Patents by Inventor Jose Manuel ALFONSO

Jose Manuel ALFONSO 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).

  • Patent number: 11924253
    Abstract: A method performed by a network node, for handling an outgoing call from a first user in a communications network. The network node receives a request for the outgoing call to be set up via a first persona out of multiple personas associated with the first user, which request is obtained as a voice instruction from the first user via a Digital Assistant device. The voice instruction comprises a personalized name associated with the first persona of the first user. The network node identifies among the multiple personas associated with the first user, an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) user ID corresponding to the first persona based on the personalized name received in the voice instruction. The network node sends to an IMS node in the communications network, the identified IMS user ID, and a request to initiate the outgoing call via the first persona of the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Ester Gonzalez De Langarica, Jose Manuel Alfonso
  • Patent number: 11750667
    Abstract: A network node for handling access to sharing media in a media session in an Over The Top (OTT) Digital Assistant (DA). The media shall be shared between a first participant A and a second participant B in a communications network. The first participant A has access to sharing media in the media session in the OTT DA. The network node receives a request for access from the OTT DA. The request for access relates to the first participant A requesting access for the second participant B to sharing media in the media session in the OTT DA. The network node forwards the request to an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) node in the communications network, to trigger the IMS node to switch on the sharing of media in the media session in the OTT DA for the second participant B, when authorised by the participant B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Ester Gonzalez De Langarica, Jose Manuel Alfonso, Charles Hegarty
  • Publication number: 20220239710
    Abstract: A network node for handling access to sharing media in a media session in an Over The Top (OTT) Digital Assistant (DA). The media shall be shared between a first participant A and a second participant B in a communications network. The first participant A has access to sharing media in the media session in the OTT DA. The network node receives a request for access from the OTT DA. The request for access relates to the first participant A requesting access for the second participant B to sharing media in the media session in the OTT DA. The network node forwards the request to an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) node in the communications network, to trigger the IMS node to switch on the sharing of media in the media session in the OTT DA for the second participant B, when authorised by the participant B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Ester GONZALEZ DE LANGARICA, Jose Manuel ALFONSO, Charles HEGARTY
  • Publication number: 20220232049
    Abstract: A method performed by a network node, for handling an outgoing call from a first user in a communications network. The network node receives a request for the outgoing call to be set up via a first persona out of multiple personas associated with the first user, which request is obtained as a voice instruction from the first user via a Digital Assistant device. The voice instruction comprises a personalized name associated with the first persona of the first user. The network node identifies among the multiple personas associated with the first user, an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) user ID corresponding to the first persona based on the personalized name received in the voice instruction. The network node sends to an IMS node in the communications network, the identified IMS user ID, and a request to initiate the outgoing call via the first persona of the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Ester GONZALEZ DE LANGARICA, Jose Manuel ALFONSO
  • Publication number: 20210320994
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a network node, a communication device, capable of selective and network based automated answering of audio/video calls. When there is a provision in the network node, that an in-coming call from a calling party is to be auto-answered by a call receiving party, the network node adds an indication to a part of the call. The call is then provided to the call receiving party, where the indication instructs it to auto-answer the call. It is advantageous that selective and network-based automated answering of calls is provided to communication devices such as wearables, 5G- or IoT devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Ester Gonzalez De Langarica, Charles Hegarty, José Manuel Alfonso