Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090206986 | METHOD OF PRESENTING IMS PUBLIC USER IDENTIFY TO RFID APPLICATIONS - An IMS node communicating with a user node and an information node is provided. The information node is adapted to conduct access control based on IMS Public User Identity. The IMS node comprises: request mediation means for mediating an access request from the user node to the information node by converting a first protocol conforming to IMS into a second protocol interpretable to the information node; and response mediation means for mediating an access response from the information node to the user node by converting the second protocol into the first protocol. The access request includes the IMS Public User Identity and information identity specifying information which the information node is requested to retrieve. | 08-20-2009 |
20090222858 | System and Method for Creating Electronic Guides Based on Presence and Group Membership - A network server comprises a controller that creates and distributes an electronic guide to the members of an affinity group based on the presence statuses of one or more of the group members. The electronic guide identifies the title and location of one or more media files stored in a home system of the group members. The group members may view the electronic guide, and select a media file to render on their own home system. | 09-03-2009 |
20100030904 | USER DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND IMS USER EQUIPMENT - There is provided a user device that is equipped with IMS functionality. The user device includes: searching means for searching, based on UPnP technology, a UPnP network for another user device that has IMS subscription information, establishing means for establishing a session with the other user device discovered by the searching means, retrieving means for retrieving the IMS subscription information from the other user device via the session, and sending means for sending a first SIP register message including the IMS subscription information to an IMS network. | 02-04-2010 |
20100070636 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR ENABLING MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATION WITH A PRIVATE NETWORK - A method and arrangement for enabling access to a home device in a private network from a remote device located outside the private network. The private network includes a multimedia gateway connected to a multimedia service network. A session invite message is sent from the remote device to the multimedia gateway. In response, connection parameters of a residential gateway in the private network are sent to the remote device, which are associated with the selected home device if a home device identification was included in the received message, or with a proxy function in the multimedia gateway capable of providing home device information, if no such identification was included in the received message. In this way, home devices in the private network can be easily and safely accessed remotely. | 03-18-2010 |
20100145859 | CONTROL DEVICE, REPRODUCING DEVICE, PERMISSION SERVER, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CONTROL DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING REPRODUCING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PERMISSION SERVER - A control device comprising control means for controlling a reproducing device to reproduce multimedia data is provided. The control device also comprises receiving means for receiving, from the reproducing device, a request to acquire permission data, which is contained in a permission server, said permission data enabling reproduction of the multimedia data, and said request comprising location information that indicates a location of the permission data and authentication information of the reproducing device, acquiring means for acquiring the permission data from the location indicated by the location information, said acquiring means sending the authentication information to the permission server, and sending means for sending the permission data to the reproducing device. | 06-10-2010 |
20100181373 | Communication Terminal, Method For Controlling Communication Terminal - A communication terminal comprising an establishing means for establishing a communication session with a communication node by sending a request for establishment to the communication node is provided. The communication terminal further comprises an obtaining means for obtaining a first identifier from an object that is associated with an alternative communication terminal. The first identifier identifies the alternative communication terminal. The communication terminal further comprises a redirecting means for redirecting the communication session to the alternative communication terminal by sending a request for redirection to the communication node. The request for redirection includes the first identifier. | 07-22-2010 |
20110026510 | Method for Enabling Communication between a User Equipment and an IMS Gateway - A Femto base station ( | 02-03-2011 |
20110029777 | BOOTSTRAP OF NFC APPLICATION USING GBA - The present invention provides a bootstrap system comprising a network system and a mobile handset where the mobile handset can easily receive services of NFC bootstrap application. The handset is effectively authenticated after a bootstrap controller in the network verifies whether a user credential derived in the mobile handset and a user credential separately received from a network server are equal. The application setting is sent to a handset from a bootstrap controller via ad-hoc near field communication (NFC) between the mobile handset and the bootstrap controller. Then the user of the mobile handset can receive various services of the NFC application after the network server delivers the user credential to the service devices with NFC interface. | 02-03-2011 |
20110035442 | Adaption of Metadata Based on Network Conditions - In methods and arrangements for adapting metadata depending on conditions in a network or at user equipment ( | 02-10-2011 |
