Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (publ)

Johan Hjelm

Shingo Murakami

Toshikane Oda

Takeshi Matsumura

Mattias Lidström

Theo Kanter

Ayodele Damola

Vlasios Tsiatsis

Kenta Yasukawa

Mona Matti

Shinta Sugimoto

Ryoji Kato

Guido Gehlen

Bo Xing

Ioannis Fikouras

Heiko Perkuhn

Joakim Söderberg

Martin Svensson

Martin Gerdes

Andreas Fasbender

Hajime Kasahara

Theo Gerrit Kanter

Andrew Ton

Michael Åström

Stefan Avesand

Gerardo Montero Arizmendi

Mikael Lind

Helena Lind

Asparuh Rashid

Nimish Radia

Ryohi Kato

Tashikane Oda

Urban Nyblom

Richard Gold

A method and a managing module () for enabling management of operation of a network node () in a network () are disclosed. A set of indications of intervals for reporting of data is configured into the wireless devices (-). The managing module () obtains () the set of indications of intervals for reporting of data. The managing module () organises () the wireless devices (-) into a set of one or more groups (-) of wireless devices (-) based on the set of indications of intervals for reporting of data. Moreover, the managing module () determines () information for aligning for aligning reporting from the wireless devices (-) within each group of the set of one or more groups (-). The managing module () provides () the information for aligning reporting. A corresponding computer program () and a computer program carrier () are also disclosed.

Method and managing module for enabling management of operation of network node

A pattern analysing device () in a pattern processing node {} of a data collection system () comprises a pattern updating unit equipped with a pattern collecting element configured to obtain an existing pattern of historical data according to at least one existing data model, where the existing pattern relates to an entity () associated with the data collection system and obtain a further pattern of newer data according to a further data model, where the further pattern also relates to the entity, &#x3c;&#x3c;pattern updating element configured to compare the patterns with each other, determine if the existing data model can be mapped on the further data model and update the existing pattern with the further pattern in relation to the historical data if the existing data model can be mapped on the further data model.

Data model pattern updating in a data collecting system

There is provided a network element in an electricity distribution network, the network element arranged to: identify a plurality of controllable devices connected to the electricity distribution network; determine the capabilities of the plurality of controllable devices; receive an indication of a target power consumption value; calculate which, if any, of the plurality of controllable devices connected to the electricity distribution network should be activated and which, if any, should be inactivated to meet the target power consumption value; and send instructions towards each controllable device that should be activated and each controllable device that should be inactivated to meet the target power consumption value.

Method and apparatus in an electricity distribution network

A method and apparatus for enabling user services in a communication network with a plurality of terminal users. An initiating user terminal () executes a group discovery process with the terminals () to form a user group. Capabilities are exchanged with the terminals, including at least one of: functional resources, available services, equipment information, applications or data programs, and current traffic or connection characteristics When a group service request (R) is received from a user terminal (D) in the group, functions and actions required for the requested service are assigned to functional resources in the terminals based on the exchanged terminal capabilities. The requested group service can then be consumed by means of these functional resources without involving an operator controlled group management server.

Method and apparatus for enabling user services in communication network

A mediation server which is able to communicate with a plurality of account managing servers () and mediates requests for issuing subscription information transmitted from a plurality of communication devices between each communication device and any one of the plurality of account managing servers (), the mediation server comprising, a selection unit configured to select the account managing server to which the request is to be transmitted based on information regarding a current operational status of each account managing server stored in a database, when the request is received from the communication device, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the request for issuing the subscription information to the selected account managing server.

Mediation server, control method therefor, communication device, control method therefor, communication system, and computer program

There is provided an apparatus () for managing assignment of subscription modules () for a group () of communication devices (-). The apparatus includes a receiving unit () configured to receive a request for assigning a subscription module to a target communication device () so that the target communication device can attach to a network managed by a network () operator; and a control unit () configured to identify a group which includes the target communication device, determine whether the number of subscription modules which are assigned to the communication devices in the identified group reaches the upper bound, and when the number of the subscription modules does not reach the upper bound, assign a subscription module to the target communication device.

Subscription module assignment managing server and subscription module assignment managing method

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.

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

A method and apparatus for providing a temporary identity module to a device () in a communication network. An RO Server () receives a request for an identity module () from the device (). It then obtains an identity module and generates an encryption key (S, S). The encryption key is partitioned into a plurality of slices such that no slice comprises the whole encryption key (S). Each slice is sent (S, S) to respective further devices () accessible by the server () such that no single further device () receives sufficient slices to reconstruct the encryption key. A location key is generated (S) that identifies each slice and the further device () to which each slice has been sent. The identity module is encrypted using the encryption key (S) and sent to the device () along with the location key (S). The device () can subsequently use the location key to obtain the slices and reconstruct the encryption key.

Method and apparatus for provisioning a temporary identity module using a key-sharing scheme

A method and apparatus for offering a service to at least one client in a communication network for a specific client context, by means of a service provisioning unit. A history of client activities involving service usage in associated client contexts, is recorded in an activity database. Service templates are composed for associated client contexts based on the recorded history of client activities. When a context detector detects that the specific client context prevails, a service configurator selects a service template for the detected client context and configures a customised service from the selected service template. The customised service can then be offered to the at least one client.

Method and apparatus for providing customised services in a communication network

It is presented a method for machine-to-machine equipment management, executed in a subscription server arranged to provide an electronically transferable subscriber identity module. The method comprises the steps of: receiving a request for the electronically transferable subscriber identity module for a machine-to-machine equipment; obtaining a location rule; obtaining a calculated authorized area based on the location rule and a position of the machine-to-machine equipment; generating an electronically transferable subscriber identity module; sending the electronically transferable subscriber identity module to the machine-to-machine equipment; obtaining a position of the machine-to-machine equipment; determining whether the position indicates that the machine-to-machine equipment is outside of the calculated authorized area; and when the position indicates that the machine-to-machine equipment is outside of the calculated authorized area, restricting operation of the machine-to-machine equipment. It is also presented a corresponding system, subscription server, registration server, methods, computer programs and computer program products.

System, servers, methods and computer programs for machine-to-machine equipment management

A recommendation apparatus for determining, for a user, a set of one or more recommended paths through an information space in response to receiving from the user a path request message. Advantageously, in some embodiments, the path recommender apparatus determines a recommended path by analyzing a set of paths, where each path in the set was traversed by a person who is in a 'social graph' belonging to the user (e.g., each path in the set was traversed by one of the user's Facebook friends). In this way, paths can be recommended to the user based on paths that are popular with the user's friends.

Apparatuses and methods for recommending a path through an information space

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.

Registration server, gateway apparatus and method for providing a secret value to devices

The present disclosure relates to interrelated methods in a server and in a client enabling policy controlled preload and consumption of software application in a client. The method in a server comprises receiving information pertaining to an identified user; providing the identified user's current user and/or software application usage policies to a client associated with the identified user; deriving an software application preferences context pertaining to the user; based on the derived software application preferences context recommending an unsolicited software application from a set of available software applications; and preparing for transmission a set of software application comprising the recommended unsolicited software application; and transmitting to the client the prepared set of software applications. The method further relates to a server, a client, a computer program on a carrier and a computer program product.

Policy controlled preload and consumption of software application

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.

Image matching apparatus and image matching method

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 transmitter further configured to suppress the transmission of the presence information to the presence management apparatus after the reception of the suppression instruction.

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Tokyo, Japan

Johan Hjelm