Patents by Inventor Michael Pirie

Michael Pirie 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: 20190037641
    Abstract: Service Access Codes (SACs) are special codes that are part of the standard North American Numbering Plan (NANP). A messaging address system and method for facilitating interaction between mobile subscribers and message-based applications. A communications network; and a message center system coupled to the communications network. The message center system comprises a processor configured to: associate destination addresses with corresponding data network addresses; said destination addresses formatted in accordance with a standard non-geographic numbering and administration plan, receive a mobile-originated message generated by a subscriber wireless device; the destination is formatted in accordance with the Numbering Plan (NANP) service access code (SAC) format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Randall SYNDER, Boon HWANG, Michael PIRIE, Eswar PRIYADARSHAN, Gerald HEWES
  • Patent number: 10117291
    Abstract: Service Access Codes (SACs) are special codes that are part of the standard North American Numbering Plan (NANP). Presented herein is a solution for which these special SACs can be used as addresses to wireless data and messaging applications without precluding their traditional use for voice calls. Accordingly, provided herein is an exemplary messaging address system and method for facilitating interaction between mobile subscribers and message-based applications. The system comprises: a communications network; and a message center system coupled to said communications network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: MOBILE MESSENGER GLOBAL, INC.
    Inventors: Randall Snyder, Gerald Hewes, Boon Hwang, Michael Pirie, Eswar Priyadarshan
  • Publication number: 20170289780
    Abstract: Provided herein is a system, method and product for performing address translation and routing of short codes. The embodiment described herein primarily supports the wireless and standardized SMS; however, one skilled in the art can readily appreciate that the present invention can also be applied to any mobile messaging technology, e.g., Multimedia Messaging Service (“MMS”), etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Gerald HEWES, Boon HWANG, Michael PIRIE, Randall SNYDER
  • Patent number: 9736662
    Abstract: Provided herein is a system, method and product for performing address translation and routing of short codes. The embodiment described herein primarily supports the wireless and standardized SMS; however, one skilled in the art can readily appreciate that the present invention can also be applied to any mobile messaging technology, e.g., Multimedia Messaging Service (“MMS”), etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: MANTIS MESSAGING, INC.
    Inventors: Gerald Hewes, Boon Hwang, Michael Pirie, Randall Snyder
  • Patent number: 9644683
    Abstract: An apparatus for separating hot particles including a plurality of materials having different magnetic properties includes a plurality of permanent magnets arranged in a magnet assembly and configured to create a magnetic flux capable of providing a coercive force on at least a portion of the particles, the magnet assembly being mounted on a stationary shaft, a moving surface proximate the magnet assembly for carrying the particles in a downward path through the magnetic flux while the coercive force attracts the portion of the hot particles toward the moving surface, the moving surface being mounted on a drive shaft supported by a bearing, and an inert gas supply system which supplies inert gas into a gap between the stationary shaft and the drive shaft for cooling the drive shaft and the bearings, and into the magnet assembly for purging the magnet assembly of oxygen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: OUTOTEC (FINLAND) OY
    Inventors: Michael Pirie, Javier Castro
  • Patent number: 9599167
    Abstract: A drive system for an apparatus separating hot particles being received by a moving surface includes a drive shaft for driving the moving surface receiving the hot particles, a drive unit for rotating the drive shaft, and a flexible coupling arranged between the drive shaft and the drive unit. The flexible coupling includes thin portions defining a portion of a heat transfer path from the drive shaft to the drive unit. The thin portions have large surface area to volume ratios for extending the heat transfer path. The thin portions dissipate heat when the flexible coupling is driven by the drive unit. A method for dissipating heat from a drive system for an apparatus for separating hot particles includes providing a flexible coupling and dissipating heat from the flexible coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: OUTOTEC (FINLAND) OY
    Inventors: Michael Pirie, Javier Castro
  • Patent number: 9381521
    Abstract: An apparatus for separating hot particles including a plurality of materials having different magnetic properties includes a plurality of permanent magnets arranged in a magnet assembly and configured to create a magnetic flux capable of providing a coercive force on at least a portion of the particles, a moving surface proximate the magnet assembly for carrying the particles in a downward path through the magnetic flux while the coercive force attracts the portion of the hot particles toward the moving surface, a feed system for supplying the particles onto the moving surface, and a cooling system for maintaining the temperature of the magnets substantially below their Curie point, the cooling system comprising a pair of plates which are disposed between the magnet assembly and the moving surface, the cooling system configured to operate by passing a contained cooling fluid through a gap between the pair of plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: OUTOTEC (FINLAND) OY
