Patents by Inventor Laura RODA BRUCE

Laura RODA BRUCE 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).

  • 5G-4G authentication data coexistence
    Patent number: 11943614
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments include a method for managing user authentication credentials in relation to different types of core networks, CNs. The exemplary methods can include receiving (1010) a request to authenticate a user for access via a first CN, and determining (1020) that user authentication credentials are unavailable in relation to the first CN. The exemplary methods can also include sending (1030), to a translator function associated with a second CN that is different than the first CN, a request to provide user authentication credentials associated with the first CN. The exemplary methods can also include receiving (1040) user authentication credentials associated with the first CN and, based on the received user authentication credentials, authenticating (1050) the user for access via the first CN. Embodiments also include data management nodes configured to perform the exemplary methods, as well as complementary methods and nodes configured to perform such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Maria Cruz Bartolomé Rodrigo, Laura Roda Bruce, Alfonso Celaya Prieto
  • 5G-4G Authentication Data Coexistence
    Publication number: 20220060897
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments include a method for managing user authentication credentials in relation to different types of core networks, CNs. The exemplary methods can include receiving (1010) a request to authenticate a user for access via a first CN, and determining (1020) that user authentication credentials are unavailable in relation to the first CN. The exemplary methods can also include sending (1030), to a translator function associated with a second CN that is different than the first CN, a request to provide user authentication credentials associated with the first CN. The exemplary methods can also include receiving (1040) user authentication credentials associated with the first CN and, based on the received user authentication credentials, authenticating (1050) the user for access via the first CN. Embodiments also include data management nodes configured to perform the exemplary methods, as well as complementary methods and nodes configured to perform such methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Maria Cruz BARTOLOMÉ RODRIGO, Laura RODA BRUCE, Alfonso CELAYA PRIETO