Patents by Inventor Ian Collins

Ian Collins 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: 20150100359
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided for providing customer care to a user of an electronic device. After a device profile of the electronic device is received, together with any text added by the user in a query, a customer care case is created with the received parameters from the device profile and the added text from the user. This customer care case is then automatically routed to an appropriate resource or customer care agent channel based on analysis of the parameters and the added text. A separate but related method also relates to the database of expertise and availability parameters that is maintained for a plurality of customer care agents. The database is used for the aforementioned analysis and routing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Jeffrey Brunet, Ian Collins, Karen Chan, Yousuf Chowdhary
  • Publication number: 20140313904
    Abstract: A method is provided for self-care based customer care for users of devices. A device agent is provided for the device. The device agent is executable on the device and is programmed for gathering information from the device in the form of a device profile and running a diagnosis of the device. The diagnosis process refers to a set of rules stored locally on the device, and aspects of the device profile are reviewed against conditions in these rules. The profile gathering and diagnosis steps are programmed to be triggered and occur on the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: CrowdCare Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Brunet, Ian Collins, Yousuf Chowdhary, Karen Chan
  • Publication number: 20140315925
    Abstract: The present invention pertains generally to the field of therapeutic compounds. More specifically the present invention pertains to certain pyridyl-amino-pyrazine carbonitrile compounds that, inter alia, inhibit Checkpoint Kinase 1 (CHK1) kinase function. The present invention also pertains to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and the use of such compounds and compositions, both in vitro and in vivo, to inhibit CHK1 kinase function, and in the treatment of diseases and conditions that are mediated by CHK1, that are ameliorated by the inhibition of CHK1 kinase function, etc., including proliferative conditions such as cancer, etc., optionally in combination with another agent, for example, (a) a DNA topoisomerase I or II inhibitor; (b) a DNA damaging agent; (c) an antimetabolite or thymidylate synthase (TS) inhibitor; (d) a microtubule targeted agent; and (e) ionising radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Ian Collins, Michael Lainchbury, Thomas Peter Matthews, John Charles Reader
  • Patent number: 8865736
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) have antibacterial activity: wherein R represents hydrogen or 1, 2 or 3 optional substituents; W is ?C(R1)—; R1 is hydrogen and R2 is hydrogen, methyl, or fluorine; or R1 and R2 taken together are —CH2—, —CH2CH2, —O—, or, in either orientation, —O—CH2— or —OCH2CH2—; and R3 is a radical of formula -(Alk1)m-(Z)p-(Alk2)n-Q.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Biota Scientific Pty Ltd
    Inventors: David Ryall Brown, Ian Collins, Lloyd George Czaplewski, David John Haydon
  • Publication number: 20140303177
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound for use as a protein kinase B inhibitor, the compound being a compound of the formula (I) or salts, solvates, tautomers or N-oxides thereof, wherein T is N or CR5; J1-J2 is N?C(R6), (R7)C?N, (R8)N—C(O), (R8)2C—C(O), N?N or (R7)C?C(R6); E is a monocyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic group of 5 or 6 ring members, the heterocyclic group containing up to 3 heteroatoms selected from O, N and S; Q1 is a bond or a saturated C1-3 hydrocarbon linker group, one of the carbon atoms in the linker group being optionally be replaced by an oxygen or nitrogen atom, or an adjacent pair of carbon atoms may be replaced by CONRq or NRqCO where Rq is hydrogen or methyl, or Rq is a C1-4 alkylene chain linked to R or a carbon atom of Q1 to form a cyclic moiety; and wherein the carbon atoms of the linker group Q1 may optionally bear one or more substituents selected from fluorine and hydroxy; Q2 is a bond or a saturated hydrocarbon linker group containing from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, wherein one of the
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicants: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED, THE INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH: ROYAL CANCER HOSPITAL, CANCER RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Valerio BERDINI, Robert George BOYLE, Gordon SAXTY, David Winter WALKER, Steven John WOODHEAD, Paul Graham WYATT, Alastair DONALD, John CALDWELL, Ian COLLINS, Tatiana Faria DA FONSECA
  • Patent number: 8848899
