Patents Assigned to National University of Ireland Maynooth
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Patent number: 10158537Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system is provided for determining quality of experience for communication sessions. In an implementation, a method may include determining a plurality of intrusive quality of experience scores associated with a plurality of intrusive audio transmission samples. The method may also include determining a plurality of non-intrusive quality of experience scores associated with a plurality of non-intrusive audio transmission samples. The method may further include deriving a quality of experience coefficient based upon a relationship between the plurality of intrusive quality of experience scores and the plurality of non-intrusive quality of experience scores.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2014Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation, National University of Ireland MaynoothInventors: Jonathan Dunne, Paul B. French, James P. Galvin, Jr., Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Hitham Ahmed Assem Aly Salama
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Patent number: 10148526Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system is provided for determining quality of experience for communication sessions. In an implementation, a method may include determining a plurality of intrusive quality of experience scores associated with a plurality of intrusive audio transmission samples. The method may also include determining a plurality of non-intrusive quality of experience scores associated with a plurality of non-intrusive audio transmission samples. The method may further include deriving a quality of experience coefficient based upon a relationship between the plurality of intrusive quality of experience scores and the plurality of non-intrusive quality of experience scores.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2013Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation, National University of Ireland MaynoothInventors: Jonathan Dunne, Paul B. French, James P. Galvin, Jr., Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Hitham Ahmed Assem Aly Salama
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Patent number: 10091131Abstract: An indicator can be received from a client device. The indicator can indicate an agreement by a user of the client device to share device resources of the client device with an entity distinct from the client device and distinct from the user of the client device. Responsive to receiving from the client device the indicator indicating the agreement of the user of the of the client device to share the device resources of the client device with the entity, at least one network resource provided to the client device can be increased.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2014Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignees: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND MAYNOOTHInventors: Jonathan Dunne, Paul B. French, James P. Galvin, Jr., David W. Malone, Patrick J. O'Sullivan
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Patent number: 10079775Abstract: An indicator can be received from a client device. The indicator can indicate an agreement by a user of the client device to share device resources of the client device with an entity distinct from the client device and distinct from the user of the client device. Responsive to receiving from the client device the indicator indicating the agreement of the user of the of the client device to share the device resources of the client device with the entity, at least one network resource provided to the client device can be increased.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2015Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignees: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND MAYNOOTHInventors: Jonathan Dunne, Paul B. French, James P. Galvin, Jr., David W. Malone, Patrick J. O'Sullivan
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Patent number: 9839683Abstract: The present invention relates to a live attenuated Bordetella pertussis vaccine which is deficient for tracheal cytotoxin (TCT), pertussis toxin (PTX), and dermonecrotic toxin (DNT) for prophylaxis or treatment of an allergen-driven airway pathology.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2015Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignees: Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, Institut Pasteur de Lille, National University of Ireland MaynoothInventors: Camille Locht, Bernard Mahon, Heather Kavanagh
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Publication number: 20170239092Abstract: An apparatus and method for use in treating tinnitus, employs a sound processing unit, a tactile unit, and an interface therebetween. The tactile unit comprises an array of stimulators each of which can be independently actuated to apply a tactile stimulus to a subject, and an input for receiving a plurality of actuation signals from the interface and directing individual actuation signals to individual stimulators. The sound processing unit receives an audio signal at an input, analyses the signal with a digital signal processor to generate the actuation signals which are representative of the audio signal, and provides the plurality of actuation signals to the interface. In a preferred embodiment the digital signal processor divides the audio signal into a series of frames in the time domain, performs a transform on each frame to generate a set of coefficients representing said frame, and maps the set of coefficients to a set of actuation signals to be applied to the array.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND MAYNOOTHInventors: PAUL O'GRADY, ROSS O'NEILL, BARAK A. PEARLMUTTER
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Patent number: 9675777Abstract: An apparatus and method for use in treating tinnitus, employs a sound processing unit, a tactile unit, and an interface therebetween. The tactile unit comprises an array of stimulators each of which can be independently actuated to apply a tactile stimulus to a subject, and an input for receiving a plurality of actuation signals from the interface and directing individual actuation signals to individual stimulators. The sound processing unit receives an audio signal at an input, analyses the signal with a digital signal processor to generate the actuation signals which are representative of the audio signal, and provides the plurality of actuation signals to the interface. In a preferred embodiment the digital signal processor divides the audio signal into a series of frames in the time domain, performs a transform on each frame to generate a set of coefficients representing said frame, and maps the set of coefficients to a set of actuation signals to be applied to the array.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2015Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND MAYNOOTHInventors: Paul O'Grady, Ross O'Neill, Barak A. Pearlmutter
