Patents by Inventor David Lewis Beard
David Lewis Beard 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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Patent number: 10284925Abstract: A utility meter device (1002) including a communications receiver (110) for receiving file fragments for the device, a processing means (150), eg microprocessor, microcontroller, and programmable non-volatile memory means (120), eg flash, EEPROM, for building and storing application and data files from the fragments, and executing a meter application of the device by processing at least one application file and associated data identified by configuration instructions in at least one of the fragments to provide data for reconfiguring a meter through a control interface (1016).Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2017Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: Freestyle Technology LimitedInventors: Andrew Paul Donaghey, Ian Kenneth Francis McDonald, David Lewis Beard
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Publication number: 20170311054Abstract: A utility meter device (1002) including a communications receiver (110) for receiving file fragments for the device, a processing means (150), eg microprocessor, microcontroller, and programmable non-volatile memory means (120), eg flash, EEPROM, for building and storing application and data files from the fragments, and executing a meter application of the device by processing at least one application file and associated data identified by configuration instructions in at least one of the fragments to provide data for reconfiguring a meter through a control interface (1016).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventors: Andrew Paul Donaghey, Ian Kenneth Francis McDonald, David Lewis Beard
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Patent number: 9726515Abstract: A utility meter device (1002) including a communications receiver (110) for receiving file fragments for the device, a processing means (150), eg microprocessor, microcontroller, and programmable non-volatile memory means (120), eg flash, EEPROM, for building and storing application and date files from the fragments, and executing a meter application of the device by processing at least one application file and associated data identified by configuration instructions in at least one of the fragments to provide data for reconfiguring a meter through a control interface (1016).Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2005Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: Freestyle Technology Pty LtdInventors: Andrew Paul Donaghey, Ian Kenneth McDonald, David Lewis Beard
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Patent number: 8669882Abstract: An alert device for a vehicle including a communications receiver for receiving file fragments for the device, a positioning data receiver for providing vehicle location data, a microcontroller system including a microcontroller and a programmable non-volatile memory system, for building and storing application and data files from the fragments, and executing an alert application of the device by processing at least one application file and associated data identified by configuration instructions included in at least one of the fragments to provide alert data for the vehicle corresponding to the location of the vehicle determined by the application on the basis of the vehicle location data.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2010Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Freestyle Technology Pty LtdInventors: Andrew Paul Donaghey, Ian Kenneth Francis McDonald, David Lewis Beard
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Publication number: 20130346570Abstract: A client processor including a communications receiver for receiving file fragments for the device, a micro-controller system including a microcontroller and a programmable non-volatile memory system, for building and storing application and data files from the fragments, and executing an application of the device by processing at least one application file and associated data identified by configuration instructions included in at least one of the fragments.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Inventors: Andrew Paul Donaghey, Ian Kenneth McDonald, David Lewis Beard
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Patent number: 8606891Abstract: A client processor including a communications receiver for receiving file fragments for the device, a micro-controller system including a microcontroller and a programmable non-volatile memory system, for building and storing application and data files from the fragments, and executing an application of the device by processing at least one application file and associated data identified by configuration instructions included in at least one of the fragments.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2011Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Freestyle Technology Pty LtdInventors: Andrew Paul Donaghey, Ian Kenneth McDonald, David Lewis Beard
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Publication number: 20120036239Abstract: A client processor including a communications receiver for receiving file fragments for the device, a micro-controller system including a microcontroller and a programmable non-volatile memory system, for building and storing application and data files from the fragments, and executing an application of the device by processing at least one application file and associated data identified by configuration instructions included in at least one of the fragments.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2011Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: FREESTYLE TECHNOLOGY PTY LTDInventors: Andrew Paul Donaghey, Ian Kenneth Francis McDonald, David Lewis Beard
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Patent number: 8041792Abstract: A client processor including a communications receiver for receiving file fragments for the device, a micro-controller system including a microcontroller and a programmable non-volatile memory system, for building and storing application and data files from the fragments, and executing an application of the device by processing at least one application file and associated data identified by configuration instructions included in at least one of the fragments.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2005Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: Freestyle Technology Pty LtdInventors: Andrew Paul Donaghey, Ian Kenneth Francis McDonald, David Lewis Beard
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Publication number: 20100194594Abstract: An alert device for a vehicle including a communications receiver for receiving file fragments for the device, a positioning data receiver for providing vehicle location data, a microcontroller system including a microcontroller and a programmable non-volatile memory system, for building and storing application and data files from the fragments, and executing an alert application of the device by processing at least one application file and associated data identified by configuration instructions included in at least one of the fragments to provide alert data for the vehicle corresponding to the location of the vehicle determined by the application on the basis of the vehicle location data.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2010Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: FREESTYLE TECHNOLOGY PTY LTDInventors: Andrew Paul Donaghey, Ian Kenneth Francis McDonald, David Lewis Beard
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Patent number: 7705749Abstract: An alert device for a vehicle includes a communications receiver for receiving file fragments for the device, a positioning data receiver for providing vehicle location data, a microcontroller system including a microcontroller and a programmable non-volatile memory system, for building and storing application and data files from the fragments, and executing an alert application of the device by processing at least one application file and associated data identified by configuration instructions included in at least one of the fragments to provide alert data for the vehicle corresponding to the location of the vehicle determined by the application on the basis of the vehicle location data.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2005Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: Freestyle Technology Pty LtdInventors: Andrew Paul Donaghey, Ian Kenneth Francis McDonald, David Lewis Beard
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Publication number: 20080042871Abstract: A utility meter device (1002) including a communications receiver (110) for receiving file fragments for the device, a processing means (150), eg microprocessor, microcontroller, and programmable non-volatile memory means (120), eg flash, EEPROM, for building and storing application and date riles from the fragments, and executing a meter application of the device by processing at least one application file and associated data identified by configuration instructions in at least one of the fragments to provide data for reconfiguring a meter through a control interface (1016).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2005Publication date: February 21, 2008Inventors: Andrew Paul Donaghey, Ian Kenneth Francis McDonald, David Lewis Beard
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Patent number: 5862455Abstract: A fading simulator for generating multipath-faded test signals which have attenuation notches of precisely controllable frequency position and attenuation depth from a modulated input signal of known bandwidth. The input signal is fed to a splitter that directs two in-phase components to a first path and a second path. The input to each path is divided by a splitter into in-phase and quadrature sub-signals having a quadrature phase relationship, each sub-signal being fed to a respective inverting attenuator, the outputs of the attenuators then being combined in a combiner and the combined output being passed through a variable delay line to generate the output of the respective path. The outputs of each path are then combined in a combiner circuit to generate the multipath-faded test signal. All four inverting attenuators are preferably substantially identical to one another so that the two paths have close to identical temperature-drift and other characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 1995Date of Patent: January 19, 1999Assignee: Martin Communications Pty LtdInventors: Andrew Louis Martin, David Lewis Beard