Patents by Inventor Sophie Bourne

Sophie Bourne 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).

  • Methods and systems for communicating with an M2M device
    Patent number: 11063912
    Abstract: Method, apparatus and system for communicating between a machine to machine, M2M, device 110 and a device management, DM, server 420 over SMS, comprising: obtaining key material, the key material configured to protect data communicated between the M2M device 110 and the DM server 420. Protecting data to be communicated using the key material. Communicating the protected data between the M2M device 110 and the DM server 420 over SMS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: VODAFONE IP LICENSING LIMITED
    Inventors: Sophie Bourne, Friedhelm Rodermund
  • Communicating with a device
    Patent number: 11044234
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and apparatuses configured for identifying a server instance in communications between an entity and a bootstrapping server. In particular, the method is directed to sending a data communication between the entity and the bootstrapping server, wherein the data include a pointer to the server instance. In addition, the bootstrapping server is configured to set, in at least part of data to be communicated to an entity, a pointer to a security server instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: VODAFONE IP LICENSING LTD
    Inventor: Sophie Bourne