Patents Assigned to Swisscom Mobile AG
  • Patent number: 7509098
    Abstract: Proposed are a method and a system for management of resources of portable resource modules (1, 1?), each connected to a communication terminal (2, 2?, 2?), which modules comprise electronic memory units (11) and are designed in particular as chipcards. A first resource management instruction comprising a module identification is transmitted to a resource management centre (4). A second resource management instruction is transmitted from the resource management centre (4) via a communication network (3) to the resource module (1) identified through the module identification. In the particular resource module (1), resources are made ready or released by a resource control mechanism (111) corresponding to the received second resource management instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignees: Swisscom Mobile AG, NagraCard S.A.
    Inventors: Renato Cantini, Roger Lagadec, Karin Busch Lauper
  • Patent number: 7496370
    Abstract: A method for location-based services over a mobile radio network. The method includes sending, to a mobile apparatus, at least one or more data messages generated according to a telecommunication standard. The method includes generating, by the mobile radio apparatus, an error report upon (i) reception of the at least one or more generated data messages and (ii) a determination from the at least one or more data messages that, according to the telecommunications standard, the error report has to be produced. The method further includes sending the error report, generated based upon the telecommunication standard of the received data messages, to at least a base station and/or a node of a cell in which the mobile radio apparatus is currently located or attached. The method also includes updating and storing the location information of the mobile radio apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Swisscom Mobile AG
    Inventor: Asesh Bhaumick
  • Patent number: 7490067
    Abstract: Method for selling and using digital media objects (6) as well as a mobile communications terminal (1) suitable therefor, in which method a media object (6) is ordered from a center (3) by a user by means of his mobile communications terminal (1), and is transmitted by the center (3) via a radio network (2) to the mobile communications terminal (1), where the transmitted media object (6) is stored in a memory (12) and where a media content (62) contained in the transmitted media object (6) is played back by a media playback module (13) of the said communications terminal (1) via a suitable medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Swisscom Mobile AG
    Inventors: Adriano Huber, Claudio Cabano
  • Patent number: 7478065
    Abstract: Payment transaction method and payment transaction system in which payment transactions between customers with portable mobile devices (1), for example mobile radio telephones, and a plurality of payment terminals (2) are carried out at a service point (5), the payment terminal (2) responsible for a payment transaction informing the respective customer about its payment terminal identification and a total transaction amount, the customer indicating the payment terminal identification to the mobile device (1) and the mobile device (1) transmitting a transaction initiation record, comprising the payment terminal identification as well as a customer identification, via a contactless device interface (11-21) to the payment terminal (2) as well as via a mobile radio network (6) to a central transaction unit (4), the payment terminal (2) transmitting, after receipt of the transaction initiation record, a transaction placing record comprising a service point identification, the payment terminal identification and th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Swisscom Mobile AG
    Inventors: Rudolf Ritter, Georges Schlegel, Eric Lauper
  • Patent number: 7444674
    Abstract: For end-to-end securing of transactions between a mobile terminal and an Internet server on the application layer, cryptographic transaction identification records, which are directed by the Internet server application to transaction partner applications in the mobile terminal, are stored, assigned to the mobile terminal, in a proxy server. In each case a record identification is transmitted to the mobile terminal for a stored transaction identification record as well as a proxy record, which is calculated by the proxy server from the respective stored transaction identification record. In each case a record identification and a proxy record are taken by the proxy server from the messages directed by the mobile terminal to the Internet server application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Swisscom Mobile AG
    Inventors: Pierre-Alain Etique, Adriano Huber
  • Publication number: 20080261604
    Abstract: In order to perform location-specific services of a broadcasting unit (3), virtual cells (22, 23, 24) for the location-specific services are set up so that cell data, which define a local cell area, are transmitted to a mobile receiving device (1) via the broadcasting unit (3). The cell data are stored in the mobile receiving device (1). The mobile receiving device (1) establishes its current position (25) and determines whether it is located in the cell area. In the event the mobile receiving device (1) is located in the cell area, the receiving device performs a service assigned to the cell data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: SWISSCOM MOBILE AG
    Inventor: Rudolf Ritter
  • Patent number: 7433685
    Abstract: Order method comprising following steps: reproduction of the offer of a provider with electronic reproduction means of a personal terminal, selection of the offer through the user, execution in said personal terminal of an order program linked to the selected offer, with which order data can be entered, the order program using the order parameters transmitted with the offer, linking of said order data with user identification data stored in a personal identification module, transmission of an order message with said linked data to the provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Swisscom Mobile AG
