Patents by Inventor Aidan Dillon
Aidan Dillon 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).
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Patent number: 8223717Abstract: A roaming gateway has at least one IP network interface, and at least one cellular network interface, and inter-working functions for inter-working between a wireless IP network and a cellular network. The inter-working functions communicate with user devices in an IP network according to a machine-level subscribe-and-notify event package protocol for managing handover of mobile devices roaming between IP and cellular networks. They also poll a cellular network for subscriber status on that cellular network in the absence of a mobility event package. The inter-working functions comprise HSS functionality programmed to access data on a HLR of a cellular network and to perform HSS operations using said data. The gateway applies routing policies specific to call types, allowing or disallowing the anchoring of calls originating in either an IP network or a cellular network based on number prefixes. The inter-working functions comprise an application server programmed to communicate with a user device as a client.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2007Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Accuris TechnologiesInventors: Aidan Dillon, Robert Ryan, David Doran, Louis Corrigan
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Patent number: 7738426Abstract: A gateway (1) resides in an IP-based network. It acts as a controlling or home HLR for a mobile device roaming in this network, emulating an MSC or VLR to the home network HLR. Thus, as far as the home network HLR is aware, the subscriber is roaming in a foreign network of equivalent type of technology. Meanwhile, the gateway of the invention manages a subscriber profile and authentication as if the visited network were the home network. In fact, the gateway in combination with the home network HLR acts as an IMS-standard HSS. The gateway (1) enables wireless carriers to use existing legacy network infrastructure to provide a smooth evolution to the next generation network architecture, and it supports voice and data inter-working between existing 2/2.5G networks and next-generation IP based networks. For inter-standard roaming, the gateway 1 extends the existing roaming footprint of an ANSI-41 subscriber roaming in GSM foreign mode.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2006Date of Patent: June 15, 2010Assignee: Accuris Technologies LimitedInventors: Ian Smith, Aidan Dillon
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Publication number: 20090323636Abstract: A roaming gateway has at least one IP network interface, and at least one cellular network interface, and inter-working functions for inter-working between a wireless IP network and a cellular network. The inter-working functions communicate with user devices in an IP network according to a machine-level subscribe-and-notify event package protocol for managing handover of mobile devices roaming between IP and cellular networks. They also poll a cellular network for subscriber status on that cellular network in the absence of a mobility event package. The inter-working functions comprise HSS functionality programmed to access data on a HLR of a cellular network and to perform HSS operations using said data. The gateway applies routing policies specific to call types, allowing or disallowing the anchoring of calls originating in either an IP network or a cellular network based on number prefixes. The inter-working functions comprise an application server programmed to communicate with a user device as a client.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2007Publication date: December 31, 2009Inventors: Aidan Dillon, Robert Ryan, David Doran, Louis Corrigan
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Publication number: 20080267199Abstract: A gateway (1) resides in an IP-based network. It acts as a controlling or home HLR for a mobile device roaming in this network, emulating an MSC or VLR to the home network HLR. Thus, as far as the home network HLR is aware, the subscriber is roaming in a foreign network of equivalent type of technology. Meanwhile, the gateway of the invention manages a subscriber profile and authentication as if the visited network were the home network. In fact, the gateway in combination with the home network HLR acts as an IMS-standard HSS. The gateway (1) enables wireless carriers to use existing legacy network infrastructure to provide a smooth evolution to the next generation network architecture, and it supports voice and data inter-working between existing 2/2.5G networks and next-generation IP based networks. For inter-standard roaming, the gateway 1 extends the existing roaming footprint of an ANSI-41 subscriber roaming in GSM foreign mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2006Publication date: October 30, 2008Inventors: Ian Smith, Aidan Dillon
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Patent number: 7130907Abstract: A wireless mobility services platform (1) has a high-speed network interconnecting an operations and maintenance processor (2) for performing platform administration and management functions, a network access processor for handling signalling traffic, and a database server (4) comprising a memory subscriber database distributed across hardware platforms according to a fault-tolerant redundancy scheme. A platform software layer (12) comprising common communication and database access functions is hosted on the operations and maintenance processor, the network access processor, and on the database server. A signal relay layer (13) is hosted on the network access processor.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2002Date of Patent: October 31, 2006Assignee: Markport LimitedInventors: David James Aitken, Aidan Dillon
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Publication number: 20040198352Abstract: A wireless mobility services platform (1) has a high-speed network interconnecting an operations and maintenance processor (2) for performing platform administration and management functions, a network access processor for handling signalling traffic, and a database server (4) comprising a memory subscriber database distributed across hardware platforms according to a fault-tolerant redundancy scheme. A platform software layer (12) comprising common communication and database access functions is hosted on the operations and maintenance processor, the network access processor, and on the database server. A signal relay layer (13) is hosted on the network access processor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2002Publication date: October 7, 2004Inventors: David James Aitken, Aidan Dillon
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Publication number: 20030022669Abstract: A roaming subscriber transmits a feature code when in a visited network (2). The MSC (4) routes it to the home network (1), where it is intercepted by a server (5). The server (5) determines that a pre-paid call is being requested and routes a request to a pre-pay platform (7), by-passing the HLR (6). The pre-pay platform (7) sets up the call.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2002Publication date: January 30, 2003Inventors: David James Aitken, Aidan Dillon
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Patent number: 6453174Abstract: A roaming interworking gateway has a modular unit associated with an IS.41 system, a modular unit associated with a FSM system, and a translation function. The translation function accesses a database which stores subscriber data upon registration of a subscriber in a roamed mobile system. Each modular unit comprises an authentication center to perform authentication before registration. The RIG is implemented on a distributed hardware structure having a high-speed network to which are connected network access processors (NAP), database servers, and an operations and maintenance processor. Each modular unit resides on a single network access processor. The translation function has a module residing on the NAP of each associated modular unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 1998Date of Patent: September 17, 2002Assignee: Markport LimitedInventors: Joseph Cunningham, Augustine Collins, Neillus O'Shea, Aidan Dillon
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Patent number: 6360095Abstract: A HLR (10) has a bus (11) which interconnects a NAP layer (12), a DBS layer (13) and an OMP layer (14). All accesses to a memory database (26) are through a single channel—the associated DBS (25) with associated databases (26, 27). Each NAP (20) has a directory service (21) identifying the active DB (26) for each item of subscriber data. Each DBS (25) has a shadow DBS (25) to which it automatically writes for real time synchronization.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 1998Date of Patent: March 19, 2002Assignee: Markport LimitedInventors: Joseph Cunningham, Augustine Collins, Aidan Dillon