Patents Assigned to Redknee Inc.
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Publication number: 20130196655Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for dynamic provisioning while roaming is provide. Aspects of the specification comprise a home carrier infrastructure and a roaming carrier infrastructure that are configured to provide access to a binding network from a mobile computing device that is associated with said home carrier infrastructure. In one aspect the home carrier infrastructure comprises a roaming provisioning server configured to dynamically determine a possible roaming service profile or billing profile that may be established in response to a request from said mobile computing device to access said roaming carrier infrastructure.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2010Publication date: August 1, 2013Applicant: REDKNEE INC.Inventors: Bohdan K. Zabawskyj, Rushabhdev Gudka
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Publication number: 20130122915Abstract: Disclosed is an enhanced system and method for bridging calls across telecommunications networks, including an illustrative application of the invention as it relates to international roaming among prepaid wireless subscribers. For instance, whenever wireless subscribers roam internationally they may invoke the system by keying in an Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) short code followed by the number to be dialed. Said subscriber's prepaid account is then decremented in real-time (until such account is fully depleted).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2013Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: REDKNEE INC.Inventor: Redknee Inc.
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Publication number: 20130117091Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for providing a complete architectural and procedural solution to wireless subscriber loyalty issues. A flexible promotion creation environment allows mobile phone operators to rapidly create and deploy various incentive programs and other such loyalty schemes; together with a data mining and profiling method for tracking, monitoring and analysing subscriber (or aggregate) usage information associated with given promotions. The proposed data mining and profiling method purposely incents specific subscriber behaviors by triggering a point-based reward scheme based on the dynamic screening of event records which are correlated with incented behaviors. Wherein a threshold is assigned based on usage information for a particular promotion; upon realization of which, the subscriber is, immediately notified of the reward through a plurality of means including e-mail, voice notification and by way of Short Message Service (SMS) at their wireless handset.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2012Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: REDKNEE INC.Inventor: Redknee Inc.
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Publication number: 20130103558Abstract: The invention of present provides for real-time authentication and billing gateway for WLAN traffic. Notably, the improved method for implementing a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) gateway system enables telecommunications network operators (and like entities) to rate and bill for services accessed by the wireless user. The logic of the invention supports and furthers the art in regard to advanced real-time rating/billing in addition to providing for a variety of replenishment mechanism for casual users via pre-paid vouchers and credit cards.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2012Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicant: REDKNEE INC.Inventor: Redknee Inc.
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Patent number: 8407344Abstract: A system and method for active profile services is provided. An embodiment includes an active profile server that is configured to respond to requests for subscriber profile information from an application server. The profile server is further configured to access a known set of profile information for a subscriber and, according to predefined criteria, automatically modify the known set of subscriber profile information and provide the modified profile information to the application server.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2006Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Redknee Inc.Inventors: Bohdan Konstantyn Zabawskyj, Karthik Ramakrishnan, Rushabhdev Gudka, Kar Wai Wong, Philip Renwell Steele
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Patent number: 8396075Abstract: The art of present discloses a method and system for enabling mobile network operators to collect charging information from various other network elements; and indeed, is intended to exploit the resiliency of open network architecture and lessen the requisite dependency on proprietary network elements services and billing systems. The Open Charging (OC) middleware platform and gateway system interacts with proprietary network elements and effectually creates a unifying, enabling layer in mobile networks. Indeed, the art is directed at permitting mobile subscriber access to, among others, third party content and services with the simplicity and convenience of such charges appearing on either mobile phone bill, or decremented from said mobile subscriber's pre-paid account.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2011Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Redknee Inc.Inventors: Lucas Skoczkowski, Rubens Rahim
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Publication number: 20130046665Abstract: A system, apparatus and method for dynamic resource allocation is provided, where a network resource shared by a plurality of electronic devices having unique service profiles and unique billing profiles is monitored. Allocation of the shared network resource as well as the service profiles and billing profiles are dynamically modified.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2009Publication date: February 21, 2013Applicant: REDKNEE INC.Inventors: Bohdan K. Zabawskyj, Rushabhdev Gudka, Vinay Kumar, Ian Hendry