    Abstract: An operator network is capable of routing incoming customer care calls to specific customer care representatives based on a subscriber profile and customer service representative (CSR) skill set. The device profile is retrieved from the mobile handset while the incoming customer care call is in a queue waiting to be connected to a CSR. The retrieved device profile is also used to determine an appropriate CSR to handle an incoming customer care call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeffrey Brunet, Ian Collins, Yousuf Chowdhary, Bindu Rama Rao
  • Publication number: 20140271662
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula (I) having protein kinase B inhibiting activity: wherein A is a saturated hydrocarbon linker group containing from 1 to 7 carbon atoms, the linker group having a maximum chain length of 5 atoms extending between R1 and NR2R3 and a maximum chain length of 4 atoms extending between E and NR2R3, wherein one of the carbon atoms in the linker group may optionally be replaced by an oxygen or nitrogen atom; and wherein the carbon atoms of the linker group A may optionally bear one or more substituents selected from oxo, fluorine and hydroxy, provided that the hydroxy group when present is not located at a carbon atom ? with respect to the NR2R3 group and provided that the oxo group when present is located at a carbon atom ? with respect to the NR2R3 group; E is a monocyclic or bicyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic group; R1 is an aryl or heteroaryl group; and R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the claims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicants: Astex Therapeutics Ltd, Cancer Research Technology Limited, The Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital
    Inventors: Valerio BERDINI, Gordon SAXTY, Marinus Leendert VERDONK, Steven John WOODHEAD, Paul Graham WYATT, Robert George BOYLE, Hannah Fiona SORE, David Winter WALKER, Ian COLLINS, Robert DOWNHAM, Robin Arthur Ellis CARR
  • Patent number: 8809336
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound for use as a protein kinase B inhibitor, the compound being a compound of the formula (I) or salts, solvates, tautomers or N-oxides thereof, wherein T is N or CR5; J1-J2 is N?C(R6), (R7)C?N, (R8)N—C(O), (R8)2C—C(O), N?N or (R7)C?C(R6); E is a monocyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic group of 5 or 6 ring members, the heterocyclic group containing up to 3 heteroatoms selected from O, N and S; Q1 is a bond or a saturated C1-3 hydrocarbon linker group, one of the carbon atoms in the linker group being optionally be replaced by an oxygen or nitrogen atom, or an adjacent pair of carbon atoms may be replaced by CONRq or NRqCO where Rq is hydrogen or methyl, or Rq is a C1-4 alkylene chain linked to R1 or a carbon atom of Q1 to form a cyclic moiety; and wherein the carbon atoms of the linker group Q1 may optionally bear one or more substituents selected from fluorine and hydroxy; Q2 is a bond or a saturated hydrocarbon linker group containing from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, wherein one of the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignees: Astex Therapeutics Limited, The Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital, Cancer Research Technology Limited
    Inventors: Valerio Berdini, Robert George Boyle, Gordon Saxty, David Winter Walker, Steven John Woodhead, Paul Graham Wyatt, Alastair Donald, John Caldwell, Ian Collins, Tatiana Faria Da Fonseca
  • Patent number: 8796293
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound of the formula (I) or salts, solvates, tautomers or N-oxides thereof, wherein T is N or CR5; J1-J2 is N?C(R6), (R7)C?N, (R8)N—C(O), (R8)2C—C(O), N?N or (R7)C?C(R6); E is a monocyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic group of 5 or 6 ring members, the heterocyclic group containing up to 3 heteroatoms selected from O, N and S; Q1 is a bond or a saturated C1-3 hydrocarbon linker group, one of the carbon atoms in the linker group being optionally be replaced by an oxygen or nitrogen atom, or an adjacent pair of carbon atoms may be replaced by CONRq or NRqCO where Rq is hydrogen or methyl, or Rq is a C1-4alkylene chain linked to R1 or a carbon atom of Q1 to form a cyclic moiety; and wherein the carbon atoms of the linker group Q1 may optionally bear one or more substituents selected from fluorine and hydroxy; Q2 is a bond or a saturated hydrocarbon linker group containing from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, wherein one of the carbon atoms in the linker group may optionally be replaced by an oxyge
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignees: Astex Therapeutics Limited, The Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital, Cancer Research Technology Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Glanmor Davies, Michelle Dawn Garrett, Robert George Boyle, Ian Collins
  • Publication number: 20140156539
