Patents by Inventor Claes Hempel

Claes Hempel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING SERVICE TRAFFIC IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK
    Publication number: 20140136378
    Abstract: A method and corresponding apparatus for controlling service traffic in a communication network including an online charging system performing the steps of receiving a request for service traffic control, the request including at least data identifying a first communication network account; determining, based on the received data and a predefined set of rules, a first network traffic policy profile associated with the first account; transmitting to a Policy and Charging Rules Function PCRF a first policy control command including an identifier identifying the first network traffic policy profile stored in an network traffic policy profile entity, to be applied in controlling the service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Hans Byström, Claes Hempel, Niklas Gertoft, Peter Lindau Nordhammer, Victor Ferraro Esparza
  • Method and apparatus for controlling service traffic in a communication network
    Patent number: 8630925
    Abstract: A method and corresponding apparatus for controlling service traffic in a communication network including an online charging system performing the steps of receiving a request for service traffic control, the request including at least data identifying a first communication network account; determining, based on the received data and a predefined set of rules, a first network traffic policy profile associated with the first account; transmitting to a Policy and Charging Rules Function PCRF a first policy control command including an identifier identifying the first network traffic policy profile stored in an network traffic policy profile entity, to be applied in controlling the service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Hans Bystrom, Victor Ferraro Esparza, Niklas Gertoft, Claes Hempel, Peter Lindau Nordhammer
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING SERVICE TRAFFIC IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK
    Publication number: 20120259747
    Abstract: A method and corresponding apparatus for controlling service traffic in a communication network comprising in an online charging system performing the steps of receiving a request for service traffic control, the request including at least data identifying a first communication network account; determining, based on the received data and a predefined set of rules, a first network traffic policy profile associated with the first account; transmitting to a Policy and Charging Rules Function PCRF a first policy control command including an identifier identifying the first network traffic policy profile stored in an network traffic policy profile entity, to be applied in controlling the service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventors: Hans Byström, Claes Hempel, Niklas Gertoft, Peter Lindau Nordhammer, Victor Ferraro Esparza