20110055565 | IMS USER EQUIPMENT, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, HOST DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF. - An IMS User Equipment (UE) is provided. The IMS UE comprises: searching means for searching, based on UPnP technology, a UPnP network for a host device that has IMS subscription information, establishing means for establishing a session with the host device discovered by the searching means, subscription retrieving means for retrieving, from the host device via the session, the IMS subscription information, registering means for registering with the IMS network using the IMS subscription information, key retrieving means for retrieving, from the host device via the session, a first encryption key shared with an IMS application server (AS) in an IMS network by sending identity of the IMS AS to the host device via the session, and communicating means for performing encrypted communication with the IMS AS using the first encryption key. | 03-03-2011 |
20110167160 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A MULTIMEDIA GATEWAY COMPRISING AN IMSI - A multimedia gateway that has an ISIM is provided. The multimedia gateway comprises: request receiving means for receiving, from a client terminal, a request message that specifies a destination IMS AS and a communications protocol, and identifying an IMPU assigned to the client terminal, establishing means for establishing a session for communication with the IMS AS by means of the communications protocol, and establishing a connection with the IMS AS over the session, authentication information sending means for sending authentication information derived from the ISIM that contains the identified IMPU to the IMS AS, request sending means for sending the request message together with the identified IMPU to the IMS AS through the connection, response receiving means for receiving a response message from the IMS AS through the connection as a response to the request message, and response sending means for sending the response message to the client terminal. | 07-07-2011 |
20110179273 | Application Server, Control Method Thereof, Program, and Computer-Readable Storage Medium - An application server ( | 07-21-2011 |
20110188508 | Gateway Apparatus, Authentication Server, Control Method Thereof and Computer Program - One aspect of the present invention will provide a gateway apparatus being able to communicate with a user terminal and provide the user terminal with a GBA authentication between the gateway apparatus and an authentication server, comprising, a receiving unit operable to receive a HTTP request addressed to a network address of the gateway apparatus from the user terminal, a requesting unit operable to request an GBA authentication to the authentication server according to the reception of the HTTP request, and a transmission unit operable to transmit the HTTP request, after the GBA authentication, to the authentication server using a network address of the authentication server preliminarily received from the authentication server. | 08-04-2011 |
20110243113 | GATEWAY APPARATUS AND PRESENCE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - One aspect of the present invention will provide a first gateway apparatus configured to be connectable to a local network and an external network, to obtain presence information of a device apparatus on the local network and to provide the obtained presence information to a presence management apparatus on the external network, the first gateway apparatus comprising, an obtaining unit configured to obtain the presence information of the device apparatus, a transmitter configured to transmit the presence information to the presence management apparatus via the external network, and a receiver configured to receive, from the presence management apparatus, a suppression instruction of the presence information transmission, wherein the transmitte further configured to suppress the transmission of the presence information to the presence management apparatus after the reception of the suppression instruction. | 10-06-2011 |
20110246624 | Service Node, Control Method Thereof, User Node, and Control Method Thereof - There is provided a service node that is capable of serving a first user node in a first network including a control node. The first network is capable of communicating with a second network including a second user node. The service node comprises: a request receiving unit that receives a first user identity that identifies the first user node and a second user identity that identifies the second user node; a determining unit that determines whether a received message includes the first user identity as a destination, or the message includes auxiliary information that corresponds to the first user identity; and a modifying unit that modifies the destination of the message to the second user identity and modifies the source of the message to the first user identity in accordance with the determination result by the determining unit. | 10-06-2011 |
20110277015 | Proxy Server, Control Method Thereof, Content Server, and Control Method Thereof - The present invention particularly relates, but is not limited to, a technology that facilitates the identification of a consumed content item and a user who consumed that item, and there is provided a proxy server that is capable of communicating with a client and a content server storing content for which permission data is required for reproduction. The proxy server comprises, in particular, a content information retrieving unit that retrieves, from the content server, content information that identifies the content server and the content, and a generating unit that generates modified content information that identifies the proxy server and the content identified by the content information. | 11-10-2011 |
20120016987 | Gateway, Control Method Thereof, Application Server, and Control Method Thereof - The present invention generally relates to a gateway, a method for controlling the gateway, an application server, and a method for controlling the application server. The present invention particularly relates, but is not limited to, a technology that facilitates the formation of a single network from a plurality of local networks. | 01-19-2012 |
20130007846 | Methods and Arrangements for Authorizing and Authentication Interworking - This disclosure relates to a portable communication device and a network-side authorization server, and to methods therein. By splitting the functionality of an OAuth authorization server and moving the authorization endpoint into, for instance a mobile phone, an authorization server within the mobile phone is provided. This mobile phone authorization server does not need to communicate with the network-side for getting an authorization code or an access token. | 01-03-2013 |