    Abstract: A method is provided for delivering customer care to a user of a mobile device. A first device profile of the mobile device is collected. Based on aspects of this first device profile displayed on a customer care interface, and a problem report, a fix is provided to the mobile device with respect to the problem report. After the fix, a second device profile is collected. The system determines at least one difference between the first device profile and the second device profile. This difference is used to automatically generate a proto-rule for future fixes based on the problem report. In this way, automatic rule-making is possible. An editor is also provided so that the proto-rule can be edited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: CrowdCare Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Brunet, Ian Collins, Karen Chan
  • Publication number: 20140135332
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): and salts, racemates, isomers, diastereoisomers, enantiomers, hydrates, solvates, N-oxides, pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives or prodrugs thereof. Also provided the use of these compounds as antibacterials, compositions comprising them and processes for their manufacture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: BIOTA SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT PTY LTD
    Inventors: David John Haydon, Lloyd George Czaplewski, Neil Robert Stokes, David Davies, Ian Collins, James T Palmer, Jeffrey Peter Mitchell, Gary Robert William Pitt, Daniel Offermann
  • Publication number: 20140107137
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound for use as a protein kinase B inhibitor, the compound being a compound of the formula (I) or salts, solvates, tautomers or N-oxides thereof, wherein T is N or CR5; J1-J2 is N?C(R6), (R7)C?N, (R8)N—C(O), (R8)2C—C(O), N?N or (R7)C?C(R6); E is a monocyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic group of 5 or 6 ring members, the heterocyclic group containing up to 3 heteroatoms selected from O, N and S; Q1 is a bond or a saturated C1-3 hydrocarbon linker group, one of the carbon atoms in the linker group being optionally be replaced by an oxygen or nitrogen atom, or an adjacent pair of carbon atoms may be replaced by CONRq or NRqCO where Rq is hydrogen or methyl, or Rq is a C1-4 alkylene chain linked to R1 or a carbon atom of Q1 to form a cyclic moiety; and wherein the carbon atoms of the linker group Q1 may optionally bear one or more substituents selected from fluorine and hydroxy; Q2 is a bond or a saturated hydrocarbon linker group containing from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, wherein one of the
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Inventors: Valerio BERDINI, Robert George BOYLE, Gordon SAXTY, David Winter WALKER, Steven John WOODHEAD, Paul Graham WYATT, Alistair DONALD, John CALDWELL, Ian COLLINS, Tatiana Faria DA FONSECA
  • Patent number: 8691806
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula (I) having protein kinase B inhibiting activity: Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, methods for preparing the compounds and their use as anticancer agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignees: Astex Therapeutics Limited, The Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital, Cancer Research Technology Limited
    Inventors: Valerio Berdini, Gordon Saxty, Marinus Leendert Verdonk, Steven John Woodhead, Paul Graham Wyatt, Robert George Boyle, Hannah Fiona Sore, David Winter Walker, Ian Collins, Robert Downham, Robin Arthur Ellis Carr
  • Patent number: 8618121
    Abstract: The present invention pertains generally to the field of therapeutic compounds, and more specifically to certain tricyclic compounds (referred to herein as TC compounds), and especially certain 9H-pyrimido[4,5-b]indole, 9H-pyrido[4?,3?:4,5]pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyridine, and 9H-1,3,6,9-tetraaza-fluorene compounds, which, inter alia, inhibit Checkpoint Kinase 1 (CHK1) kinase function. The present invention also pertains to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and the use of such compounds and compositions, both in vitro and in vivo, to inhibit CHK1 kinase function, and in the treatment of diseases and conditions that are mediated by CHK1, that are ameliorated by the inhibition of CHK1 kinase function, etc., including proliferative conditions such as cancer, etc., optionally in combination with another agent, for example, (a) a DNA topoisomerase I or II inhibitor; (b) a DNA damaging agent; (c) an antimetabolite or TS inhibitor; (d) a microtubule targeted agent; and (e) ionising radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Cancer Research Technology Limited
    Inventors: Ian Collins, John Charles Reader, Suki Klair, Jane Scanlon, Glynn Addison, Michael Cherry
  • Patent number: 8546407
