Patents by Inventor Alexander Afros

Alexander Afros 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).

  • Using the IMSI value from the SIM card data to make an external call
    Patent number: 8606267
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for a network node which processes a call request from an enterprise user's mobile device to initiate origination of an outgoing cellular call to a called party by making an external call to the mobile device which does not have a country code encoded in its SIM card by transforming an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) value from the SIM card into a country code value, and then using the country code value to construct a dialing sequence for calling the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Akhil Chandan, Alexander Afros, Lap Luu
  • Using the IMSI Value From the SIM Card Data to Make an External Call
    Publication number: 20120220281
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for a network node which processes a call request from an enterprise user's mobile device to initiate origination of an outgoing cellular call to a called party by making an external call to the mobile device which does not have a country code encoded in its SIM card by transforming an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) value from the SIM card into a country code value, and then using the country code value to construct a dialing sequence for calling the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventors: Akhil Chandan, Alexander Afros, Lap Luu