Patents by Inventor Douglas Brock Dickie

Douglas Brock Dickie 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).

  • Method and apparatus for recording actual time used by a service which makes requests for data
    Patent number: 6324528
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for recording actual time used by a service which makes requests for data. The apparatus includes a first timer for recording time during which the service is in operation and a second timer rendered operable when the service requests data. The second timer is operable to disable the first timer to suspend the recording of the time when the second timer acquires a value exceeding a pre-defined value, representing the time during which the service is waiting for data in response to a request for data and the second timer re-enables the first timer when the data is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Raines Hillson, Douglas Brock Dickie
  • Public communications services vending method and apparatus
    Patent number: 6118860
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for vending public communications services. The apparatus includes a telephone, a multimedia terminal, and a payment receiver for receiving an authorization to accept charges for enabling use of at least one of the telephone and the multimedia terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Raines Hillson, Alfred Chow, Douglas Brock Dickie, Michael George Manson, John Maurice McDonald, James Marshall Judd, Nick Isgro, Bernard Gerald Jansen
  • Method and apparatus for recording actual time used by a service which makes requests for data
    Patent number: 6094644
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for recording actual time used by a service which makes requests for data. The apparatus includes a first timer for recording time during which the service is in operation and a second timer rendered operable when the service requests data. The second timer is operable to disable the first timer to suspend the recording of the time when the second timer acquires a value exceeding a pre-defined value, representing the time during which the service is waiting for data in response to a request for data and the second timer re-enables the first timer when the data is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Raines Hillson, Douglas Brock Dickie