Patents by Inventor Nikolaos LIOULIS

Nikolaos LIOULIS 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: 9775001
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided a method for controlling data service for a vehicle-based user of a telecommunication network. The method comprising: retrieving data associated with location behavior of the user within the network; predicting, based on said data and on a current user location within the network, a future user location within the network; performing a determination of network capability at the future user location; and modifying, in response to the determination, a configuration of the network and/or a service parameter associated with the user. A network element, system and computer program product are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: VODAFONE IP LICENSING LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew Dunkin, Usman Javaid, Nikolaos Lioulis, Sandra Bender
  • Patent number: 9706558
    Abstract: A scheduler for a cellular telecommunications network is provided having a first base station corresponding to a first cell and serving a cell area, the scheduler being adapted to: identify mobile devices located at the edge of the cell area; obtain resource usage information of mobile devices located at the edge of neighboring cell areas; and, allocate resource blocks for data transmission based on the location of the mobile devices and the received resource usage information, wherein those data transmissions with a high priority indication and which are for mobile devices located at the edge of the cell area are allocated with a higher priority than those data transmissions with a high priority indication and which are for mobile devices not located at the edge of the cell area. An associated method and computer readable storage medium are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Vodafone IP Licensing Limited
    Inventors: Nikolaos Lioulis, Alan Law, Andrew Dunkin
  • Patent number: 9693200
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided a method for controlling data service for a user of a telecommunication network. The method comprising: retrieving data associated with historical behavior of the user within the network; predicting, based on said data and on a current user location within the network, a future user location within the network; performing a determination of network capability at the future user location; and modifying, in response to the determination, a configuration of the network and/or a service parameter associated with the user. A network element, system and computer program product are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Vodafone IP Licensing Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Dunkin, Usman Javaid, Nikolaos Lioulis
  • Publication number: 20160037304
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided a method for controlling data service for a vehicle-based user of a telecommunication network. The method comprising: retrieving data associated with location behaviour of the user within the network; predicting, based on said data and on a current user location within the network, a future user location within the network; performing a determination of network capability at the future user location; and modifying, in response to the determination, a configuration of the network and/or a service parameter associated with the user. A network element, system and computer program product are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Andrew DUNKIN, Usman JAVAID, Nikolaos LIOULIS, Sandra BENDER
  • Publication number: 20160021508
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided a method for controlling data service for a user of a telecommunication network. The method comprising: retrieving data associated with historical behaviour of the user within the network; predicting, based on said data and on a current user location within the network, a future user location within the network; performing a determination of network capability at the future user location; and modifying, in response to the determination, a configuration of the network and/or a service parameter associated with the user. A network element, system and computer program product are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Andrew DUNKIN, Usman JAVAID, Nikolaos LIOULIS
  • Patent number: 9119015
    Abstract: A mobile telecommunications device runs a plurality of applications installed on the device (for providing services to the device user). Monitoring means monitors the performance of the applications for generating performance data (for each application), and analyzing means analyzes the performance data (for each application) and to identify characteristics of the applications in dependence thereon. The mobile device may alert a user of the device of the problematic ones of the applications (for example via the GUI of the device). A mobile telecommunications device application performance analyzing apparatus may be coupled to the mobile telecommunications network that provides mobile telecommunications services to a plurality of mobile telecommunications devices and may receive the performance data and which includes analysis means for conducting analysis of the performance data to identify characteristics of the applications in dependence thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Vodafone IP Licensing Limited
    Inventors: Usman Javaid, Nikolaos Lioulis, David Jeal
  • Publication number: 20140141768
    Abstract: A mobile telecommunications device runs a plurality of applications installed on the device (for providing services to the device user). Monitoring means monitors the performance of the applications for generating performance data (for each application), and analysing means analyses the performance data (for each application) and to identify characteristics of the applications in dependence thereon. The mobile device may alert a user of the device of the problematic ones of the applications (for example via the GUI of the device). A mobile telecommunications device application performance analysing apparatus may be coupled to the mobile telecommunications network that provides mobile telecommunications services to a plurality of mobile telecommunications devices and may receive the performance data and which includes analysis means for conducting analysis of the performance data to identify characteristics of the applications in dependence thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Vodafone IP Licensing Limited
    Inventors: Usman Javaid, Nikolaos Lioulis, David Jeal
  • Publication number: 20140073342
    Abstract: A scheduler for a cellular telecommunications network is provided having a first base station corresponding to a first cell and serving a cell area, the scheduler being adapted to: identify mobile devices located at the edge of the cell area; obtain resource usage information of mobile devices located at the edge of neighbouring cell areas; and, allocate resource blocks for data transmission based on the location of the mobile devices and the received resource usage information, wherein those data transmissions with a high priority indication and which are for mobile devices located at the edge of the cell area are allocated with a higher priority than those data transmissions with a high priority indication and which are for mobile devices not located at the edge of the cell area. An associated method and computer readable storage medium are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Inventors: Nikolaos LIOULIS, Alan LAW, Andrew DUNKIN
  • Publication number: 20140073338
    Abstract: A scheduler for a cellular telecommunications network is provided having a first base station, the base station corresponding to a first cell, the scheduler being adapted to: identify a geographical location of a first mobile device connected to the base station; obtain resource usage information of mobile devices located in proximity to the first mobile device but connected to a second cell of the network; and, based on the geographical location of the first mobile device and the resource usage information, allocate resource blocks to the first mobile device. A base station and telecommunications network and associated method and computer readable storage medium are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Inventors: Nikolaos LIOULIS, Alan LAW, Andrew DUNKIN