265 results about "Telecommunication security" patented technology

Tracking and analysis of the location of user and device access to telecommunications services may be used to validate that a given user or device is part of an authorized subscriber household and is therefore properly accessing those services in accordance with the terms of service. A service provider may determine, based on previously collected data and user information collected while a user accesses a service, whether the user's pattern of access establishes a required pattern of access determined by the service provider, such as access on a minimum periodic basis from the home of an authorized subscriber.

The present invention provides systems and methods for distributing content objects to a requester. Some of the systems include at least one content object origination, and two or more content object destinations. The two or more content object destinations are associated with customer premises. Communication links communicably couple the content object origination and at least one of the content object destinations, and at least two of the content object destinations. Local storage is associated with at least one of the content object destinations. A content object from the content object origination is maintained on a local storage associated with one of the content object destinations, and the content object is accessible via the local storage to another content object destination. The methods provide various ways for distributing content objects using systems similar to that previously described.

A wireless optical transceiver system which includes a passive optical antenna coupled by optical fiber to an active electronics module. The transceiver system receives and transmits light beams from / to the atmosphere,.and thereby communicates optically with a second optical transceiver. Receivers, transmitters, repeaters, switches, routers, etc., may be similarly organized, i.e. by coupling one or more passive optical antennas and an active electronics module with fiber-optic cable. Furthermore, various network toplogies and organizations may be arranged using one or more of the fiber-coupled transceivers, receivers, transmitters, repeaters, switches, routers, etc. Such components are admirably suited for use in various network configurations such as broadcast networks, point-to-multipoint networks, etc due to their low cost, ease of installation and antenna sighting, modularity, and upgradability. An optical router for establishing wireless channels to a number of subscribers may be configured based on demodulation and remodulation of light beams, or alternatively by redirecting light beams by adjustable deflections mirrors. A communications network infrastructure based on atmospheric light beam propagation is contemplated.

A system and method of dynamically allocating memory records to a plurality of blocks in a telecommunications switch. A data acquisition monitor is provided for monitoring one or more traffic pattern parameters associated with the call traffic through the telecommunications switch. An analyzer analyzes the traffic pattern information and maintains traffic parameter profiles in a suitable database. Also, the analyzer determines if there exists a change in demand of service based on the monitored traffic pattern parameters. A command generator provides a feedback signal to the telecommunications switch to re-assign memory records based on the changes in demand of service.

An apparatus for providing information services to a user includes a microserver disposed at the user's home or office. The microserver is connected to a communication network which is connected to a global computer network, and the user's mobile or fixed telephone terminal. At least one service server is connected to the user's mobile or fixed terminal via the global computer network, the communication network and the microserver. Through the disposition of microserver at the user's primary location, the service server can transmit general or user specific service information to the user via their mobile and / or fixed terminal. The problems of localization of the user are eliminated by the implementation of the microsever at the user's primary communication location.

There is known a telecommunication terminal with a miniature display for received, visually perceptible information, such as, for example, fax messages. In addition, a device is known for projecting computer images or TV images, the device comprising a so-called DMD chip (Digital Mirror Device). It is proposed to improve the aforedescribed telecommunication terminal (MS) by providing the terminal with projection means (DMD, FL) which can basically only be used for the device described above. In addition, the device described above is improved by being provided with an interface circuit for connection to a telecommunication terminal. Accordingly, the conventional means known in the field of computer technology and TV technology for projecting images are now used in or for a telecommunication terminal, especially in a mobile radio telephone (MS). With the received image data, images can be projected directly onto a projection screen, for example, onto a wall. Several people can view the images simultaneously. An output device, such as, for example, a printer for fax messages, is not required.

To facilitate routing changes, a telecommunications network (10, 10′, 10′″) includes a centralized network routing database (28) queried by each ingress switch upon receipt of a call by a calling subscriber (12). In response to the query, the network routing database returns to the querying switch the identity on the next (downstream) switch in the routing path. The querying switch then translates the switch identity to establish the link to that next switch. Because each querying switch makes the necessary translation of the next switch identity to make the link to the next switch, the centralized network database need not concern itself with the particular characteristics of the switch. To make global routing changes, only the network routing database need be updated, not each individual switch.

