Patents Assigned to Swisscom
  • Patent number: 7444674
    Abstract: For end-to-end securing of transactions between a mobile terminal and an Internet server on the application layer, cryptographic transaction identification records, which are directed by the Internet server application to transaction partner applications in the mobile terminal, are stored, assigned to the mobile terminal, in a proxy server. In each case a record identification is transmitted to the mobile terminal for a stored transaction identification record as well as a proxy record, which is calculated by the proxy server from the respective stored transaction identification record. In each case a record identification and a proxy record are taken by the proxy server from the messages directed by the mobile terminal to the Internet server application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Swisscom Mobile AG
    Inventors: Pierre-Alain Etique, Adriano Huber
  • Publication number: 20080261604
    Abstract: In order to perform location-specific services of a broadcasting unit (3), virtual cells (22, 23, 24) for the location-specific services are set up so that cell data, which define a local cell area, are transmitted to a mobile receiving device (1) via the broadcasting unit (3). The cell data are stored in the mobile receiving device (1). The mobile receiving device (1) establishes its current position (25) and determines whether it is located in the cell area. In the event the mobile receiving device (1) is located in the cell area, the receiving device performs a service assigned to the cell data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: SWISSCOM MOBILE AG
    Inventor: Rudolf Ritter
  • Patent number: 7433453
    Abstract: A method and system for transmitting service data between telecommunication devices. Pre-paid access data including a first digital key and control data is stored in a memory module of a telecommunication device, a second digital key being stored on one or more control units of the telecommunication network. A validity criterion is determined based on the control data, and service data of the first telecommunication device is encoded by the first key as long as the validity criterion is fulfilled. The encoded service data is transmitted to the control unit, decoded by the second digital key, and transmitted to another telecommunication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Swisscom Mobile AG
    Inventor: Paul Aebi
  • Patent number: 7433685
    Abstract: Order method comprising following steps: reproduction of the offer of a provider with electronic reproduction means of a personal terminal, selection of the offer through the user, execution in said personal terminal of an order program linked to the selected offer, with which order data can be entered, the order program using the order parameters transmitted with the offer, linking of said order data with user identification data stored in a personal identification module, transmission of an order message with said linked data to the provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Swisscom Mobile AG
    Inventor: Rudolf Ritter
  • Patent number: 7428744
    Abstract: Method, device and system for capturing and processing viewing data, which viewing data relates to the viewing behavior of users when viewing video data. Data about lines of sight of a user relative to the viewed video data are determined by projecting video data directly on the retina of the user and current eye positions of the user being thereby determined, which are transmitted by a telecommunications network to a central unit for further processing. In the further processing current eye positions are compared with predefined values, and predefined actions are triggered on the basis of the result of this comparison and/or the viewing data being stored in the central unit, and, for example later, being evaluated statistically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Swisscom Mobile AG
    Inventors: Rudolf Ritter, Eric Lauper
  • Patent number: 7420465
    Abstract: Method for finding a lost or stolen object (1), with the following steps that must be performed before the object is lost: said object (1) is marked with a RFID tag (10) in which an unequivocal tag identification (100) is stored, the owner of the object (1) accesses the RFID tag (10) with a RFID reader device (2) that is built into a mobile radio telephone (3) of the owner or that is connected with this mobile radio telephone (3), said tag identification (100) is paired with an owner identification (300) that is read from the SIM card (30) of said mobile telephone (3), and with the following steps that are performed when said object (1) is found by a third party: said tag identification (100) is read by a second RFID reader device (9), the owner identification (300) that has been paired with the read tag identification (100) is determined, said owner is informed about the finding of said object (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Swisscom Mobile AG
    Inventor: Rudolf Ritter
  • Patent number: 7418268
    Abstract: Method for finding members of a common interest group with a mobile device (1), in which at least one database (50) is built, in which a plurality of interest groups are stored. These interest groups contain mobile radio network users; the database (50) is filed in at least one server (5), accessible from within a radio network (3). Each time a member is located in the vicinity of another member of a common interest group, he is automatically sent a message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Swisscom Mobil AG
    Inventors: Claudio Cabano, David Perels, Adriano Huber
  • Patent number: 7409552
