Patents by Inventor Jan-Eric Ekberg

Jan-Eric Ekberg 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).

  • Address privacy in short-range wireless communication
    Publication number: 20070293197
    Abstract: A security enhancing system for creating temporary identification information used to mask actual identification in a wireless communication device. The temporary identification information conforms to a standard usable by at least one wireless communication medium, and may be used by other devices in communicating with the wireless communication device, however, only other devices possessing secret address component information may determine the actual identity of the masked wireless communication device. The temporary identification information may further be recompiled when a threshold condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Inventors: Jan-Eric Ekberg, Mauri Honkanen, Paivi M. Ruuska, Jukka Reunamaki, Antti Lappetelainen