Patents by Inventor Graeme Hardy

Graeme Hardy 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: 20240243762
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a software defined radio for a mobile network system including a plurality of satellite transponders, each satellite transponder operating using single channel per carrier (SCPC) transmission to allocate an entire bandwidth of a given frequency channel of a plurality of channels to the network management system, at least one ground station in communication with the plurality of satellite transponders, the at least one ground station communicating on at least one of the plurality of channels, using the plurality of satellite transponders, to a remote host, and a management server, that sets a bandwidth available for a particular channel of the plurality of channels at a predetermined maximum, regularly generating a quality of experience metric for the particular channel of the plurality of channels, and dynamically adjusts the bandwidth allocated to the particular channel of the plurality of channels based upon the quality of experience metric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Graeme Hardy, Claudio Vignali, Jay Lorenzana, Parva Bhayani, Steve Redford, Kuan Chin, Steve Tucker, Simon McLellan, Scott Kamara
  • Publication number: 20240048458
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a software defined radio for a mobile network system including a plurality of satellite transponders, each satellite transponder operating using single channel per carrier (SCPC) transmission to allocate an entire bandwidth of a given frequency channel of a plurality of channels to the network management system, at least one ground station in communication with the plurality of satellite transponders, the at least one ground station communicating on at least one of the plurality of channels, using the plurality of satellite transponders, to a remote host, and a management server, that sets a bandwidth available for a particular channel of the plurality of channels at a predetermined maximum and dynamically adjusts the bandwidth allocated to a particular channel of the plurality of channels based upon a present determination of a utilization of the particular channel of the plurality of channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Graeme Hardy, Claudio Vignali, Jay Lorenzana, Parva Bhayani, Steve Redford, Kuan Chin, Steve Tucker, Simon McLellan, Scott Kamara
  • Patent number: 9247560
    Abstract: Controlling data transfer between a mobile device and a data telecommunications network includes receiving a service request requiring a data transfer, determining at least one parameter requirement relating to the service request from a predefined profile, determining a network/user condition relating to one or more of the at least one parameters, comparing the one or more parameter requirements with the relevant network/user condition, and using the comparison to determine whether or not to proceed with the service request. Data transfer to and/or from a mobile device may be managed so that the network conditions, such as available signal strength and bearer type, are taken into consideration before proceeding with the data transfer. Accordingly, if the network conditions are not suitable for the service request requiring a data transfer, it is possible to not proceed with the request, such as by delaying it until network conditions become suitable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Vodafone Group PLC
    Inventors: Matthew Vizor, Graeme Hardy, Chris Jones, Christine Rickard
  • Publication number: 20140233510
    Abstract: Controlling data transfer between a mobile device and a data telecommunications network includes receiving a service request requiring a data transfer, determining at least one parameter requirement relating to the service request from a predefined profile, determining a network/user condition relating to one or more of the at least one parameters, comparing the one or more parameter requirements with the relevant network/user condition, and using the comparison to determine whether or not to proceed with the service request. Data transfer to and/or from a mobile device may be managed so that the network conditions, such as available signal strength and bearer type, are taken into consideration before proceeding with the data transfer. Accordingly, if the network conditions are not suitable for the service request requiring a data transfer, it is possible to not proceed with the request, such as by delaying it until network conditions become suitable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Vodafone Group PLC
    Inventors: Matthew Vizor, Graeme Hardy, Chris Jones, Christine Rickard
  • Patent number: 8750203
    Abstract: A method of controlling data transfer between a mobile device and a data telecommunications network includes: receiving a service request requiring a data transfer; determining at least one parameter requirement relating to the service request from a predefined profile; determining a network/user condition relating to one or more of the at least one parameters; comparing the one or more parameter requirements with the relevant network/user condition; and using the comparison to determine whether or not to proceed with the service request. Data transfer to and/or from a mobile device may be managed so that the network conditions, such as available signal strength and bearer type, are taken into consideration before proceeding with the data transfer. Accordingly, if the network conditions are not suitable for the service request requiring a data transfer, it is possible to not proceed with the request, such as by delaying it until network conditions become suitable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Vodafone Group PLC
    Inventors: Matthew Vizor, Graeme Hardy, Chris Jones, Christine Rickard
  • Publication number: 20110176482
    Abstract: A method of controlling data transfer between a mobile device and a data telecommunications network includes: receiving a service request requiring a data transfer; determining at least one parameter requirement relating to the service request from a predefined profile; determining a network/user condition relating to one or more of the at least one parameters; comparing the one or more parameter requirements with the relevant network/user condition; and using the comparison to determine whether or not to proceed with the service request. Data transfer to and/or from a mobile device may be managed so that the network conditions, such as available signal strength and bearer type, are taken into consideration before proceeding with the data transfer. Accordingly, if the network conditions are not suitable for the service request requiring a data transfer, it is possible to not proceed with the request, such as by delaying it until network conditions become suitable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2009
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Matthew Vizor, Graeme Hardy, Chris Jones, Christine Rickard