A method communicating data between a base station and a terminal device in a wireless telecommunications system, for example an LTE-based system. The wireless communication system uses plural frequency sub-carriers spanning a system frequency band. Physical-layer control information for the terminal device is transmitted from the base station using sub-carriers selected from across the system frequency band, for example to provide frequency diversity. However, higher-layer data for the terminal device is transmitted using only sub-carriers selected from within a restricted frequency band which is smaller than and within the system frequency band. The terminal device is aware of the restricted frequency band, and as such need only buffer and process data within this restricted frequency band during periods where higher-layer data is being transmitted. The terminal device buffers and processes the full system frequency band during periods when physical-layer control information is being transmitted.

The invention relates to a telecommunication method and a system suitable for same for establishing a connection with a mobile station, for example a GSM mobile telephone, of a subscriber located in a visited public land mobile network. According to said method the calling mobile subscriber in the visited public land mobile network prepares a short message, for example an unstructured supplementary service data message with the desired destination number and sends said message, which is then transmitted to a callback computer which establishes a connection between the calling mobile subscriber and the desired destination number. A connection to a called mobile subscriber in a visited public land mobile network is established by a callback computer whose number is assigned to the called mobile subscriber in the home location register. Before a connection is established the remaining credit and airtime of the mobile subscriber is verified in a prepaid module connected to the callback computer, on the basis of prepaid amounts or with the aid of at least one schedule of telephone tariffs and on the basis of a location of said subscribers stored in the home location register of the home public land mobile network.

The present invention relates to a method and arrangement for efficient use of network resources, in particular for continuous connectivity services. The present invention introduces a set of established rules for uplink and / or downlink activity detection such that a Node B and / or a UE is enabled to detect active and inactive transmission periods on links for reception of packet data transmission and can independently arrange for inactivity / activity state transitions without any need of further signalling. Such a set of rules can be communicated to the Node B and the user equipment, e.g., from the radio network controller (RNC), or can consist of a predefined set of fixed rules that is readily implemented in said units.

A telecommunications architecture exposes telecommunications services to third parties through a secure access gateway. The third parties may be other telecommunications service providers who employ the services to support their own products and services. The access gateway provides a secure, standardized, and controlled access platform for the exposed services, and addresses the technical problems associated with such access. In addition to providing technical solutions for efficient and secure access to exposed services, the architecture also provides an additional revenue channel for existing telecommunication service providers.

A transceiver security system which provides security to a transceiver user by transmitting information, including an encoded period of time and a request for help, to a computer server. After the period of time expires, an alert call is made from the computer server to the transceiver user. Depending on the response from the transceiver user, the computer server may contact an emergency service provider.

The invention relates to a security module for authorizing an application to use software interfaces stored in a telecommunication terminal. The module (30) includes detector means for detecting the security profile of said telecommunication terminal, selector means for selecting from said software interfaces those which are associated with the detected security profile of the terminal, and access control means for controlling access to the software interfaces, on the one hand, to authorize the application to use the selected software interfaces and, on the other hand, to prohibit said application from using non-selected software interfaces.

A telecommunications system for communicating internet packets between a mobile communications user equipment forming a correspondent node and a mobile node via an external packet data telecommunications network. The system comprises a packet radio network providing a plurality of packet data bearers for communicating internet packets with nodes attached to the packet radio network. Each of the bearers is defined with respect to a source address of the internet packets, the packet radio network including a gateway support node operable to provide an interface between the external network and, the packet radio network. The gateway support node (GGSN) is operable to detect (56) whether an internet packet is for providing a binding update to the correspondent node of a first source address of the mobile node to a care-of-address of the mobile node. If the internet packet is a binding update, the gateway support node allows (514) egress of internet packets sent from the correspondent node having the care-of-address of the mobile node as the destination address to the external network. By obtaining the care-of-address of the mobile node from the binding update and allowing egress of packets from the correspondent node having this care-of-address as the destination address in internet packet headers, a measure of security is provided, which can prevent or at least hinder theft of service. Theft of service may occur if an unscrupulous user uses an unauthorised destination address for IP data packets sent from the mobile user equipment acting as correspondent node and having a legitimate address in the hop-by-hop extension field and an unauthorised address in the destination field address.

