Patents by Inventor Werner Liekens

Werner Liekens 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: 11012234
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, system and related devices for providing with a unique identification at excitation or reading of said unique identification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Marc Godon, Maarten Tytgat, Werner Liekens, Jourik De Loof
  • Patent number: 10187276
    Abstract: A networking device for use as a gateway for a local network is configured to be remotely managed by a remote management protocol. The networking device includes a controller configured to detect whether the networking device is taking part in a remote management protocol session, and an indicator configured to indicate whether the networking device is taking part in a remote management protocol session, being controlled by the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: ALCATEL LUCENT
    Inventors: Werner Liekens, Luc Vermoesen, Jourik De Loof
  • Publication number: 20180331827
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, system and related devices for providing with a unique identification at excitation or reading of said unique identification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Marc Godon, Maarten Tytgat, Werner Liekens, Jourik De Loof
  • Publication number: 20180070396
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a networking device including a Bluetooth Low Energy or BLE wireless interface for establishing a peer-to-peer connection with a BLE device, a network interface configured to connect with a network and to provide network access to the network, a measuring module for measuring a first performance of the peer-to-peer connection and a decision module configured to instruct the BLE interface to break the peer-to-peer connection with the BLE device, request other devices a second performance of a respective peer-to-peer connection between a respective other device and the BLE device, select a best performing networking device and instruct the best performing device to establish a second peer-to-peer connection with the BLE device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Jourik DE LOOF, Werner LIEKENS
  • Publication number: 20160227294
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for providing a client device with a media asset for playing out said media asset at said client device, in which system portions of said media asset being associated with metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Werner LIEKENS, Pascal JUSTEN, Jourik DE LOOF
  • Patent number: 9143427
    Abstract: The method to forward a packet according to predefined protocol steps applies to a sensor personal area network that includes data communication sensor devices. The method includes assigning a predefined compression value to a compression field in the packet for indicating that a source network identifier of the originator of the packet is assumed to be equal to a destination network identifier of an intended recipient of the packet. Furthermore, the method includes assigning a predefined label switching value lsv to an addressing mode field DAM-F in the packet P for indicating that the above mentioned protocol steps further include a label switching principle that must be applied to forward the packet. Finally the method includes using a source network identifier field SNI-F of the packet for storing and retrieving the label value lab1 for application of the label switching principle based thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Bruno Van Bogaert, Werner Liekens, Tom Van Leeuwen, Willem Acke
  • Publication number: 20130318188
    Abstract: A method for associating name information to a sensor device in a local network, the local network being connected to an access network by means of a service gateway and the service gateway being adapted for communicating with the sensor device. The method includes, at the service gateway, receiving sensor identification information for the sensor device, and forwarding the sensor identification information to a mobile device of a user through a wireless telecommunication network. The method further includes receiving naming information for the sensor device from the mobile device through the telecommunication network, and storing the naming information for the sensor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: ALCATEL-LUCENT
    Inventors: Werner Liekens, Luc Vermoesen
  • Publication number: 20130311987
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the service gateway includes a port for a dongle for enabling certain services, and a management module adapted for communicating through a network with a management server. The service gateway also includes an event module adapted for detecting the presence of a connected dongle, and for requesting the management module to have the management server install a driver bundle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: ALCATEL-LUCENT
    Inventors: Werner Liekens, Jourik De Loof
  • Publication number: 20130311656
    Abstract: A networking device for use as a gateway for a local network is configured to be remotely managed by a remote management protocol. The networking device includes a controller configured to detect whether the networking device is taking part in a remote management protocol session, and an indicator configured to indicate whether the networking device is taking part in a remote management protocol session, being controlled by the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: ALCATEL-LUCENT
    Inventors: Werner Liekens, Luc Vermoesen, Jourik De Loof
  • Publication number: 20130013088
    Abstract: The invention concerns using sensorML to facilitate the installation of software for interaction with sensors, preferably within a home network with a service gateway (100). According to the invention, a management framework (130) is provided to manage a sensor controlling means, adapted to transmit management instructions to said sensor controlling means, and to receive information in sensorML format, wherein the information comprises software identification information. According to another aspect of the invention, a method is provided for retrieving software identification information pertaining to a sensor in a network, comprising accessing a sensorML document (400), and extracting software identification information from it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: ALCATEL LUCENT
    Inventors: Werner Liekens, Bruno Van Bogaert, Tom Van Leeuwen, Pascal Justen, Willem Jozef Amaat Acke
  • Publication number: 20120257555
    Abstract: A method to forward a packet according to predefined protocol steps in a sensor personal area network comprising data communication sensor devices and the respective sensor devices are described. The method comprises the steps of assigning a predefined compression value to a compression field in the packet for indicating that a source network identifier of the originator of the packet is assumed to be equal to a destination network identifier of an intended recipient of the packet. Furthermore, the method comprises assigning a predefined label switching value Isv to an addressing mode field DAM-F in the packet P for indicating that the above mentioned protocol steps further comprise a label switching principle that must be applied to forward the packet. Finally the method comprises using a source network identifier field SNI-F of the packet for storing and retrieving the label value lab1 for application of the label switching principle based thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: ALCATEL LUCENT
    Inventors: Bruno Van Bogaert, Werner Liekens, Tom Van Leeuwen, Willem Acke
  • Patent number: 8111631
    Abstract: A system for automatically configuring a device which is compatible with the Technical Report TR-069 of the DSL Forum, said system comprising a first automatic configuration server compatible with the Technical Report TR-069 of the DSL Forum, which is adapted and arranged for communicating with said device and for automatically configuring at least part of the configurable parameters of said device, said device by means of the CPE WAN Management Protocol defined in Technical Report TR-069 of the DSL Forum, wherein said system further comprises a proxy server arranged between said device and said automatic configuration server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Willem Acke, Christoph Stevens, Pascal Justen, Werner Liekens, Jan Coppens, Christele Bouchat
  • Publication number: 20090219820
    Abstract: A system for automatically configuring a device which is compatible with the Technical Report TR-069 of the DSL Forum, said system comprising a first automatic configuration server compatible with the Technical Report TR-069 of the DSL Forum, which is adapted and arranged for communicating with said device and for automatically configuring at least part of the configurable parameters of said device, said device by means of the CPE WAN Management Protocol defined in Technical Report TR-069 of the DSL Forum, wherein said system further comprises a proxy server arranged between said device and said automatic configuration server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventors: Willem Acke, Christoph Stevens, Pascal Justen, Werner Liekens, Jan Coppens, Christele Bouchat
  • Publication number: 20090193163
    Abstract: A system for connecting Universal Plug and Play UPnP devices in a UPnP network includes a generic UPnP control point for UPnP devices and, externalized to such UPnP control point, control logic of the devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventors: Pascal Justen, Christoph Stevens, Werner Liekens, Jan Coppens, Christele Bouchat, Willem Acke
  • Publication number: 20060259876
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method to expand a command line comprising at least one command word and word separators delineating said at least one command word, which method comprising the steps of: detecting a trigger to expand said command line, determining, upon detection of said trigger, a current cursor position within said command line, determining, from said current cursor position, a particular command word that is currently being edited. A method according to the invention is characterized in that said method further comprises the steps of: deleting last characters of said particular command word located from said current cursor position onwards, thereby yielding a particular truncated command word, finding a match in a command word database for said particular truncated command word, completing said particular truncated command word according to said match, thereby yielding an expanded command line for execution by a command execution unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2005
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventors: Frank Denissen, Hendrik Van Hove, Werner Liekens