Patents by Inventor Kati Ahvonen

Kati Ahvonen 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).

  • Enhanced QoS control
    Patent number: 7209458
    Abstract: The invention is a method and a system for the providing of service to user equipment (UE). A method of providing services to user equipment in accordance with the invention includes providing from a database (420) to a policy decision entity (405) subscriber information regarding permitted conditions for the users to obtain the services; providing service information from at least one network or server (100), regarding service offered by the at least one network or server to the user equipment, forming policy rules at the policy decision entity based upon the subscriber information and the service information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Kati Ahvonen, Ralitsa Gateva, Zhi-Chun Honkasalo, Tuija Hurtta, Mika Kiikkilä, Aki T. Korhonen, Zheng Li, Markku T. Mäkinen, Antti Pikkusaari, Martti Tuulos
  • Enhanced QoS control
    Publication number: 20040116117
    Abstract: The invention is a method and a system for the providing of service to user equipment (UE). A method of providing services to user equipment in accordance with the invention includes providing from a database (420) to a policy decision entity (405) subscriber information regarding permitted conditions for the users to obtain the services; providing service information from at least one network or server (100), regarding service offered by the at least one network or server to the user equipment, forming policy rules at the policy decision entity based upon the subscriber information and the service information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: Kati Ahvonen, Ralitsa Gateva, Zhi-Chun Honkasalo, Tuija Hurtta, Mika Kiikkila, Aki T. Korhonen, Zheng Li, Markku T. Makinen, Antti Pikkusaari, Martti Tuulos
  • Service level allocation for IP networks
    Publication number: 20040064555
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method and apparatus for controlling service level requirements between a communication network and a user equipment associated with an end-user connected in the communication network, in which the user equipment communicates with an external service via the communication network, the method comprising determining the end-user service level in dependence on a service level specification determined by the communication network and the external service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Renaud Cuny, Kati Ahvonen, Zhi-Chun Honkasalo, Man Li