Patents by Inventor Gerald Mcquaid

Gerald Mcquaid 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).

  • Geographical detection of mobile terminals
    Patent number: 9763169
    Abstract: One or more telecommunication network cells, each having a geographically distinct radio coverage area, communicate with a mobile terminal so as to identify it and generate information about its usage thereby. Indications of usage of the mobile terminal within the predefined geographical location range and usage of the mobile terminal outside the predefined geographical location range can then be provided based on the information about usage of the mobile terminal generated by the one or more telecommunication network cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Vodafone IP Licensing Limited
    Inventor: Gerald McQuaid
  • Geographical Detection of Mobile Terminals
    Publication number: 20160165517
    Abstract: One or more telecommunication network cells, each having a geographically distinct radio coverage area, communicate with a mobile terminal so as to identify it and generate information about its usage thereby. Indications of usage of the mobile terminal within the predefined geographical location range and usage of the mobile terminal outside the predefined geographical location range can then be provided based on the information about usage of the mobile terminal generated by the one or more telecommunication network cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventor: Gerald McQuaid
  • Anonymization and filtering data
    Patent number: 9349026
    Abstract: System and method of anonymising data comprising the steps of reading parameters of an anonymisation procedure from a configurable anonymisation procedure resource. Receiving data to be anonymised from a data source, wherein the data source is identified by one or more of the read parameters. Applying one or more transformations to the received data according to the anonymisation procedure, wherein the one or more transformations include transforming at least an original portion of the received data into a transformed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Vodafone IP Licensing Limited
    Inventors: Adam Gianniotis, Gerald Mcquaid, Stephen Babbage
  • ANONYMIZATION AND FILTERING DATA
    Publication number: 20140351943
    Abstract: System method of anonymising data comprising the steps of receiving data to be anonymised. Applying one or more transformations to the received data according to a transformation configuration resource, wherein the one or more transformations include transforming at least an original portion of the received data into a transformed portion, wherein the original portion of the received data is recoverable from the transformed portion using stored information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: VODAFONE IP LICENSING LIMITED
    Inventors: Adam Gianniotis, Gerald Mcquaid, Stephen Babbage
  • ANONYMIZATION AND FILTERING DATA
    Publication number: 20140304825
    Abstract: System and method of anonymising data comprising the steps of reading parameters of an anonymisation procedure from a configurable anonymisation procedure resource. Receiving data to be anonymised from a data source, wherein the data source is identified by one or more of the read parameters. Applying one or more transformations to the received data according to the anonymisation procedure, wherein the one or more transformations include transforming at least an original portion of the received data into a transformed portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: VODAFONE IP LICENSING LIMITED
    Inventors: Adam Gianniotis, Gerald Mcquaid, Stephen Babbage