20130023257 | System and Method for Providing Configurations of Local Network - A system for providing a user terminal with configurations of a local network is provided. The system includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain the configurations of the local network and a telephone number corresponding to the local network, a storage unit configured to store the obtained configurations and the obtained telephone number such that the obtained configurations and the obtained telephone number are associated with each other, a receiving unit configured to receive a request for the configurations from the user terminal, the request comprising the telephone number corresponding to the local network, a retrieving unit configured to retrieve the configurations associated with the received telephone number from the storage unit, and a response unit configured to respond the retrieved configurations to the user terminal. | 01-24-2013 |
20130074163 | USER EQUIPMENT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - There is provided a User Equipment comprising: a content obtaining unit that obtains a content item that is not reproducible without permission data for enabling reproduction of the content item; a receiving unit that receives the permission data; a detecting unit that detects that the permission data indicates that a subscriber of a predetermined network operator is entitled to reproduce the content item using the permission data; a key obtaining unit that obtains key data from a module managing subscription information for the predetermined network operator by sending, to the module, information representing the predetermined network operator and information representing an authentication server for determining validity of the key data; a determining unit that determines whether or not the key data is valid by communicating with the authentication server; and a reproducing unit that reproduces the content item using the permission data if it is determined that the key data is valid. | 03-21-2013 |
20130121483 | TELEPHONE, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, PROVISIONING SERVER, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - There is provided a telephone that is capable of accessing a memory for storing subscription information that includes a phone number. The telephone comprises, among other things: a searching unit that searches the memory for second subscription information that is different from the first subscription information selected by the selecting unit; an obtaining unit that obtains a first phone number included in the first subscription information and transfer source information that enables a call transfer server of a network operator associated with the second subscription information to identify a second phone number included in the second subscription information; and a sending unit that sends, to the call transfer server, a call transfer request for requesting the network operator to transfer a call addressed to a phone number, which is identified by the call transfer server based on the transfer source information, to the first phone number. | 05-16-2013 |
20130124710 | MEDIATION SERVER, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, ACCOUNT PROVISIONING SERVER, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - In the first embodiment, the mobile phone | 05-16-2013 |
20130124739 | MEDIATION SERVER, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND CONNECTING METHOD - A mediation server for mediating subscription information to a communication device from a network operator providing network connectivity is provided. The server includes a management unit for managing context information of a communication device, which includes data relating to service provided by a network operator; an obtaining unit for obtaining device information of the communication device, which includes data needed to obtain subscription information from a network operator; a selecting unit for selecting, using the context information, a network operator that provides the best service to the communication device out of network operators that are able to provide network connectivity to the communication device; and a request unit for sending a request, with the obtained device information to the selected network operator, for subscription information which is to be used for the communication device to connect to the selected network operator as a home network operator. | 05-16-2013 |
20130135455 | Face-Directional Recognition Driven Display Control - To present a more attractive image showing a product before a customer for advertisement, a display control system is provided. This system is supposed to be deployed in different sites of a store, shop or shopping mall. The system includes: a server for storing image data representing a plurality of images corresponding to advertisement contents; a controller connected to the server; and a plurality of displays and cameras arranged near an exhibited product for advertisement. When a person is near the exhibited product, a plurality of cameras capture the person from different angles, captured image data is sent to the controller and processed and analyzed by the controller. Then, the controller infers the person's interest, selects a more suitable image to the person based on the person's interest, and transmits image data to any of the displays so as to change a displayed image according to the person's interest. | 05-30-2013 |
20130187953 | Image Matching Apparatus and Image Matching Method - An image matching apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a storage unit, an obtaining unit, a specification unit, and an image matching unit. The storage unit is configured to store image data of one or more devices that are connected to a local network. The obtaining unit is configured to obtain image data of device image obtained by capturing a device. The specification unit is configured to specify one or more local networks to be used for image matching. The image matching unit is configured to perform image matching of the obtained image data against the stored image data of one or more devices that are connected to the specified local network. | 07-25-2013 |