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound for use as a protein kinase B inhibitor, the compound being a compound of the formula (Ic) or salts, tautomers or N-oxides thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignees: Astex Therapeutics Limited, The Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital, Cancer Research Technology Limited
    Inventors: Valerio Berdini, Robert George Boyle, Gordon Saxty, David Winter Walker, Steven John Woodhead, Paul Graham Wyatt, Alastair Donald, John Caldwell, Ian Collins, Tatiana Faria Da Fonseca
  • Patent number: 8541461
    Abstract: The invention provides a combination comprising an ancillary compound (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignees: Astex Therapeutics Limited, The Institute of Cancer Research Royal Cancer Hospital, Cancer Research Technology Limited
    Inventors: Neil Thomas Thompson, Robert George Boyle, Ian Collins, Michelle Dawn Garrett, John Francis Lyons, Kyla Merriom Thompson
  • Patent number: 8530468
    Abstract: The present invention pertains generally to the field of therapeutic compounds, and more specifically to certain bicyclylaryl-aryl-amines compounds of the following formula (referred to herein as BCAA compounds), which, inter alia, inhibit Checkpoint Kinase 1 (CHK1) kinase function. The present invention also pertains to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and the use of such compounds and compositions, both in vitro and in vivo, to inhibit CHK1 kinase function, and in the treatment of diseases and conditions that are mediated by CHK1, that are ameliorated by the inhibition of CHK1 kinase function, etc., including proliferative conditions such as cancer, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Cancer Research Technology Limited
    Inventors: Ian Collins, John Charles Reader, David Hugh Williams, Sukhbinder Singh Klair, Jane Elizabeth Scanlon, Nelly Piton, Michael Cherry
  • Patent number: 8526940
    Abstract: A telecommunications network includes a plurality of operators, each performing customer service activities. Each operator uses an analytics engine to apply troubleshooting rules to help diagnose customer problems. In addition to a local rules repository at each of the different operators, a centralized rules repository is used to collect domain knowledge of the different operators. Additionally, rules generated by software vendors and device manufacturers are also included in the centralized rules repository. By accessing this centralized rules repository, the local rules repositories can be updated with rules from these other sources, thereby increasing the rules available for each individual operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Palm, Inc.
    Inventors: Yousuf Chowdhary, Jeffrey Brunet, Ian Collins
  • Patent number: 8492414
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (IA) or (IB) have antibacterial activity: wherein W is ?CH— or ?N—; Ri and R2 are independently selected from hydrogen, fluoro and chloro, provided that Ri and R2 are not each hydrogen when W is ?CH—; n is 0 or 1; X is —O—, —S—, or —CH2—; and Q is (i) a phenyl radical, a naphthyl radical, a monocyclic carbocyclic or heteroaryl radical having 3 to 6 ring atoms, or a bicyclic heteroaryl radical having 5 to 10 ring atoms, any of which radicals being optionally substituted; or (ii) an optionally substituted C1-C6 alkyl, C2-C6 alkenyl, or C2-C6 alkynyl radical, which may optionally be interrupted by —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O2)—, —NH—, —N(CH3)—, —N(CH2CH3)—, —C—K?Oh or —C(?O)—O—.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Biota Scientific Management Pty Ltd
    Inventors: David John Haydon, Ian Collins, Lloyd George Czaplewski
  • Patent number: 8415383
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (IA) or (IB) have antibacterial activity: wherein W is ?C(H)— or ?N—; R3 is a radical of formula -(Alk1)m-(Z1)p-(Alk2)n-Q wherein m, p and n are independently 0 or 1, provided that at least one of m, p and n is 1, Z1 is —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O2)—, —NH—, —N(CH3)—, —N(CH2CH3)—, —C(—O)—, —0—(C?O)—, —C(?O)—O—, or an optionally substituted divalent monocyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic radical having 3 to 6 ring atoms; or an optionally substituted divalent bicyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic radical having 5 to 10 ring atoms; Alk1 and Alk2 are optionally substituted C1-C6 alkylene, C2-C6 alkenylene, or C2-C6 alkynylene radicals, which may optionally terminate with or be interrupted by —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O2)—, —NH—, —N(CH3)—, Or —N(CH2CH3)—; and Q is hydrogen, halogen, nitrile, or hydroxyl, or an optionally substituted monocyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic radical having 3 to 6 ring atoms; or an optionally substituted bicyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic radical having 5 to 10 ring atoms; R
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Biota Scientific Management Pty Ltd
    Inventors: David John Haydon, Ian Collins, Lloyd George Czaplewski