Patents by Inventor Saurabh KHARE

Saurabh KHARE 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: 20250240602
    Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices, apparatuses and computer readable storage media for location determination. In example embodiments, a first device transmits, to a second device, a first request for indoor or outdoor information of a user equipment. Moreover, the first device receives, from the second device, indoor or outdoor analytics information of the user equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Saurabh KHARE, Mao CAI, Shubhranshu SINGH
  • Patent number: 12341748
    Abstract: There is provided a method, computer program, and an apparatus for a network function that causes the network function to: receive, from a service consumer, event subscription information comprising an intra-domain address and an inter-domain address for signalling event subscription notification information from a service producer to the service consumer; determine whether a first service producer is located in the same domain as the service consumer; select at least one of the inter-domain address and the intra-domain address to signal to the first service producer in dependence on said determining; and signal the selected at least one address to the first service producer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Saurabh Khare, Bruno Landais
  • Patent number: 12335043
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus comprising means for receiving, at an analytics function from a first network function, a request for one or more timer adjustments for at least one timer associated with one or more network functions; obtaining, by the analytics function from one or more further network functions, one or more input parameters relating to network behaviour; and sending, from the analytics function to the first network function, an output comprising one or more timer adjustments for the at least one timer, wherein the output is based on the obtained one or more input parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Saurabh Khare, Rajesh Babu Natarajan, Konstantinos Samdanis
  • Patent number: 12335851
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a first apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to: send (500), to a second apparatus, a request comprising information indicating a list of public land mobile network identifiers identifying a first public land mobile network supported by the first apparatus, and information to derive a second public land mobile network supported by the second apparatus; and receive (502), from the second apparatus, a response comprising information indicating a list of public land mobile network identifiers identifying the second public land mobile network supported by the second apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Saurabh Khare, Bruno Landais, Anja Jerichow
  • Patent number: 12328395
    Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus configured to process a request for an access token authorizing access for a network function consumer to a service provided by a network function producer, the request being received in the apparatus from a service communication proxy, wherein the processing comprises one or more of the following verification: verification that a credential data element comprised in the request, cryptographically signed by the network function consumer, identifies the request, the service or a type of the service, and verification with reference to a further node, or to a profile of the network function consumer, that the service communication proxy is authorized to act on behalf of the network function consumer, and transmit, responsive to at least one of the verifications being successful, the requested access token, the access token comprising an indication of the service communication proxy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Chaitanya Aggarwal, Anja Jerichow, Saurabh Khare, Georgios Gkellas
  • Patent number: 12316713
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus comprising: means for providing, to a network repository function, a discovery request comprising a preferred locality query parameter, wherein the preferred locality query parameter comprises a plurality of location descriptions, and means for receiving, from the network repository function, a response to the discovery request, wherein the response comprises one or more service producers that match the preferred locality query parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Bruno Landais, Narasimha Rao Pulipati, Saurabh Khare
  • Publication number: 20250159025
    Abstract: There is provided a method performed by a home subscriber server or unified data management function, the method comprising: receiving one or more internet protocol multimedia subsystem, IMS, profiles from one or more IMS application servers, IMS ASs, each IMS profile comprising IMS AS identifying information and one or more parameters of a respective IMS AS of the one or more IMS ASs; storing the received one or more IMS profiles; receiving, from a consumer network function, a second message comprising a discovery request indicating a target network function type as IMS AS and one or more target parameters; and sending, to the consumer network function, an IMS profile comprising one or more parameters matching the one or more target parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2024
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: Saurabh KHARE, Rainer LIEBHART, Alexander MILINSKI
  • Publication number: 20250148726
    Abstract: This application describes systems, apparatus and methods for the dynamic creation and management of spatial anchors. According to a first aspect of this specification, there is described apparatus comprising: means for receiving, from a service provider, a request to initiate a spatial anchor associated with a mobile object; means for generating the spatial anchor associated with the mobile object based on the received request; means for receiving, from the service provider or a user equipment, a request for retrieval of the spatial anchor associated with the mobile object; means for retrieving a location of the mobile object; means for updating the spatial anchor with the retrieved location of the mobile object; and means for providing, to the service provider or the user equipment, the updated spatial anchor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Jos GEORGE, Laurent GOIX, Saurabh KHARE
  • Publication number: 20250141944
    Abstract: An apparatus including circuitry configured to: receive, from a first user equipment, a session initiation protocol invite request to a second user equipment, wherein the session initiation protocol invite request includes information related to at least one avatar; transmit at least one signing request to a signing server, the at least one signing request including the information related to the at least one avatar as part of a signing process; receive, from the signing server, a response to the at least one signing request, wherein the response to the at least one signing request includes a signed token or other relevant information created during the signing process in relation with the at least one avatar; and forward, to a network entity, the session initiation protocol invite request with an identity header, wherein the identity header includes the signed token or the other relevant information created during the signing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Saurabh KHARE, Parthasarathi Ravindran, Rainer Liebhart, Laurent Goix
  • Publication number: 20250126030
