Patents Assigned to Swisscom Mobile AG
  • Publication number: 20110251961
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process and a system for data transmission. Authentication data and an electronic key are generated, whereby the electronic key is stored as assigned to the authentication data. At least part of the electronic key is transmitted by means of an authentication module of the central module to a communications terminal. Asynchronously to that, data are encrypted into encrypted data by means of an encryption module and by means of at least part of the electronic key. The encrypted data are transmitted between a central module and a communications terminal. The encrypted data are decrypted by means of a decryption module and by means of at least part of the electronic key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: SWISSCOM MOBILE AG
    Inventors: Marc Danzeisen, Jan Linder, Simon Winiker, Florian Baumgartner
  • Patent number: 8001615
    Abstract: A method for managing the security of applications with a security module associated to an equipment connected to a network managed by a control server of an operator. The applications use resources as data or functions stored in the security module locally connected to the equipment. The method may include steps of receiving, analyzing and verifying, by the control server, identification data from the equipment and the security module, generating a cryptogram from the result of the verification of the identification data, transmitting the cryptogram to the security module of the equipment, and selectively activating or selectively deactivating by the security module at least one resource as data or functions of the security module by executing instructions included in the cryptogram and conditioning the functioning of an application according to criteria established by a supplier of the application or the operator or a user of the equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignees: Nagravision S.A., Swisscom Mobile AG
    Inventors: Rached Ksontini, Renato Cantini
  • Publication number: 20100285776
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a method and a system for establishing a dynamic peer-to-peer communications channel between a first terminal and a second terminal. A first terminal and a second terminal are connectable over secured communications channels to a secured network. The first terminal sends a connection request for establishing a communications channel between the terminals. The connection request is analyzed by an analyzer module. Based on network parameters of the terminals, the analyzer module searches for a further network, and establishes a peer-to-peer communications channel over this further network. Security of the peer-to-peer communications channel may be maintained by means of a central unit of the secured network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: SWISSCOM MOBILE AG
    Inventor: Eric de Froment
  • Patent number: 7750810
    Abstract: A method system, and device for identification by an identification tag in which a request to a control module of the identification tag is transmitted from an interrogation device via a contactless interface of the identification tag, so that the control module accesses identification data stored in a memory module assigned to the identification tag. The identification data are transmitted via the contactless interface. Body-specific identification data of the wearer are captured and transmitted to a verification module by a measuring device assigned to the identification tag, or a sensor, and/or an analysis device. The transmitted body-specific identification data is compared with the identification data stored in the memory module by the verification module, to confirm the identity of the wearer. The identification tag is injected and/or implanted under the skin of the wearer. The identification tag can be in particular an RFID and/or NFC tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Swisscom Mobile AG
    Inventors: Rudolf Ritter, Eric Lauper
  • Patent number: 7711356
    Abstract: A method and a system for automated call diversion of calls intended for a mobile radio device to a second network connection. A detection module of a customer premises equipment detects the mobile radio device as soon as it is located in the sphere of influence of an interface between the mobile radio device and the customer premises equipment, whereby identification data of the mobile radio device are transmitted via the interface. Based on the identification data of the mobile radio device, call diversion of calls intended for the mobile radio device to the second network device is activated as long as the mobile radio device is located in the sphere of influence of the interface between the mobile radio device and the customer premises equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Swisscom Mobile AG
    Inventor: Rudolf Ritter
  • Patent number: 7693056
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for a communication node with a plurality of network interfaces. Configured on the communication node is a virtual interface, which is accessible from the applications able to be executed on the communication node. A configuration module generates an identifier assigned to the communication node. The identifier is stored in an identifier table. The configuration module checks the communication node for available network interfaces and sets up a network interface table with the available network interfaces. At least one IP address of an available network interface is stored in the identifier table in a way assigned to the identifier, and a connection module connects at least one of the available network interfaces to the virtual interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Swisscom Mobile AG
    Inventors: Marc Heissenbüttel, Marc Danzeisen, Jan Linder, Felix Aeschlimann
  • Patent number: 7693107
