Patents by Inventor Alexander Mann
Alexander Mann 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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Publication number: 20130246602Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: receiving, at a policy and charging rules node (PCRN), a request from a requesting node for an establishment of a first service data flow (SDF); generating a first rule set for implementing the first SDF in response to the request; transmitting a first rule of the rule set to a first node for installation of the first rule; waiting for a period of time for a response from the first node; determining from the response whether installation of the first rule at the first node failed or succeeded; and if installation of the first rule succeeded, transmitting a second rule of the first rule set to a second node for installation of the second rule.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: ALCATEL-LUCENTInventors: Ajay Kirit PANDYA, Robert Alexander MANN, Mike VIHTARI
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Publication number: 20130184954Abstract: A method and a brake system, in which method a vehicle having a service brake and a parking brake is held by autonomous brake actuation, wherein in a first step, an actuation of the service brake is performed, and in the event of a predefined condition being met, a transfer from the service brake to the parking brake takes place. According to an aspect of the invention, during the transfer, both an actuation of the parking brake and also an additional actuation of the service brake takes place.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2011Publication date: July 18, 2013Applicant: CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & Co. oHGInventors: Patrick Treppenhauer, Erik Hartmanshenn, Alexander Mann-Wahrenberg
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Patent number: 8468395Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: receiving, at a policy and charging rules node (PCRN), a request from a requesting node for an establishment of a first service data flow (SDF); generating a first rule set for implementing the first SDF in response to the request; transmitting a first rule of the rule set to a first node for installation of the first rule; waiting for a period of time for a response from the first node; determining from the response whether installation of the first rule at the first node failed or succeeded; and if installation of the first rule succeeded, transmitting a second rule of the first rule set to a second node for installation of the second rule.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2012Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Ajay Kirit Pandya, Robert Alexander Mann, Mike Vihtari
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Publication number: 20130091611Abstract: The present invention provides the use of nanoparticles of a compound of general formula MnXy, where M is (i) a metal selected from the group consisting of Calcium (Ca), Aluminium (Al), Zinc (Zn), Nickel (Ni), Tungsten (W) or Copper (Cu); or (ii) a non-metal selected from the group consisting of Silicon (Si), Boron (B) or Carbon (C); in which n is equal to 1, 2, or 3, and X is (iii) a non-metal selected from the group consisting of Oxygen (O), Nitrogen (N), or Carbon (C); or (iv) an anion selected from the group consisting of phosphate (PO43?), hydrogen phosphate (HPO42?), dihydrogen phosphate (H2PO4?), carbonate (CO3), silicate (SiO42?), sulphate (SO42?), nitrate (NO3?), nitrite (NO2?); in which y is equal to 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; for use in reducing and/or preventing virus transmission. Articles of protective clothing or filters are provided in which the fibres are coated with said nanoparticles for use in reducing and/or preventing virus transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2012Publication date: April 18, 2013Inventors: Guogang Ren, John S. Oxford, Prof., Paul William Reip, Robert Lambkin-Williams, Alexander Mann
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Patent number: 8352803Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: receiving, at a policy and charging rules node (PCRN), a request from a requesting node for an establishment of a first service data flow (SDF); generating a first rule set for implementing the first SDF in response to the request; transmitting a first rule of the rule set to a first node for installation of the first rule; waiting for a period of time for a response from the first node; determining from the response whether installation of the first rule at the first node failed or succeeded; and if installation of the first rule succeeded, transmitting a second rule of the first rule set to a second node for installation of the second rule.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Ajay Kirit Pandya, Robert Alexander Mann, Mike Vihtari
