Patents by Inventor Andrew Marks

Andrew Marks 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).

  • Uplink Transmissions for Type 2 Relay
    Publication number: 20160081004
    Abstract: A method for providing user agent data. The method includes an access node receiving an indicator sent from a relay node as an indication that the relay node has received data from the user agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Zhijun Cai, Chandra Sekhar Bontu, Yi Yu, Mo-Han Fong, Sophie Vrzic, James Earl Womack, Andrew Mark Earnshaw, Yi Song
  • Method and System for Signaling Transmission Layers for Single User and Multi User MIMO
    Publication number: 20160081067
    Abstract: A method and system to signal transmission layers or dedicated reference signal ports to be used in a multiple input multiple output system, the method including providing a downlink control signal containing information for transmission layers or dedicated reference signal ports utilized, the dedicated reference signal ports being associated with the transmission layers; and using the information to demodulate data on each transmission layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
    Inventors: Hua Xu, Yongkang Jia, Zhijun Cai, Youn Hyoung Heo, Andrew Mark Earnshaw, Mo-Han Fong, Sean Michael McBeath, Robert Mark Harrison
  • Providing mobile-guided downlink interference management
    Patent number: 9281929
    Abstract: Systems and methods can be implemented on a user device and eNBs to manage downlink interference at the user device. The user device in a cell associated with a corresponding serving base station may receive interference from one or more interfering base stations. The user device can identify a preferred radio resource set in response to the detected interference and transmit a preferred radio resource indication to at least the serving base station in response to the detected interference. The preferred radio resource indication can be used for identifying the preferred radio resource set associated with the serving base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Mark Earnshaw, Xin Jin, Jianfeng Weng
  • System and method for handling of an uplink transmission collision with an ACK/NACK signal
    Patent number: 9270409
    Abstract: Systems and methods for handling of an uplink transmission collision with an ACK/NACK signal are provided. The scheduled uplink transmission is refrained due to the collision. Subsequent non-adaptive retransmission for the scheduled uplink transmission may be refrained by delivering an ACK for the scheduled uplink transmission to high layers. Alternatively, subsequent non-adaptive retransmission for the scheduled uplink transmission may be refrained by setting the HARQ feedback for the scheduled transmission to ACK. In some implementations, a subsequent non-adaptive retransmission for the scheduled uplink transmission may be transmitted. If a subsequent non-adaptive retransmission is to be transmitted, the HARQ redundancy version for the subsequent non-adaptive retransmission is refrained from incrementing from the original redundancy version for the scheduled uplink transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Mark Earnshaw, Zhijun Cai
  • Assembly of a drug delivery device
    Patent number: 9265891
    Abstract: An assembly of a drug delivery device with a longitudinal axis (L) is given, comprising a body (1) with a proximal end (2) and a distal end (3). The drug delivery device further comprises a drive assembly and a first button member (4). The drive assembly is at least partially arranged within the body (1) and is adapted to facilitate dispense of a medicinal product. The first button member (4) acts on the drive assembly to prepare the drug delivery device for dispensing the medicinal product. The first button member (4) is adapted to be detachable from the body (1) after the preparation of the drug delivery device is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Catherine Anne MacDonald, Robert Veasey, Garen Kouyoumjian, Christopher Jones, Andrew Mark Lindsay, Michael Bainton
  • Method and system for reducing oxidation of glycol in fluid handling systems
    Patent number: 9260649
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for reducing the risk of oxidation of hydrate inhibitors such as monoethylene glycol used to prevent the formation of hydrates in fluid handling systems including flow lines and pipelines. A hydrate inhibitor storage tank in fluid communication with the fluid handling system is used to hold a volume of liquid hydrate inhibitor and a volume of high purity argon as a blanket gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Mark Titley
  • A DUST SUPPRESSION SYSTEM FOR LOADING SHIP HOLDS
    Publication number: 20160039623
    Abstract: This invention relates to a dust suppression system for positioning in a container for a dusting material which creates a dust when agitated. The system comprises a means for forming an upper mist layer for preventing escape of the dust from the container, and a means for forming a lower mist layer below the upper mist layer for settling the dust into the container. In one form, the container is a hold of a ship, and the opening is a hatch for the hold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Andrew Mark PELLIZZARI, Daniel Edwin SLOAN, Darren James FRANKLIN, Grant Adrian MCALPINE, Henry MINKUS