    Inventors: Michael Pirie, Javier Castro
  • Publication number: 20160082445
    Abstract: An apparatus for separating hot particles including a plurality of materials having different magnetic properties includes a plurality of permanent magnets arranged in a magnet assembly and configured to create a magnetic flux capable of providing a coercive force on at least a portion of the particles, a moving surface proximate the magnet assembly for carrying the particles in a downward path through the magnetic flux while the coercive force attracts the portion of the hot particles toward the moving surface, a feed system for supplying the particles onto the moving surface, and a cooling system for maintaining the temperature of the magnets substantially below their Curie point, the cooling system comprising a pair of plates which are disposed between the magnet assembly and the moving surface, the cooling system configured to operate by passing a contained cooling fluid through a gap between the pair of plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: OUTOTEC (FINLAND) OY
    Inventors: Michael PIRIE, Javier CASTRO
  • Publication number: 20160084314
    Abstract: An apparatus for separating hot particles including a plurality of materials having different magnetic properties includes a plurality of permanent magnets arranged in a magnet assembly and configured to create a magnetic flux capable of providing a coercive force on at least a portion of the particles, the magnet assembly being mounted on a stationary shaft, a moving surface proximate the magnet assembly for carrying the particles in a downward path through the magnetic flux while the coercive force attracts the portion of the hot particles toward the moving surface, the moving surface being mounted on a drive shaft supported by a bearing, and an inert gas supply system which supplies inert gas into a gap between the stationary shaft and the drive shaft for cooling the drive shaft and the bearings, and into the magnet assembly for purging the magnet assembly of oxygen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: OUTOTEC (FINLAND) OY
    Inventors: Michael PIRIE, Javier CASTRO
  • Publication number: 20160084320
    Abstract: A drive system for an apparatus separating hot particles being received by a moving surface includes a drive shaft for driving the moving surface receiving the hot particles, a drive unit for rotating the drive shaft, and a flexible coupling arranged between the drive shaft and the drive unit. The flexible coupling includes thin portions defining a portion of a heat transfer path from the drive shaft to the drive unit. The thin portions have large surface area to volume ratios for extending the heat transfer path. The thin portions dissipate heat when the flexible coupling is driven by the drive unit. A method for dissipating heat from a drive system for an apparatus for separating hot particles includes providing a flexible coupling and dissipating heat from the flexible coupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: OUTOTEC (FINLAND) OY
    Inventors: Michael PIRIE, Javier Castro
  • Publication number: 20150174265
    Abstract: The present invention features compositions and methods for enhancing endosomal escape of therapeutic agents in the cytoplasm of a cell to thereby provide more effective therapy. The endocytic pathway is the major uptake mechanism of cells, and biological agents such as proteins, DNA, and siRNA become entrapped in endosomes and subsequently degraded by lysosomal enzymes. The present invention facilitates endosomal escape by providing fusion proteins with membrane disruptive activity. In some embodiments, the fusion protein has endosomolytic activity that is activated at endosomal or lysosomal pH. In other embodiments, the fusion protein has reversible and pH sensitive membrane disruptive activity so that once internalized into the endosomal or lysosomal compartments, the resulting reduction in pH causes the pH sensitive fusion protein to activate and disrupt the endosomal or lysosomal membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Karl Dane Wittrup, Christopher Michael Pirie, David Victor Liu, Nicole Jie Yeon Yang
  • Publication number: 20150099554
    Abstract: Provided herein is a system, method and product for performing address translation and routing of short codes. The embodiment described herein primarily supports the wireless and standardized SMS; however, one skilled in the art can readily appreciate that the present invention can also be applied to any mobile messaging technology, e.g., Multimedia Messaging Service (“MMS”), etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Gerald HEWES, Boon Hwang, Michael Pirie, Randall Snyder
  • Patent number: 8923902
    Abstract: Provided herein is a system, method and product for performing address translation and routing of short codes. The embodiment described herein primarily supports the wireless and standardized SMS; however, one skilled in the art can readily appreciate that the present invention can also be applied to any mobile messaging technology, e.g., Multimedia Messaging Service (“MMS”), etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: M-Qube, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald Hewes, Boon Hwang, Michael Pirie, Randall Snyder