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Publication number: 20120324297Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: receiving, at a policy and charging rules node (PCRN), a request from a requesting node for an establishment of a first service data flow (SDF); generating a first rule set for implementing the first SDF in response to the request; transmitting a first rule of the rule set to a first node for installation of the first rule; waiting for a period of time for a response from the first node; determining from the response whether installation of the first rule at the first node failed or succeeded; and if installation of the first rule succeeded, transmitting a second rule of the first rule set to a second node for installation of the second rule.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2012Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicant: Alcatel-Lucent Canada, Inc.Inventors: Ajay Kirit Pandya, Robert Alexander Mann, Mike Vihtari
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Publication number: 20120289474Abstract: The compounds of Formula (1), in which A, R1, R2, R3 and R5 have the meanings as given in the description, are novel effective inhibitors of type 4 and 5 phosphodiesterase.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2010Publication date: November 15, 2012Applicant: NYCOMED GMBHInventors: Dieter Flockerzi, Thomas Stengel, Alexander Mann, Harald Ohmer, Ulrich Kautz, Steffen Weinbrenner, Stefan Fischer, Christof Zitt, Armin Hatzelmann, Torsten Dunkern, Christian Hesslinger, Thomas Maier, Hermann Tenor, Clemens Braun, Raimund Külzer, Degenhard Marx
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Patent number: 8224548Abstract: Disclosed is a method of preventing a vehicle in a starting maneuver from rolling in a direction opposite a direction selected to move the vehicle during the starting maneuver. A brake force is built up or maintained on at least one wheel brake during standstill of the vehicle. The method is characterized in that a comparison between an engine rotational speed gradient and an engine rotational speed gradient threshold value as well as a comparison between a pedal travel, by which an accelerator pedal of the vehicle is depressed, and a pedal travel threshold value are performed, and in that the brake force at the at least one wheel brake is reduced when it is established that the engine rotational speed gradient exceeds the engine rotational speed gradient threshold value, and/or the pedal travel, by which the accelerator pedal is depressed, exceeds the pedal travel threshold value. Also disclosed a device that is appropriate to implement the method.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2005Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignees: Continental Teves AG & Co, OHG, Volkswagen AGInventors: Dorothea Ludwig, Alexander Mann-Wahrenberg, Leo Schineller
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Publication number: 20110320544Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method performed by a Policy and Charging Rules Node (PCRN) for managing communications sessions. The method may include: determining that a session is suspect of being inactive; sending an innocuous message to a network component that initiated the session; waiting for a response from the network component; if the PCRN receives a response from the network component, determining whether the session is inactive based on the response; and taking at least one management action for the session if the session is inactive. Various exemplary embodiments relate to a PCRN for managing communications sessions. The PCRN may include: one or more interfaces that communicate with network components, one or more PCRN blades that manage communications sessions, and a diameter proxy agent that determines which blade manages a session. Each PCRN blade may include a session manager, a timer and a session data storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2010Publication date: December 29, 2011Applicant: Alcatel-Lucent Canada, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Yee, Robert Alexander Mann
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Publication number: 20110302458Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: receiving, at a policy and charging rules node (PCRN), a request from a requesting node for an establishment of a first service data flow (SDF); generating a first rule set for implementing the first SDF in response to the request; transmitting a first rule of the rule set to a first node for installation of the first rule; waiting for a period of time for a response from the first node; determining from the response whether installation of the first rule at the first node failed or succeeded; and if installation of the first rule succeeded, transmitting a second rule of the first rule set to a second node for installation of the second rule.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2010Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicant: Alcatel-Lucent Canada, Inc.Inventors: Ajay Kirit Pandya, Robert Alexander Mann, Mike Vihtari
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Publication number: 20110281554Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method, network component and machine-readable storage medium for validating a message received at a network component. Embodiments may include one or more of the following: receiving a message at the network component, determining a validation scenario, determining a set of validation conditions associated with the determined validation scenario, and determining whether the message passes the validation condition. Various exemplary embodiments may further include extensible condition definitions that include one or more of the following: validation fragments, element validation definitions, and element definitions. Various exemplary embodiments may use XML to define condition definitions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2010Publication date: November 17, 2011Applicant: Alcatel-Lucent Canada Inc.Inventors: Robert Alexander Mann, Ajay Kirit Pandya, Mike Vihtari
