Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080243602 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING IPTV ADVERTISEMENTS - Systems and methods according to the exemplary embodiments provide advertisements to end users in IPTV systems. IMS core networks can be used to provide the advertisements, via an IP network, to an IPTV client. An ad server can subscribe to a service which notifies it when a targeted user or users are online and inform it regarding an IPTV end user equipment that is currently being used. Then, a personalized advertisement can be forwarded to that IPTV end user equipment for rendering. | 10-02-2008 |
20080244710 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTHENTICATION USING IP MULTIMEDIA SERVICES IDENTITY MODULES - Systems and methods provide two levels of authentication for a user on an IMS-IPTV system. A first level of authentication validates an ISIM card (set-top box) with the network using, e.g., an IMSI comparison. A second level of authentication validates the user through comparing user entered information with information stored on the ISIM card. Additionally, methods for populating security information onto the ISIM card to facilitate the second level of authentication are described. | 10-02-2008 |
20090013174 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR HANDLING DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT - Systems and methods according to the present invention address this need and others by providing methods and systems for translating media encrypted by various Digital Rights Management (DRM) techniques. This allows end user equipment to receive media in an IMS/IPTV environment when the end user equipment uses a DRM that is different from the media server which is providing the desired media in both unicast and multicast applications. | 01-08-2009 |
20090016330 | PROVISION OF PACKET-BASED SERVICES VIA CIRCUIT-SWITCHED ACCESS - The present invention proposes a solution for providing IMS services and in particular mid-call services to users having circuit-switched controlled terminals and being not adapted to provide IMS services to the users. In particular, it is proposed to introduce a new node type called Mobile Access Gateway Control Function (MAGCF). This new node combines the logical functionality of a cellular switching center and the logical functionality of packet-based logic. The invention discusses a concept of the MAGCF handling mid-calls, which comprises identification of the received mid-call request, generating in accordance to the identified mid-call a corresponding message, tracking the status of the performed mid-calls. | 01-15-2009 |
20090017796 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMMUNICATING BETWEEN IMS AND NON-IMS NETWORKS - Systems and methods according to the present invention allow non-IMS end users to communicate with IMS networks (and vice versa). These cross network communications occur through a gateway which allows for identity mapping between the networks. | 01-15-2009 |
20090019469 | DYNAMIC UPDATE OF CHANNEL FILTERING INFORMATION IN IPTV SYSTEMS - Systems and methods according to the present invention address this need and others by updating the channel filtering information, e.g., whitelist, within the context of a streaming media system, e.g., an IMS-IPTV system. This updating of the channel filtering information occurs automatically through messages transmitted between a network node and an Internet Protocol television (IPTV) control function including intervening hardware. | 01-15-2009 |
20090052365 | Method and Communication Node for Optimising Time Sensitive Communications - A method for communications and a communications node are provided, wherein when the node (a user terminal or server) subscribes to receive a certain type of notification messages using for example a SIP SUBSCRIBE mechanism. When node later engages in a time sensitive application, such as in a voice communication, responsive to the engagement in the time sensitive application, it requests a suspension of the subscription to the receipt of the certain type of notification messages. Such request may be achieved using, for example, SIP SUBSCRIBE, SIP NOTIFY or SIP PUBLISH messages. The communications node comprises a communications module subscribing to the receipt of a certain type of notification messages and initiating the time sensitive application, and service logic that responsive to the engagement in the time sensitive application, instructs issuance of a request to suspend the subscription to the receipt of the certain type of notification messages. | 02-26-2009 |
20090055540 | Methods and Systems for Multicast Control and Channel Switching for Streaming Media in an IMS Environment - Systems and methods according to the present invention address this need and others by reducing the delay in channel zapping for streaming media, e.g., Internet Protocol television (IPTV). This delay is reduced by performing channel zapping through an Internet Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) architecture using Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) signaling. | 02-26-2009 |