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Patent number: 8351932Abstract: Disclosed is an enhanced system and method for bridging calls across telecommunications networks, including an illustrative application of the invention as it relates to international roaming among prepaid wireless subscribers. For instance, whenever wireless subscribers roam internationally they may invoke the system by keying in an Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) short code followed by the number to be dialed. Said subscriber's prepaid account is then decremented in real-time (until such account is fully depleted). A key feature of the disclosure generally is the bridging of the call legs between the wireless subscriber initiating the telephone communication and that of the receiving party through a series of general purpose databases and computers without requiring modifications to existing core network or handset infrastructure.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2011Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Redknee Inc.Inventors: Bohdan Konstantyn Zabawskyj, Rubens Rahim, Lucas Skoczkowski
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Patent number: 8346599Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for providing a complete architectural and procedural solution to wireless subscriber loyalty issues. A flexible promotion creation environment allows mobile phone operators to rapidly create and deploy various incentive programs and other such loyalty schemes; together with a data mining and profiling method for tracking, monitoring and analysing subscriber (or aggregate) usage information associated with given promotions. The proposed data mining and profiling method purposely incents specific subscriber behaviors by triggering a point-based reward scheme based on the dynamic screening of event records which are correlated with incented behaviors. Wherein a threshold is assigned based on usage information for a particular promotion; upon realization of which, the subscriber is, immediately notified of the reward through a plurality of means including e-mail, voice notification and by way of Short Message Service (SMS) at their wireless handset.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2010Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Redknee, Inc.Inventors: Shyam Sheth, Rubens Rahim, Joel Hughes, Wai-see Candy Wong, Lucas Skoczkowski
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Publication number: 20120327767Abstract: A method for Internet Protocol (IP) charging and rating gateway within a system having: a proxy server for connection to an Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) server; an access gateway, an IP classification engine for connection between a data network and the access gateway; and a gateway controller connected to the proxy server and the IP classification engine, including the steps of: receiving IP packets at the IP classification engine, the IP packets originating from the data network and destined for a subscriber device via the access gateway; classifying the IP packets according to the protocol of each of the packets at the IP classification engine; and selectively instructing the IP classification engine to permit or deny the flow of IP packets between the data network and the access gateway at the gateway controller. Preferably, the proxy server is configured to emulate the access gateway and the AAA server.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2012Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: REDKNEE INC.Inventors: Karthik Ramakrishnan, Ian Gordon Collett, Rubens Rahim
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Publication number: 20120327817Abstract: Disclosed is a species of control-message intercept method which includes a passive monitoring approach whereby the relevant control packets are inspected for the purpose of providing additional information for the purpose of facilitating the operation of some primary or ‘master’ Internet Protocol (IP) charging/rating middleware platform/ gateway system (intended to equip network operators with the ability to rate and bill IP traffic), and secondly, an invasive technique whereby control (GTP-C) messages are injected for the purpose of altering the state of a given data session in an more aggressive fashion (e.g. to drop a data session when the subscriber runs out of money in his/her prepaid account).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2012Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: REDKNEE INC.Inventors: Bohdan Zabawskyj, Rubens Rahim, Karthik Ramakrishnan
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Patent number: 8331902Abstract: The invention of present provides for a real-time authentication and billing gateway for WLAN traffic. Notably, the improved method for implementing a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) gateway system enables telecommunications network operators (and like entities) to rate and bill for services accessed by the wireless user. The logic of the invention supports and furthers the art in regards to advanced real-time rating/billing in addition to providing for a variety of replenishment mechanisms for casual users via pre-paid vouchers and credit cards.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2010Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Redknee Inc.Inventors: Bohdan Konstantyn Zabawskyj, Daniel Peter Morel
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Publication number: 20120282957Abstract: The system and method for implementing a Universal Messaging Gateway (UMG) disclosed herewith provides telecommunications Network Operators (NO) and like related parties with innovative and flexible art for delivering domestic and foreign network originated Multi-media traffic and/or, more generally, interactive and/or synchronous mobile text and related telecommunications messaging or information services to a large number of related receiving telecommunications network equipment (as ESMEs and/or SMS-Cs in relation to SMS traffic).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2012Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: REDKNEE INC.Inventors: Armin Meisl, Leila Fiouzi
