Patents by Inventor Thomas Hickethier

Thomas Hickethier 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: 20110164736
    Abstract: It is disclosed a apparatus including transmitting a request message including first information being different from credit control information, second information indicating absence of a need for credit control, third information indicating a need for call charge indication, and fourth information concerning a service requested; and a method including transmitting an answer message including call charge information responsive to reception of the request message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Martin Farthofer, Gerald Goermer, Thomas Hickethier
  • Publication number: 20110035446
    Abstract: The invention provides a method, including detecting, at a network element, a type of a supplementary service requested by a user equipment, sending, by the network element, a message containing the detected type of the requested supplementary service to a charging system, receiving, at the network element, a message including information related to the detected type of the requested supplementary service from the charging system. The present invention further provides a respective system and network elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventors: Gerald Goermer, Thomas Hickethier, Juha-Pekka Koskinen, Anne Paivikki Narhi, Juha Raimo Vallinen
  • Patent number: 7680498
    Abstract: A method for the reverse signaling of a transmission service is used during a call from a first telecommunication network. A mobile terminal is called in the supply range of a target switchboard of a digital mobile radio network from the first telecommunication network, and the information completely describing the transmission service which is to be used is exchanged between the mobile terminal and the destination mobile switchboard of the digital mobile radio network, is stored in the destination mobile switchboard and is transported by at least one signaling message ADDRESS COMPLETE, ANSWER to at least one access mobile switchboard involved in the call which to be made, whereupon it is made available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Hickethier, Jens Hofmann, Norbert Klehn
  • Publication number: 20070217395
    Abstract: Data transfer between a first subscriber having a first IP address and a second subscriber having a second IP address via a tariff-reduced data connection in a data mobile radio network is controlled by a functional unit in the data mobile radio network examining the authorization of the subscribers using the IP addresses of the subscribers involved in the data transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2005
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Inventors: Olaf Böhme, Uwe Foll, Thomas Hickethier
  • Publication number: 20070135126
    Abstract: A method for the reverse signaling of a transmission service is used during a call from a first telecommunication network. A mobile terminal is called in the supply range of a target switchboard of a digital mobile radio network from the first telecommunication network, and the information completely describing the transmission service which is to be used is exchanged between the mobile terminal and the destination mobile switchboard of the digital mobile radio network, is stored in the destination mobile switchboard and is transported by at least one signaling message ADDRESS COMPLETE, ANSWER to at least one access mobile switchboard involved in the call which to be made, whereupon it is made available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: Thomas Hickethier, Jens Hofmann, Norbert Klehn