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Method of managing the connectivity of a terminal

AssigneeBuzzinbees

InventorsMarc Lamberton, Michel Anslot, Gilles Coppe, Philippe Bouckaert

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Abstract

The invention proposes in particular a method of managing the connectivity of a terminal connectable to a cellular communication network characterized in that it comprises the following steps carried out in the terminal: if the terminal is already connected to the network: on completion of the dispatching of messages or after a predetermined duration following the dispatching of messages, determining whether conditions of configurations required in order to maintain a connection of the terminal to the network are all satisfied, maintaining the connection of the terminal to the network and authorizing the dispatching of the messages only if the conditions of configurations required to establish a connection of the terminal to the network are all satisfied, otherwise interrupting the connection of the terminal to the network, receiving from a management module remote from the terminal a signalling message ordering a disconnection of the terminal. Furthermore, the invention also pertains to a computer program product able to execute the method of managing connectivity.

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Dependent claims

A method for managing the connectivity of a terminal connectable to a cellular communication network, the method comprising the following steps performed in the terminal:

determining whether configuration conditions required for enabling connection of the terminal to the network are met,
enabling connection of the terminal to the network only if the required configuration conditions are met;
preventing connection of the terminal to the network if the required configuration conditions are not met,
disconnecting the terminal with respect to the cellular communication network in response to:
the sending of a signalling message demanding disconnection of the terminal, the signalling message being sent by a non-transitory management module within the cellular network for managing the connectivity of the terminal, the non-transitory management module being distinct from the terminal, the signalling message being sent to a non-transitory connection module responsible for the radio connection of the terminal to the cellular communication network, the disconnection of the terminal from the cellular communication network being done by said non-transitory connection module,
wherein the non-transitory management module comprises a database saved in data storage means and indexed by a subscription identifier (IMSI) of the terminals,
wherein the database stores a configuration profile for the terminal, and
wherein the sending by the non-transitory management module of a signalling message demanding disconnection of the terminal depends on said configuration profile.

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A communication system comprising a cellular communication network, at least one terminal comprising means for transmitting information and at least one non-transitory management module within the cellular communication network for managing the connectivity of at least one terminal of the type that can be connected to a cellular communication network, wherein the non-transitory management module comprises a non-transitory computer program product comprising instructions which, when they are executed by at least one processor, perform the steps of a method, and a downloading means configured to download said non-transitory computer program product to said terminal, wherein the method comprises the steps of:

determining whether configuration conditions required for enabling connection of the terminal to the network are met,
enabling connection of the terminal to the network only if the required configuration conditions are met;
preventing connection of the terminal to the network if the required configuration conditions are not met,
disconnecting the terminal with respect to the cellular communication network in response to:
the sending of a signalling message demanding disconnection of the terminal, the signalling message being sent by the non-transitory management module within the cellular communication network for managing the connectivity of the terminal, the non-transitory management module being distinct from the at least one terminal, the signalling message being sent to a non-transitory connection module responsible for connecting the terminal to the cellular communication network, the disconnection being done by said non-transitory connection module;
wherein the non-transitory management module comprises a database saved in data storage means and indexed by a subscription identifier (IMSI) of the terminals,
wherein the database stores a configuration profile for the terminal, and
wherein the sending by the non-transitory management module of a signalling message demanding disconnection of the terminal depends on said configuration profile.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/365,012Filed 12 Dec 2012
Priority: FR 11 6149212 Dec 2011
Published: US 2015/0105059 A116 Apr 2015
Granted: 18 Apr 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

H04L 63/102
For controlling access to devices or network resources: entity profiles
H04L 41/0866
Configuration management of networks or network elements: checking the configuration
H04W 4/70
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or…
H04W 12/082
Access security: using revocation of authorisation

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