US 12,439,229 B2
Technique for providing content via a mobile communications network
István Gódor, Budapest (HU); and Geza Szabo, Kecskemet (HU)
Assigned to NovaCloud Licensing LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by NovaCloud Licensing LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 25, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/800,048.
Application 16/800,048 is a continuation of application No. 15/033,674, granted, now 10,587,532, previously published as PCT/EP2013/076341, filed on Dec. 12, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2020/0195576 A1, Jun. 18, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/18 (2009.01); H04L 47/80 (2022.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 12/08 (2021.01); H04W 12/088 (2021.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 4/18 (2013.01) [H04L 47/808 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04W 12/088 (2021.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04W 4/029 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of providing content from an Internet Protocol (IP) based network through a mobile communications network to user terminals, the IP based network is separate relative to the mobile communications network and is coupled to the mobile communications network, the method being implemented by a network node in the mobile communications network and comprising:
establishing, in a first connection setup phase initiated by a first user terminal, a first connection to the first user terminal, wherein the first connection is established during a first non-emergency time period;
providing requested content to the first user terminal, the requested content having a first Quality of Service (QOS) level based at least in part on successfully authenticating the first user terminal;
establishing, in a second connection setup phase initiated by a second user terminal, a second connection to the second user terminal, wherein the second connection is established during a second non-emergency time period;
assigning, to the second user terminal, in the second connection setup phase, based at least in part on failing to successfully authenticate the second user terminal, in response to the second user terminal not having sufficient authorization to access content having the first QoS level, a content access limitation restricting content served to the second user terminal to content predefined on a network side and having a lower QoS than content served to user terminals without the content access limitation, wherein assigning the content access limitation includes allocating a dedicated packet data network (PDN) function to the second user terminal, wherein the dedicated PDN function resides in the IP based network, and wherein the dedicated PDN function is structured to operate as a filter through which only the predefined content is permitted to pass from the IP based network through the mobile communications network to the second user terminal; and
providing the predefined content to the second user terminal, wherein the predefined content includes a map portion of an area surrounding the second user terminal based on geographic data determined for the second user terminal, and wherein the map portion is provided in a vector format.