    Inventor: Rudolf Ritter
  • Patent number: 7433453
    Abstract: A method and system for transmitting service data between telecommunication devices. Pre-paid access data including a first digital key and control data is stored in a memory module of a telecommunication device, a second digital key being stored on one or more control units of the telecommunication network. A validity criterion is determined based on the control data, and service data of the first telecommunication device is encoded by the first key as long as the validity criterion is fulfilled. The encoded service data is transmitted to the control unit, decoded by the second digital key, and transmitted to another telecommunication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Swisscom Mobile AG
    Inventor: Paul Aebi
  • Patent number: 7428744
    Abstract: Method, device and system for capturing and processing viewing data, which viewing data relates to the viewing behavior of users when viewing video data. Data about lines of sight of a user relative to the viewed video data are determined by projecting video data directly on the retina of the user and current eye positions of the user being thereby determined, which are transmitted by a telecommunications network to a central unit for further processing. In the further processing current eye positions are compared with predefined values, and predefined actions are triggered on the basis of the result of this comparison and/or the viewing data being stored in the central unit, and, for example later, being evaluated statistically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Swisscom Mobile AG
    Inventors: Rudolf Ritter, Eric Lauper
  • Patent number: 7420465
    Abstract: Method for finding a lost or stolen object (1), with the following steps that must be performed before the object is lost: said object (1) is marked with a RFID tag (10) in which an unequivocal tag identification (100) is stored, the owner of the object (1) accesses the RFID tag (10) with a RFID reader device (2) that is built into a mobile radio telephone (3) of the owner or that is connected with this mobile radio telephone (3), said tag identification (100) is paired with an owner identification (300) that is read from the SIM card (30) of said mobile telephone (3), and with the following steps that are performed when said object (1) is found by a third party: said tag identification (100) is read by a second RFID reader device (9), the owner identification (300) that has been paired with the read tag identification (100) is determined, said owner is informed about the finding of said object (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Swisscom Mobile AG
    Inventor: Rudolf Ritter
  • Patent number: 7409552
    Abstract: Method for securing a session over a radio or infrared wireless link (101) between a terminal (11) and a mobile equipment (10), said session being secured with a SIM card (100) in said mobile equipment (10). The terminal (11) and the mobile equipment (10) both comprise a display and a keyboard or keypad and can be mutually connected through said short distance wireless link (101). The method comprises the following steps: generating a secret in one of said terminals or said smart cards, displaying this secret on the display of said terminal (11) or said user equipment (10), entering said secret or the hash value of said secret on the input means of the other one of said terminals (11) or user equipments (10), using said shared secret for securing at least a part of said session over said short distance wireless link (101).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Swisscom Mobile AG
    Inventors: Levente Buttyan, Edwin Wiedmer, Eric Lauper
  • Patent number: 7397345
    Abstract: A method and a vehicle (11) for sending electronic advertising announcements, information news or voice messages are described. A controllable, moving, unmanned vehicle (11) moves in a network of communication devices (9, 20) in a direction. When the vehicle (11) moves close to a communication device (9, 20) the sending of an electronic advertising announcement, information news or voice message to the communication device (9, 20) is triggered by the vehicle (11) itself or by another communication device (1), for example by a message server (1) within a telecommunication network (8). The vehicle (11) itself has a memory area (14) for storing the electronic advertising announcements and at least one interface for sending these messages to another communication device (9, 20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Swisscom Mobile AG
    Inventor: Eric Lauper
  • Patent number: 7395031
    Abstract: Mobile device (3) and method for receiving and processing program-accompanying digital data, which are transmitted by a radio transmitter (1), for example a DAB transmitter, and of which at least certain comprise location parameters. The mobile device (3) includes a radio receiver (38), which can receive radio programs with program-accompanying digital data, and a position locating module (39) for establishing the current position, for example a GPS receiver. The mobile device (3) further comprises a filter module (37), by means of which, on the basis of the current position, determined by the said position locating module (39), location-specific information can be filtered from the received program-accompanying data, which contain, for example, order numbers, URL addresses or executable program data files. The received program-accompanying data can be filtered moreover by the said filter module (37) on the basis of a user profile (35) stored in the mobile device (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Swisscom Mobile AG
    Inventor: Rudolf Ritter
  • Publication number: 20080147690
