Ericsson Gmbh

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (publ)

Inayat Syed

Martin Reichelt

Nauman Shakil

Eric Lee Valentine

Yapping Zhu

Yaping Zhu

A firmware control management device and a method implemented by the firmware control management device are described herein which are configured to determine whether or not to push a firmware update to a machine-to-machine (M2M) device.

Cost optimization for firmware updates for globally mobile machine-to-machine devices

A system, method, and client registration and verification device for handling personal identification information. The client device collects from an individual, a sufficient amount of biometric information to uniquely identify the individual, as well as historical mobility information providing a history of locations where the individual has lived. A caching manager stores the collected biometric information at a selected cache node in a hierarchical database having a plurality of cache nodes at multiple levels of the database. The caching manager selects the cache node based on the historical mobility information collected from the individual. The client device sends subsequent requests to verify the identity of the individual to a local cache node where newly input biometric information is compared with the cached information. When the individual's biometric information is not stored in the local cache node, the request is forwarded upward in the database until the cached information is found and compared.

System and method for handling personal identification information

Within a wireless telecommunications network, a method and system of transferring information from a Mobile Station (MS) in the network transparently to a Post Processing Subsystem (PPSS) outside the network . The PPSS requests information about the MS by transmitting a request to the network via an external node coupling the PPSS to the network . An element in the network then receives the request from the PPSS and identifies the type of external node from which the request was received. Information is collected about the MS that is responsive to the request. Finally, the information is transmitted in a network message format to the PPSS through the identified external node from which the request was received.

Method and system for transferring information to a post processing subsystem outside the wireless network

Methods and arrangements are provided for use in a mobile communications network to determine an appropriate tariff for a mobile station accessing the capabilities of a mobile communications network having a coverage area that extends over a plurality of time-zone, borders, and/or other cost/service-sensitive regions. A time stamp is used, which includes an offset value associated with the location of the mobile station accessing the mobile communication services, to more precisely and efficiently determine an appropriate tariff to be charged, and/or service to be rendered to the subscriber associated with the mobile station. The methods and arrangements are particularly useful in mobile communication networks having satellite nodes.

Methods and arrangements for use in mobile communication networks spanning multiple time-zones

A method and system enables optimal call routing in a satellite communications network when a satellite subscriber has, for example, call forwarding active. Many satellite networks re-register a satellite subscriber's (e.g., the A-subscriber's) subscription information to a satellite gateway that is most cost efficient when the satellite subscriber initiates an outgoing call. If the called party (e.g. the B-subscriber) is distant from the satellite subscriber's home country, the distant gateway to which the re-registration occurs is likely to be far from the gateway of his or her native country, which is often to where call forwarding is directed. When an incoming call from a C-subscriber is detected for the A-subscriber, the call is handled normally until call forwarding is detected in the distant gateway. Once call forwarding is detected, a satellite gateway through which the call will be completed (e.g., routed or re-registered) is determined such that, for example, the resulting call charges will be deterministic and/or equal to a normal expected value.

Method and system for deterministic charging in a satellite communications system

A method, system, and apparatus enables a subscriber to be warned via the mobile terminal (MT) when the MT has moved into an invalid area during a call. The network monitors the location/position of the MT during a call. When the MT enters a region (e.g., a cell) that is invalid because it is located within an invalid area, the network sends a message to the MT. The message may be, for example, a novel cause code in a Direct Transfer Application Part (DTAP) message that triggers a warning action by the MT when the network does not have access to the transmission reaching the MT. The message may alternatively be an announcement or tone sent directly to the MT when the network does have direct access to the transmission reaching the MT. The network also begins a timer. If the MT is returned to a valid area before the is timer expires, the call may be continued (and a message so indicating may optionally be sent to the MT from the network). Otherwise, the network disconnects the call at the expiration of the timer.

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