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Publication number: 20110225113Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node and machine-readable storage medium relating to the receipt, association, and synchronization of a plurality of messages from diverse sources. Various embodiments relate to a Policy Charging and Rules Node (PCRN) receiving related messages from at least two sources and acquiring a lock associated with the received message's session binding identifier (SBI). The PCRN may use the lock to prioritize the processing of the related requests that share a common SBI. Various embodiments relate to the PCRN rejecting subsequent related requests unless the subsequent request is of a higher priority. Various other embodiments relate to the PCRN waiting for the receipt of the subsequent request before fully processing the first request.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2010Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: Alcatel-Lucent Canada, Inc.Inventor: Robert Alexander Mann
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Publication number: 20100040655Abstract: The present invention provides the use of nanoparticles of a compound of general formula MnXy, where M is (i) a metal selected from the group consisting of Calcium (Ca), Aluminium (Al), Zinc (Zn), Nickel (Ni), Tungsten (W) or Copper (Cu); or (ii) a non-metal selected from the group consisting of Silicon (Si), Boron (B) or Carbon (C); in which n is equal to 1, 2, or 3, and X is (iii) a non-metal selected from the group consisting of Oxygen (O), Nitrogen (N), or Carbon (C); or (iv) an anion selected from the group consisting of phosphate (PO43?), hydrogen phosphate (HPO42?), dihydrogen phosphate (H2PO4?), carbonate (CO3), silicate (SiO42?), sulphate (SO42?), nitrate (NO3?), nitrite (NO2?); in which y is equal to 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; for use in reducing and/or preventing virus transmission. Articles of protective clothing or filters are provided in which the fibres are coated with said nanoparticles for use in reducing and/or preventing virus transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2007Publication date: February 18, 2010Applicants: QUEEN MARY & WESTFIELD COLLEGE, INTRINSIQ MATERIALS LIMITED, RETROSCREEN VIROLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Guogang Ren, John Sidney Oxford, Paul William Reip, Robert Lambkin-Williams, Alexander Mann
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Patent number: 7490798Abstract: A collapsible apparatus for supporting a container at an adjustable angle of incline to drain its contents includes a base, a shoulder support attached to the base for supporting a shoulder of the container, and a body support for supporting the container body above the shoulder. The shoulder support includes a pair of legs hingedly attached to the base at spaced apart hinge ends and joined at its opposite ends supported by a strut hingedly connected to the base, and spaced apart crosspieces between the legs to act as a shoulder stop. The body support includes a pair of arms hingedly attached to the base at spaced apart arm hinge ends and slidably attached to a body support member which is removably attachable at its ends to the shoulder support. The angle of incline is adjusted by slidably adjusting the distance between the arms.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2006Date of Patent: February 17, 2009Inventor: David Alexander Mann
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Publication number: 20080262691Abstract: Disclosed is a method of preventing a vehicle in a starting maneuver from rolling into a direction opposite a direction of the starting maneuver. A brake force is built up or maintained on at least one wheel brake during standstill of the vehicle. The method is characterized in that a comparison between an engine rotational speed gradient and an engine rotational speed gradient threshold value as well as a comparison between a pedal travel, by which an accelerator pedal of the vehicle is depressed, and a pedal travel threshold value are performed, and in that the brake force at the wheel brake is reduced when it is established that the engine rotational speed gradient exceeds the engine rotational speed gradient threshold value, and/or the pedal travel, by which the accelerator pedal is depressed, exceeds the pedal travel threshold value. Also disclosed a device that is appropriate to implement the method.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2005Publication date: October 23, 2008Inventors: Dorothea Ludwig, Alexander Mann-Wahrenberg, Leo Schineller