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to: receive (500), from a model provider function, a user equipment identifier and a model identifier; generate (502) an access key to allow a user equipment identified by the user equipment identifier to access a model identified by the model identifier; store (504) the user equipment identifier and the model identifier along the access key to allow a user equipment identified by the user equipment identifier to access a model identified by the model identifier; and send (506), to the user equipment, the access key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Chaitanya AGGARWAL, Saurabh KHARE, Gerald KUNZMANN, Muhammad Majid BUTT
  • Patent number: 12267679
    Abstract: There is disclosed an apparatus. The apparatus comprises means for performing: initiating establishment of an N32-c transport layer security connection with an entity, the apparatus located in a first public land mobile network and the entity located in a second public land mobile network; sending from the apparatus to the entity on the N32-c transport layer security connection an N32-c handshake signalling message comprising domain name information of the apparatus to be used by the entity for establishing an N32-f transport layer security connection towards the apparatus; receiving a reply from the entity, the reply comprising domain name information of the entity to be used by the apparatus for establishing the N32-f transport layer security connection towards the entity; and using the domain name information received in the reply to establish the N32-f transport layer security connection towards the entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Narasimha Rao Pulipati, Saurabh Khare, Bruno Landais
  • Patent number: 12262427
    Abstract: An apparatus including means for receiving, from a first user equipment associated with a network via a first path, a request at a second user equipment associated with the network, for the second user equipment to act as a relay node for the first user equipment acting as a master node to provide a second path between the first user equipment and the network, wherein the first user equipment and the second user equipment are connected using a proximity service interface, performing, at the second user equipment, an authorisation procedure with the network to act as a relay node for the first user equipment and providing an indication to the first user equipment that the second user equipment is authorised to act as a relay node for the first user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Saurabh Khare, Devaki Chandramouli
  • Publication number: 20250097703
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and software of performing an Authentication and Key Management for Applications (AKMA) authentication service. In one embodiment, an AKMA element (1200) handles an enriched AKMA Key Identifier (A-KID) (800) having an identifier format with a username (802) and a realm (804) separated by an @-symbol (806). The username includes a Routing Indicator (RID) (812), an AKMA Temporary UE Identifier (A-TID) (814), and at least one supplemental character (810) that distinguishes the RID from the A-TID in the username. The AKMA element performs a function of the AKMA authentication service based on the enriched A-KID.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Rajesh Babu NATARAJAN, Saurabh KHARE
  • Publication number: 20250088997
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for a core network entity, the apparatus comprising means configured to perform: receiving, from a network node, an indication of one or more first analytics identities that are supported by the network node; receiving, from a terminal, a registration request message; accessing subscription information of the terminal, the subscription information comprising one or more second analytics identities that are subscribed to by the terminal, wherein the one or more first analytics identities and the one or more second analytics identities are each associated with respective machine learning models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Sankaran BALASUBRAMANIAM, Saurabh KHARE
  • Publication number: 20250063362
    Abstract: An apparatus for performing: defining an authorization policy per UE, the authorization policy indicating which data are allowed to be accessed by which UE, configuring an authorization policy to one or more UE by providing a key material usable for validating an access token and information regarding the authorization policy indicating an allowance for connection between a requester UE and a producer element or a producer function with a valid access token or without an access token, receiving a request for authorization of a requester UE to access to specified data from a producer element or producer function, processing the request for authorization of the requester UE for deciding whether the request is allowed, and in case the request is allowed, obtain an access token for allowing access to the specified data from the producer element or producer function, and transmitting the access token to the requester UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Saurabh KHARE, Chaitanya AGGARWAL
  • Publication number: 20250062903
    Abstract: Various examples of embodiments described herein relate to methods and apparatuses for mitigation against access token theft attack in direct and indirect communications in SBA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Saurabh KHARE, German PEINADO GOMEZ, Chaitanya AGGARWAL
  • Publication number: 20250063354
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide methods and related devices for non-3GPP access authentication. According to one embodiment, a method performed by a user equipment (UE) comprises transmitting, to a wireless access node in a wireless access network, a request message for access authentication comprising a concealed identity of the UE in a decorated network access identifier, NAI, format in which a username of the concealed identity of the UE in a NAI format is concatenated with a visited public land mobile network, VPLMN, identifier of a VPLMN serving the UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Saurabh KHARE, Ranganathan MAVUREDDI DHANASEKARAN
  • Publication number: 20250056395
    Abstract: Various example embodiments of the subject disclosure relate to apparatus, methods and computer programs. For example, there is provided a user equipment comprising means for: registering the user equipment with a first public land mobile network; selecting a second public land mobile network to register a user equipment with based on the user equipment's registration with the first public land mobile network; and registering the user equipment with the selected second public land mobile network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Pallab GUPTA, Saurabh KHARE
  • Publication number: 20250055884
    Abstract: There are provided methods, apparatuses and computer program products for authentication between a movable network entity and a terminal entity. Such provided methods, apparatuses and computer program products may include authentication and/or identification based on sending and/or receiving at least one security parameter and/or at least one authentifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Divya G NAIR, Ranganathan MAVUREDDI DHANASEKARAN, Saurabh KHARE, Stawros ORKOPOULOS, German PEINADO GOMEZ
  • Publication number: 20250056463
    Abstract: Various example embodiments of the subject disclosure relate to apparatus, methods and computer programs. For example, there is provided a user equipment comprising means for: registering the user equipment with a first network; selecting a standalone non-public network to register a user equipment with based on the user equipment's registration with the first network; and registering the user equipment with the selected standalone non-public network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Pallab GUPTA, Saurabh KHARE