20090113508 | MULTICAST ADMISSION CONTROL - A resource admission control entity and method in an administrative domain (AD). The AD has a topology view that comprises link capacity and link usage information. The resource admission control entity receives a request intended for a user to obtain a multicast content, derives a list of links to be newly used by the multicast content based on the request and verifies if the multicast content can be admitted on the links to be newly used by the multicast content based on the topology view thereby providing an admittance verification result. If the admittance verification result is positive, the admission control module updates usage values in the topology view for the links to be newly used by the multicast content. | 04-30-2009 |
20090147779 | METHODS, IPTV (INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION) TERMINAL, AND IPTV CONTROL SERVER FOR IPTV BANDWIDTH MANAGEMENT - An IP Television (IPTV) terminal, an IPTV control server, and methods for used therein are provided for delegating the service admission control from the network to the terminals. As an IPTV terminal initiates a new IPTV service (e.g. linear TV, Video-on-Demand), a bandwidth balance available for use by IPTV terminals of the given IPTV subscription is verified locally, and if sufficient bandwidth is found, then the service is allowed and started. The terminal then informs the IPTV control server of the service initiation and a new bandwidth balance is obtained by the server, and sent to all IPTV terminals for the subscription. Next time a new service is initiated by any of the IPTV terminals of the given subscription, that new bandwidth balance is used locally by the terminals, to determine if sufficient bandwidth remains available for using the new service, thus allowing or inhibiting initiation of the service. | 06-11-2009 |
20090164642 | METHOD AND INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION (IPTV) CONTENT MANAGER SERVER FOR IPTV SERVICING - There is provided a method and an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) content manager server for IPTV service. The server comprises a Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) stack adapted to request an establishment of a first RTSP session with an IPTV media server responsive to an IPTV service request from an Internet Protocol Television Terminal (ITF). The RTSP stack stores an identifier of the first RTSP session responsive to the request for the establishment of the RTSP session. Subsequently, the RTSP stack receives an RTSP session initiation message from the ITF requesting an establishment of an RTSP session. Upon receipt of the message, the content manager server authenticates the message, determines the existence of an existing RTSP session for the ITF, and thus acts to discard the session initiation message received from the ITF and to return the identifier of the first, already established, RTSP session. | 06-25-2009 |
20090225760 | SIP-HTTP APPLICATION CORRELATOR - Systems and methods according to the present invention facilitate communications between devices which utilize different signaling protocols. A gateway can analyze incoming messages, in a first protocol such as SIP, to identify an application instance to which the messages should be routed. The messages can then be converted into another protocol and forwarded to the identified application. | 09-10-2009 |
20090293113 | CONTROLLED DELIVERY OF EVENT INFORMATION TO IPTV USERS - A method and a gateway are provided for controlling delivery of event information to users sharing a user device. The gateway is informed of activity states of each user sharing a same user device. Events related to services used by the users are detected by the gateway. Because some users of a same device may be active while others are inactive, the gateway verifies the activity state of each user for whom an event is detected. Active users are informed of events that are of interest for them. | 11-26-2009 |
20100005517 | IPTV CONTENT SHARING IN IMS NETWORK - A Content Sharing AS facilitates the sharing of IPTV content distribution sessions between users in an IMS network. A first user's request to share an ongoing IPTV session is routed to the Content Sharing AS, with a SIP URI of a second user with whom to share the content, identification of the desired content, and the Mcast address of the IPTV session. The Content Sharing AS joins the IGMP session group and sends the first user a SIP URI for the content and a unique authentication token. The first user sends the content URI and token to the second user, such as via a SMS message. The second user may then send an SIP INVITE message toward the URI, which the IMS system routes to the Content Sharing AS. The second user provides the authentication token, which the Content Sharing AS uses to authenticate the second user, and share the IPTV content. | 01-07-2010 |
20100046528 | Intelligent IMS Gateway for Legacy DSLAMs - Systems and methods according to the present invention address this need and others by improving service within the telecommunications field for gateways. According to exemplary embodiments, a gateway stores policy information which it uses to determine whether access to a requested service is permissible. The gateway manages a single Internet Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) session capable of supporting multiple requests for service from different requesting sources. | 02-25-2010 |
20100107205 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RESUMING, TRANSFERRING OR COPYING A MULTIMEDIA SESSION - Methods and systems for resuming, transferring or copying an IMS session associated with a first terminal or user at a second terminal in e.g., a same household are described. If a session is to be transferred, resource reservations associated with establishing a second IMS session for the transfer can be bypassed by informing the IMS system, either explicitly or implicitly, of the relationship between the terminals involved in the transfer. A controller can select a content server to support the resumed session and coordinate session identities associated with the selection. | 04-29-2010 |
