Patents by Inventor Alessandro Perrucci

Alessandro Perrucci 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).

  • Managing anonymous communications between users based on short-range wireless connection identifiers
    Patent number: 8666315
    Abstract: A method for managing in network equipment of a communication network anonymous communications between a first and a second mobile user apparatus includes: a) receiving from the first mobile user apparatus, through a first network connection, data indicating that a short-range wireless connection between the first mobile user apparatus and the second mobile user apparatus has been established, the data including a second unique short-range wireless connection identifier associated with the second mobile user apparatus and a message for the second mobile user apparatus; b) by using the second unique short-range wireless connection identifier, obtaining a network address associated with the second mobile user apparatus; and c) by using the network address obtained in b), sending data to the second mobile user apparatus through a second network connection, the data including the message received in a) from the first mobile user apparatus and a first anonymous identifying code univocally associated with the first
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Telecom Italia S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giovanni Martini, Piergiorgio Bosco, Ennio Grasso, Alessandro Perrucci, Claudio Benenti
  • Method, gateway and system for providing a push-to-x service to a user of a data terminal
    Patent number: 8184558
    Abstract: A method of providing a push-to-x service to a user of a data terminal which is connected to a packet-switched network includes, at a gateway interfacing the packet-switched network and the framework supporting the push-to-x service: receiving from the data terminal a request for accessing the push-to-x service; checking a user class to which the user belongs; and, according to the user class, assigning a push-to-x identity to the user either by selecting the push-to-x identity from a set of predefined push-to-x identities, or by retrieving the push-to-x identity from a user profile table; and accessing the framework and the push-to-x service by using the push-to-x identity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Telecom Italia S.p.A.
    Inventors: Mauro Rossotto, Stefano Spelta, Alessandro Perrucci, Piero Cena
  • METHOD, GATEW AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A PUSH-TO-X SERVICE TO A USER OF A DATA TERMINAL
    Publication number: 20100226286
    Abstract: A method of providing a push-to-x service to a user of a data terminal which is connected to a packet-switched network includes, at a gateway interfacing the packet-switched network and the framework supporting the push-to-x service: receiving from the data terminal a request for accessing the push-to-x service; checking a user class to which the user belongs; and, according to the user class, assigning a push-to-x identity to the user either by selecting the push-to-x identity from a set of predefined push-to-x identities, or by retrieving the push-to-x identity from a user profile table; and accessing the framework and the push-to-x service by using the push-to-x identity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: Mauro Rossotto, Stefano Spelta, Alessandro Perrucci, Piero Cena
  • Managing anonymous communications between users based on short-range wireless connection identifiers
    Publication number: 20090209202
    Abstract: A method for managing in network equipment of a communication network anonymous communications between a first and a second mobile user apparatus includes: a) receiving from the first mobile user apparatus, through a first network connection, data indicating that a short-range wireless connection between the first mobile user apparatus and the second mobile user apparatus has been established, the data including a second unique short-range wireless connection identifier associated with the second mobile user apparatus and a message for the second mobile user apparatus; b) by using the second unique short-range wireless connection identifier, obtaining a network address associated with the second mobile user apparatus; and c) by using the network address obtained in b), sending data to the second mobile user apparatus through a second network connection, the data including the message received in a) from the first mobile user apparatus and a first anonymous identifying code univocally associated with the first
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2005
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventors: Giovanni Martini, Piergiorgio Bosco, Ennio Grasso, Alessandro Perrucci, Claudio Benenti