Patents by Inventor Stefano M. Faccin

Stefano M. Faccin 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: 9554317
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) including one or more processors configured to cause the UE to prepare to reselect to a macro cell responsive to the UE placing an emergency call in a femtocell, wherein preparing to reselect is performed in addition to placing the emergency call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Stefano M. Faccin, Young Ae Kim, Johanna L. Dwyer, Mo-Han Fong, David P. Hole, M. Khaledul Islam, Paul Carpenter, Jeffrey William Wirtanen, Maiyuran Wijayanathan
  • Patent number: 9326220
    Abstract: A mechanism or technique is provided for a MIHF to discover the events and the type of information (for the information service) available in another MIHF to be able to subscribe to such events. The mechanism allows one instance of the MIHF to publish (push model) the event it supports and therefore capable to report to another instance of the MIHF (e.g. the first being in the terminal and the second one in the network). Also, the mechanism allows one instance of the MIHF to request (pull model) whether a specific event is supported by another instance of the MIHF (e.g. the first being in the network and the second one in the terminal), or to request the whole list of events supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventor: Stefano M. Faccin
  • Patent number: 9008662
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is provided that includes one or more processors configured to perform one of an attach procedure, Routing Area Update (RAU), or Tracking Area Update (TAU), and then cause the UE to provide an indication to a network, wherein the indication indicates whether the UE has determined a voice solution in an Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Chen Ho Chin, Stefano M. Faccin
  • Patent number: 8874113
    Abstract: A method is provided for managing a priority call in a serving cell. The method comprises, when a priority call is in progress in the serving cell, performing at least one of preventing at least one non-priority call from being handed over into the serving cell and preventing at least one non-priority call from being initiated in the serving cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Chen-Ho Chin, Stefano M. Faccin, Muhammad Khaledul Islam, Mo-Han Fong
  • Patent number: 8811935
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) comprising a processor configured to cause the UE to transmit an emergency calls required indicator (ECRI) to a network component responsive to the UE receiving an instruction to place an emergency call; and to receive an emergency calls supported indicator (ECSI) prior to placing an emergency call, wherein a value of the ECSI indicates a type of emergency services supported by a femtocell, where the processor is further configured to cause the UE to transmit the ECRI before receiving the ECSI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Stefano M. Faccin, Young Ae Kim, Johanna L. Dwyer, Mo-Han Fong, David Philip Hole, M. Khaledul Islam, Paul Marcus Carpenter, Jeffrey William Wirtanen, Maiyuran Wijayanathan
  • Publication number: 20130130688
    Abstract: A method is provided for managing a priority call in a serving cell. The method comprises, when a priority call is in progress in the serving cell, performing at least one of preventing at least one non-priority call from being handed over into the serving cell and preventing at least one non-priority call from being initiated in the serving cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Chen-Ho Chin, Stefano M. Faccin, Muhammad Khaledul Islam, Mo-Han Fong
  • Patent number: 8363626
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided to enable a station to discover link/network/service information about a potential wireless point of attachment by extending the set of information that is available before the station actually authenticates and associates to the wireless point of attachment. The mechanism includes a method for interworking between a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), including that defined in IEEE 802.11 Standard Protocol, and one or more other networks, including a 3GPP, 3GPP2 or IEEE 802.16), featuring extending a set of information that is available before a network node actually authenticates and associates to the wireless point of attachment. The network node may be a station (STA), and the beacon may contain the set of information, where the beacon is extended with information that allow a terminal to identify if mobility (handoff) to an access point (AP) implies an L3 handoff or only an L2 handoff, including information about a subnet prefix of a subnet a new AP belongs to.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Stefano M. Faccin
  • Publication number: 20120329440
    Abstract: A UE including one or more processors configured to, responsive to determining that the UE has a voice service solution, set a “selective camping capability bit” and transmit the bit to a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Chen Ho Chin, Stefano M. Faccin
  • Publication number: 20120322448
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is provided that includes one or more processors configured to perform one of an attach procedure, Routing Area Update (RAU), or Tracking Area Update (TAU), and then cause the UE to provide an indication to a network, wherein the indication indicates whether the UE has determined a voice solution in an Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Chen Ho Chin, Stefano M. Faccin
  • Publication number: 20120315907
    Abstract: A method is provided for managing a priority call in a serving cell. The method comprises, when a priority call is in progress in the serving cell, an access device in the serving cell determining an amount of resources available in the serving cell. The method further comprises when the amount of resources available in the serving cell is below a threshold, the access device causing at least one non-priority call in the serving cell to be handed over to a target cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Chen-Ho Chin, Stefano M. Faccin, Muhammad Khaledul Islam, Mo-Han Fong
  • Patent number: 8175037
    Abstract: The present invention concerns method for updating a routing entry BC for a communication partner node CN communicating with a communication originating node MN via a network containing at least one routing node HA, the method comprising the steps of: requesting 1. a routing entry update from said communication originating node MN to said communication partner node CN, wherein said update request contains at least an identification BUIN of the request, submitting 2. request verification information, associated to said identification BUIN of the update request, from said communication originating node MN to said at least one routing node, requesting 4. verification of said routing entry update by said communication partner node CN to said routing node HA using said identification BUIN of the update request, retrieving 5. said request verification information from said routing node based on said identification BUIN of the update request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Intellectual Ventures I LLC
    Inventors: Franck Le, Stefano M. Faccin
  • Publication number: 20110171925