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Patent number: 8270942Abstract: Disclosed is a species of control-message intercept method which includes a passive monitoring approach whereby the relevant control packets are inspected for the purpose of providing additional information for the purpose of facilitating the operation of some primary or ‘master’ Internet Protocol (IP) charging/rating middleware platform/gateway system (intended to equip network operators with the ability to rate and bill IP traffic), and secondly, an invasive technique whereby control (GTP-C) messages are injected for the purpose of altering the state of a given data session in an more aggressive fashion (e.g. to drop a data session when the subscriber runs out of money in his/her prepaid account).Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2005Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Redknee Inc.Inventors: Bohdan Zabawskyj, Rubens Rahim, Karthik Ramakrishnan
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Publication number: 20120209979Abstract: In one aspect of the disclosure, a method of delivering content to a portable electronic device is provided that comprises receiving a request for content; determining a subscription level for a subscriber of the portable electronic device; determining, based on the subscription level, whether to deliver supplementary content with the content; and, if delivery of the supplementary content is to be effected then determining a method of delivery of the content; determining a method of delivery of the supplementary content; determining the supplementary content; and delivering the content and the supplementary content.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2012Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: REDKNEE INC.Inventors: Bohdan Konstantyn ZABAWSKYJ, Al-Amyn Samji, Vinay Kumar, Vincent Chi Chiu Wong
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Patent number: 8244859Abstract: A method for Internet Protocol (IP) charging and rating gateway within a system having: (i) a proxy server for connection to an Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) server; (ii) an access gateway, (iii) an IP classification engine for connection between a data network and the access gateway; and (iv) a gateway controller connected to the proxy server and the IP classification engine, including the steps of: (a) receiving IP packets at the IP classification engine, the IP packets originating from the data network and destined for a subscriber device via the access gateway; (b) classifying the IP packets according to the protocol of each of the packets at the IP classification engine; and (c) selectively instructing the IP classification engine to permit or deny the flow of IP packets between the data network and the access gateway at the gateway controller. Preferably, the proxy server is configured to emulate the access gateway and the AAA server.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2009Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Redknee, Inc.Inventors: Karthik Ramakrishnan, Ian Gordon Collett, Rubens Rahim
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Patent number: 8223781Abstract: The system and method for implementing a Universal Messaging Gateway (UMG) disclosed herewith provides telecommunications Network Operators (NO) and like related parties with innovative and flexible art for delivering domestic and foreign network originated Multi-media traffic and/or, more generally, interactive and/or synchronous mobile text and related telecommunications messaging or information services to a large number of related receiving telecommunications network equipment (as ESMEs and/or SMS-Cs in relation to SMS traffic).Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2011Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Redknee Inc.Inventors: Armin Meisl, Leila Fiouzi
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Publication number: 20120173615Abstract: A data broker method, apparatus and system is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2009Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: REDKNEE INC.Inventors: Kevin Glen Roy Greer, Daniel Raymond MacDonald
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Patent number: 8209306Abstract: A data repository system and method are provided. A method in accordance with an embodiment includes an operation that can be used to port data from one or more existing database partitions to new database partitions according to a minimally progressive hash. The method can be used to increase the overall size of databases while a system runs hot, with little or no downtime.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2011Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Redknee, Inc.Inventor: Kevin Glen Roy Greer
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Patent number: 8166031Abstract: In one aspect of the disclosure, a method of delivering content to a portable electronic device is provided that comprises receiving a request for content; determining a subscription level for a subscriber of the portable electronic device; determining, based on the subscription level, whether to deliver supplementary content with the content; and, if delivery of the supplementary content is to be effected then determining a method of delivery of the content; determining a method of delivery of the supplementary content; determining the supplementary content; and delivering the content and the supplementary content.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2007Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Redknee Inc.Inventors: Bohdan Konstantyn Zabawskyj, Al-Amyn Samji, Vinay Kumar, Vincent Chi Chiu Wong