Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Buzzinbees

Gemalto Sa

Buzzinbees Sas

Philippe Bouckaert

Michel Anslot

Gilles Coppe

Pierre Garnero

Jean-Rene Bouvier

Marc Lamberton

Didier Desiderio

David Mansutti

Anne Rigault

Hamid Wassifi

Stephane Barbier

Francois Brepson

Herve Troadec

Jean-louis Eynaud

David Clouaire

Laurent Cavalier

Richard Band

Nadia Azouz

Didier Varroni

Dominique Petyt

Sylvain Morandi

Guy Macheboeuf

Jean-René Bouvier

Hervé Troadec

Jean-Louis Eynaud

Yves Schneider

Thierry Geraci

A method in a cellular communication network comprising the steps of: marking a SIM card as inactive when said SIM card has not been used for at least a quarantine duration, provisioning a recycler node by backing up managing parameters related to said inactive SIM card, in a database.

System and method for handling inactive SIM cards

A method in a cellular communication network comprising the following steps: marking a SIM card as dormant when said SIM card has not been used for at least an observation duration, provisioning a release node by backing up managing parameters related to said dormant SIM card, in a database, de-provisioning relevant managing nodes by removing managing parameters related to said dormant SIM card, redirecting any attachment request emanating from said dormant SIM card to the release node.

System and method for handling unused SIM cards

A method of controlling access to a cellular communication network, for a terminal (MT) identified by a terminal identifier (IMEI) with a subscription identified by a subscription identifier (IMSI), characterized in that it comprises the following steps: The invention also comprises a system and a computer program product to implement the method.

Method of controlling access to a cellular network

The invention proposes in particular a method of managing the connectivity of a terminal connectable to a cellular communication network characterized in that it comprises the following steps carried out in the terminal: Furthermore, the invention also pertains to a computer program product able to execute the method of managing connectivity.

Method of managing the connectivity of a terminal

Method and system for optimizing the roaming mechanism through handling by the visited network the data that are sent by the wireless devices without routing these data to the home network. International gateways are therefore not used or are used for much fewer communications, thereby decreasing the cost of roaming for telecommunication operators. In addition, the invention allows processing in the home network the authentication and charging operation that needs sensitive information, preserving thereby the security of data.

Method and system for providing communication services to a roaming wireless device

A Module connected through a communication network to at least a measuring mobile terminal, at least a mobile switch center and at least a machine to machine application, the module includes: a home location register configured to provide on demand, for a given measuring mobile terminal, an address of the mobile switch center through which the measuring mobile terminal is connected to the cellular communication network, an authentication center authenticating a given measuring mobile terminal, at least one short message service center configured to transmit the message towards a measuring mobile terminal, a short message service center interfaced between the cellular communication network and the machine to machine application, the home location register, the authentication center, the short message service center and the short message service center being embedded in a single physical structure forming at least in part the module.

Module MLR for managing machine-to-machine type (M2M) mobile devices

According to one embodiment of present invention, there is provided a method of controlling access to a communication network. The method includes receiving a request from a communication device to connect to the communication network, the request including a substantially unique identifier of the device, and determining whether the identifier is contained in a local device database of the network. Where it is determined that the identifier is not contained in the local database, the method further includes authorizing the device to connect to the network, and at a subsequent update of the local device database, determining the status of the identifier from a shared device database, and updating the status of the determined identifier in the local device database with the determined status.

Relating to communications

A method for routing short messages using a router in a mobile telecommunications network. The method comprises: receiving a short message from a short message element; attempting to deliver a short message without passing through a store and forward function; and if said attempted delivery fails, directing said short message using a mobile originated procedure to a short message service center having a store and forward function.

Method and apparatus for routing short messages in mobile telephone networks

According to one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method, in a communication network, of associating a subscriber directory identifier to a first subscriber identifier. The method comprises receiving a request to connect a communication device to the network, the request including a subscriber identifier derived from the first subscriber identifier, determining the first subscriber identifier from the received subscriber identifier, and associating a subscriber directory identifier with the determined subscriber identifier.

Method and apparatus for associating a subscriber directory identifier to a subscriber identifier

There is provided a method of signaling status information of an application service. The method is performed by a signaling gateway which interconnects an internet protocol network and a signaling system 7 network. The method comprises collecting application server status information of application servers associated with the application service and generating the status information of the application service from the collected application server status information by use of a given set of rules. The status information is generated for signaling the status information to at least one peer. The at least one peer can be comprised in the internet protocol network or in the signaling system 7 network.

Signaling status information of an application service

A signaling gateway for passing messages from a first network to an application server process provided on a second network, the messages comprising a transaction identifier, the signaling gateway being operable to receive a message and read the transaction identifier, identify the application server process from a part of the transaction identifier and forward the message to the application server process.

Signaling gateway

Embodiments of the present invention relate to a communication arrangement for distinguishing between network entities having the same address by translating between the same addresses and surrogate addresses using an intermediary network entity.

Communication system and method

A signalling gateway for transmitting messages between a first network and a second network, where the first network comprises an SS7 network and the second network comprises an IP network, the second network comprising a plurality of application servers, the signalling gateway being operable to store SS7 characteristic information corresponding to the application servers, the signalling gateway being operable to receive a message via the first network, the message comprising destination information and origin information identifying a calling entity, read the destination information and identify an application server in accordance with the destination information, transmit the message to the application server, the message comprising the destination information and origin information, receive a response from the application server, the response comprising a destination identifier corresponding to the origin information and an origin identifier corresponding to the destination information, substitute the SS7 characteristic information in the response for the origin identifier, and forward the response via the first network to the calling entity.

Signalling gateway

A method of operating a gateway is disclosed to manage communications between a switched circuit network and an internet protocol network using a gateway. The method includes receiving at the gateway, a service call requesting the service for routing to an application server on the internet protocol network. If the application server is available the service call is routed to the first application server and the gateway generates an entry in its database. The entry includes the service identifier and the first application server identifier. If the application server is not available to accept the service call and the service call is routed to the application server when it is not available, the method includes sending a control message to the calling party on the switched circuit network.

Growing community of inventors

Biot, France

Philippe Bouckaert