20100157985 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDICATING CIRCUIT SWITCHED ACCESS AT IMS REGISTRATION - In IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) IMS Control Channel Protocol (ICCP) is used between a user equipment (UE) and IMS Control Channel Function (ICCF) and Session Initiated Protocol (SIP) interface (between to ICCF, Call Session Control Function and Application Server) to support the indication of Circuit Switched (CS) access utilizing P-Access-Network-Information header. The indication can be used by an S-CSCF or AS for different purposes such as routing decision, charging, and presence info. | 06-24-2010 |
20100172367 | NETWORK BASED BANDWIDTH CONTROL IN IMS SYSTEMS - Systems and methods according to the present invention address this need and others by improving IMS service within the communications field. More particularly, systems and methods are described for controlling bandwidth. | 07-08-2010 |
20100199341 | Methods, Subscriber Server, and User Equipment for Facilitating Service Provision - A User Equipment (UE), a Home Subscriber Server (HSS), and methods are provided for facilitating access to a second service (e.g. IPTV, IP Television) when the user registers with a network for a first service (e.g. IMS, IP Multimedia Subsystem service, or 2G mobile service). For example, the user employs his mobile terminal to register for IMS service, then requests a security token for the provision of the second service. The network validates the user subscription and provides the security token associated with the 2 | 08-05-2010 |
20100205642 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING A SESSION ACROSS DOMAINS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS - A system and method for transferring a session between IPTV Control Servers, or between IMS subscriptions, allows the IPTV Control Servers involved in the transfer to connect to each other and facilitate a transfer of session transfer information. This session transfer information allows the recipient of the transfer to connect to the same content distribution network and resume the session using the same content servers where appropriate. | 08-12-2010 |
20100269132 | Method and System For Inserting Advertisements In A Content Stream In Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) - A method for inserting advertisements in a content stream in IPTV comprises: notifying an external decision point of advertisement insertion opportunities in the content stream; receiving, in response to the notification, advertisements selected by the external decision point, to be inserted in the advertisement insertion opportunities; and transmitting to a controlling node policies relative to the selected advertisements for insertion in the content stream. The method is carried out in a system, which comprises an advertisement management service for notifying the external decision point about the advertisement insertion opportunities, an input module, in response to the notification, for receiving the selected advertisements and an output module for transmitting to the controlling node the policies relative to the selected advertisements for insertion in the content stream. | 10-21-2010 |
20100322215 | METHODS FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS DOMAIN SWITCHING, NETWORK NODES, USER TERMINAL AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREFOR - A technique for controlling an access domain selection is described. The technique is applicable to user terminals that are capable of switching from a first network access domain to a second network access domain while services are provided to the user terminals. According to a network aspect of this technique, a network node receives a request message from a user terminal. In response to this request message, the network node sends a rule set including one or more access domain switching rules to the user terminal. These access domain switching rules may be dynamically selected by the network node to control the access domain switching behaviour of the user terminal. | 12-23-2010 |
20110029999 | POLICIES TRANSFER FOR SESSION TRANSFER - A system and method for transferring policies associated with a unicast session from one terminal node to another makes use of the IPTV controller in the network to obtain decryption keys that allow the transfer of viewing policies between the nodes when the program transfer is effected. | 02-03-2011 |
20110030002 | ADM ENABLED OITF, SUPPORTING IPTV INFRASTRUCTURE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A system and method for the automated discovery of advertisement decision services and advertisement management services employs an advertisement application server which receives the address of an advertisement management service from an IPTV Controller during the registration phase. The advertisement application server then begins the configuration process by informing the advertisement decision server of the availability of a new advertisement management service. Additionally, an OITF having an embedded ADM makes use of markers in a received content stream to identify the location at which an advertisement is to be inserted, requests and receives advertisements from an ADS, and renders a video stream based on the received content and the received advertisement. | 02-03-2011 |
