Patents by Inventor John MOUGHTON
John MOUGHTON 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).
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Publication number: 20230388818Abstract: A mobile telecommunications network includes a core and a radio access network having radio means for wireless communication with mobile terminals registered with the network, wherein the radio access network includes control means 700 operable to control the use of network resources by the mobile terminals. The control means processes control plane signalling.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Dave Fox, Gavin Wong, Peter Cosimini, Christopher Pudney, Anthony Sammut, Assen Mahaboon Khan Golaup, John Moughton
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Publication number: 20210345136Abstract: A mobile telecommunications network includes a core and a radio access network having radio means for wireless communication with mobile terminals registered with the network, wherein the radio access network includes control means 700 operable to control the use of network resources by the mobile terminals. The control means processes control plane signalling.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2021Publication date: November 4, 2021Inventors: Dave Fox, Gavin Wong, Peter Cosimini, Christopher Pudney, Anthony Sammut, Assen Mahaboon Khan Golaup, John Moughton
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Patent number: 11064370Abstract: A mobile telecommunications network includes a core and a radio access network having radio means for wireless communication with mobile terminals registered with the network, wherein the radio access network includes control means 700 operable to control the use of network resources by the mobile terminals. The control means processes control plane signalling.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2018Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Inventors: Dave Fox, Gavin Wong, Peter Cosimini, Christopher Pudney, Anthony Sammut, Assen Mahaboon Khan Golaup, John Moughton
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Patent number: 10362583Abstract: A mobile telecommunications network includes: a radio access network having radio means (2000) for wireless communication with a plurality of terminals (10) registered with the telecommunications network and control means (700) operable to provide services to the users of the terminals connected thereto, and a core (2030) including a store of policy information (9, 36) for respective ones of the terminals (10), and distribution means operable to provide to the control means associated with one of the terminals the policy information; wherein the control means is operable to store the policy information together with an indicator of the version of the policy information during periods when the terminal is disconnected from the control means, the control means including checking means for checking the currency of the policy using the indicator of the version of the policy and means for applying the stored policy information to the terminal when the terminal re-connects to the control means if the checking meansType: GrantFiled: January 8, 2015Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: VODAFONE IP LICENSING LIMITEDInventors: Walter Bindrim, John Moughton, Adam Pollard, David Fox, Peter Cosimini, Matthew Cheng, Christopher Pudney
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Patent number: 10194448Abstract: A mobile telecommunications network includes: a radio access network having radio means (2000) for wireless communication with a plurality of terminals (10) registered with the telecommunications network and control means (700) operable to control interaction of the terminals with the radio access network; and a core (2030) including a store of policy information comprising group policy data (2210) applicable to a group of the terminals and individual policy data applicable to respective ones of the terminals (10), and distribution means operable to provide to the control means associated with each of the terminals an indicator of the group policy data applicable to each of the terminals and the individual policy data applicable to each of the terminals.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2015Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: VODAFONE IP LICENSING LIMITEDInventors: Walter Bindrim, John Moughton, Adam Pollard, David Fox, Peter Cosimini, Matthew Cheng, Christopher Pudney
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Publication number: 20180262925Abstract: A mobile telecommunications network includes a core and a radio access network having radio means for wireless communication with mobile terminals registered with the network, wherein the radio access network includes control means 700 operable to control the use of network resources by the mobile terminals. The control means processes control plane signalling.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2018Publication date: September 13, 2018Inventors: Dave Fox, Gavin Wong, Peter Cosimini, Christopher Pudney, Anthony Sammut, Assen Mahaboon Khan Golaup, John Moughton
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Patent number: 9955364Abstract: A mobile telecommunications network includes a core and a radio access network having radio means for wireless communication with mobile terminals registered with the network, wherein the radio access network includes control means 700 operable to control the use of network resources by the mobile terminals. The control means processes control plane signalling.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: VODAFONE IP LICENSING LIMITEDInventors: Dave Fox, Gavin Wong, Peter Cosimini, Christopher Pudney, Anthony Sammut, Assen Mahaboob Khan Golaup, John Moughton
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Patent number: 9680737Abstract: A mobile telecommunications network includes a core network operable to provide core network functions; and a radio access network having control means, and radio means for wireless communication with terminals registered with the telecommunications network. In some embodiments the control means includes a client function operable to cause routing of traffic within the control means.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2013Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Vodafone IP Licensing LimitedInventors: Walter Bindrim, John Moughton, Martin Schubert, Margaret Kaczmarska, Varini Gupta
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Publication number: 20160330330Abstract: A mobile telecommunications network includes: a radio access network having radio means (2000) for wireless communication with a plurality of terminals (10) registered with the telecommunications network and control means (700) operable to provide services to the users of the terminals connected thereto; a core (2030) having content processing means (2200, 2250) operable to provide a core service relating to content; a cloud (2210) hosted content processing means (2220) operable to provide a cloud-based service relating to content corresponding to the core service; wherein the control means (700) is operable to transmit data to the cloud hosted content processing means (2220) for the performance of the cloud-based service thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2015Publication date: November 10, 2016Inventors: Walter BINDRIM, John MOUGHTON, Adam POLLARD, David FOX, Peter COSIMINI, Matthew CHENG, Christopher PUDNEY
