Patents Assigned to Vodafone Espana, S.A.
  • Patent number: 9326010
    Abstract: A method and network entity for downloading detected video packets. A minimum bit rate MinBR equals ViBR+M, where M?0 is a configurable bit rate margin from an estimated video bit rate ViBR. A specific bit rate SBR is greater than MinBR. The method uses MinBR and SBR as a minimum bit rate limit and a maximum bit rate limit respectively between which the bit rate for delivering video in case of congestion is defined. The method can further compare the predefined specific bit rate with a real throughput of the user requesting video download with a QoS profile, and if there is congestion and if the throughput is larger than or equal to SBR, the priority value of a QoS profile to be used for downloading video in case of congestion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignees: Vodafone Group PLC, Vodafone Espana, S.A.U.
    Inventors: Francisco Javier Dominguez Romero, Andrea De Pasquale
  • Patent number: 9094370
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and system for managing information stored and/or services configured in a mobile terminal from a remote terminal, wherein the mobile terminal is configured to connect to a mobile communications network and comprises a web server having an API defined for each piece of information and for each service provided by the mobile terminal, and wherein said remote terminal has access to a data network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignees: VODAFONE GROUP PLC, VODAFONE ESPANA, S.A.
    Inventors: Hector Berna Fornies, Guillermo Caudevilla Laliena
  • Patent number: 9015282
    Abstract: Method and system for managing information stored and/or services configured in a mobile terminal from a remote terminal connected to a data network, wherein the mobile terminal comprises a web server having an API defined for each piece of information and for each service it provides, characterized by: requesting from a web server, from a remote terminal comprising a web browser, the creation of at least one web page configured to manage a piece of information stored or a service configured in a mobile terminal; making an HTTP request from the web server to the mobile terminal in accordance with said at least one API, wherein said HTTP request comprises an identifier of the information or service to be managed; sending an HTTP response from the mobile terminal to the web server in accordance with said at least one API; downloading in the remote terminal from the web server the at least one web page designed to manage said information or service of the mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignees: Vodafone Group PLC, Vodafone Espana, S.A.
    Inventors: Hector Berna Fornies, Guillermo Caudevilla Laliena
  • Patent number: 8489144
    Abstract: A push-button trigger manager for U/SIM Toolkit applications of a U/SIM card from a mobile terminal is provided which includes, a connection to a storage area associated to the trigger manager in order to register predetermined data related to, at least, one U/SIM Toolkit application loaded on the U/SIM card, being these predetermined data, at least, one identity of such application; manager activation to activate the trigger manager as a response to pushing a sequence of buttons and the call button in the mobile terminal, a display on the mobile terminal screen having a list of options corresponding to the U/SIM Toolkit application(s) registered in the sequence of buttons pushed by the user, and a trigger for the U/SIM Toolkit application selected by the user from the list of options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignees: Vodafone Espana, S.A., Gyd Iberica, S.A.
    Inventors: Esther C. Gómez Díaz, Gloria M. Salvador Pérez, Carlos Portasany Sánchez, Xavier Pons Milá, José Jiménez Martinez, Cármel MiróFaixes
  • Publication number: 20120236720
    Abstract: A method and network entity for downloading detected video packets. A minimum bit rate MinBR equals ViBR+M, where M?0 is a configurable bit rate margin from an estimated video bit rate ViBR. A specific bit rate SBR is greater than MinBR. The method uses MinBR and SBR as a minimum bit rate limit and a maximum bit rate limit respectively between which the bit rate for delivering video in case of congestion is defined. The method can further compare the predefined specific bit rate with a real throughput of the user requesting video download with a QoS profile, and if there is congestion and if the throughput is larger than or equal to SBR, the priority value of a QoS profile to be used for downloading video in case of congestion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicants: VODAFONE ESPANA, S.A.U., VODAFONE GROUP PLC
    Inventors: Francisco Javier Dominguez Romero, Andrea De Pasquale
  • Patent number: 8233394
    Abstract: A method for preventing overload in telecommunications networks with IMS by always-on for a call received by a user. The user sends a request message in order to activate a new PDP Context to his SGSN, which sends it to a GGSN. The GGSN sends an Accounting Request message to an AAA server. If the GGSN is going to deactivate the user PDP Context for having been inactive, the association is not eliminated from an AAA server in which this association has been saved and, when an incoming call is received: the status of the user PDP Context is verified by an indicator, and if it is not active, the PDP Context is reactivated, and if the IP address has not been assigned to another user, an attempt is made to reactivate the PDP Context; and if said IP address has already been assigned, a restart is carried out after the failure of the call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignees: Vodafone Group PLC, Vodafone Espana, S.A.
    Inventors: Jose Carlos Sendra Alcina, Miguel Angel Touset Rios
  • Patent number: 8229358
    Abstract: Identification, authentication, and coverage control method implemented in a system including a central entity, a network of beacons, and a set of terminals, where each terminal is a device adhered to a beacon. The method includes defining a profile for each terminal, the profile including a coverage control service and a service connection authentication service, each service having an exclusive identifier. The coverage control service is connected when a beacon detects a device and the device is indentified as a terminal of the system. A service connection of the device is authenticated based on messages exchanged between the device and the beacon. If the authentication is positive, the device is allowed to adhere to the beacon and if the authentication is negative, the device is indentified as belonging to the system by not adhered to the beacon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignees: Vodafone Group PLC, Vodafone Espana, S.A.