The invention relates to methods of using a trainable software module used in the handover procedure employing the location based information for the self optimization of wireless communication networks, in particular for the self optimization of cellular mobile networks. Embodiments of the invention address the problems of radio link failures and rapid handovers immediately after transferring a wireless appliance from one base station apparatus to the other at certain cell border locations by evaluating which base station apparatus a wireless appliance should have its wireless connection transferred to using either a database or a trainable software module.

Method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for providing an identifier for a caller identifier (ID) function when processing a communication request between a calling party and a called party in a communication network is described. In some examples, an initial identifier for the caller ID function associated with the calling party is received. A determination is made if the calling party has a virtual identifier configured in the communication network. A determination is made if the called party has a predefined identifier associated with the calling party configured in the communication network. The initial identifier is replaced with a terminating identifier based on configuration of the virtual identifier and the predefined identifier in the communication network.

The invention provides a telecommunication service recommendation method and system, wherein the method comprises: acquiring telecommunication service information, identity information of users, order business information and net access journal information; acquiring subject indexing of webpage documents accessed by users according to the net access journal information; setting up a user interest model according to the subject indexing of webpage documents accessed by the users and the net access journal information; acquiring the incidence relation of the user interest and the telecommunication service according to the user interest model, the telecommunication service information and the order service information; and acquiring a recommendation service list and recommending the telecommunication service according to the incidence relation of the user interest and the telecommunication service and the user interest model. According to the invention, the precision marketing of the telecommunication service is realized, and simultaneously the user experience is improved.

Abstract of the DisclosureIn a telecommunications system such as a global mobile telephone network in which each subscriber unit includes a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM card), each SIM card has fixed memory locations, to which data can be addressed over the air. Some of the locations can not be overwritten from the subscriber unit but can be accessed therefrom on the entry of short simple codes, each associated with one of the locations. Further fixed memory locations can be read over the air only when the subscriber enters a personal identification number. Locking control files are used to control read / write access to the locations respectively.

A method of operating a mobile communication device in a mobile communication network, the method comprising the steps of the mobile communication device: receiving a non integrity-protected message with a parameter value included therein to be implemented on the mobile communication device; using a predetermined value stored on the mobile communication device instead of the parameter value received.

A base station for providing flexible data rate transmission in a telecommunications system. The base station comprises an interface coupled to a signal processor coupled to a transmitter. The interface receives an incoming data stream. The signal processor receives the incoming data stream from the receiver and selects an operating downlink chip rate from at least two chip rates. The signal processor selects a spreading factor and spreads the incoming data stream into a spread data stream with a channelization code. The transmitter, receives the spread data stream from the signal processor and transmits the spread data stream over an air interface.

The present invention relates generally to telecommunications, and more specifically, to an improved operating system and apparatus for telecommunications networks. Currently, the majority of telecommunication services are provided over the Public Switched Telephone Network and Internet. Existing telephony systems suffer from a number of problems including system complexity, limited access and implementation of services on fixed hardware, which results in long time to bring new products to market. Internet applications cannot guarantee quality of service in the transmission. These systems are therefore inflexible and inefficient which limits their ability to carry new services. The invention provides a distributed and real-time operating system for use over varied telecommunications networks. As well, methods of implementing synchronized execution, fault tolerance and loading management over this network, are also described. The application of this operating system to existing networks allows new services to be provided.