    Abstract: A method, a system, and a local network switching device for providing access for a mobile communication terminal and the mobile communication terminal at a moved location to an Internet network via wireless local networks. The mobile communication terminal is moved from a first network to a second network. The WLAN handover, necessary therefore, takes place efficiently and in a robust manner, by providing access for the mobile communication terminal in the first network, by transmitting a device-specific address to a plurality of bordering networks, and by configuring further accesses on the plurality of bordering networks. After moving the mobile communication terminal, access to an Internet network can be continued immediately via the second network, via the local network switching unit of the second network, and via the local network switching unit of the first network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Swisscom Mobile AG
    Inventor: Eric De Froment
  • Patent number: 7684823
    Abstract: A cellular mobile radio network having at least one base station integrated into a facility supplied via a power supply network and being connected to an assigned base station controller. The at least one base station includes a module for exchanging radio frequency signals with mobile radio devices; a first transceiver module configured to couple the at least one base station to the power supply network; and a control device configured to control the facility. The control device is connected to the facility via the power supply network or directly, and includes an identification module and a module for communicating with a central unit, the control device being identifiable by the central unit based on the identification module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Swisscom Mobile AG
    Inventor: Eric Lauper
  • Publication number: 20100049623
    Abstract: A method and associated arrangement allows a content or service provider to establish an anonymous profile of a consumer using at least one request sent by the consumer through a communication network. The request sent by the consumer includes identification data of the consumer. The identification data is substituted in the network with an alias so as to anonymize the request. The identification data is not accessible to the content or service provider and there is a one-to-one and immutable correspondence between the identification data and the alias.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: SWISSCOM MOBILE AG
    Inventors: Roger Lagadec, Didier Durand, Christophe Taddei
  • Patent number: 7643455
    Abstract: A method for assigning IP addresses to mobile IP nodes in heterogeneous networks including checking, using an interface administration module of the mobile node, the mobile node for available physical network interfaces, generating a lookup table with the available and configurable physical network interfaces, linking the interface administration module to one of the available physical network interfaces, accessing the heterogeneous networks via a permanent virtual IP network interface generated in the mobile node, the generated permanent virtual IP network interface being linked to the current network via the interface administration module, and updating, during a change of the physical network interface of the mobile node, the link of the permanent virtual IP network interface to the network based on the lookup table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Swisscom Mobile AG
    Inventors: Jan Linder, Marc Danzeisen
  • Patent number: 7630524
    Abstract: Biometric identification and/or authentication method for identifying and/or authenticating the user (1) of a terminal (2), wherein said user is identified and/or authenticated by means of personal involuntary eye movement patters being determined with an eye-movement detection module (20). The user is identified and/or authenticated for example by means of characteristics of the personal trajectory (51) of the eyes on an image being determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Swisscom Mobile AG
    Inventors: Eric Lauper, Adriano Huber
  • Patent number: 7627315
    Abstract: Telecommunications method, and system suitable therefor, for establishing a connection with a mobile device, for example a GSM mobile radio telephone, of a participant, who is located in a VPLMN, the calling mobile participant in the VPLMN preparing and sending a short message, for example a USSD message, with the desired destination number, which will be passed on to a callback computer, which establishes a connection between the calling mobile participant and the desired destination number, and a connection being established with a called mobile participant in a VPLMN by a callback computer, whose number is assigned to this called mobile participant in the home location register.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Swisscom Mobile AG
    Inventors: Michael Koch, Werner Hirzel, Martin Meier, Anton Niklaus Stadelmann
  • Publication number: 20090266876
    Abstract: A method is disclosed with which a terminal (3) can retrieve information associated to an EPC code from an EPC network (4, 5, 6, 7). The EPC code is virtual, is generated independently of RFID tags and is stored permanently and is not—or not permanently—associated to an RFID tag. A terminal (3) sends a message with the EPC code over a telecommunication network (4) to an object name server (6), the server (6) replies with the address of the desired PML page and the terminal (3) access the content of said PML page. The invention also relates to a corresponding device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: SWISSCOM MOBILE AG
    Inventor: Eric Lauper
  • Patent number: 7610040
