Timo Junninen

Title: Timo Junninen: Inventor of Automated Fraud Call Detection

Introduction

Timo Junninen is an inventor based in Helsinki, Finland, and works at Elisa Oyj. His work includes a patented method designed to identify potentially fraudulent voice calls.

Latest Patents

Junninen is associated with 1 patent, titled “Automated Fraud Call Detection.” The computer-implemented method evaluates a call request that appears to originate from a foreign Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN). When the caller ID is associated with a local PLMN, the method requests the caller device’s current location information from the local network’s database. If the device is attached to the foreign network, the call is determined to be authentic; if it is attached to the local network, the call is determined to be fraudulent.

Career Highlights

Junninen’s listed patent focuses on using network location information to assess whether a call request is genuine. This approach is intended to help distinguish legitimate roaming calls from calls that may be using a misleading caller ID.

Collaborations

Junninen’s listed coworkers include Marko Halme and Jukka Pietarinen. The available information does not specify their roles in the patent or their collaboration with him.

Conclusion

Timo Junninen’s patent describes a network-based method for detecting suspected fraud calls by comparing caller ID information with the caller device’s reported network location.