Patents by Inventor Ian Marsden
Ian Marsden 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).
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Patent number: 11617086Abstract: An approach for providing security information to a device to enable the device to secure end-to-end data communication with an end server. The security information is downloaded to a SIM of the device in response to an authentication message issued by the device. The security information is secured within the SIM so that it can only be accessed/interpreted using a first key associated with the device. The securing is performed based on identity data, identifying the device or components thereof, contained in the authentication message.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Eseye LimitedInventor: Ian Marsden
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Patent number: 11570700Abstract: An approach for preventing electronic devices from repeatedly attempting to register or connect to a mobile network when they are not permitted to communicate using the mobile network. Embodiments determine whether the electronic device and/or associated SIM is permitted to communicate using the mobile network. In response to determining that the electronic device and/or SIM is not permitted to communicate using the mobile network, the contents of the SIM are modified to prevent the SIM from providing, to other components of the electronic device, communication data used to make a connection or authentication request to the mobile network.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Eseye LimitedInventors: Ian Marsden, Paul Mckenzie, Paul Marshall
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Publication number: 20210289429Abstract: An approach for preventing electronic devices from repeatedly attempting to register or connect to a mobile network when they are not permitted to communicate using the mobile network. Embodiments determine whether the electronic device and/or associated SIM is permitted to communicate using the mobile network. In response to determining that the electronic device and/or SIM is not permitted to communicate using the mobile network, the contents of the SIM are modified to prevent the SIM from providing, to other components of the electronic device, communication data used to make a connection or authentication request to the mobile network.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2021Publication date: September 16, 2021Inventors: Ian MARSDEN, Paul Mckenzie, Paul Marshall
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Patent number: 11018966Abstract: According to a concept of the invention, there is proposed a method of providing connectivity information of a mobile device to an end server, wherein a connectivity monitoring device obtains the connectivity information, monitors a communication channel between the mobile device and end sever, and stores the connectivity information on the end server.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: Eseye LimitedInventor: Ian Marsden
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Publication number: 20210105615Abstract: An approach for providing security information to a device to enable the device to secure end-to-end data communication with an end server. The security information is downloaded to a SIM of the device in response to an authentication message issued by the device. The security information is secured within the SIM so that it can only be accessed/interpreted using a first key associated with the device. The securing is performed based on identity data, identifying the device or components thereof, contained in the authentication message.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2020Publication date: April 8, 2021Inventor: Ian MARSDEN
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Patent number: 10652738Abstract: A device 2 is connected to server 34 using encryption exposed at the application layer of device 2. The encryption takes place using a mobile telephony standard encryption. An authentication module is provided in device 2 comprising an IMSI and software to connect to a mobile telephony-like home location register using conventional mobile telephony protocols, except that the mobile telephony-like home location register is adapted simply to authenticate the device 2 and deliver a communication key Kc using the mobile telephony standard without also authorising access to a mobile telephone network.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Eseye LimitedInventor: Ian Marsden
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Patent number: 10623253Abstract: A device, system and web page for providing status information of a first device to a client device are provided together with a method for retrieving status information of the first device from the client device. The first device comprises an integral web server arranged to provide a web page. The web page comprises one or more standard elements available for download from the first device or from a second device. The web page also comprises at least one variable element specific to the first device including the status information of the first device. The method comprises sending a request for the web page from the client device to the first device. The method further comprises receiving at the client device, from the first device, an initial web component comprising an initial script.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2017Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Eseye LimitedInventors: Ian Marsden, Paul Marshall
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Patent number: 10389748Abstract: A method of distributing security information to a device quarantines the device and then, in the quarantine state, downloads security information using a method protected by the inherent security in the mobile network such as USSD or SMS.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2016Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Eseye LimitedInventor: Ian Marsden
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Publication number: 20180287913Abstract: According to a concept of the invention, there is proposed a method of providing connectivity information of a mobile device to an end server, wherein a connectivity monitoring device obtains the connectivity information, monitors a communication channel between the mobile device and end sever, and stores the connectivity information on the end server.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventor: Ian MARSDEN
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Publication number: 20180159726Abstract: A device, system and web page for providing status information of a first device to a client device are provided together with a method for retrieving status information of the first device from the client device. The first device comprises an integral web server arranged to provide a web page. The web page comprises one or more standard elements available for download from the first device or from a second device. The web page also comprises at least one variable element specific to the first device including the status information of the first device. The method comprises sending a request for the web page from the client device to the first device. The method further comprises receiving at the client device, from the first device, an initial web component comprising an initial script.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2017Publication date: June 7, 2018Inventors: Ian MARSDEN, Paul MARSHALL