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Publication number: 20070295685Abstract: A collapsible apparatus for supporting a container at an adjustable angle of incline to drain its contents includes a base, a shoulder support attached to the base for supporting a shoulder of the container, and a body support for supporting the container body above the shoulder. The shoulder support includes a pair of legs hingedly attached to the base at spaced apart hinge ends and joined at its opposite ends supported by a strut hingedly connected to the base, and spaced apart crosspieces between the legs to act as a shoulder stop. The body support includes a pair of arms hingedly attached to the base at spaced apart arm hinge ends and slidably attached to a body support member which is removably attachable at its ends to the shoulder support. The angle of incline is adjusted by slidably adjusting the distance between the arms.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2006Publication date: December 27, 2007Inventor: David Alexander Mann
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Patent number: 6913294Abstract: A coupling is designed for sealingly connecting two fluid conduits such as automotive fluid lines in axial end-to-end relationship. The conduits have respective telescopically interengaging male and female end sections and the coupling comprises a base member to be carried on one of the fluid conduits and a retaining structure mounted on the base member and having two C-shaped arms which can be interconnected around the other conduit end section. A releasable lock acts between the arms to lock the retaining structure in engagement. In the locked condition the axially oriented abutment surfaces in the retaining structure engage peripheral shoulders on the conduits to prevent axial separation of the latter. The coupling can be fabricated from integral plastic components and preferably includes a guard arrangement to shield the releasable lock against inadvertent disengagement.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2002Date of Patent: July 5, 2005Assignee: Halla Climate Control Canada, Inc.Inventors: Andrew Clare Treverton, Leonard J. Park, Steve Roger Foster, Edward Alexander Mann
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Publication number: 20040094958Abstract: A coupling is designed for sealingly connecting two fluid conduits such as automotive fluid lines in axial end-to-end relationship. The conduits have respective telescopically interengaging male and female end sections and the coupling comprises a base member to be carried on one of the fluid conduits and a retaining structure mounted on the base member and having two C-shaped arms which can be interconnected around the other conduit end section. A releasable lock acts between the arms to lock the retaining structure in engagement. In the locked condition the axially oriented abutment surfaces in the retaining structure engage peripheral shoulders on the conduits to prevent axial separation of the latter. The coupling can be fabricated from integral plastic components and preferably includes a guard arrangement to shield the releasable lock against inadvertent disengagement.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2002Publication date: May 20, 2004Inventors: Andrew Clare Treverton, Leonard J. Park, Steve Roger Foster, Edward Alexander Mann
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Publication number: 20030115309Abstract: A new architecture for deploying network management and service provisioning solutions is provided. The new architecture includes the provision of a framework implementing a software development methodology for coding complex software applications relating to network management and service provisioning. The software development methodology results in software application code that is easy to: understand, debug, extend, test, and deploy while still being efficient when used in real time. The methodology includes the coding, compiling and linking of a single managed object class. The managed object class is used to model and represent different data network entities in accordance with attributes held therein. The methodology further makes use of a network management and service provisioning specific grammar used by a parser associated with the framework to read a body of attribute files associated with the data network entities.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2001Publication date: June 19, 2003Inventors: Robert Alexander Mann, Michael Best, Rateb Abu-Hamdeh, Jules Robert D'Entremont, Peter Kaj Jorgensen, Ashok Sadasivan, Karen Ensing, Hubert Holierhoek
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Publication number: 20030115308Abstract: A new architecture for deploying network management and service provisioning solutions is provided. The new architecture includes the provision of a framework implementing a software development methodology for coding complex software applications relating to network management and service provisioning. The software development methodology results in software application code that is easy to: understand, debug, extend, test, and deploy while still being efficient when used in real time. The methodology includes the coding, compiling and linking of a single managed object class. The managed object class is used to model and represent different data network entities in accordance with attributes held therein. The methodology further makes use of a network management and service provisioning specific grammar used by a parser associated with the framework to read a body of attribute files associated with the data network entities.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2001Publication date: June 19, 2003Inventors: Michael Best, Robert Alexander Mann, Rateb Abu-Hamdeh, Jules Robert d'Entremont, Peter Kaj Jorgensen, Ashok Sadasivan, Karen Ensing, Hubert Holierhoek