Patents by Inventor Jouko Hallikainen

Jouko Hallikainen 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).

  • Publication number: 20040054768
    Abstract: The invention concerns three kinds of telecommunication equipment: access cards, logical access servers consisting of said access cards, and the network management system (NMS) for supervising the logical access servers. The first item of telecommunication equipment according to the present invention, the access card, is similar to a PCU card. It also includes RAM memory and at least one processor. The access card is equipped with 1) a fixed Internet address, 2) an access agent, 3) at least one management information base (MIB), and optionally 4) a supervisory agent The MIB is a virtual information base, which is used to specify data pieces in data requests. An Internet service provider's application communicates with the access agent and requests the data stored in the access card by means of the MIB. The supervisory agent controls logins to the access card and the use of the access card. The second item of telecommunication equipment according to the present invention is the logical access server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Pekka Valipirtti, Heimo Pentikainen, Jouko Hallikainen, Janne Kuvaja