Patents by Inventor Allan Thomson

Allan Thomson 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).

  • Publication number: 20160069775
    Abstract: A method for processing data obtained from a condition monitoring system, which comprises the step of obtaining dynamic signal data in the form of a time waveform and/or a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) from at least one sensor. The method comprises the step of extracting at least two parameters from the time waveform and/or FFT and transmitting or displaying the at least two parameters instead of the dynamic signal time waveform data and/or a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventor: Allan THOMSON
  • Publication number: 20160047716
    Abstract: A method for processing data obtained from a condition monitoring system, wherein the method comprises a step of obtaining dynamic signal data in a form of a first time waveform including a number of samples from at least one sensor. The method comprises a step of creating a plurality of new time waveforms from the first time waveform, each of the plurality of new time waveforms having a smaller number of samples than the first time waveform, and at least one of transmitting, displaying or storing the plurality of new time waveforms instead of the dynamic signal time waveform data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicant: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventor: Allan THOMSON
  • Publication number: 20160047715
    Abstract: A sensor unit for a bearing including at least one inner ring and at least one outer ring, wherein the sensor unit is configured to detect at least one state variable of the bearing. The sensor unit is embedded in a recess of one of the inner ring or the outer ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicant: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Andrew CAMPBELL, Allan THOMSON, Joseph ERSKINE
  • Publication number: 20160033363
    Abstract: A method for processing data obtained from a condition monitoring system, the method comprising steps of obtaining one of a vibration enveloped or an acoustic emission envelope time waveform from at least one sensor, counting at least one of: (a) how many transient events cross a plurality of predetermined threshold levels within the time waveform, (b) a rate at which transient events cross a plurality of predetermined threshold levels within the time waveform, and (c) determining a periodicity of repetition of the transient events where applicable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Brian MURRAY, Allan THOMSON, Ivan ROCHFORD
  • Patent number: 9208295
    Abstract: Presented herein are techniques for adding a secure control layer to a distributed communication fabric that supports publish-subscribe (pub-sub) and direct query (synchronization) communication. The secure control layer is configured to perform policy-based authentication techniques to securely manage the exchange of data/information within the communication fabric and enable registration/discovery of new capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Nancy Cam-Winget, Allan Thomson, Pok Wong, Vanaja Ravi
  • Patent number: 9210185
    Abstract: The cyber threat monitor and control apparatuses, methods and systems (hereinafter “CTMC”) determines risk across a global Internet network graph model for various virtual or physical network elements. In one embodiment, the CTMC defines a factor mechanism representing interactions among the set of network elements, the factor mechanism including a factor indicative of a correlation between a pair of network elements from the set of network elements, and dynamically calculate the probabilistic network security measure for each network element in the global Internet graph model based at least in part on the factor mechanism and any observed threat indicators related to the global Internet graph model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Lookingglass Cyber Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Paul Pinney Wood, John Joseph Helmsen, Allan Thomson, Christopher D. Coleman
  • Publication number: 20150338310
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting irregularities in a rotation of roller bodies in a roller bearing, the apparatus comprising a measurement module and a processor module. The measurement module is operable to provide a deformation signal indicative of a deformation of a surface region of a bearing ring of the roller bearing, wherein the deformation is due to the rotation of the roller bodies over the surface region. The processor module is operable to extract one or more signal quantities of interest from the deformation signal and operable to provide statistical information on the one or more extracted signal quantities of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Andreas Clemens VAN DER HAM, Allan THOMSON
  • Patent number: 9148797
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, a service that analyzes location information of a client as the client roams. For example, whenever a trigger event occurs, such as a change in the association state, a change in Internet Protocol (IP) address, etc., a determination is made whether the event was expected. If the event was not expected, the location of where the trigger event occurred can be determined enabling a network administrator to investigate roaming problems at a particular location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Allan Thomson
  • Patent number: 9137663
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes identifying, responsive to a triggering event, one or more radio frequency (RF) firewall transceivers that neighbor a data wireless access point to which a given wireless client is communicating; configuring one or more of the identified neighboring RF firewall transceivers to detect RF frames transmitted by the wireless client; causing the data wireless access point to transmit one or more wireless messages operative to cause the wireless client to transmit RF frames; collecting RF signal data corresponding to the RF frames transduced by one or more of the identified neighboring RF firewall transceivers; transmitting the collected RF signal data to a location system; receiving from the location system an indication of the location of the wireless client; and applying one or more network access policies based on the indication of the location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Allan Thomson, Brian Donald Hart, Mark Paul Yankowski, Christine Andiazabal, Timothy S. Olson
  • Publication number: 20150253219
    Abstract: An arrangement and a method of measuring a mechanical bearing oscillation within a bearing. The arrangement comprises: (1) a shaft adapted for rotating, coupled to an inner ring of the bearing, and supported by the bearing, wherein the bearing oscillation excites a shaft oscillation of the shaft; (2) a bolt having an outer threading portion screwed into the shaft in order to achieve a mechanical coupling for transferring the shaft oscillation to excite a bolt oscillation of the bolt; and (3) a sensor mechanically coupled to the bolt for registering the bolt oscillation, the bolt oscillation being indicative of the bearing oscillation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Joseph Erskine, Keith Hamilton, Gerard McGoogan, Tim Smith, Allan Thomson, Andreas Clemens Van Der Ham, Sebastian Ziegler
  • Patent number: 9118714