20110055883 | METHOD FOR ACTIVE SWITCHING OF CONTENT IN AN IPTV-BASED PLAYLIST - A system and method for switching between content streams in a playlist makes use of a bookmarking and state information saving process to allow an intermediate node in an IPTV network to offer an enhanced user experience. By bookmarking a user position in a content stream before switching to a second content stream, the method and system allow the user to resume viewing the first content stream at a later point over the same user-side channel and at the bookmarked location. This can also provide the user with improved channel switching speeds. | 03-03-2011 |
20110072477 | USING MOBILE TERMINALS FOR TEXT ENTRY IN IPTV CHAT SESSIONS - Systems and methods according to the exemplary embodiments provide for chat session handling in IPTV systems. A chat server can be configured to forward text messages associated with a particular chat session toward an IPTV terminal for output thereon. Chat message entry can be performed by using a wireless text entry device, e.g., a mobile phone. An IPTV control server can be configured to recognize a request for a chat session which involves output of chat messages on an IPTV terminal, and to verify that the user has a linked mobile phone and IPTV subscriptions. | 03-24-2011 |
20110078727 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HANDLING ADVERTISEMENTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH NETWORK-BASED BOOKMARKING - Systems and methods according to the exemplary embodiments provide for bookmarking of content in IPTV systems. An IPTV control server can subscribe to receive notifications associated with the insertion of advertisements into other content. Upon receipt of a bookmark storing request, the IPTV control server can determine whether the bookmark storing request is associated with an advertisement or with the other content. A bookmark can then be stored by the IPTV control server including a content identifier based on the determination. | 03-31-2011 |
20110138432 | Media Bookmarks - Specific instances in time, e.g., scenes, in a program or other media content can be marked in an unambiguous manner. A scene's marking information, which can be called a bookmark, is preferably stored in communication network as a part of a user's service profile. With such a bookmark, a user can, among other things, resume watching a program from the bookmarked point onwards on the same or a different media device, and send the bookmark to others, e.g., as a link in chat or other social networking interactions, so that they can watch the program from or around the bookmarked scene (provided, of course, that they have rights to access that content). | 06-09-2011 |
20110164857 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NETWORK-BASED BOOKMARKING - Systems and methods according to the exemplary embodiments provide for bookmarking of content in IPTV systems. Upon receipt of a bookmark storing request, an IPTV server can obtain information associated with the content to be bookmarked from an electronic program guide (EPG). The IPTV server can then determine a position in the content at which the content is to be bookmarked based upon the information received from the EPG. A bookmark can then be stored by the IPTV server including a content identifier and the position. | 07-07-2011 |
20110179437 | REMOTE ACCESS TO A DEVICE IN AN IMS SYSTEM WITH A SECOND MEDIA ACCESS CHANNEL - Remote access of content in an IMS system is described. A first IMS channel is established between, for example, a user terminal and an IMS Gateway (IG) for control signaling. A second IMS channel is established between, for example, the user terminal and the IG for conveying the content being remotely accessed. Due to limitations in the network, Quality of Service (QoS, or bandwidth) reservations are handled differently on the originating and terminating sides. For example, on the originating side, a single QoS reservation is used for both the first and second IMS channels, whereas on the terminating side separate QoS reservations can be used for the first and second IMS channels. | 07-21-2011 |
20110179460 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IPTV NODE RECOVERY - A system and method for failure recovery for a node in an IPTV network makes use of the ability of an IMS Gateway, an Open IPTV Terminal Function, and an IPTV Control Server to provide each other with information about a session to be recovered in a manner which allows the control session state to be reconstructed without impacting the user's viewing experience. | 07-21-2011 |
20110179461 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OITF RECOVERY - A system and method for failure recovery for a node in an IPTV network makes use of the ability of an IMS Gateway, an Open IPTV Terminal Function, and an IPTV Control Server to provide each other with information about a session to be recovered in a manner which allows the control session state to be reconstructed without impacting the user's viewing experience. | 07-21-2011 |
