Patents by Inventor Tommi SARANPAA

Tommi SARANPAA 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).

  • Network authentication
    Patent number: 11848926
    Abstract: A method for determining an access right of a user terminal to a first network, wherein the user terminal (110) includes a subscription of a second network (150). The method includes: receiving (310) an access request message (240) including a data record for a user name and a data record for a password; determining (320) that the records are in a pre-determined format and that at least one of them includes data from which a subscriber identity for the second network is derivable; generating (330) an authentication request message from the access server (140) to a server (160) configured to perform authentication related tasks in the second network; receiving (340) information on the outcome of the authentication of the subscriber in the second network, generating (350) an acknowledgement to the user terminal (110) indicating right to access to the first network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: TELIA COMPANY AB
    Inventors: Ilkka Keisala, Joni Rapanen, Jari Kotomaki, Tommi Saranpaa, Niko Suominen, Timo Tunturi, Patrik Maltusch
  • NETWORK AUTHENTICATION
    Publication number: 20170163627
    Abstract: A method for determining an access right of a user terminal to a first network, wherein the user terminal (110) includes a subscription of a second network (150). The method includes: receiving (310) an access request message (240) including a data record for a user name and a data record for a password; determining (320) that the records are in a pre-determined format and that at least one of them includes data from which a subscriber identity for the second network is derivable; generating (330) an authentication request message from the access server (140) to a server (160) configured to perform authentication related tasks in the second network; receiving (340) information on the outcome of the authentication of the subscriber in the second network, generating (350) an acknowledgement to the user terminal (110) indicating right to access to the first network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Ilkka KEISALA, Joni RAPANEN, Jari KOTOMAKI, Tommi SARANPAA, Niko SUOMINEN, Timo TUNTURI, Patrik MALTUSCH