Patents by Inventor Ulrich Sporn

Ulrich Sporn 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: 7761716
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and arrangement for securing a man-machine dialogue between a user and at least one application, which may be executed on a terminal, whereby a communication between user and application is achieved by means of input channels and output channels on the terminal. According to the invention, the user can be given the security that he is communicating with only one particular application, whereby the input channels and/or the output channels of the terminal, together or separately, may be optionally switched by means of a switching device such that only the particular application is available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: T-Mobile Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Mohrs, Ulrich Sporn
  • Patent number: 7492878
    Abstract: A method for providing and billing WIM functionalities in mobile communication terminals. The method is characterized in that the WIM internally counts each of the signatures initiated by the subscriber, wherein the signature function is blocked when a given number of signatures has been reached. No further signatures are possible until the counter has been reset by means of a release/reload-type operation and a corresponding billing has taken place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: T-Mobile Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Dupré, Ulrich Sporn
  • Publication number: 20050160046
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for providing and billing WIM functionalities in mobile communication terminals. The method is characterized in that the WIM internally counts each of the signatures initiated by the subscriber, wherein the signature function is blocked when a given number of signatures has been reached. No further signatures are possible until the counter has been reset by means of a release/reload-type operation and a corresponding billing has taken place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2003
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Dupre, Ulrich Sporn
  • Publication number: 20040103294
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and arrangement for securing a man-machine dialogue between a user and at least one application, which may be executed on a terminal, whereby a communication between user and application is achieved by means of input channels and output channels on the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2003
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Inventors: Walter Mohrs, Ulrich Sporn