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Publication number: 20160330610Abstract: A mobile telecommunications network includes: a radio access network having radio means (2000) for wireless communication with a plurality of terminals (10) registered with the telecommunications network and control means (700) operable to provide services to the users of the terminals connected thereto, and a core (2030) including a store of policy information (9, 36) for respective ones of the terminals (10), and distribution means operable to provide to the control means associated with one of the terminals the policy information; wherein the control means is operable to store the policy information together with an indicator of the version of the policy information during periods when the terminal is disconnected from the control means, the control means including checking means for checking the currency of the policy using the indicator of the version of the policy and means for applying the stored policy information to the terminal when the terminal re-connects to the control means if the checking meansType: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2015Publication date: November 10, 2016Inventors: Walter BINDRIM, John MOUGHTON, Adam POLLARD, David FOX, Peter COSIMINI, Matthew CHENG, Christopher PUDNEY
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Publication number: 20160198349Abstract: A mobile telecommunications network includes a core and a radio access network having radio means for wireless communication with mobile terminals registered with the network, wherein the radio access network includes control means 700 operable to control the use of network resources by the mobile terminals. The control means processes control plane signalling.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2015Publication date: July 7, 2016Inventors: Dave FOX, Gavin WONG, Peter COSIMINI, Christopher PUDNEY, Anthony SAMMUT, Assen GOLAUP, John MOUGHTON
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Publication number: 20150341182Abstract: A system and method is provided for facilitating establishment of a data connection between a first mobile device in a first public land mobile network (PLMN) of a plurality of public land mobile networks (PLMNs) and a destination in a packet data network via centralized infrastructure. In one form, the method includes receiving, at the gateway module, a connection establishment request for establishing a connection between the first mobile device and the destination; enabling a connection to be established between the first mobile device and the destination; monitoring the established connection, and based on the monitoring, maintaining one or more usage states; and generating, by the credit control module, one or more charging data records associated with the first mobile device based on the monitored usage states and the first PLMN, in which the first device is located.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2015Publication date: November 26, 2015Inventors: Benjamin AWUAH, Geraint Rhys Davies, John MOUGHTON
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Patent number: 9154994Abstract: A mobile telecommunications network includes a core network and a radio access network. The radio access network has a network node that wirelessly communicates with a mobile terminal registered with the radio access network. The radio access network includes a controller that controls the use of network resources by the mobile terminal and processes control plane signaling. The controller includes an applicator that receives policy information and/or routing information from the core network and provides instructions to the network node to act in accordance with the received information. The network node includes an enforcer that enforces the instructions received from the controller so as to control whether the terminal uplink user plane traffic and control plane signalling messages are passed to the core network, routed to the controller, or duplicated and provided to both the core network and the controller.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2012Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: VODAFONE IP LICENSING LIMITEDInventors: Dave Fox, Gavin Wong, Peter Cosimini, Christopher Pudney, Anthony Sammut, Assen Golaup, John Moughton
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Publication number: 20150181467Abstract: A mobile telecommunications network includes a core network operable to provide core network functions; and a radio access network having control means, and radio means for wireless communication with terminals registered with the telecommunications network. In some embodiments the control means includes a client function operable to cause routing of traffic within the control means.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2013Publication date: June 25, 2015Applicants: Cisco Technology, Inc., Vodafone IP Licensing LimitedInventors: Walter BINDRIM, John MOUGHTON, Martin SCHUBERT, Margaret KACZMARSKA, Varini GUPTA
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Publication number: 20150181441Abstract: A mobile telecommunications network includes a network core operable to provide core network functions; and a radio access network having radio means for wireless communication with mobile terminals registered with the telecommunications network and control means operable to host a plurality of applications, functions or services for use by users of the mobile terminals. The control means includes a client function and the network core includes a director function. The control means is operable to exchange information with the network core. The client function and the director function may provide the director function with the information. The information may relates to the applications, functions or services hosted by the control means.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2013Publication date: June 25, 2015Applicants: Cisco Technology, Inc., Vodafone IP Licensing LimitedInventors: Walter BINDRIM, John MOUGHTON, Martin SCHUBERT, Margaret KACZMARSKA, Varini GUPTA
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Publication number: 20150181592Abstract: A mobile telecommunications network includes a core network operable to provide core network functions; and a radio access network having control means, and radio means for wireless communication with terminals registered with the telecommunications network. In some embodiments the control means includes a client function and the core network includes a director function, and the network includes channel controller means operable to control the establishment of a control channel between the client function and the director function. The control channel may be implemented using GTP Echo Messages or using G-PDUs.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2013Publication date: June 25, 2015Applicants: Cisco Technology, Inc., Vodafone IP Licensing LimitedInventors: Walter BINDRIM, John MOUGHTON, Martin SCHUBERT, Margaret KACZMARSKA, Varini GUPTA
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Publication number: 20130029708Abstract: A mobile telecommunications network includes a core and a radio access network having radio means for wireless communication with mobile terminals registered with the network, wherein the radio access network includes control means 700 operable to control the use of network resources by the mobile terminals. The control means processes control plane signalling.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2012Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: VODAFONE IP LICENSING LIMITEDInventors: Dave FOX, Gavin WONG, Peter COSIMINI, Christopher PUDNEY, Anthony SAMMUT, Assen GOLAUP, John MOUGHTON