    Abstract: For selectively accessing data elements in a data library, an image data object which can be shown on a display is provided. A plurality of image subobjects are defined which respectively correspond to a portion of a representation of the image data object. The data elements are associated with at least a respective one of the image subobjects. One of the image subobjects is selected from a representation of the image data object on the display. The data elements which are associated with the selected image subobject are then reproduced. A data object which comprises the data elements in the data library, the image data object and the association between the data elements and the image subobjects is transmitted to a communication terminal via a telecommunication network for the purpose of selectively accessing the data elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: SWISSCOM MOBILE AG
    Inventor: Roger LAGADEC
  • Publication number: 20080137826
    Abstract: A method and system for transmitting service data between telecommunication devices. Pre-paid access data including a first digital key and control data is stored in a memory module of a telecommunication device, a second digital key being stored on one or more control units of the telecommunication network. A validity criterion is determined based on the control data, and service data of the first telecommunication device is encoded by the first key as long as the validity criterion is fulfilled. The encoded service data is transmitted to the control unit, decoded by the second digital key, and transmitted to another telecommunication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2005
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: SWISSCOM MOBILE AG
    Inventor: Paul Aebi
  • Publication number: 20080137916
    Abstract: Biometric identification and/or authentication method for identifying and/or authenticating the user (1) of a terminal (2), wherein said user is identified and/or authenticated by means of personal involuntary eye movement patters being determined with an eye-movement detection module (20). The user is identified and/or authenticated for example by means of characteristics of the personal trajectory (51) of the eyes on an image being determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2008
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: SWISSCOM MOBILE AG
    Inventors: Eric Lauper, Adriano Huber
  • Publication number: 20080129457
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method, a system and a device for identification by means of an identification tag (3), in which a request to a control module (31) of the identification tag (3) is transmitted from an interrogation device via a contactless interface (36) of the identification tag (3), so that identification data stored in a memory module (32) assigned to the identification tag (3) is accessed by means of the control module (31), and that the identification data are transmitted via the contactless interface (36), body-specific identification data of the wearer (2) are captured and transmitted to a verification module (33) by means of a measuring device assigned to the identification tag (3) or a sensor (34) and/or by means of an analysis device (35), the transmitted body-specific identification data of the wearer (2) being compared with the identification data stored in the memory module (32) by means of the verification module (33), and the identity of the wearer (2) being confirmed by means of the
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: SWISSCOM MOBILE AG
    Inventors: Rudolf Ritter, Eric Lauper
  • Publication number: 20080125110
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a system and method for assigning a number of terms (1.4, 1.5) and objects that are on at least two levels (1.1, 1.2) on a mobile device (3) of a user. Through this knowledge, the perception of the corresponding terms and objects is additionally promoted. Thanks to the system and method described here, terms (1.4, 1.5) from different valuation levels are presented to the user who has to assign them. These terms (1.4, 1.5) can only be assigned if the user has sufficient information about the terms (1.4, 1.5). The result of the assignment product (4) is thus a measure of the knowledge of the user in question. Companies and organization can use this system and method to determine their degree of awareness and, through suitable incentives for the users, massively increase their name recognition respectively that of their products and/or services by increasing the specific perception.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: SWISSCOM MOBILE AG
    Inventor: Rudolf Ritter
  • Patent number: 7366290
    Abstract: A billing method and billing system to determine usage fees which are charged to the user of a digital telecommunications network, whereby a usage fee charged for a connection is determined prior to establishing this connection from statistical characteristics of previous connections of the user, is described. Usage fees are determined from a dynamic client profile, derived from one or multiple random variables of previous connections of the user, which is stored in memory and re-derived after each new customer connection. In a simple variant, the client profile contains a value proportional to the average price per connection or to the average duration of a connection of the user. The random variables used to derive the client profile include, for example, the connection duration, the time of day, the day of the week, and/or geographic characteristics of previous connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Swisscom Mobile AG
    Inventors: Rudolf Ritter, Walter Heutschi
  • Publication number: 20080095080
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for transmission of data packets. On a first wireless network interface of a first communication node, a first IP address is configured for a wireless bidirectional transmission of data packets between the first communication node and an IP-based network. A second wireless local network interface of the first communication node is configured for a bidirectional transmission of data packets via a local communication link between the first communication node and a second communication node. On the second communication node a second IP address is configured which is stored assigned to an IP home address or an identifier, or at least a first IP address is stored assigned to an IP home address or an identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: SWISSCOM MOBILE AG
    Inventors: Marc DANZEISEN, Marc Heissenbuettel, Jan Linder, Felix Aeschlimann