Patents by Inventor Glyn Povah

Glyn Povah 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).

  • Method of determining location
    Patent number: 9326264
    Abstract: A method of locating a mobile device (25) registered to a home telecommunications network (11), the method comprising: monitoring (40) network transactions; identifying (42) a first type of network transaction (30) indicating that the mobile device (25) is connected to a component of a foreign telecommunications network; identifying (44) a second type of network transaction (30) indicating that the mobile device (25) has cancelled a connection to the component of the foreign telecommunications network; locating (46) the mobile device (25) on the basis of the identified first and second types of network transaction (30); wherein locating (46) the mobile device (25) comprises setting the location status of the mobile device (25) as: within the foreign telecommunications network (29) if a network transaction of the first type has been identified, and; within the home telecommunications network (11) if a network transaction of the second type has been identified and no further network transactions of the first ty
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: TELEFONICA DIGITAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Neil Richard Shakespeare, Glyn Povah, Steve Devereux, Jamie Finn
  • METHOD OF DETERMINING LOCATION
    Publication number: 20140315574
    Abstract: A method of locating a mobile device (25) registered to a home telecommunications network (11), the method comprising: monitoring (40) network transactions; identifying (42) a first type of network transaction (30) indicating that the mobile device (25) is connected to a component of a foreign telecommunications network; identifying (44) a second type of network transaction (30) indicating that the mobile device (25) has cancelled a connection to the component of the foreign telecommunications network; locating (46) the mobile device (25) on the basis of the identified first and second types of network transaction (30); wherein locating (46) the mobile device (25) comprises setting the location status of the mobile device (25) as: within the foreign telecommunications network (29) if a network transaction of the first type has been identified, and; within the home telecommunications network (11) if a network transaction of the second type has been identified and no further network transactions of the first ty
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: TELEFONICA UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Neil Richard Shakespeare, Glyn Povah, Steve Devereux, Jamie Finn