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Patent number: 9412173Abstract: A method for mapping an environment comprises moving a sensor along a path from a start location (P0) through the environment, the sensor generating a sequence of images, each image associated with a respective estimated sensor location and comprising a point cloud having a plurality of vertices, each vertex comprising an (x,y,z)-tuple and image information for the tuple. The sequence of estimated sensor locations is sampled to provide a pose graph (P) comprising a linked sequence of nodes, each corresponding to a respective estimated sensor location. For each node of the pose graph (P), a respective cloud slice (C) comprising at least of portion of the point cloud for the sampled sensor location is acquired. A drift between an actual sensor location (Pi+1) and an estimated sensor location (Pi) on the path is determined.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2014Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignees: National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: John Joseph Leonard, Michael Kaess, John McDonald, Thomas John Whelan
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Patent number: 9209929Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system is provided for managing quality of service for communication sessions. In an implementation, a method may include determining network condition associated with a communication session. The method may also include calculating one or more anticipated performance attributes for each of a plurality of error correction codes based on the network condition. The method may also include determining a quality of experience metric for each of the plurality of error correction codes based on the calculated one or more anticipate performance attributes for each of the plurality of error correction codes. The method may further include establishing one of the plurality of error correction codes for the communication session based on the quality of experience metric for each of the plurality of error correction codes.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2013Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation, National University of Ireland MaynoothInventors: Jonathan Dunne, James P. Galvin, Jr., Daniel B. Kehn, Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Hitham Ahmed Assem Aly Salama
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Patent number: 9209930Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system is provided for managing quality of service for communication sessions. In an implementation, a method may include determining network condition associated with a communication session. The method may also include calculating one or more anticipated performance attributes for each of a plurality of error correction codes based on the network condition. The method may also include determining a quality of experience metric for each of the plurality of error correction codes based on the calculated one or more anticipate performance attributes for each of the plurality of error correction codes. The method may further include establishing one of the plurality of error correction codes for the communication session based on the quality of experience metric for each of the plurality of error correction codes.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2014Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation, National University of Ireland MaynoothInventors: Jonathan Dunne, James P. Galvin, Jr., Daniel B. Kehn, Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Hitham Ahmed Assem Aly Salama
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Publication number: 20150320966Abstract: An apparatus and method for use in treating tinnitus, employs a sound processing unit, a tactile unit, and an interface therebetween. The tactile unit comprises an array of stimulators each of which can be independently actuated to apply a tactile stimulus to a subject, and an input for receiving a plurality of actuation signals from the interface and directing individual actuation signals to individual stimulators. The sound processing unit receives an audio signal at an input, analyses the signal with a digital signal processor to generate the actuation signals which are representative of the audio signal, and provides the plurality of actuation signals to the interface. In a preferred embodiment the digital signal processor divides the audio signal into a series of frames in the time domain, performs a transform on each frame to generate a set of coefficients representing said frame, and maps the set of coefficients to a set of actuation signals to be applied to the array.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2015Publication date: November 12, 2015Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND MAYNOOTHInventors: PAUL O'GRADY, ROSS O'NEILL, BARAK A. PEARLMUTTER
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Patent number: 9124979Abstract: An apparatus and method for use in treating tinnitus, employs a sound processing unit, a tactile unit, and an interface therebetween. The tactile unit comprises an array of stimulators each of which can be independently actuated to apply a tactile stimulus to a subject, and an input for receiving a plurality of actuation signals from the interface and directing individual actuation signals to individual stimulators. The sound processing unit receives an audio signal at an input, analyses the signal with a digital signal processor to generate the actuation signals which are representative of the audio signal, and provides the plurality of actuation signals to the interface. In a preferred embodiment the digital signal processor divides the audio signal into a series of frames in the time domain, performs a transform on each frame to generate a set of coefficients representing said frame, and maps the set of coefficients to a set of actuation signals to be applied to the array.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2013Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: National University of Ireland, MaynoothInventors: Paul O'Grady, Ross O'Neill, Barak A. Pearlmutter
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Patent number: 8986709Abstract: The present invention relates to a life attenuated Bordetella pertussis vaccine which is deficient for tracheal cytotoxin (TCT), pertussis toxin (PTX), and dermonecrotic toxin (DNT) for prophylaxis or treatment of an allergen-driven airway pathology.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2013Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignees: INSERM (Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale), Institut Pasteur de Lille, National University of Ireland MaynoothInventors: Camille Locht, Bernard Mahon, Heather Kavanagh