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) including one or more processors configured to cause the UE to prepare to reselect to a macro cell responsive to the UE placing an emergency call in a femtocell, wherein preparing to reselect is performed in addition to the emergency call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Stefano M. Faccin, Young Ae Kim, Johanna L. Dwyer, Mo-Han Fong, David Philip Hole, M. Khaledul Islam, Paul Marcus Carpenter, Jeffrey William Wirtanen, Maiyuran Wijayanathan
  • Publication number: 20110171924
    Abstract: A UE including one or more processors configured to cause the UE to reselect to a macro cell responsive to the UE placing an emergency call when the UE is in a femtocell, or when the UE is camped on a femtocell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Stefano M. Faccin, Young Ae Kim, Johanna L. Dwyer, Mo-Han Fong, David Philip Hole, M. Khaledul Islam, Paul Marcus Carpenter, Jeffrey William Wirtanen, Maiyuran Wijayanathan
  • Publication number: 20110171926
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) including one or more processors configured to receive an emergency calls supported indicator (ECSI).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Stefano M. Faccin, Young Ae Kim, Johanna L. Dwyer, Mo-Han Fong, David Philip Hole, M. Khaledul Islam, Paul Marcus Carpenter, Jeffrey William Wirtanen, Maiyuran Wijayanathan
  • Patent number: 7756073
    Abstract: The present invention concerns method for updating a routing entry BC for a communication partner node CN communicating with a communication originating node MN via a network containing at least one routing node HA, the method comprising the steps of: requesting (1) a routing entry update from the communication originating node MN to the communication partner node CN, wherein the update request contains at least an identification BUIN of the request, submitting (2) request verification information, associated to the identification BUIN of the update request, from the communication originating node MN to the least one routing node, requesting (4) verification of the routing entry update by the communication partner node CN to the routing node HA using the identification BUIN of the update request, retrieving (5) the request verification information from the routing node based on said identification BUIN of the update request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Inventors: Franck Le, Stefano M. Faccin
  • Publication number: 20100023765
    Abstract: The present invention concerns method for updating a routing entry BC for a communication partner node CN communicating with a communication originating node MN via a network containing at least one routing node HA, the method comprising the steps of: requesting 1. a routing entry update from said communication originating node MN to said communication partner node CN, wherein said update request contains at least an identification BUIN of the request, submitting 2. request verification information, associated to said identification BUIN of the update request, from said communication originating node MN to said at least one routing node, requesting 4. verification of said routing entry update by said communication partner node CN to said routing node HA using said identification BUIN of the update request, retrieving 5. said request verification information from said routing node based on said identification BUIN of the update request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: Spyder Navigations L.L.C.
    Inventors: Franck Le, Stefano M. Faccin
  • Patent number: 7546456
    Abstract: A method and system for proving ownership of an IPv6 address of a node in an IP based communication system. The node generates or has a private key corresponding to a public key, computes an address using the public key. The node verifies owning the address by generating answer to at least one question presented by another node, the answer being generated using the private key corresponding to the public key. According to another embodiment, for proving ownership of the IP address, the node generates the IP address based on passwords used only once, and the another node receiving the IP address verifies that the node owns the IP address by checking the password.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Inventors: Franck Le, Stefano M Faccin
  • Patent number: 7542481
    Abstract: A mechanism for optimizing an establishment of a communication connection between a mobile node and a correspondent node in a packet based communication network using, for example, IP is proposed. After starting an application level communication connection setup, for example SIP based, between the mobile node and the correspondent node via a communication subsystem infrastructure, for example the IM subsystem infrastructure, a trigger signal comprising the address of the correspondent node is transmitted from the SIP layer to the IP layer in the mobile node via an interface. In response to the trigger signal, an IP level route optimization procedure is performed while the application level communication connection setup proceeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Stefano M. Faccin, Basavaraj Patil
  • Patent number: 7489667
    Abstract: The present invention discloses performing a care of address registration of a mobile node at a home server unit of a home network of the mobile node, the home network comprising a plurality of home server units being arranged to maintain a binding between a home address of a mobile node and its current care of address from a visited network. A mobile node selects a first home server unit for registration and sends a binding update message to the first home server unit. In response to the received binding update message the first home server unit decides whether a binding update is to be rejected. In case it is decided that the binding update is to be rejected, the first home server unit selects a second home server unit. In a binding acknowledgment message information about the second home server unit is included and a binding update at the second home server unit is confirmed. The binding acknowledgment message resulting therefrom is sent to the mobile node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Inventors: Stefano M. Faccin, Hannu Flinck
  • Patent number: 7349377
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for providing location privacy for a terminal node (MN) in communication with a communication partner node (CN) in a communication network system comprising at least a first communication network (HN, VN), wherein a respective node (MN) communicating via said communication network system is identified by its permanent network address (MN_PA) and addressable by a temporary network address (MN_CoA), at least one server entity (LPS), a plurality of agent entities (LPA1, . . . , LPAn), wherein each of said at least one server entities (LPS) maintains a record of said plurality of agent entities (LPA1, . . . , LPAn) and their respective location within the network system, said method comprising the steps of: requesting (S41), by said terminal node (MN), said at least one server entity (LPS) for location privacy, selecting (S42), at said at least one server entity (LPS), a specific one of said plurality of agent entities (LPA1, . . .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Franck Le, Stefano M. Faccin