Patents by Inventor Brad Nicholas

Brad Nicholas 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: 20160371599
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, devices, and methods related to assets and predictive models and corresponding workflows that are related to the operation of assets. In particular, examples involve defining and deploying aggregate, predictive models and corresponding workflows, defining and deploying individualized, predictive models and/or corresponding workflows, and dynamically adjusting the execution of model-workflow pairs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Brad Nicholas, Jason Kolb
  • Patent number: 9014663
    Abstract: A method for managing a Sponsored Data Plan (SDP) is provided in a mobile telecommunications network. The method includes: receiving a first request for an initial charging policy report in response to a detection of a user's data session with an Application Server (AS) (14) of a content provider; sending, in response to the first request, the requested initial charging policy report toward a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) (16) such that the PCRF (16) selects a first Policy Charging Control Rule (PCC-Rule) in accordance with the report for enforcement at a Policy and Charging Enforcement Function (PCEF); receiving a second request to perform an online subscription of the user to the SDP; and sending, in response to the second request, information about the SDP toward the PCRF (16) such that the PCRF (16) selects a second PCC-Rule in accordance with the information for enforcement at the PCEF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Daniel Saker, Shishir Modi, Goutam Sinha, Sridhar Sripathi, Nathalie Charton, Brad Nicholas
  • Publication number: 20140094138
    Abstract: A method for managing a Sponsored Data Plan (SDP) is provided in a mobile telecommunications network. The method includes: receiving a first request for an initial charging policy report in response to a detection of a user's data session with an Application Server (AS) (14) of a content provider; sending, in response to the first request, the requested initial charging policy report toward a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) (16) such that the PCRF (16) selects a first Policy Charging Control Rule (PCC-Rule) in accordance with the report for enforcement at a Policy and Charging Enforcement Function (PCEF); receiving a second request to perform an online subscription of the user to the SDP; and sending, in response to the second request, information about the SDP toward the PCRF (16) such that the PCRF (16) selects a second PCC-Rule in accordance with the information for enforcement at the PCEF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicants: Alcatel Lucent, Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Saker, Shishir Modi, Goutam Sinha, Sridhar Sripathi, Nathalie Charton, Brad Nicholas
  • Patent number: 6105732
    Abstract: A parking brake assembly for a motor vehicle includes a lever acting against a brake shoe to urge the brake shoe into contact with a brake drum. The parking brake assembly includes a clasp pivotally mounted to the lever. The clasp includes a plate portion having a slot therein. The clasp pivots to accommodate blind assembly of the cable strand to the lever. Retention to the cable is accomplished by pivoting the clasp upward and out of the way while a bullet staked at one end of the cable strand passes through the slot. The clasp drops about the cable strand and a tensile force applied to the cable strand causes the bullet to engage the plate portion of the clasp to couple the cable strand to the lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Brad Nicholas Venetos