Patents by Inventor Tuomo Hokkanen

Tuomo Hokkanen 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: 6993666
    Abstract: A procedure and a data communication system in which a service provider provides to a remote user of a service a set of expendable passwords for use by the user in accessing the service via a telecommunication and/or data network. The user's terminal device is provided with means for automatically transmitting a password at log-on to the service, and a server to which the terminal device sets up a connection includes means for identifying the password and for allowing or denying access to the service on the basis of the supplied password. The terminal device further includes means for storing a set of passwords and for selecting, at log-on to a predetermined service, the correct password from the stored set of passwords for automatic addition of the password to a connection setup signal transmitted from the terminal device to the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Sonera Oyj
    Inventors: Tuomo Hokkanen, Janne Linkola
  • Patent number: 6882844
    Abstract: A method and system for changing a subscriber profile on the basis of the detected or known identity of the base station currently serving the terminal equipment of that subscriber in a mobile communication network. A permanent and unique identity parameter or designation is created and assigned to each base station of the network, and is broadcast by each respective base station to all subscriber terminal equipment currently in its communication coverage area or region. Changing of the subscriber profile on the basis of subscriber movements within the network is accomplished with enhanced flexibly and ease and at lower cost than heretofore possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: Sonera Oyj
    Inventors: Mika Keski-Heikkilä, Janne Linkola, Tuomo Hokkanen
  • Patent number: 6876853
    Abstract: In the present invention, a method for performing a handover procedure for a movable mobile station communicating in a communication network is disclosed. The communication network includes a plurality of base transceiver stations adapted to communicate with mobile stations within its coverage area. The method includes processing location information related to the mobile station and position information related to the base transceiver stations. The method also includes deciding, based on the result of the processing, whether a first handover condition is fulfilled and designating a next base transceiver station in the network to communicate with the mobile station. When the first handover condition is fulfilled, a handover of the mobile station from the current base transceiver station to the next designated base transceiver station is triggered. A corresponding device for controlling handover is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Nokia Networks Oy
    Inventor: Tuomo Hokkanen
  • Patent number: 6708033
    Abstract: A system for changing the service profile of a mobile subscriber includes a location part (31), a evaluation part (32) and a subscriber connection exchange part (33). Besides these, the home location register contains such individual subscriber connections for the subscriber, which have a different service profile. The duty of the location part is to find out the location of the mobile station in the network and to give location information to the evaluation part. The information may be e.g. a location area identity, cell identity or switching centre area identity which is used in the public land mobile network. The evaluation part checks to find out whether the location information has changed compared with the location information received earlier. If it has, it searches the memory for the corresponding location information and compares the connection information in the record with the current connection information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: TeliaSonera Finland OYJ
    Inventors: Janne Linkola, Tuomo Hokkanen
  • Publication number: 20020072371
    Abstract: In the present invention, a method is proposed for performing a handover procedure for a mobile station (MS) communicating in a communication network and being movable therein, said communication network comprising a plurality of base transceiver stations being adapted to perform a communication with said mobile station (MS) within its coverage area, said method comprising the steps of processing (S3) location information related to the mobile station (MS) and position information related to the base transceiver stations (BTS 1A, BTS 1B, BTS 2, BTS 3), deciding (S4) on the basis of the result of said processing (S3), whether a first handover condition is fulfilled, designating (S9) a next base transceiver station in said communication network, to which the communication with said mobile station (MS) is to be directed from a current base transceiver station, when the first handover condition is fulfilled, triggering a handover (S10) of the communication connection of the mobile station (MS) from the current ba
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Inventor: Tuomo Hokkanen