    Inventors: Guillermo Caudevilla Laliena, Guillermo Cajigas Bringas, Hector Berna Fornies
  • Patent number: 8204001
    Abstract: A method for preventing overload in telecommunications networks with IMS by always-on for a call generated by a user, in which process the user makes a PDP Context request and a GGSN of said network provides a free IP address to him or her and the PDP Context becomes active. An S-CSCF of the network creates a record in which an association between the IP address and a characteristic identity of the IMS network is included. When the GGSN is going to deactivate the PDP Context for having been inactive for a preestablished time, an indication of such deactivation is sent to the IMS client which maintains the characteristic IMS identity-IP address association and marks it as fictitious. When the user generates a new call, the IMS client informs the UMTS terminal about the characteristic IMS identity-IP address association marked as fictitious, and the UMTS terminal sends a PDP Context request message, in which message the IP address of the IMS association is included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignees: Vodafone Group PLC, Vodafone Espana, S.A.
    Inventors: Jose Carlos Sendra Alcina, Miguel Angel Touset Rios
  • Publication number: 20110202631
    Abstract: Method and system for managing information stored and/or services configured in a mobile terminal from a remote terminal connected to a data network, wherein the mobile terminal comprises a web server having an API defined for each piece of information and for each service it provides, characterized by: requesting from a web server, from a remote terminal comprising a web browser, the creation of at least one web page configured to manage a piece of information stored or a service configured in a mobile terminal; making an HTTP request from the web server to the mobile terminal in accordance with said at least one API, wherein said HTTP request comprises an identifier of the information or service to be managed; sending an HTTP response from the mobile terminal to the web server in accordance with said at least one API; downloading in the remote terminal from the web server the at least one web page designed to manage said information or service of the mobile terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicants: VODAFONE GROUP PLC., VODAFONE ESPANA S.A.U.
    Inventors: Hector Berna Fornies, Guillermo Caudevilla Laliena
  • Publication number: 20100330976
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and system for managing information stored and/or services configured in a mobile terminal from a remote terminal, wherein the mobile terminal is configured to connect to a mobile communications network and comprises a web server having an API defined for each piece of information and for each service provided by the mobile terminal, and wherein said remote terminal has access to a data network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicants: VODAFONE GROUP PLC., VODAFONE ESPANA S.A.U.
    Inventors: Hector Berna Fornies, Guillermo Caudevilla Laliena
  • Publication number: 20100317342
    Abstract: The invention relates to a communication procedure between a source mobile equipment (10) which at a given time has no mobile network coverage (40), and a target equipment (30), which comprises: establishing said communication between source mobile equipment and target equipment in stages via one or more intermediary equipments (20, 20?), for which purpose: a retransmitter or non-retransmitter profile is assigned to each one of said one or more intermediary equipments (20, 20?); the source equipment initiates a search of intermediary equipments for sending a message (100)—i.d. target, i.d.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicants: VODAFONE GROUP PLC., VODAFONE ESPANA S.A.
    Inventors: Francisco Javier Rubio Andres, Lucia Garate Mutiloa, Francisco Jose Marin Garcia
  • Publication number: 20100246381
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preventing overload in telecommunications networks with IMS by always-on for a call generated by a user, in which process said user makes a PDP Context request and a GGSN of said network provides a free IP address to him or her and the PDP Context becomes active; and wherein an S-CSCF of the network creates a record in which an association between said IP address and a characteristic identity of the IMS network is included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicants: VODAFONE GROUP PLC, VODAFONE ESPANA, S.A.
    Inventors: Jose Carlos Sendra Alcina, Miguel Angel Touset Rios
  • Publication number: 20100214924
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preventing overload in telecommunications networks with IMS by always-on for a call received by a user; if the GGSN is going to deactivate said user PDP Context for having been inactive, the association [user IP, GGSN IP, SGSN IP] is not eliminated from an AAA server in which this association has been previously saved, and furthermore the P-CSCF in which said user is located adds an indicator that said user is registered in IMS but without an active PDP Context; and, when an incoming call is received: the P-CSCF verifies the status of the user PDP Context by means of said indicator, and if it is not active, said PDP Context is reactivated for which the P-CSCF informs the GGSN about the IP address which must be assigned to said user, and if said IP address has not been assigned to another user, an attempt is made to reactivate the PDP Context using the address given by the P-CSCF for which the GGSN uses the Network-Requested PDP context activation procedure, a consul
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicants: VODAFONE GROUP PLC, VODAFONE ESPANA, S.A.
    Inventors: Jose Carlos Sendra Alcina, Miguel Angel Touset Rios
  • Publication number: 20100210242
    Abstract: Identification, authentication and coverage control method, based on the Bluetooth® standard and implemented on a system comprising: a central entity; a network of beacons; a set of terminals, in which each terminal is adhered to, at least, one beacon; wherein in the method a profile is defined for each terminal [1] including an authentication service [5] and a coverage control service [6], with a service identifier which is exclusive and the same for all Bluetooth® devices [4].
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicants: VODAFONE GROUP PLC, VODAFONE ESPAÑA, S.A.
    Inventors: Guillermo Caudevilla Laliena, Guillermo Cajigas Bringas, Hector Berna Fornies