    Abstract: Method for securing a session over a radio or infrared wireless link (101) between a terminal (11) and a mobile equipment (10), said session being secured with a SIM card (100) in said mobile equipment (10). The terminal (11) and the mobile equipment (10) both comprise a display and a keyboard or keypad and can be mutually connected through said short distance wireless link (101). The method comprises the following steps: generating a secret in one of said terminals or said smart cards, displaying this secret on the display of said terminal (11) or said user equipment (10), entering said secret or the hash value of said secret on the input means of the other one of said terminals (11) or user equipments (10), using said shared secret for securing at least a part of said session over said short distance wireless link (101).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Swisscom Mobile AG
    Inventors: Levente Buttyan, Edwin Wiedmer, Eric Lauper
  • Patent number: 7397345
    Abstract: A method and a vehicle (11) for sending electronic advertising announcements, information news or voice messages are described. A controllable, moving, unmanned vehicle (11) moves in a network of communication devices (9, 20) in a direction. When the vehicle (11) moves close to a communication device (9, 20) the sending of an electronic advertising announcement, information news or voice message to the communication device (9, 20) is triggered by the vehicle (11) itself or by another communication device (1), for example by a message server (1) within a telecommunication network (8). The vehicle (11) itself has a memory area (14) for storing the electronic advertising announcements and at least one interface for sending these messages to another communication device (9, 20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Swisscom Mobile AG
    Inventor: Eric Lauper
  • Patent number: 7395031
    Abstract: Mobile device (3) and method for receiving and processing program-accompanying digital data, which are transmitted by a radio transmitter (1), for example a DAB transmitter, and of which at least certain comprise location parameters. The mobile device (3) includes a radio receiver (38), which can receive radio programs with program-accompanying digital data, and a position locating module (39) for establishing the current position, for example a GPS receiver. The mobile device (3) further comprises a filter module (37), by means of which, on the basis of the current position, determined by the said position locating module (39), location-specific information can be filtered from the received program-accompanying data, which contain, for example, order numbers, URL addresses or executable program data files. The received program-accompanying data can be filtered moreover by the said filter module (37) on the basis of a user profile (35) stored in the mobile device (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Swisscom Mobile AG
    Inventor: Rudolf Ritter
  • Publication number: 20080147690
    Abstract: For selectively accessing data elements in a data library, an image data object which can be shown on a display is provided. A plurality of image subobjects are defined which respectively correspond to a portion of a representation of the image data object. The data elements are associated with at least a respective one of the image subobjects. One of the image subobjects is selected from a representation of the image data object on the display. The data elements which are associated with the selected image subobject are then reproduced. A data object which comprises the data elements in the data library, the image data object and the association between the data elements and the image subobjects is transmitted to a communication terminal via a telecommunication network for the purpose of selectively accessing the data elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: SWISSCOM MOBILE AG
    Inventor: Roger LAGADEC
  • Patent number: 7388945
    Abstract: Method and system for determining data transfer margins and/or bit rates for network connections, the physical length of a network connection between a transmitter and receiver being known. A power spectrum is measured depending upon transfer frequency for possible modem types. Attenuation, and thus actual signal strength, is determined for different physical lengths and cable wire thicknesses of the network connection. Noise level is determined at least depending upon crosstalk parameters, number of interference sources, and equalizer factors based on the power spectrum. The data transfer margins are determined for different data transmission modulations and/or modulation codings for a pre-defined bit rate, based on the actual signal strengths and corresponding noise levels, by a Gaussian transformation module. The data transfer margins are corrected by a correction factor containing average deviation of the stored data transfer margin with respect to the actual data transfer margin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Swisscom Fixnet AG
    Inventor: Frederic Pythoud
  • Publication number: 20080137826
    Abstract: A method and system for transmitting service data between telecommunication devices. Pre-paid access data including a first digital key and control data is stored in a memory module of a telecommunication device, a second digital key being stored on one or more control units of the telecommunication network. A validity criterion is determined based on the control data, and service data of the first telecommunication device is encoded by the first key as long as the validity criterion is fulfilled. The encoded service data is transmitted to the control unit, decoded by the second digital key, and transmitted to another telecommunication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2005
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: SWISSCOM MOBILE AG
    Inventor: Paul Aebi
  • Publication number: 20080137916
    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: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2008
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: SWISSCOM MOBILE AG
    Inventors: Eric Lauper, Adriano Huber