20110314134 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RESUMING, TRANSFERRING OR COPYING A MULTIMEDIA SESSION - Methods and systems for resuming, transferring or copying an IMS session associated with a first terminal or user at a second terminal in e.g., a same household are described. If a session is to be transferred, resource reservations associated with establishing a second IMS session for the transfer can be bypassed by informing the IMS system, either explicitly or implicitly, of the relationship between the terminals involved in the transfer. A controller can select a content server to support the resumed session and coordinate session identities associated with the selection. | 12-22-2011 |
20110320559 | REMOTE ACCESS WITH MEDIA TRANSLATION - A transcoding solution for enabling access to content in a home archive provides access to mobile and other devices through the use of a network based transcoding node. The user can specify a transcoding node in a content request so that the hosted content is received by the transcoding node, transcoded and then sent to the requesting node. Such use of network based transcoding service allows for dedicated transcoding equipment to be used removing the need for the end user to employ his own server. | 12-29-2011 |
20120079120 | CONTENT SHARING FOR SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT - A user is provided the ability to request through a set top box or other terminal that a media session be replicated to another terminal. The control channel associated with the replicated media session is assigned to the requesting terminal so that the user of the requesting terminal can control the playback experience of a plurality of different terminals. | 03-29-2012 |
20120131168 | XDMS FOR RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN M2M - The use of existing XDMS frameworks in M2M communications allows network functionality to be used and allows the obviation of redesign of resource management functionality. | 05-24-2012 |
20120281694 | M2M SCALABLE ADDRESSING AND ROUTING - A novel routing and message handling mechanism allows a node to receive downstream packets addressed to an application server and modify the sender's contact address to include its own address. Thus, as the process is followed at each node in a hierarchy, the message is delivered to the application server with an address that specifies how to reach the particular node in question. When messages addressed to the node, or to applications resident on the node, are received by intervening nodes, the destination contact address can be modified by each node to ensure that they remove their own address as the message is passed along. In this way, no node needs to the topology of the connecting network, and no network application needs to know the topology of a potentially private delivery network. | 11-08-2012 |
20120324049 | REMOTE ACCESS WITH MEDIA TRANSLATION - A transcoding solution for enabling access to content in a home archive provides access to mobile and other devices through the use of a network based transcoding node. The user can specify a transcoding node in a content request so that the hosted content is received by the transcoding node, transcoded and then sent to the requesting node. Such use of network based transcoding service allows for dedicated transcoding equipment to be used removing the need for the end user to employ his own server. | 12-20-2012 |
20130013555 | Machine to Machine (M2M) Application Server, XDMS server, and Methods for M2M Applications Group Management - Methods and corresponding Machine-to-Machine Application Server (M2M-AS) and XML Data Management Server (XDMS) are provided for managing groups of M2M applications running on various devices. As groups of M2M applications are formed in a network, the group information comprising identities of the groups and identities of M2M applications belonging to each group is relayed to the M2M-AS. The later further sends such information to the XDMS server for storage. Requests for group membership related to M2M applications can then be handled. When a request for group membership related to an application is received at an M2M gateway or at the M2M-AS, the request is further sent to the XMDS server, which replies back to the requestor with identities of the group(s) that comprise the given M2M application, thus enabling, for example, the requestor to communicate not only with the application, but with entire groups comprising the application. | 01-10-2013 |
20130016657 | DYNAMIC ENABLEMENT OF M2M SERVICES OVER 3GPP ACCESS NETWORKS - A Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Services Enablement Solution offering M2M services enablement to an M2M entity that supports a 3GPP or a non-3GPP access for connection and service by a 3GPP Evolved Packet Core (EPC). The solution enables an Access Network (AN) to offer a transport connection for the M2M entity over its 3GPP EPC to M2M entity's per-choice M2M Service Provider (SP). The M2M entity's first attach to the AN is forced to be directed to the Access Point Name (APN) of an AN default M2M Network Services Capabilities (N-SC) application. The AN default M2M N-SC application facilitates M2M Service Layer (SL) initial registration of the M2M entity with its per-choice M2M SP. M2M entity's future Regular Attach to the SP network may be directed to the APN of an AN-based regular M2M N-SC application that serves the M2M SP. | 01-17-2013 |
