Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods, devices, and computer programs for enabling the sponsoring of data connectivity
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Application No.: US15521686Application Date: 2014-11-05
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Publication No.: US10798253B2Publication Date: 2020-10-06
- Inventor: Miguel Angel Garcia Martin , Pablo Martinez De La Cruz
- Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
- Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Patent Portfolio Builders, PLLC
- International Application: PCT/EP2014/073804 WO 20141105
- International Announcement: WO2016/070912 WO 20160512
- Main IPC: H04M15/00
- IPC: H04M15/00 ; H04L12/14 ; H04W4/24 ; H04W4/80 ; H04W28/20 ; H04W48/16

Abstract:
In a telecommunication network, a method is carried out for assisting a first user terminal (1001) in benefiting from a data connectivity. A second user terminal (1002) indicates (s10), to a connectivity donation server (200), that it is willing to sponsor data connectivity of the first terminal (1001) and that, restriction(s) are imposed on how the sponsored connectivity can be used. The restriction(s) comprise: i) where the first terminal (1001) is to be located for benefiting from the sponsored connectivity; and ii) which access network(s) the first terminal (1001) has to connect to for benefiting from the sponsored connectivity. The connectivity donation server (200) then transmits a token to the second terminal (1002), which in turn transmits (s30) it to the first terminal (1001) using proximity-based means. Terminals, network nodes, and computer programs for use in the above method are also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170251109A1 Methods, Devices, and Computer Programs for Enabling the Sponsoring of Data Connectivity Public/Granted day:2017-08-31
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