Patents by Inventor Fabrice Zappulla

Fabrice Zappulla 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).

  • Patent number: 8938237
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for transmitting beacon services to a User Equipment (UE) roaming in an area covered by several Radio Access Technologies (RAT's), the area comprising a plurality of geographical zones, each geographical zone comprising at least one network base station using several frequencies and at least one RAT among the plurality of RAT's, the User Equipment (UE) having various RAT capabilities and preferences and supporting several frequencies, the method comprising the step of periodically transmitting to the UE at least a beacon message M comprising information about the RAT's and the frequencies deployed in each zone of the area, and data indicating at least a validity period of the RAT's and the frequencies information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Fabrice Zappulla
  • Patent number: 8495173
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of managing connection status for a channel connecting a server device to a mobile radio communication device including a client/server pair, the method including upon receiving an indication that the client/server pair is disconnected, sending from the mobile radio communication device a status signal to the server device indicating that the client has reset connection between the client/server pair, and upon receiving an indication that the client has connected to the server device, sending from the mobile radio communication device a status signal to the server device indicating that the client is connected to the server device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Fabrice Zappulla, Cecile Helaine
  • Publication number: 20130012201
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for transmitting beacon services to a User Equipment (UE) roaming in an area covered by several Radio Access Technologies (RAT's), the area comprising a plurality of geographical zones, each geographical zone comprising at least one network base station using several frequencies and at least one RAT among the plurality of RAT's, the User Equipment (UE) having various RAT capabilities and preferences and supporting several frequencies, the method comprising the step of periodically transmitting to the UE at least a beacon message M comprising information about the RAT's and the frequencies deployed in each zone of the area, and data indicating at least a validity period of the RAT's and the frequencies information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventor: Fabrice Zappulla
  • Publication number: 20120282926
    Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus for communicating with a mobile station in a cell covered by at least one Radio Access Technology (RAT) and frequency, wherein the cell including a plurality of meshes, and a mobile station having various RAT capabilities and supporting several frequencies, wherein the wireless communication apparatus characterized by transmitting a first beacon having first information related to all RAT's and frequencies which the mobile station can use in the cell and, transmitting a second beacon having second information which shows availability in one of a plurality of meshes for each RAT and frequency included in the first beacon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fabrice Zappulla, Pierre Marchand
  • Publication number: 20100146075
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of managing connection status for a channel connecting a server device to a mobile radio communication device including a client/server pair, the method including upon receiving an indication that the client/server pair is disconnected, sending from the mobile radio communication device a status signal to the server device indicating that the client has reset connection between the client/server pair, and upon receiving an indication that the client has connected to the server device, sending from the mobile radio communication device a status signal to the server device indicating that the client is connected to the server device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hubert Helaine, Fabrice Zappulla
  • Publication number: 20090191917
    Abstract: A plurality of simultaneous requests sent from one or a plurality of clients is processed by a (U)SIM card operating in a server mode. The present invention relates to a method of communication between a chip card ((U)SIM) provided with a server (SCWS) and one or a plurality of clients wherein the card is included in a mobile radio terminal to communicate via at least one BIP channel with the terminal, the terminal performs a gateway function between the BIP channel and a plurality of TCP connections for one or more clients described above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2006
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fabrice Zappulla, Olivier Dong, Hubert Helaine