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Publication number: 20140267798Abstract: A synchronisation system for correlating positioning data and video data comprises a synchronisation unit which is arranged to: emit an identifier capable of being imaged by a video camera; store the identifier correlated in time with a trail of positioning data corresponding to sequential locations of the synchronisation unit, and communicate the positioning data and correlated identifier to a processing computer. A processing module is operable to nm on a processing computer and is arranged to analyse a sequence of video data to locate the imaged identifier and to determine a time within the video data at which the identifier is located.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2012Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND MAYNOOTHInventor: Timothy McCarthy
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Publication number: 20140178902Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for detecting infections caused by or associated with siderophore-secreting microorganisms and kits and components used therein for carrying out the method. In one aspect the invention relates to a method for detecting siderophores and/or detecting infections caused by or associated with siderophore-secreting microorganisms in a biological sample of a subject, the method comprising providing a solid support having either bound siderophore or a conjugate thereof, or bound anti-siderophore antibody; reacting the bound siderophore or a conjugate thereof, with an anti-siderophore antibody, and a biological sample of a subject; or reacting the bound anti-siderophore antibody with a siderophore or conjugate thereof, and a biological sample of a subject; and detecting and/or quantifying the presence of the siderophore in the biological sample.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2012Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, MAYNOOTHInventors: John Martin Doyle, Kieran Walshe, Natasha Gordon, Kevin Kavanagh, Lorna Gallagher
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Publication number: 20130183336Abstract: The present invention relates to a life attenuated Bordetella pertussis vaccine which is deficient for tracheal cytotoxin (TCT), pertussis toxin (PTX), and dermonecrotic toxin (DNT) for prophylaxis or treatment of an allergen-driven airway pathology.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2013Publication date: July 18, 2013Applicants: INSERM (Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale), National University of Ireland Maynooth, Institut Pasteur de LilleInventors: Camille Locht, Bernard Mahon, Heather Kavanagh
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Publication number: 20120177688Abstract: The present invention relates to a life attenuated Bordetella pertussis vaccine which is deficient for tracheal cytotoxin (TCT), pertussis toxin (PTX), and dermonecrotic toxin (DNT) for prophylaxis or treatment of an allergen-driven airway pathology.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2010Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicants: INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE, INSERM (Institu National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale), NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND MAYNOOTHInventors: Camille Locht, Bernard Mahon, Heather Kavanagh
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Patent number: 8085683Abstract: A driver for an IEEE 802.11 wireless network node determines a metric for link quality between the node and a remote node. The nodes communicate using a handshake protocol in which the first node expects to receive an acknowledgement (ACK) of receipt of a data packet from the remote node. The driver provides a measure for: collision induced losses (pc) between the first and remote nodes; a slot being erroneously detected as busy when a successful transmission could have been made (pexp) between the first and remote nodes; and a probability of successful reception of a packet when a collision occurs (pplc) between the first and remote nodes. The measure is based on a number (A) of acknowledgements received from the remote node vis-à-vis a number (T) of packets transmitted to the remote node. The driver can adjust one of carrier sensitivity or node transmission power based on the measure.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2009Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: National University of Ireland MaynoothInventors: Douglas Leith, David Malone, Domenico Giustiniano
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Publication number: 20100251438Abstract: A method for controlling laser scanning microscopy of a probe comprising at least one cell is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of acquiring at least one initial image of the probe and identifying at least one cell within an initial probe image. Using a pre-defined grammar, a first set of scanning mode parameters for monitoring the cell(s); a first set of trigger parameters including at least one physiological parameter defining an event in the cell(s); and a second set of scanning mode parameters for monitoring at least one cell of the probe after an occurrence of the event is defined. A successive set of probe images acquired according to the first set of scanning mode parameters is provided and processed to determine if the event has occurred. Responsive to the event occurring, microscope modality is changed to the second set of scanning mode parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2010Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicants: THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND MAYNOOTHInventors: Heinrich Huber, Heiko Dussmann, Paul Perrine, Jakub Wenus, Dimitrios Kalamatianos, Maximilian Wuerstle
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Publication number: 20100116655Abstract: A sensor for the detection of chemical messengers is described herein. In particular a sensor for the detection of catecholamines, for example dopamine, epinephrine or norepinephrine, is reported. Catecholamines play pivotal roles as neurotransmitters and hormones in the human body. An electrode for detecting a catecholamine comprising a conducting or semi-conducting substrate, and a polymer comprising polyethylenedioxythiophene on said substrate is disclosed. The polymer is doped with a cyclodextrin macrocycle. Suitable cyclodextrin macrocycles include anionic cyclodextrin macrocycles, for example sulfonated ?-cyclodextrins (CDs). Also, disclosed in sensor capable of selectively detecting a catecholamine in the presence of ascorbic acid (ascorbate).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, MAYNOOTHInventors: Claire HARLEY, John COLLERAN, Bernadette ALCOCK, Carmel BRESLIN