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SHARING A CAMERA FEATURE
    Publication number: 20160037048
    Abstract: Methods and electronic devices for sharing a camera feature are described. In one aspect, the present disclosure describes a method. The method is performed by a first electronic device which has a camera. The method includes: establishing wireless communications between the first electronic device and a second electronic device using a short range communication module of the first electronic device; and entering a camera-feature-sharing mode in which a camera-related feature of the second electronic device is accessible to the first electronic device using the short range communication module and in which a camera-related feature of the first electronic device is accessible to the second electronic device using the short range communication module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew Mark EARNSHAW, Kalu Onuka KALU, Jan Staffan LINCOLN
  • System and Method for Sharing a Control Channel For Carrier Aggregation
    Publication number: 20160037496
    Abstract: A method for processing a control channel at a user agent (UA) to identify at least one of an uplink and a downlink resource allocated by a resource grant within a multi-carrier communication system wherein resource grants are specified by control channel element (CCE) subset candidates wherein the carriers used for data transmission and reception are configured carriers, the method comprising the steps of receiving activation signals specifying active and deactivated carriers from among the configured carriers, for active carriers (i) identifying a number of CCE subset candidates to decode and (ii) decoding up to the identified number of CCE subset candidates in an attempt to identify the resource grant; and for deactivated carriers, ignoring CCE subset candidates associated with the deactivated carriers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Sean Michael McBeath, Andrew Mark Earnshaw, Mo-Han Fong, Youn Hyoung Heo, Zhijun Cai
  • Reporting power headroom for aggregated carriers
    Patent number: 9252935
    Abstract: A method for reporting power headroom-related information for a plurality of aggregated carriers. The method includes reporting in a bitmap the power headroom-related information for a number of the aggregated carriers that is less than or equal to the total number of aggregated carriers, wherein the power headroom-related information is one of a power headroom for at least one of the aggregated carriers and a path loss for at least one of the aggregated carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Youn Hyoung Heo, Zhijun Cai, Andrew Mark Earnshaw, Sean McBeath, Mo-Han Fong
  • System and method for multi-carrier network operation
    Patent number: 9253772
    Abstract: A system and method for configuring a component carrier is presented. A component carrier assignment message is received. The component carrier assignment message may be configured to identify the component carrier and include at least one of, at least one of a downlink carrier frequency, a carrier frequency of a paired uplink carrier, a bandwidth of the component carrier, and a bandwidth of the paired uplink carrier, an indication of whether the component carrier is a control channel monitoring component carrier configured to signal data channel assignment information for the component carrier, and a logical index of the component carrier. The component carrier assignment message may then be used to configure the component carrier on a user equipment (UE).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Mo-Han Fong, Richard Charles Burbidge, Zhijun Cai, Takashi Suzuki, Andrew Mark Earnshaw, Youn Hyoung Heo, Hua Xu, Jun Li, Sean Michael McBeath
  • Raising and lowering telecommunications equipment on a telecommunications tower
    Patent number: 9249921
    Abstract: A system for raising and lowering telecommunications equipment on a telecommunications tower includes various elements. For example, the system might include a tower wall that circumscribes an interior hollow space. In addition, the system might include a track that extends from a bottom of the tower through the interior hollow space and that allows telecommunications equipment to be transported between the bottom and an operational position on the tower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Andrew Mark Wurtenberger, Joshua Torey Koenig, Sreekar Marupaduga
  • System and Methods for Efficiently Storing Heterogeneous Data Records Having Low Cardinality
    Publication number: 20160019251
    Abstract: A method for organizing data records stored in a database having one or more row values and one or more row columns. The method includes determining at least one column from the one or more columns having high cardinality. A table is then created for the column having high cardinality, the created table including row values of the column having high cardinality. The method further includes determining a column having low cardinality and creating a second table for the column having low cardinality. The second table may include a descriptor of the column having low cardinality paired with a row value. The method may further include creating a third table that links the first and second tables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Benjamin Andrew Marks, Antonio Cabilao Saramosing, Kenneth Arba Lindsey, Wayne Andrew Rasmuss