    Abstract: Method for detecting possible frauds in payment transactions between at least two partners (1, 2), the payment transaction data and/or payment authorization data being transmitted over at least one mobile radio network, at least one multivalued parameter used for detecting a possible fraud attempt being determined in said mobile radio network, said payment transactions being performed over at least one payment service provider (4), at least a second multivalued parameter used for detecting a possible fraud attempt being determined by said payment service provider (4), and certain combinations of said first and second parameters are sought in said fraud detection module in order to detect fraud attempts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Swisscom Mobile AG
    Inventors: Renato Cantini, Karin Busch Lauper
  • Patent number: 7606931
    Abstract: Method with which a first application, for example in a mobile telephone, can access components in a second application, for example a chip card, for which no standardized data unit has been defined in the logical interface between said applications. For this purpose, the first application sends a misused standardized data unit to said second application. The second application recognizes that said data unit has been misused and accordingly makes available said component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Swisscom Mobile AG
    Inventor: Adriano Huber
  • Patent number: 7590547
    Abstract: A method and associated arrangement allows a content or service provider to establish an anonymous profile of a consumer using at least one request sent by the consumer through a communication network. The request sent by the consumer includes identification data of the consumer. The identification data is substituted in the network with an alias so as to anonymize the request. The identification data is not accessible to the content or service provider and there is a one-to-one and immutable correspondence between the identification data and the alias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Swisscom Mobile AG
    Inventors: Roger Lagadec, Didier Durand, Christophe Taddei
  • Patent number: 7571863
    Abstract: A method is disclosed with which a terminal can retrieve information associated to an EPC code from an EPC network. The EPC code is virtual, is generated independently of RFID tags, is stored permanently, and is not—or not permanently—associated to an RFID tag. A terminal sends a message with the EPC code over a telecommunication network to an object name server, the server replies with the address of the desired PML page and the terminal access the content of said PML page. The invention also relates to a corresponding device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Swisscom Mobile AG
    Inventor: Eric Lauper
  • Publication number: 20090187933
    Abstract: Proposed is a system (1) and a suitable method for distribution of picture objects which are stored with assigned picture object information in a picture object database (291). In a media center (2) of the system (1), user identification data are received which are transmitted to the media center (2) by communications terminals (4, 4?, 4?) via a communications network (3). In the media center (2) user interests profiles are defined which, assigned to the received user identification data, are stored in a user interests database (292). On the basis of the correlation of particular user interests profiles with picture object information, picture objects are selected and transmitted via the communications network (3) to the respective communications terminal (4, 4?, 4?) from which the received user identification data were transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: SWISSCOM MOBILE AG
    Inventors: Rudolf Ritter, Eric Lauper
  • Patent number: 7565671
    Abstract: A system and a suitable method for distribution of picture objects which are stored with assigned picture object information in a picture object database. In a media center of the system, user identification data are received which are transmitted to the media center by communications terminals via a communications network. In the media center user interests profiles are defined which, assigned to the received user identification data, are stored in a user interests database. On the basis of the correlation of particular user interests profiles with picture object information, picture objects are selected and transmitted via the communications network to the respective communications terminal from which the received user identification data were transmitted. The current direction of view of a user of the communications terminal is determined and transmitted to the media center, where picture objects which are viewed by the user are identified based thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Swisscom Mobile AG
    Inventors: Rudolf Ritter, Eric Lauper
  • Publication number: 20090149209
    Abstract: Proposed are a method and a system for management of resources of portable resource modules, each connected to a communication terminal, which modules comprise electronic memory units and are designed in particular as chipcards. A first resource management instruction comprising a module identification is transmitted to a resource management centre. A second resource management instruction is transmitted from the resource management centre via a communication network to the resource module identified through the module identification. In the particular resource module, resources are made ready or released by a resource control mechanism corresponding to the received second resource management instruction. A resource management confirmation is transmitted by the particular resource module via the communication network to the resource management centre, and in the resource management centre information about the resources made ready or released is stored assigned to the module identification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicants: SWISSCOM MOBILE AG, NAGRACARD S.A.
    Inventors: Renato Cantini, Karin Busch Lauper, Roger Lagadec