  • Publication number: 20080129457
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method, a system and a device for identification by means of an identification tag (3), in which a request to a control module (31) of the identification tag (3) is transmitted from an interrogation device via a contactless interface (36) of the identification tag (3), so that identification data stored in a memory module (32) assigned to the identification tag (3) is accessed by means of the control module (31), and that the identification data are transmitted via the contactless interface (36), body-specific identification data of the wearer (2) are captured and transmitted to a verification module (33) by means of a measuring device assigned to the identification tag (3) or a sensor (34) and/or by means of an analysis device (35), the transmitted body-specific identification data of the wearer (2) being compared with the identification data stored in the memory module (32) by means of the verification module (33), and the identity of the wearer (2) being confirmed by means of the
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: SWISSCOM MOBILE AG
    Inventors: Rudolf Ritter, Eric Lauper
  • Publication number: 20080125110
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a system and method for assigning a number of terms (1.4, 1.5) and objects that are on at least two levels (1.1, 1.2) on a mobile device (3) of a user. Through this knowledge, the perception of the corresponding terms and objects is additionally promoted. Thanks to the system and method described here, terms (1.4, 1.5) from different valuation levels are presented to the user who has to assign them. These terms (1.4, 1.5) can only be assigned if the user has sufficient information about the terms (1.4, 1.5). The result of the assignment product (4) is thus a measure of the knowledge of the user in question. Companies and organization can use this system and method to determine their degree of awareness and, through suitable incentives for the users, massively increase their name recognition respectively that of their products and/or services by increasing the specific perception.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: SWISSCOM MOBILE AG
    Inventor: Rudolf Ritter
  • Patent number: 7372947
    Abstract: A voice-controlled message exchange apparatus and method for receiving spoken messages, from a plurality of subscribers in a public switched telephone network via the telephone network. The voice controlled message exchange is used for storing the received messages, together with an identification of the subscriber, who has transmitted the message, transmitting these messages to one or more subscribers or groups of subscribers in the public switched telephone network, and accepting and storing replies from subscribers, to whom the messages were transmitted, whereby the subscribers not only give voice-controlled messages and replies, but can also draw up and administrate lists with identifications of subscribers and groups of subscribers by voice control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Swisscom Fixnet AG
    Inventor: Bruno T. Messmer
  • Patent number: 7366290
    Abstract: A billing method and billing system to determine usage fees which are charged to the user of a digital telecommunications network, whereby a usage fee charged for a connection is determined prior to establishing this connection from statistical characteristics of previous connections of the user, is described. Usage fees are determined from a dynamic client profile, derived from one or multiple random variables of previous connections of the user, which is stored in memory and re-derived after each new customer connection. In a simple variant, the client profile contains a value proportional to the average price per connection or to the average duration of a connection of the user. The random variables used to derive the client profile include, for example, the connection duration, the time of day, the day of the week, and/or geographic characteristics of previous connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Swisscom Mobile AG
    Inventors: Rudolf Ritter, Walter Heutschi
  • Publication number: 20080095080
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for transmission of data packets. On a first wireless network interface of a first communication node, a first IP address is configured for a wireless bidirectional transmission of data packets between the first communication node and an IP-based network. A second wireless local network interface of the first communication node is configured for a bidirectional transmission of data packets via a local communication link between the first communication node and a second communication node. On the second communication node a second IP address is configured which is stored assigned to an IP home address or an identifier, or at least a first IP address is stored assigned to an IP home address or an identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: SWISSCOM MOBILE AG
    Inventors: Marc DANZEISEN, Marc Heissenbuettel, Jan Linder, Felix Aeschlimann
  • Patent number: 7356133
    Abstract: Method for anonymously transmitting a message by means of a telecommunication network. A first exchange (2) between the sender (1) and the receiver (4) of said message replaces identifying features (MSISDN) of the sender (1) of the message by a first alias identification (CID). The conversion between the said identifying features (MSISNDN) and the first alias identification (CID) is permanent, or at least secure for several weeks. The first alias identification (CID) is replaced by a second alias identification (CMID) at the receiver (4) or in a further exchange (3). The second alias identification (CMID) enables the receiver to identify the transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Swisscom Mobile AG
    Inventors: Roger Lagadec, Eric Lauper