# US 9,439,120 B2 · Method and apparatus for managing information in a network > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,439,120 B2 - Document ID: US9439120B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/431,869 - Filed: 2012-08-28 - Published: 2015-10-08 - Granted: 2016-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2012-08-28 - Assignees: Nokia Technologies Oy - Applicants: Jussi-Pekka Koskinen; Jarkko Koskela; Ilkka Keskitalo - Inventors: Jussi-Pekka Koskinen; Jarkko Koskela; Ilkka Keskitalo - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9439120B2 ## CPC - H04W 36/0033: {with transfer of context information} - H04W 36/0064: {of control information between different access points} - H04W 8/22: Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities - H04W 36/0011: {for data sessions of end-to-end connection} - H04W 36/14: Reselecting a network or an air interface - H04W 88/08: Access point devices - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus, comprising at least one processing core configured to determine that information associated with the apparatus, stored in the apparatus, has changed, a receiver configured to receive a handover instruction instructing the apparatus to handover to a second base station, the at least one processing core being configured to cause the transmitter to inform the second base station of the changed information, wherein the at least one processing core is configured to perform the informing only if at most a predefined length of time elapses between the determination and associating with the second base station. The information may comprise preference or status information, for example. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus, comprising: at least one processing core configured to determine that information associated with the apparatus, stored in the apparatus, has changed; a receiver configured to receive a handover instruction instructing the apparatus to handover to a base station; the at least one processing core being configured to cause a transmitter to inform the base station of the changed information, wherein the at least one processing core is configured to cause the informing only if at most a predefined length of time elapses between the determination and associating with the base station. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured to cause a measurement report to be transmitted to a second base station, and the at least one processing core is configured to cause the informing only if the determining occurs subsequent to the transmitting of the measurement report and prior to the associating. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the at least one processing core is configured to cause the transmitter to inform the base station responsive to the determination occurring subsequent to the transmission of the measurement report and prior to the apparatus associating with the base station. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the handover instruction comprises at least one indication of information associated with the apparatus stored in the base station. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the at least one processing core is configured to, responsive to determining based at least in part on the at least one indication that there is a mismatch between information associated with the apparatus stored in the apparatus and in the base station, become operable to cause the transmitter to inform the base station of the changed information. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information associated with the apparatus comprises preference information. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the preference information comprises at least one of a power saving mode preference indication and a codec version preference indication. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the handover instruction is received from a second base station. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus comprises a mobile communication device, the apparatus further comprising an antenna coupled to the receiver and configured to provide signals to the at least one processing core. ### Claim 10 A method, comprising: determining that information associated with an apparatus, stored in the apparatus, has changed; receiving a handover instruction instructing the apparatus to handover to a base station, and causing informing of the base station of the changed information, wherein causing the informing only occurs if at most a predefined length of time elapses between the determination and associating with the base station. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, wherein the handover instruction comprises at least one indication of information associated with the apparatus stored in the base station. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein, responsive to determining based at least in part on the at least one indication that there is a mismatch between information associated with the apparatus stored in the apparatus and in the base station, the method comprises becoming operable to cause a transmitter to inform the base station of the changed information. ### Claim 13 An apparatus, comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: receive a handover request from a first base station, the handover request involving a first mobile station, and transmit a handover message to the first base station, the handover message comprising at least one indication of information associated with the first mobile station stored in the apparatus. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the information associated with the first mobile station comprises preference information. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the preference information comprises at least one of a power saving mode preference indication and a codec version preference indication. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the handover request comprises the information associated with the first mobile. ### Claim 17 A method, comprising: receiving a handover request from a first base station, the handover request involving a first mobile station, and transmitting a handover message to the first base station, the handover message comprising at least one indication of information associated with the first mobile station stored in the apparatus. ### Claim 18 A computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium bearing computer program code embodied therein for use with a computer, the computer program code comprising: code for determining that information associated with an apparatus, stored in the apparatus, has changed; code for receiving a handover instruction instructing the apparatus to handover to a base station; code for causing informing of the second base station of the changed information, wherein causing the informing only occurs if at most a predefined length of time elapses between the determination and associating with the base station. ### Claim 19 A computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium bearing computer program code embodied therein for use with a computer, the computer program code comprising: code for receiving a handover request from a first base station, the handover request involving a first mobile station, and code for transmitting a handover message to the first base station, the handover message comprising at least one indication of information associated with the first mobile station stored in the apparatus.