20130017827 | M2M SERVICES ENABLEMENT ARCHITECTURE FOR CELLULAR ACCESS NETWORKS - A Machine-to-Machine (M2M) services enablement architecture for a cellular Access Network (AN) that allows the cellular AN operator to not only deploy its M2M Services Capabilities (SC) as an M2M SC Server within its network domain, but to also use its M2M SC to work as an M2M SC Proxy when communicating with an M2M Service Provider (SP) network that also deploys an M2M SC Server. The M2M SC Proxy in the cellular AN relays all signaling plane communications between an M2M device's/gateway's SC and the SP's M2M SC Server. The M2M SC Proxy provides the cellular AN with an access to all of the Across-Layers (Transport and Service Layers) information needed for the M2M services enablement in the cellular AN. This proxy-based solution allows the cellular AN to serve all types of M2M SPs, and relieves the M2M SP from the need to support different cellular AN interworking interfaces. | 01-17-2013 |
20130066965 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZATION OF SUBSCRIPTIONS TO RESOURCE CHANGES IN MACHINE-TO-MACHINE (M2M) SYSTEMS - Systems and methods provide for bundling subscriptions associated with a Machine-to-Machine (M2M) device or M2M application into a single hypertext transport protocol (HTTP) session. A method includes subscribing, by a gateway (GW), to an M2M device on behalf of a plurality of subscribers using a single Hypertext Transport Protocol (HTTP) session. | 03-14-2013 |
20130077620 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDICATING CIRCUIT SWITCHED ACCESS AT IMS REGISTRATION - In IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) IMS Control Channel Protocol (ICCP) is used between a user equipment (UE) and IMS Control Channel Function (ICCF) and Session Initiated Protocol (SIP) interface (between to ICCF, Call Session Control Function and Application Server) to support the indication of Circuit Switched (CS) access in header information. The indication can be used by an S-CSCF or AS for different purposes such as routing decision, charging, and presence info. | 03-28-2013 |
20130176907 | OFFLINE CHARGING OF M2M INTERACTIONS - An M2M CDF is used to allow the creation of charging records in an M2M domain that can be correlated to charging records in a transport domain. This correlation of data can be used to provide a network access provider with the ability to provide M2M based charging in a variety of scenarios using different network topologies. | 07-11-2013 |
20130179583 | QUALITY OF SERVICE SUPPORT FOR MACHINE-TO-MACHINE APPLICATIONS - A Quality of Service functionality is provided for Machine to machine device communications that allows a single IMS session to support a plurality of different data streams. In one embodiment a single IMS session is used to support a plurality of different data streams that arise from a single application type, while in another embodiment, a single IMS session is used to support a plurality of different data streams across a plurality of different devices and applications. Through the use of a single IMS session, signaling is reduced and QoS can be offered without impacting a large number of nodes. An IMS User Agent is deployed to aid in providing this functionality. | 07-11-2013 |
20130212236 | M2M SERVICE ENABLEMENT OVER ACCESS NETWORKS - Upon attachment of a machine-to-machine (M2M) device to a network, the access network determines which service provider to connect the device to. During an initial attachment process, the device can be configured so that it only will connect to a defined M2M service provider. | 08-15-2013 |
20130246519 | GROUP OPERATIONS IN MACHINE-TO-MACHINE NETWORKS USING A SHARED IDENTIFIER - In a Machine-to-Machine (M2M) network, efficient subscription of a M2M network application to a potentially very large number of device applications executing on remote devices is facilitated by the use of a shared “link-subscription identifier.” Each related device application (e.g., utility meter reading applications) includes a shared link-subscription identifier in its registration to a M2M network gateway or a M2M services capability (SC). The gateways maintain a binding between link-subscription identifiers in the device applications associated with them. To subscribe to all related device applications, a network application includes the link-description identifier in a subscription request to the M2M SC. The M2M SC, in turn, includes the link-subscription identifier in subscription requests it forwards to gateways and directly-connected remote devices. If the link-subscription identifier is one that is maintained locally by a gateway, the gateway forwards the subscription request to all remote devices executing associated device applications. | 09-19-2013 |
20130262576 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVENT NOTIFICATION FRAMEWORK IN A MACHINE-TO-MACHINE (M2M) CONTEXT - Systems and methods provide for managing subscriptions to changes in resources in a Machine-to-Machine (M2M) system at a communications node. A method for such includes receiving, at an interface, a first subscription request from a first user to an application event; determining, by a processor, if other devices are subscribed to the application event; reading, by the communications node, the first subscription request including data, semantics and syntax; storing, in a memory, binding information for the first user and the application event; and transmitting, by the interface, if, based on said step of determining, no other devices are subscribed to the application event a second subscription message toward an M2M application server (AS). | 10-03-2013 |