    Abstract: The cyber threat intelligence confidence rating visualization and editing user interface technology (hereinafter “TIC”) provides a user interface that allows a user (e.g., a cyber threat analyst, etc.) to submit ratings for various characteristics associated with a cyber threat indicator. In one embodiment, the TIC may instantiate a user interactive risk evaluation component having a user interface input element for a user to submit calculation weights for one or more characteristics of a cyber threat; generate a graphical representation of a cyber threat confidence score for user interface display via the user interactive risk evaluation component; and dynamically adjust the graphical representation of the threat confidence score using at least one of the one or more characteristics weighted by the user configured weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Lookingglass Cyber Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Allan Thomson, Christopher D. Coleman
  • Patent number: 9106348
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, there is disclosed a technique that enables a wireless device to achieve coexistence with an interfering source. The wireless device determines when interference is present and not present during a service period and reports the duration of interference free interval. At the end of an interference period, the wireless device can send a trigger signal indicating the start of an interference free interval to request data be sent to the wireless station until the expiration of the duration of the interference free interval. In particular embodiments, the signal sent by the wireless device can include an offset, for example a timing synchronization function (TSF) value, to indicate the end of the interference-free interval, perhaps computed so as allow for some clock drift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Allan Thomson, David Stephenson, Brian Hart, Kasi Nalamalapu
  • Publication number: 20150219527
    Abstract: An arrangement and a method of measuring a mechanical bearing oscillation within a bearing, the bearing supporting a rotating shaft which is coupled to an inner ring of the bearing, the arrangement comprising: a bolt arranged in a force fit with an outer ring of the bearing in order to excite, by the bearing oscillation, a bolt oscillation; a sensor mechanically coupled to the bolt for registering the bolt oscillation, the bolt oscillation being indicative of the bearing oscillation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Joseph Erskine, Keith Hamilton, Gerard McGoogan, Tim Smith, Allan Thomson, Andreas Clemens Van Der Ham, Sebastian Ziegler
  • Patent number: 9055395
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a receiver configured for receiving a response message from a tracked device in a wireless network, the response message transmitted in response to a provoking message having an identifier of the tracked device in a transmitter address field, and a processor for measuring at least one location related parameter, extracting the identifier of the tracked device from the response message and identifying the response message as a location tracking message based on information in the response message. A field of the response message includes the identifier of the tracked device copied from the provoking message and the transmitter address is not provided in another field of the response message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Donald Hart, Allan Thomson, Visshwanth Reddy
  • Patent number: 8934369
    Abstract: The direction of movement of a wireless local area network client device, determined based on data generated by one or more sensors onboard the client device, is provided by the client device to its serving access point. Using the direction of movement information, a list is generated of neighbor access points that are likely to be in the path of travel of the client device. The list may be generated by the serving access point or another infrastructure device, e.g., a wireless network controller. The serving access point sends the list of neighbor access points to the client device to enable the client device to select an access point to roam to at the appropriate time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Min Cao, Tak Ming Pang, Hari Rangarajan, Allan Thomson, Hang Jin
  • Publication number: 20140365512
    Abstract: Presented herein are object filtering techniques that optimize the communication of information over an infrastructure that supports publish-subscribe (pub-sub) and direct query (synchronization) communication. In the object filtering techniques, a single information publisher can share that information in an associated object graph with many different consumers over the infrastructure without sharing the entire object graph.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Allan Thomson, Nancy Cam-Winget, Vanaja Ravi, Pok Wong
  • Patent number: 8887243
    Abstract: An integrated security platform that enables a wide variety of network security elements to share security information in a comprehensive manner so as to provide automation of policy and security enforcement based on intelligence gathered by the different network security elements. The integrated security information platform provides the ability to clarify security intelligence by simplifying the collection and indexing of security information so that the information is visible and accessible to systems wanting to make use of the security information, without requiring all of the information to be co-resident with the infrastructure of the security platform or requiring the various systems to have pair-wise relationships with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Allan Thomson, Charles Rodney Starrett, Matthew Schott Bohmfalk Rodgers, Sean Convery
  • Patent number: 8879455
    Abstract: A multicast delivery system facilitating power management. In particular implementations, a method includes maintaining in the memory a plurality of multicast stream queues, each multicast stream queue associated with a delivery interval; storing frames of respective multicast streams in a multicast stream queue based on a delivery interval associated with the multicast stream; and delivering multicast streams at respective delivery intervals to one or more wireless clients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David S. Stephenson, Robert B. O'Hara, Jr., Allan Thomson
  • Patent number: 8861383
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, a wireless device is configured to associate with a first access point on a first frequency. The wireless device listens for a predefined frame, which may be sent by neighboring access points or other wireless devices. When the wireless device receives a signal comprising a predefined frame, the wireless device acquires a parameter, such as signal strength, for the signal. The wireless device sends the parameter for the signal to the first access point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Santosh Pandey, Allan Thomson, Brian Hart, Jagdish Girimaji
  • Publication number: 20140269481
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, there is disclosed herein an apparatus comprising a wireless transceiver and a controller coupled to the wireless transceiver and configured to receive data via the wireless transceiver. The controller operates the wireless transceiver at a first power save state where the wireless transceiver can receive a frame but other circuits are de-energized. The controller is responsive to the wireless transceiver receiving a frame while the wireless transceiver is in a first power state to determine whether the frame is a predefined wakeup frame. The controller provides additional power to the wireless transceiver responsive to determining the frame is a predefined wakeup frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Allan Thomson, Esteban Torres