Patents by Inventor Ian Kenneth McDonald

Ian Kenneth McDonald 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).

  • Meter device
    Patent number: 9726515
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Freestyle Technology Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Andrew Paul Donaghey, Ian Kenneth McDonald, David Lewis Beard
  • Client Processor Device
    Publication number: 20130346570
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Andrew Paul Donaghey, Ian Kenneth McDonald, David Lewis Beard
  • Client processor device for building application files from file fragments for different versions of an application
    Patent number: 8606891
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Freestyle Technology Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Andrew Paul Donaghey, Ian Kenneth McDonald, David Lewis Beard