Patents by Inventor Serban Purge

Serban Purge 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).

  • Method for changing a location area of a terminal
    Patent number: 8965368
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for changing a location area allocated to a current terminal attached to equipment belonging to a first location area of a communication network. The equipment furthermore belongs to at least one second location area of the communication network. The first area and the at least one second area are able to overlap one another. The method includes: broadcasting, via a broadcast channel, an identifier of the first location area and an additional location datum including at least one identifier of the at least one second location area; and selecting, for the current terminal, from the first and the at least one second location area, a current location area, according to the additional location datum and at least one predetermined selection parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: France Telecom
    Inventors: Philippe Herbelin, Serban Purge
  • METHOD FOR CHANGING A LOCATION AREA OF A TERMINAL
    Publication number: 20130053072
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for changing a location area allocated to a current terminal attached to equipment belonging to a first location area of a communication network. The equipment furthermore belongs to at least one second location area of the communication network. The first area and the at least one second area are able to overlap one another. The method includes: broadcasting, via a broadcast channel, an identifier of the first location area and an additional location datum including at least one identifier of the at least one second location area; and selecting, for the current terminal, from the first and the at least one second location area, a current location area, according to the additional location datum and at least one predetermined selection parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: FRANCE TELECOM
    Inventors: Philippe Herbelin, Serban Purge