent applications |
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| 20120064868 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTERNATIONAL ROAMING AND CALL BRIDGING - Disclosed is an enhanced system and method for bridging calls across telecommunications networks, including an illustrative application of the invention as it relates to international roaming among prepaid wireless subscribers. For instance, whenever wireless subscribers roam internationally they may invoke the system by keying in an Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) short code followed by the number to be dialed. Said subscriber's prepaid account is then decremented in real-time (until such account is fully depleted). A key feature of the disclosure generally is the bridging of the call legs between the wireless subscriber initiating the telephone communication and that of the receiving party through a series of general purpose databases and computers without requiring modifications to existing core network or handset infrastructure | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120036559 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SECURITY MANAGEMENT OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A system, method and apparatus for security management of an electronic device or subscriber are provided. In one aspect, the system includes a profile server and an inspection point server that are both connectable to a mobile electronic device. The mobile electronic device is configured to send contextual data such as location data or information pertaining to the identity of the subscriber from the device and into a network attached to the mobile electronic device. The profile server is configured to authorize (or deny authorization) the release of contextual data such as location data or information pertaining to the identity of the subscriber. The inspection point server is configured to intercept the contextual data such as location data or information pertaining to the identity of the subscriber being sent from the device and query the profile server to determine if the request was authorized. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120002646 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CALL ROUTING - Systems and methods for call routing are provided. Certain aspects disclose a system and method for call routing, where the call can originate from a hybrid mobile device capable of operating on either the traditional core mobile network or on a voice over Internet Protocol network. Regardless of which network is being accessed, the call can be routed to its intended destination. Other aspects disclose a system for providing a location of a hybrid mobile device. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20110270811 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADDING A DATABASE PARTITION - A data repository system and method are provided. A method in accordance with an embodiment includes an operation that can be used to port data from one or more existing database partitions to new database partitions according to a minimally progressive hash. The method can be used to increase the overall size of databases while a system runs hot, with little or no downtime. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110269421 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC PROVISIONING - A system and method for dynamic provisioning is provided. In an embodiment, a provisioning engine receives data representing a device profile, a device state and a network state, and to the extent that the device profile, device state and network state are not consistent, the engine can dynamically re-provision the device to achieve an alternative provisioning. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110264803 | CONFIGURATOR - A configurator is provided that connects with various disparate elements in a telecommunication system. The configurator is adapted to receive a traffic plan that has a plurality of different aspects that are implemented across the disparate elements. The configurator is adapted to generate processing schemas and/or databases that can be used by the disparate elements in order to implement the traffic plan. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110264726 | METERING OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES - A configurator is provided that connects with various disparate elements in a telecommunication system. The configurator is adapted to receive a traffic plan that has a plurality of different aspects that are implemented across the disparate elements. The configurator is adapted to generate processing schemas and/or databases that can be used by the disparate elements in order to implement the traffic plan. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110264701 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING AND UPDATING DATA OBJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A system and method for maintaining and updating data objects associated with mobile electronic devices is provided. In an embodiment, a data object manager engine receives data representing a first electronic device and a second electronic device. The data object manager engine is configured to update a data object associated with the second electronic device that links to a data object associated with the first electronic device. Usage metrics adjustments in one data object used to make usage metric adjustments in the second data object. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110246586 | POLICY-BASED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A communication system and method is provided that includes a gateway. The gateway interconnects a client device and a server that hosts a service. The gateway is configured to determine the characteristics of service being requested by the client device and to communicate with a policy server in order to determine a policy that is to be applied to the fulfillment of the request for the service, assuming that the policy actually permits the fulfillment of the request. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110137791 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A UNIVERSAL FINANCIAL TRANSACTION GATEWAY FOR COMPUTING DEVICES - A universal financial transaction gateway for mobile computing devices is provided. The universal financial transaction gateway can comprise at least one core mobile network interface for connecting to a mobile electronic device via a core mobile network. The at least one interface is configured to emulate an interface inherent to the core mobile network. The gateway also comprises a transaction engine connected to the interface and configured to receive transaction instructions from the mobile electronic device via the core mobile network interface. The gateway also comprises a plurality of financial server interfaces for connecting to a plurality of accounts associated with a plurality of financial servers. The plurality of financial server interfaces is configured to emulate an interface inherent to each of the financial servers. The transaction engine is configured to effect the transaction instructions on the financial servers via the financial server interfaces. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110082779 | BILLING PROFILE MANAGER - A billing profile management system and method is provided. In an embodiment, a billing profile manager is configured to cooperate with an existing network and prepaid server. The billing profile manager is configured to modify the prepaid server and maintain a billing profile for each subscriber that is separate from the billing profile on the prepaid server and which can ultimately override the prepaid server. Additional billing functionality to an existing network and prepaid server is thereby provided. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110078060 | METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (WLAN) GATEWAY SYSTEM - The invention of present provides for a real-time authentication and billing gateway for WLAN traffic. Notably, the improved method for implementing a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) gateway system enables telecommunications network operators (and like entities) to rate and bill for services accessed by the wireless user. The logic of the invention supports and furthers the art in regards to advanced real-time rating/billing in addition to providing for a variety of replenishment mechanisms for casual users via pre-paid vouchers and credit cards. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20100330965 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE PREVENTION OF UNWANTED WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS - The invention of present speaks to a method and system for the prevention of unwanted wireless telecommunications which is implemented as part of a computer program product in (preferentially) the telecommunications operator's network, which meets and/or exceeds much of current, proposed and even academically anticipated legislative (and by necessity, technical) criteria, and indeed, thereby complies with the broader body of prima facie consumer requirements associated with wireless telecommunications spam filtering. Indeed, the invention provides for a remarkably flexible and customizable advance in the art through the utilization of a progressive filtering algorithm. This algorithm offers both the subscriber and the service provider with the capability to block and/or extract potentially harmful or unsolicited SMS, MMS and other such messages on the basis of an extensive range of parameters and rules. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100322261 | METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING AN OPEN CHARGING (OC) MIDDLEWARE PLATFORM AND GATEWAY SYSTEM - The art of present discloses a method and system for enabling mobile network operators to collect charging information from various other network elements; and indeed, is intended to exploit the resiliency of open network architecture and lessen the requisite dependency on proprietary network elements services and billing systems. The Open Charging (OC) middleware platform and gateway system interacts with proprietary network elements and effectually creates a unifying, enabling layer in mobile networks. Indeed, the art is directed at permitting mobile subscriber access to, among others, third party content and services with the simplicity and convenience of such charges appearing on either mobile phone bill, or decremented from said mobile subscriber's pre-paid account. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100303050 | Method for Implementing an Intelligent Content Rating Middleware Platform and Gateway System - The method for implementing an Intelligent Content Rating middleware platform and gateway system disclosed herewith provides telecommunications carriers and network operators with the ability to define routing and actions based on HTIP/SIP based content and subscriber context through a powerful, extensible Layer 4-7 switching fabric technology. The invention mediates communications between applications and networks for IP packet flows, personal messaging, location-based services and billing. Furthermore, it enables advanced context-sensitive dialogue scenarios with the wireless subscriber such as, but not limited to, Advice-of-Charge dialogues. The art permits telecommunications network operators and like entities to introduce real-time rating of data services for both prepaid and post-paid subscribers. Further advances in the art include the validation of digital signatures, combined with authentication and non-repudiation techniques to ensure subscriber privacy remains protected. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100274829 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STORAGE - A method and system for storage is provided that in one embodiment includes a store process that continually appends data to the end of a data file and without deleting the data file. Additions, changes and deletions to data are managed by adding new data to the file and changing appropriate pointers in the data file to reflect the new data. Various application programming interfaces are also provided so that the store process can operate transparently to higher level applications. Various plug-ins are also provided so that the store process can utilize different types, configurations and numbers of storage devices. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100228616 | WIRELESS SUBSCRIBER LOYALTY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method are disclosed for providing a complete architectural and procedural solution to wireless subscriber loyalty issues. A flexible promotion creation environment allows mobile phone operators to rapidly create and deploy various incentive programs and other such loyalty schemes; together with a data mining and profiling method for tracking, monitoring and analysing subscriber (or aggregate) usage information associated with given promotions. The proposed data mining and profiling method purposely incents specific subscriber behaviors by triggering a point-based reward scheme based on the dynamic screening of event records which are correlated with incented behaviors. Wherein a threshold is assigned based on usage information for a particular promotion; upon realization of which, the subscriber is, immediately notified of the reward through a plurality of means including e-mail, voice notification and by way of Short Message Service (SMS) at their wireless handset. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100203910 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING A UNIVERSAL MESSAGING GATEWAY (UMG) - The system and method for implementing a Universal Messaging Gateway (UMG) disclosed herewith provides telecommunications Network Operators (NO) and like related parties with innovative and flexible art for delivering domestic and foreign network originated Multi-media traffic and/or, more generally, interactive and/or synchronous mobile text and related telecommunications messaging or information services to a large number of related receiving telecommunications network equipment (as ESMEs and/or SMS-Cs in relation to SMS traffic). | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100159873 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTERNATIONAL ROAMING AND CALL BRIDGING - Disclosed is an enhanced system and method for bridging calls across telecommunications networks, including an illustrative application of the invention as it relates to international roaming among prepaid wireless subscribers. For instance, whenever wireless subscribers roam internationally they may invoke the system by keying in an Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) short code followed by the number to be dialed. Said subscriber's prepaid account is then decremented in real-time (until such account is fully depleted). A key feature of the disclosure generally is the bridging of the call legs between the wireless subscriber initiating the telephone communication and that of the receiving party through a series of general purpose databases and computers without requiring modifications to existing core network or handset infrastructure | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100136982 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ROUTING INCOMING COMMUNICATIONS IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A method and system for routing incoming communications in a communications network are provided. The network comprises a plurality of network elements. An addressable number is associated with a plurality of communications devices each identified by a unique identifier. A communication addressed to a communications device is received at a network element, the communication comprising the addressable number. A subscriber service profile associated with the addressable number is retrieved at a discrete network element, where an appropriate communications device for delivery of the incoming communication based on pre-established criteria in the subscriber service profile is determined. An identifier of the appropriate communications device is forwarded from the discrete network element to the network element. The communication is transmitted to the appropriate communications device. The subscriber service profile comprises preferences for delivery of communications, and a list of communications devices that are at least one of active and registered. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100131508 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADDING A DATABASE PARTITION - A data repository system and method are provided. A method in accordance with an embodiment includes an operation that can be used to port data from one or more existing database partitions to new database partitions according to a minimally progressive hash. The method can be used to increase the overall size of databases while a system runs hot, with little or no downtime. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100067537 | METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING AN INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) CHARGING AND RATING MIDDLEWARE PLATFORM AND GATEWAY SYSTEM - A method for Internet Protocol (IP) charging and rating gateway within a system having: (i) a proxy server for connection to an Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) server; (ii) an access gateway, (iii) an IP classification engine for connection between a data network and the access gateway; and (iv) a gateway controller connected to the proxy server and the IP classification engine, including the steps of: (a) receiving IP packets at the IP classification engine, the IP packets originating from the data network and destined for a subscriber device via the access gateway; (b) classifying the IP packets according to the protocol of each of the packets at the IP classification engine; and (c) selectively instructing the IP classification engine to permit or deny the flow of IP packets between the data network and the access gateway at the gateway controller. Preferably, the proxy server is configured to emulate the access gateway and the AAA server. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20090247154 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESENCE DETERMINATION OF MOBILE DEVICES - A presence server for determining presence of a mobile station in a mobile network, including structure and/or function to: receive a request for a presence indication that the mobile station is active; send a first query into the mobile network based on the request; receive a response to the first query; and, if the response indicates the mobile station is active then: provide the presence indication; if the response indicates the mobile station is not active then: send a second query into the mobile network for establishing a notification trigger; receive a second query response based on the notification trigger; the second query response including the presence indication and being based on short message service (“SMS”); and provide the presence indication based on the second query response. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090168697 | METHOD FOR THE INTERCEPTION OF GTP-C MESSAGES - Disclosed is a species of control-message intercept method which includes a passive monitoring approach whereby the relevant control packets are inspected for the purpose of providing additional information for the purpose of facilitating the operation of some primary or ‘master’ Internet Protocol (IP) charging/rating middleware platform/gateway system (intended to equip network operators with the ability to rate and bill IP traffic), and secondly, an invasive technique whereby control (GTP-C) messages are injected for the purpose of altering the state of a given data session in an more aggressive fashion (e.g. to drop a data session when the subscriber runs out of money in his/her prepaid account). | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090133114 | METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING AN INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) CHARGING AND RATING MIDDLEWARE PLATFORM AND GATEWAY SYSTEM - A method for Internet Protocol (IP) charging and rating gateway within a system having: (i) a proxy server for connection to an Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) server; (ii) an access gateway, (iii) an IP classification engine for connection between a data network and the access gateway; and (iv) a gateway controller connected to the proxy server and the IP classification engine, including the steps of: (a) receiving IP packets at the IP classification engine, the IP packets originating from the data network and destined for a subscriber device via the access gateway; (b) classifying the IP packets according to the protocol of each of the packets at the IP classification engine; and (c) selectively instructing the IP classification engine to permit or deny the flow of IP packets between the data network and the access gateway at the gateway controller. Preferably, the proxy server is configured to emulate the access gateway and the AAA server. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090115836 | REAL-TIME MOBILE CONFERENCING SOLUTION - A method of conferencing communication devices in a system having (i) a conference server, (ii) a voice interface unit (VIU), and (iii) at least one conference bridge, the method including, at a first communication device: (a) establishing a first connection between the VIU and the first communication device via the switching point, the switching point enabled to establish connections for the communication devices; (b) sending first validation data from the first communication device to the VIU for forwarding to the conference server for validating the first validation data, and, in response to the validating the first validation data: (b)(i) terminating the first connection; and (b)(ii) establishing a second connection between the at least one conference bridge and said first communication device, to establish a conferencing session. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090042564 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTERNATIONAL ROAMING AND CALL BRIDGING - Disclosed is an enhanced system and method for bridging calls across telecommunications networks, including an illustrative application of the invention as it relates to international roaming among prepaid wireless subscribers. For instance, whenever wireless subscribers roam internationally they may invoke the system by keying in an Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) short code followed by the number to be dialed. Said subscriber's prepaid account is then decremented in real-time (until such account is fully depleted). A key feature of the disclosure generally is the bridging of the call legs between the wireless subscriber initiating the telephone communication and that of the receiving party through a series of general purpose databases and computers without requiring modifications to existing core network or handset infrastructure. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090031306 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA PROCESSING USING QUEUING - A computing device is provided having a central processing unit, random access memory, and read only memory interconnected by a bus. The central processing unit is configured to execute a plurality of programming instructions representing a plurality of software objects. The software objects comprise a read queue for storing unprocessed packets and a write queue for storing processed packets. The software objects include a reader thread for reading packets from the read queue and a lock free queue for receiving packets received via the reader thread. The software objects also include at least one processor thread for performing an operation on the packets in the lock free queue. The software objects include a writer thread for writing packets that have been processed by the at least one processor thread to the write queue. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090023463 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING A UNIVERSAL MESSAGING GATEWAY (UMG) - The system and method for implementing a Universal Messaging Gateway (UMG) disclosed herewith provides telecommunications Network Operators (NO) and like related parties with innovative and flexible art for delivering domestic and foreign network originated Multi-Media traffic and/or, more generally, interactive and/or synchronous mobile text and related telecommunications messaging or information services to a large number of related receiving telecommunications network equipment (as ESMEs and/or SMS-Cs in relation to SMS traffic). | 01-22-2009 |
| 20080287111 | Method And System For The Prevention Of Unwanted Wireless Telecommunications - A method and system for the prevention of unwanted wireless telecommunications, which is implemented as part of a computer program product in (preferentially) the telecommunications operator's network. The method and system meets and/or exceeds much of current, proposed, and even academically anticipated legislative (and by necessity, technical) criteria, and thus the broader body of consumer requirements associated with wireless telecommunications spam filtering. Indeed, the method and system provides for a remarkably flexible and customizable advance in the art through the utilization of a progressive filtering algorithm. This algorithm offers both the subscriber and the service provider with the capability to block and/or extract potentially harmful or unsolicited SMS, MMS and other such messages on the basis of an extensive range of parameters and rules. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080243961 | Method And Apparatus For Adding A Database Partition - A data repository system and method are provided. A method in accordance with an embodiment includes an operation that can be used to port data from one or more existing database partitions to new database partitions according to a minimally progressive hash. The method can be used to increase the overall size of databases while a system runs hot, with little or no downtime. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080235255 | Extensible Data Repository - In telecommunication networks, the need for real-time extension of data repositories is increasing. The present application provides an extensible data repository that can be used by a plurality of different applications that each has a local data format structure and database command structure. A single data repository is available to all of the applications. A universal dynamic storage application resides between the common database and the applications, and permits each application to interact with the common database according to its local format structure and database command structure. | 09-25-2008 |