20130297744 | QUALITY OF SERVICE SUPPORT FOR MACHINE-TO-MACHINE APPLICATIONS INCLUDING E-HEALTH - Quality of Service functionality is provided for Machine to machine device communications that allows a single IMS session to support a plurality of different data streams. In one embodiment a single IMS session is used to support a plurality of different data streams that arise from a single application type, while in another embodiment, a single IMS session is used to support a plurality of different data streams across a plurality of different devices and applications. Through the use of a single IMS session, signaling is reduced and QoS can be offered without impacting a large number of nodes. An IMS User Agent is deployed to aid in providing this functionality. | 11-07-2013 |
20130308566 | Method and Apparatus for Populating M2M Relevant Identities During Access Network Bearer Setup - The present invention enables populating one or more M2M-relevant identities in an access network when establishing an access bearer between the access network and an M2M device for connecting the M2M device with an M2M service provider (SP). The teachings herein provide, on the device side, for transmitting one or more selected M2M identifiers from an M2M device during the bearer establishment procedure. On the network side, the teachings herein provide for receiving the selected M2M identifier(s) during the bearer establishment procedure, associating them with the access bearer being established, and recording them as being associated with the access bearer. While such M2M identifiers have no specific meaning in the access network domain, one of the advantages of the teachings herein is that the recorded M2M identifiers can be used for improved billing reconciliation between the access network provider and the M2M SP. | 11-21-2013 |
20130310027 | Method and Apparatus for Associating Service Provider Network Identifiers with Access Network Identifiers - According to one aspect of the teachings herein, a token is logically bound to an external identifier and provided to a wireless device via triggering signaling sent to the wireless device through an access network. The wireless device is configured to send registration signaling through the access network to a service provider network, in response to the triggering signaling and to return the token in such signaling. With this advantageous approach, the service provider network recognizes the token returned from the wireless device and thereby learns the association between a service provider network identifier that is received in the registration signaling for identifying the wireless device with respect to a service provided by the service provider network, and an external identifier assigned by the access network for use by the service provider network in identifying the wireless device to the access network. | 11-21-2013 |
20130311547 | DISTRIBUTED GEOMESSAGING ARCHITECTURE - Methods and systems for providing geomessaging clients mobility between different geomessaging servers are discussed with relation to the interaction of nodes in either an IMS or a non-IMS based network. | 11-21-2013 |
20130315155 | Method and Apparatus for Associating Service Provider Network Identifiers with Access Network Identifiers - The teachings herein disclose methods and apparatuses for automatically binding external identifiers to service provider network identifiers. The external identifiers are allocated by an access network for use by a service provider network in identifying given wireless devices to the access network, where the service provider network is external to the access network. The service provider network identifiers are used to identify those same wireless devices within the service provider network, with respect to one or more services. The binding thus enables the service provider network to trigger communications with a targeted wireless device via the access network, by using the external identifier that is bound to the service provider network identifier of the targeted device, and sending trigger signaling to the access network that identifies the targeted wireless device via the external identifier. | 11-28-2013 |
20130318218 | Method and Apparatus for Associating Service Provider Network Identifiers with Access Network Identifiers - An access network sends allocation information to an external service provider network (SPN), responsive to a wireless device establishing a data session with the access network for communicating with the SPN. The allocation information indicates the Internet Protocol (IP) address assigned to the wireless device by the access network for the data session and an external identifier to be used by the SPN in identifying the wireless device to the access network. Subsequently, the SPN receives a service provider network identifier and point of contact information in signaling sent from the wireless device, and binds the service provider network identifier to the external identifier that is associated with the IP address indicated in the point of contact information. This binding enables the SPN to trigger communications targeting the service provider network identifier of the wireless device, by sending triggering signaling to the access network that includes the bound external identifier. | 11-28-2013 |
