Patents by Inventor Patrick Merheb

Patrick Merheb 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: 7869816
    Abstract: A method of transmitting area specific content to a mobile terminal via a wireless network covering at least two areas, each area having at least one access point is provided. Data indicative of the assignment of the mobile terminal to one of the access points is transmitted to a first network component, one of the areas in which the mobile terminal is located is identified based on a logical mapping of access points to areas, and content specific to one of the areas is pushed to the mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Alcatel
    Inventors: Patrick Merheb, Bruno Legat
  • Publication number: 20050119012
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of transmitting area specific content to a mobile terminal via a wireless network covering at least two areas, each area having at least one access point, the method comprising: transmitting data being indicative of an assignment of the mobile terminal to one of the access points to a first network component, identifying one of the areas in which the mobile terminal is located on the basis of a logical mapping of access points to areas, receiving of area specific content, pushing of content being specific to the one of the areas to the mobile terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Patrick Merheb, Bruno Legat
  • Publication number: 20040023670
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for providing location information from a mobile device (101) to a group of mobile devices (102, 103), said method comprising the steps of generating a message according to an instant messaging protocol, said message comprising presence information related to said mobile device (101),
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Applicant: ALCATEL
    Inventor: Patrick Merheb