Patents by Inventor Heikki Pala

Heikki Pala 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).

  • Charging system and method for handling services within this system and entities thereof
    Patent number: 7590596
    Abstract: A method is provided for handling a service of a predetermined type within a charging system comprising a server and a client. The method includes receiving, at the client, a request for the service of the predetermined type from a terminal, transmitting said request from the client to the server in a charging control request in which the service of the predetermined type is indicated, checking, at said server, whether the requested service of the predetermined type can be granted, and if granted, responding, by said server, with a control message to the client, and measuring, by the client, the usage of resources consumed by the granted service in response to said control message, and reporting the measured used resources for the service at a predetermined condition from the client to the server in a report message. The present invention relates also to a corresponding system and network entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Juha-Pekka Koskinen, Anne Närhi, Erkki Riekkola, Heikki Pälä
  • Charging system and method for handling services within this system and entities thereof
    Publication number: 20070244832
    Abstract: A method is provided for handling a service of a predetermined type within a charging system comprising a server and a client. The method includes receiving, at the client, a request for the service of the predetermined type from a terminal, transmitting said request from the client to the server in a charging control request in which the service of the predetermined type is indicated, checking, at said server, whether the requested service of the predetermined type can be granted, and if granted, responding, by said server, with a control message to the client, and measuring, by the client, the usage of resources consumed by the granted service in response to said control message, and reporting the measured used resources for the service at a predetermined condition from the client to the server in a report message. The present invention relates also to a corresponding system and network entities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: Juha-Pekka Koskinen, Anne Narhi, Erkki Riekkola, Heikki Pala