20130325305 | Mobile Terminal Relaying of Event Notifications in an Intelligent Transportation System - Embodiments include a mobile terminal and an intelligent transportation system (ITS) application client associated with a vehicle. The mobile terminal establishes a first communication link between the mobile terminal and the ITS application client. The mobile terminal also establishes a second communication link, via an infrastructure-based wireless communication network, between the mobile terminal and an ITS application server. Having established these links, the mobile terminal relays one or more event notification messages between the ITS application client and the ITS application server via the first and second links. These one or more messages each indicate the occurrence of an event pertinent to travel conditions. Relaying of messages by the mobile terminal in this way advantageously allows the ITS application client associated with the vehicle to send messages to and/or receive messages from the ITS application server, even if the vehicle itself is not configured to connect to the infrastructure-based network. | 12-05-2013 |
20130325940 | Geomessaging Server and Client for Relaying Event Notifications via a VANET - Embodiments include a geomessaging server and a geomessaging client for use in a cooperative intelligent transportation system. The server sends an event notification message, via an infrastructure-based wireless communication network, to a geomessaging client associated with a vehicle that is located within a targeted one of multiple defined geographical areas. This message indicates the occurrence of an event pertinent to travel conditions in the targeted area. The server also generates a message relay request that solicits the geomessaging client to relay the message to any other vehicles within the vehicle's vicinity via a vehicular ad-hoc wireless communication network. The sever then sends the generated request to the client via the infrastructure-based network. In at least some embodiments, the geomessaging client relays the message accordingly responsive to receiving the request. This way, the other vehicles will advantageously receive the event notification message even if they are not connected to the server. | 12-05-2013 |
20130343231 | Method and Apparatus for Machine-to-Machine Event Data Recording - According to example teachings herein, a Machine-to-Machine (M2M) event recording function records M2M events for a Network Services Capability Layer (N-SCL) in an M2M network. In an example configuration, the recording function considers certain M2M information elements as mandatory for recording with respect to a given M2M event, while others are optional according to configuration information that controls M2M event recording. Each such recorded M2M event includes a number of M2M information elements that are mandatory, and optionally includes one or more additional information elements. In at least one embodiment, the mandatory M2M information elements allow M2M network events to be correlated with corresponding events in an access network used to access the M2M network. The recorded M2M events can be also correlated at the M2M service layer to fulfill certain billing needs, for catering to the potentially large number of diverse applications that can utilize the M2M network. | 12-26-2013 |
20140086143 | Selection of M2M Devices by External Triggering - Techniques for facilitating the activation or establishing of a data session between an M2M device and a service provider external to the wireless communications network serving the M2M device are disclosed. In an example method, a trigger message is received ( | 03-27-2014 |
20140086144 | Automatic Transfer of Machine-to-Machine Device Identifier to Network-External Service Providers - Techniques for automatically transferring an external identifier for a wireless device from a wireless communication network serving the wireless device to a service provider external to the wireless communication network are disclosed. In an example method, carried out in one or more nodes of the wireless communication network, a binding between the external identifier and an internal identifier for the wireless device is maintained. A data session for the wireless device and corresponding to the service provider is established, wherein said establishing includes an assignment of an IP address to the wireless device. A request for the external identifier is received from the service provider, said request including the IP address for the wireless device. The external identifier is then sent to the service provider, in response to the request. | 03-27-2014 |
20140359061 | Method and Apparatus for Automating Access Rights Creation and Control in Machine-to-Machine Systems - In one aspect of the teachings herein, “inaugural” registrations by M2M applications are reported according to stored subscription information and the notification of an inaugural registration by a given application is used for the automatic determination of permissions for the application with respect to one or more resources stored in the M2M network. For example, a first application performs an inaugural registration with the Services Capability Layer (SCL) hosted at a first node and a corresponding inaugural registration notification is sent to the SCL at a second node, based on the second node being subscribed for notifications. Application-related identifiers in the inaugural registration notification are used at the second node to determine permissions for the first application with respect to a resource maintained at the second node. Further, ongoing registration and notification tracking prevent repeated notifications and minimize notification traffic between nodes, while still providing for automated setting of permissions. | 12-04-2014 |