20130227660 | REGISTRATION SERVER, GATEWAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SECRET VALUE TO DEVICES - The present invention relates to auto-provisioning of authentication data for client devices. A registration server includes a gateway determination unit, which is configured to determine a gateway apparatus transferring a request signal from a device, and a processing unit. The processing unit is configured to transmit a first signal including a token and first access information of the gateway apparatus to the device if an identifier of the gateway apparatus is stored on the server, and to transmit a second signal indicating a positive response to the gateway apparatus when it obtains the token and the identifier based on a third signal received in response to the first signal. The gateway apparatus sends the secret value to the device when it receives the second signal. | 08-29-2013 |
20130252579 | Operator Selecting Apparatus And Method For Selecting A Home Operator For Each Communication Device In A Group - An operator selecting apparatus and a method for selecting a home operator for each communication device in a group. A first selecting unit of the operator selecting apparatus selects, for each quality-oriented communication device in the group, a candidate operator out of a plurality of the candidate operators that is determined based on the quality information to provide the best quality of service to the communication device. The second selecting unit of the operator selecting apparatus then selects, for each cost-oriented communication device in the group, based on the billing system and a number of quality-oriented communication devices assigned to the each candidate operator as a result of the selection by the first selecting unit, a candidate operator out of the plurality of the candidate operators such that a total cost for all the communication devices in the group becomes lowest. | 09-26-2013 |
20130262366 | Generic Reasoner Distribution Method - A method for improving distribution of resources for a reasoning system including a plurality of data sources that each generate raw data that is to be processed by shallow reasoners before being provided to other components of the reasoning system to generate high-level inferred conclusions, the method including the steps of discovering available data sources from the plurality of data sources by discovery of protocol modules executed by devices associated with each data source; collecting capability information from each protocol module for each associated device; sending the capability information to a predictor server; requesting a resource allocation plan from the predictor server; and receiving the resource allocations plan from the predictor server, the resource allocation plane identifying devices associated with the plurality of data sources for executing shallow reasoners, the devices selected based on a usage model and the capability information. | 10-03-2013 |
20130326603 | WIRELESS DEVICE, REGISTRATION SERVER AND METHOD FOR PROVISIONING OF WIRELESS DEVICES - The present invention relates to auto-provision of wireless devices. A wireless device ( | 12-05-2013 |
20140025753 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRIVATE TOKEN COMMUNICATION SERVICES - Rather than forcing users to give personally identifying contact data to information providers, this disclosure teaches an apparatus and method enabling the use of “private tokens,” which allow information providers to send electronic communications to targeted users without having access to personally identifying contact information. These features are provided by an anonymous communication service that manages the private tokens and provides communication proxy services intermediating the electronic communications between the information providers and the users targeted by those communications. | 01-23-2014 |
20140162622 | Subscription Module Assignment Managing Server and Subscription Module Assignment Managing Method - There is provided an apparatus ( | 06-12-2014 |
20140165173 | Mediation Server, Control Method Therefor, Subscription Information Managing Apparatus, Control Method Therefor, Subscription Management Server, and Control Method Therefor - There is provided a mediation server. The mediation server comprises, among other things, a device identity receiving unit configured to receive, from a communication device, a device identity which enables the communication device to connect to a network operated by a network operator associated with the mediation server, a login request sending unit configured to send, to the communication device, a login request for requesting login credentials for one of at least one user identity associated with the device identity, and a login credentials receiving unit configured to receive the login credentials from the communication device. The mediation server also comprises a subscription information relaying unit configured to obtain subscription information for use by the communication device from a selected network, and forward the obtained subscription information to the communication device. | 06-12-2014 |
20140208393 | METHODS, SERVER AND PROXY AGENT FOR DYNAMICALLY SETTING UP A SESSION BETWEEN A TARGET RESOURCE IN A PRIVATE NETWORK AND AN APPLICATION ON A DEVICE - An object of embodiments of the present invention is to establish a secure connection from a device to a private network, to which the device belongs, when the device may be located remotely from the private network. This is achieved by locating a server in the private network while reusing existing authorization mechanisms in the network. A target resource is in this private network and a device located outside the private network can access the target resource by using the server and a proxy agent which intermediates a request from the device by using a one time session URL. | 07-24-2014 |
20140215217 | Secure Communication - A method comprising the use of a bootstrapping protocol to define a security relationship between a first server and a second server, the first and second servers co-operating to provide a service to a user terminal. A bootstrapping protocol is used to generate a shared key for securing communication between the first server and the second server. The shared key is based on a context of the bootstrapping protocol, and the context is associated with a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) associated with the user terminal and provides a base for the shared key. A method of the invention may, for example, be employed within a computing/service network such as a “cloud”, and in particular for communications between two servers in the cloud that are co-operating to provide a service to a user. | 07-31-2014 |