Patents by Inventor Jari Koivula

Jari Koivula 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).

  • User registration in a communication system
    Patent number: 7583963
    Abstract: A method of registering users in a mobile communications system, the method comprising the steps of: storing in a user information store primary and secondary identifiers identifying a first serving controller; receiving a request from a serving controller, said request identifying that serving controller using primary and secondary identifiers; comparing the primary identifier in the user information store with the primary identifier in said request and, if there is a mismatch, comparing the secondary identifier in the user information store with the secondary identifier in said request wherein, when there is a mismatch between the secondary identifiers it is determined that the serving controller identified in the request is not the first serving controller; and when there is a match between the secondary identifiers it is determined that the serving controller identified in the request is the first serving controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Kalle Tammi, Minna Myllymäki, Jari Koivula, Sami N. Salonen
  • User registration in a communication system
    Publication number: 20060030320
    Abstract: A method of registering users in a mobile communications system, the method comprising the steps of: storing in a user information store primary and secondary identifiers identifying a first serving controller; receiving a request from a serving controller, said request identifying that serving controller using primary and secondary identifiers; comparing the primary identifier in the user information store with the primary identifier in said request and, if there is a mismatch, comparing the secondary identifier in the user information store with the secondary identifier in said request wherein, when there is a mismatch between the secondary identifiers it is determined that the serving controller identified in the request is not the first serving controller; and when there is a match between the secondary identifiers it is determined that the serving controller identified in the request is the first serving controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventors: Kalle Tammi, Minna Myllymaki, Jari Koivula, Sami Salonen