A system and method for providing wireless voice-controlled walk-through pairing and other functionality of telecommunications, audio headsets, and other communications devices, such as mobile telephones and personal digital assistants. In accordance with an embodiment, a headset, speaker or other device equipped with a microphone can receive a voice command directly from the user, recognize the command, and then perform functions on a communications device, such as a mobile telephone. The functions can, for example, include requesting the telephone call a number from its address book. In accordance with various embodiments the functions can also include advanced control of the communications device, such as pairing the device with an audio headset, or another Bluetooth device. In accordance with another embodiment, a system and method for pairing communications devices using voice-enabled walk-through pairing is provided. In accordance with another embodiment, a system and method operating features of telecommunications, audio headsets, speakers, and other communications and electronic devices, such as mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and cameras, using voice-activated, voice-trigged or voice-enabled operation is provided.

A mobile station for use with a mobile network, and being arranged to be assigned one or more Temporary Block Flows, TBFs, by the mobile network, and to receive RLC / MAC Blocks from the mobile network, each of which RLC / MAC Blocks is associated with one of said TBFs, and to identify a received RLC / MAC Block by means of a Temporary Flow Identity, TFI, which has been assigned by the mobile network to the TBF with which the RLC / MAC Block is associated. The mobile station is arranged to recognize TFIs which belong to a first group of TFIs as well as TFIs which belong to a second group of TFIs, with a TFI in the second group comprising a TFI in the first group of TFIs together with additional information in the received RLC / MAC block.

The invention provides a data mining method for finding potential telecommunication users changing cell phones. The data mining method comprises the following step of 1 the data set constructing stage and 2 the mining stage. The data set constructing stage comprises sub-steps of a, collecting consumption information of the users, historical information that the users change the cell phones, user information and terminal information; b, preprocessing data and generating data sets at the same time; c, processing the data sets in unbalanced categories and forming final training sets and prediction sets. The mining stage comprises the sub-steps of a, acquiring the data sets processed and generated in the step 1-c; b, finding the potential users changing the cell phones by implementing the decision tree algorithm; c, ending the stage. The potential users changing the cell phones are found in the telecommunication users based on the data mining technology. Compared with a traditional method, the data mining method is more accurate and efficient, and has the series of advantages of being easy to achieve, low in cost and the like.

A telecommunications system is arranged to provide a mobile communications session to a mobile node using an internet protocol. The telecommunications system comprises a home packet data network which includes a home agent of the mobile node and a visited packet data network. One of the home packet data network or the visited packet data network includes a packet data gateway for controlling the communication of the internet packets to and from the home packet data network from and to the visited packet data network. The mobile node is arranged to communicate a correspondent node binding update internet packet to the correspondent node via the packet date gateway, when the mobile node changes affiliation from the home packet data network to the visited packet data network. The correspondent node binding update internet packet provides a care of address of the mobile node within the visited packet data network and a home address of the mobile node. The packet data network is arranged to store the home address of the mobile node in association with the care of address of the mobile node, to adapt the correspondent node binding update internet packet by replacing the care of address in the received correspondent binding update packet with the address of the packet data gateway, and to communicate the adapted correspondent binding update packet to the correspondent node. The correspondent node therefore receives a correspondent binding update with the packet data gateway as the care of address. Thus, when the correspondent node communicates with the mobile node using the care of address of the packet data gateway, the packet data gateway can adapt the received internet packets, replacing the packet data gateway's address as the destination address with the care of address of the mobile node. Therefore, although a route optimisation process has taken place the internet packets are still routed via the packet data gateway.

A wireless telecommunications system including a base station and a terminal device and employing a radio interface having a downlink radio frame structure including radio subframes including an arrangement of reference symbols for channel estimation. The base station is configured to determine a period of time for which certain terminal device specific data are not scheduled for transmission to the terminal device and to communicate this information to the terminal device through selective suppression of at least one reference symbol. Different reference symbol(s) may be suppressed to indicate different periods of time. The terminal device is configured to monitor the reference symbols transmitted by a base station to identify where reference symbols are suppressed, to determine a period of time for which the terminal device is not expected to receive certain types of data and enter a reduced activity mode for that period to conserve processing and power resources.