  • Patent number: 8819141
    Abstract: Provided herein is a centralized registry service enabling subscribers to “opt-out” of any or all mobile messaging programs. The registry service supports access to storage medium information by mobile and wireless carriers, companies operating mobile messaging programs, mobile applications or platforms, and most importantly, individual subscribers. The registry service can be used with any message based network, including non mobile networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Syniverse ICX Corporation
    Inventors: Gerald Hewes, Boon Hwang, Michael Pirie, Randall Snyder
  • Publication number: 20140080766
    Abstract: The present invention features compositions and methods for delivering a therapeutic agent to the cytoplasm of a cell. We have developed, inter alia, a system in which two or more distinct moieties—at least one therapeutic moiety and at least one potentiating moiety—selectively target and specifically bind cell surface molecules that are then internalized to an intracellular, membrane-bound compartment, such as an endosome. In some embodiments, as discussed further below, a third moiety that induces clustering of the targeted cell surface molecule can also be employed. Regardless of whether the compositions and methods include two or three moieties, the therapeutic agent can be any agent one wishes to deliver to the cytoplasm of a cell, and the potentiating agent can be any agent that destabilizes the intracellular, sub-cellular compartment in which the therapeutic agent is sequestered. The potentiating moiety can include, for example, a lytic agent (i.e.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Pirie, David Victor Liu, Nicole Jie Yeon Yang, Karl Dane Wittrup
  • Publication number: 20120244892
    Abstract: Provided herein is a system, method and product for performing address translation and routing of short codes. The embodiment described herein primarily supports the wireless and standardized SMS; however, one skilled in the art can readily appreciate that the present invention can also be applied to any mobile messaging technology, e.g., Multimedia Messaging Service (“MMS”), etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: M-QUBE, INC.
    Inventors: Gerald Hewes, Boon Hwang, Michael Pirie, Randall Snyder
  • Patent number: 8155677
    Abstract: Provided herein is a system, method and product for performing address translation and routing of short codes. The embodiment described herein primarily supports the wireless and standardized SMS; however, one skilled in the art can readily appreciate that the present invention can also be applied to any mobile messaging technology, e.g., Multimedia Messaging Service (“MMS”), etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: M-Qube, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald Hewes, Boon Hwang, Michael Pirie, Randall Snyder
  • Publication number: 20090106663
    Abstract: Systems and methods for presenting content by a mobile client device having a media player and an associated graphical end user interface. The system and method includes customizing the associated graphical end user interface based on the content to be presented, and presenting the content using the customized graphical end user interface. In one embodiment, the customizing may be triggered by one or more descriptors generated for the content. Examples of descriptors include content type or content metadata such as but not limited to a specific performer, type of performer, content owner or theme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: Vidiator Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Pirie, Charles Grattan Lindsey, III, Harold A. Little, II, Gamze Seckin
  • Publication number: 20080119210
    Abstract: Service Access Codes (SACs) are special codes that are part of the standard North American Numbering Plan (NANP). Presented herein is a solution for which these special SACs can be used as addresses to wireless data and messaging applications without precluding their traditional use for voice calls. Accordingly, provided herein is an exemplary messaging address system and method for facilitating interaction between mobile subscribers and message-based applications. The system comprises: a communications network; and a message center system coupled to said communications network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Applicant: M-QUBE, INC.
    Inventors: Randall Snyder, Gerald Hewes, Boon Hwang, Michael Pirie, Eswar Priyadarshan
  • Publication number: 20080114884
    Abstract: Provided herein is a centralized registry service enabling subscribers to “opt-out” of any or all mobile messaging programs. The registry service supports access to storage medium information by mobile and wireless carriers, companies operating mobile messaging programs, mobile applications or platforms, and most importantly, individual subscribers. The registry service can be used with any message based network, including non mobile networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2004
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Applicant: M-QUBE, INC.
    Inventors: Gerald Hewes, Boon Hwang, Michael Pirie, Randall Snyder