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Publication number: 20180041541Abstract: A method of distributing security information to a device quarantines the device and then, in the quarantine state, downloads security information using a method protected by the inherent security in the mobile network such as USSD or SMS.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2016Publication date: February 8, 2018Inventor: Ian MARSDEN
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Patent number: 9584474Abstract: A method of activation of a SIM in a mobile device includes sending an authentication request 30 from the SIM 4 in a mobile device 2 to an HLR 22 corresponding to the mobile network operator of the SIM 4. When the HLR 22 does not contain a record that the SIM is activated, not merely does the HLR 22 return a rejection of the authentication request but additionally a provisioning request 32 to provisioning server 24 is automatically made. The provisioning server 24 then, in response to the provisioning request, updates the HLR so that the HLR does contain a record 23 that the SIM is activated such that subsequent authentication requests from the SIM are not rejected by the HLR. In this way, the SIM is not activated before activation needed. This is of particular utility where the SIM is installed by the manufacturer in M2M apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2015Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: ESEYE LIMITEDInventors: Ian Marsden, Paul Marshall
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Patent number: 9572041Abstract: A method of routing a roaming cellular data terminal (12), for example an M2M device or telephone handset to an APN includes providing a DNS 20 in a roaming network 2 which resolves a FQDN to a local POP remote 22 from the home POP 18 in home network 6.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2015Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: ESEYE LIMITEDInventors: Ian Marsden, Paul Marshall
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Patent number: 9549310Abstract: A cellular device 10 has a SIM 12 having a unique identifier 14, for example formatted as an IMSI. The cellular device is activated by a registration process which registers the SIM to a selected home network. In this way, the cellular device can be bundled with a SIM before it is known for which country, region or network the cellular device will be sold.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2012Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: ESEYE LIMITEDInventors: Paul Marshall, Ian Marsden
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Publication number: 20160255504Abstract: A device 2 is connected to server 34 using encryption exposed at the application layer of device 2. The encryption takes place using a mobile telephony standard encryption. An authentication module is provided in device 2 comprising an IMSI and software to connect to a mobile telephony-like home location register using conventional mobile telephony protocols, except that the mobile telephony-like home location register is adapted simply to authenticate the device 2 and deliver a communication key Kc using the mobile telephony standard without also authorising access to a mobile telephone network.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2016Publication date: September 1, 2016Inventor: Ian MARSDEN
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Patent number: 9320080Abstract: A master-slave distributed communications network includes a master node, a plurality of slave nodes. Each slave node is configured to store an address of the next node for a message to be routed on an uplink to the master node, and when sending a data packet to the master node it appends the pre-stored address and forwards the data packet to the next node thus lengthening the data packet, as the data packet is progressed from the slave nodes to the master node. For a downlink message, the master node using a pre-stored routing table includes in the data packet the addresses of all the slave nodes on the selected route. As the data packet is progressed from slave node to slave node, the address of each slave node which has forwarded the data packet is deleted thus shortening the overall length of the data packet.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2012Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Ian A. Marsden, Paul R. Marshall
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Publication number: 20160080931Abstract: A method of activation of a SIM in a mobile device includes sending an authentication request 30 from the SIM 4 in a mobile device 2 to an HLR 22 corresponding to the mobile network operator of the SIM 4. When the HLR 22 does not contain a record that the SIM is activated, not merely does the HLR 22 return a rejection of the authentication request but additionally a provisioning request 32 to provisioning server 24 is automatically made. The provisioning server 24 then, in response to the provisioning request, updates the HLR so that the HLR does contain a record 23 that the SIM is activated such that subsequent authentication requests from the SIM are not rejected by the HLR. In this way, the SIM is not activated before activation needed. This is of particular utility where the SIM is installed by the manufacturer in M2M apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2015Publication date: March 17, 2016Inventors: Ian MARSDEN, Paul MARSHALL
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Patent number: 9215547Abstract: A multi-IMSI SIM 2 includes a CPU 9 and code 8 arranged to select one of the IMSIs and a network for data communication. The selection may in particular be on the basis of network signal strength, reliability, and/or cost.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2013Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: ESEYE LIMITEDInventors: Ian Marsden, Paul Marshall
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Publication number: 20150358828Abstract: A method of routing a roaming cellular data terminal (12), for example an M2M device or telephone handset to an APN includes providing a DNS 20 in a roaming network 2 which resolves a FQDN to a local POP remote 22 from the home POP 18 in home network 6.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2015Publication date: December 10, 2015Inventors: Ian MARSDEN, Paul MARSHALL
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Publication number: 20140335856Abstract: A cellular device 10 has a SIM 12 having a unique identifier 14, for example formatted as an IMSI. The cellular device is activated by a registration process which registers the SIM to a selected home network. In this way, the cellular device can be bundled with a SIM before it is known for which country, region or network the cellular device will be sold.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2012Publication date: November 13, 2014Applicant: ESEYE LIMITEDInventors: Paul Marshall, Ian Marsden