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING OXIDATION OF GLYCOL IN FLUID HANDLING SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20160018046
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for reducing the risk of oxidation of hydrate inhibitors such as monoethylene glycol used to prevent the formation of hydrates in fluid handling systems including flow lines and pipelines. A hydrate inhibitor storage tank in fluid communication with the fluid handling system is used to hold a volume of liquid hydrate inhibitor, a volume of blanket gas and a layer of a liquid, nonflammable at operating conditions, therebetween. The liquid is immiscible with glycol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Mark Titley
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING OXIDATION OF GLYCOL IN FLUID HANDLING SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20160017205
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for reducing the risk of oxidation of hydrate inhibitors such as monoethylene glycol used to prevent the formation of hydrates in fluid handling systems including flow lines and pipelines. A hydrate inhibitor storage tank in fluid communication with the fluid handling system is used to hold a volume of liquid hydrate inhibitor and a volume of high purity argon as a blanket gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Mark Titley
  • MANIPULATION OF DOMINANT MALE STERILITY
    Publication number: 20160017365
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for modulating male fertility in a plant are provided. Compositions comprise nucleotide sequences, and active fragments and variants thereof, which modulate male fertility. Further provided are expression cassettes comprising the male fertility polynucleotides, or active fragments or variants thereof, operably linked to a promoter, wherein expression of the polynucleotides modulates the male fertility of a plant. Various methods are provided wherein the level and/or activity of the sequences that influence male fertility is modulated in a plant or plant part. In certain embodiments, the plant is polyploid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventor: ANDREW MARK CIGAN
  • Adaptively Determining a Wakeup Period
    Publication number: 20160007292
    Abstract: In some implementations, a method in a user equipment (UE) for adaptively determining a wakeup period includes determining a power level of a Downlink (DL) transmission from a base station during a first wakeup period within a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) inactive time. The UE deactivates a RF receiver in response to the determination of the second wakeup period. The UE activates the RF receiver at a beginning of the second wakeup period prior to a DRX active time. The UE receives a DL paging channel transmission during the DRX active time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Jianfeng Weng, Andrew Mark Earnshaw, Xin Jin
  • Automated beverage dispensing system with ice and beverage dispensing
    Patent number: 9227830
    Abstract: The present application provides an automated beverage dispenser for dispensing a beverage and ice into a cup. The automated beverage dispenser may include an ice dispensing station with an ice auger and a weight sensor, a beverage dispensing station, and a control device. The control device instructs the ice auger to fill the cup with a predetermined amount of ice and instructs the beverage dispensing station to fill the cup with a predetermined amount of the beverage in response to a weight of the cup as determined by the weight sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
    Inventors: Andrew Mark Angus, Kenneth Andrew Nicoll, Mark David Rob, Sean Pickett, Mark Brian Dockrill, Ravisha Sellahewa, Stephen Houghton, Scott Alexander Anderson
  • Method and system for hybrid automatic repeat request operation for uplink coordinated multi-point signaling
    Patent number: 9231855
    Abstract: A method and system for hybrid automatic repeat request operation for uplink coordinated multi-point signaling, the method in one embodiment sending a data packet from a user equipment to a plurality of network elements; waiting for a control indication from at least one of the plurality of network element; and retransmitting the data packet to the plurality of network elements if the control indication specifies retransmission is required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Sean Michael McBeath, Mo-Han Fong, Sophie Vrzic, Andrew Mark Earnshaw, Robert Novak, Zhijun Cai, Hua Xu, Youn Hyoung Heo
  • Absorbent article including two dimensional code made from an active graphic
    Patent number: 9220640
    Abstract: Absorbent articles are disclosed that convey information to a user. In particular, the absorbent articles include an active graphic that comprises a machine readable code. The active graphic, for instance, may comprise a disappearing graphic, an appearing graphic, and/or a color-change graphic. The change in appearance of the graphic may occur once contacted with a suitable activation agent, such as urine. The machine readable code contained in the active graphic, once scanned by a suitable reader device, may convey information to a user related to the absorbent article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Ales, Andrew Mark Long, Matt Fitton