Patents by Inventor Ian Michael

Ian Michael 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY ASSIGNING VALUES IN A NETWORK
    Publication number: 20100303091
    Abstract: The embodiments described herein present methods and apparatus for dynamically assigning values in a network. A method includes receiving, at a designated value allocator from a network node, a first broadcast message using a link-state protocol. The method then identifies the first broadcast message as including a request to associate a parameter value to the network node and allocates an assigned parameter value to the network node based on the identification of the request included in the first broadcast message. A message that includes the assigned parameter value is then transmitted to the network node. Other embodiments are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Stewart Frederick Bryant, Ian Michael Charles Shand
  • System and method of managing communications policy settings in a wireless network
    Patent number: 7840211
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method of modifying policy settings in a network having a plurality of subscriber devices. An embodiment includes a plurality of base stations, each capable of wirelessly transmitting across a geographic region and a server. A cell-phone, capable of roaming between regions, is operable to establish a wireless link with the base stations and through the base stations, with the server. The network contains a communication policy determining from which other communication devices a subscriber device can receive voice calls. The communication policy is updated, by the server, based on requests from the subscriber devices. Once a request is received from a subscriber device, the determination whether to update the communication policy can be based on a record of rejections respective to the caller requested to be blocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Marc Plumb, Ian Michael Patterson, Seán Arthur Daniel Carlos Goggin
  • Portable Fitness Monitoring Systems, and Applications Thereof
    Publication number: 20100292050
    Abstract: Portable fitness monitoring systems, and applications thereof, are disclosed. In an embodiment, a portable fitness monitoring system includes: a portable fitness monitoring device; a sensor in wireless communication with the portable fitness monitoring device for sensing performance parameters during a physical activity conducted by the user and communicating performance parameter data to the dedicated portable fitness monitoring device; a music device directly coupled to the portable fitness monitoring device; and an audio output device directly coupled to the portable fitness monitoring device, wherein music is transmitted from the portable music device to the audio output device through the portable fitness monitoring device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: adidas AG
    Inventors: Christian DiBenedetto, Mark Arthur Oleson, Ian Michael Munson
  • Method and apparatus for updating label-switched paths
    Patent number: 7835312
    Abstract: A method of updating a label-switched path for forwarding data in a data communications network in response to a change in a network comprises the step, performed at an updating node of receiving notification of a network change, of constructing a post-change label-switched path in the changed network. The method further comprises, after termination of a first period, forwarding data using the post-change label-switched path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Michael Charles Shand, Stewart Frederick Bryant
  • Secure provisioning methods and apparatus for mobile communication devices operating in wireless local area networks (WLANS)
    Patent number: 7831236
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for use in securely provisioning a mobile communication device in a wireless local area network (WLAN) having a plurality of wireless access points (APs) are described. In one illustrative method, a provisioning procedure is performed between the mobile communication device and the WLAN via the provisioning wireless AP while the mobile communication device is positioned within a provisioning radio frequency (RF) coverage region of the provisioning wireless AP. However, the provisioning RF coverage region is otherwise confined so that a plurality of other mobile communication devices of the WLAN are restricted from access therefrom during the provisioning procedure. The provisioning RF coverage region may be confined by providing the provisioning wireless AP within a secured room, by providing an electromagnetic shield around the provisioning wireless AP, or both, as examples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Ian Michael Robertson, Thomas Charles Nagy
  • GRAVITY BENDING GLASS SHEETS
    Publication number: 20100269543
    Abstract: A gravity bending mould for bending glass sheets is disclosed. The gravity bending mould comprises an intermediate mould having an intermediate movable mould section and a final mould having a final movable mould section. Each movable mould section is movable between an operable position and an inoperable position respectively. The intermediate and final movable mould sections are adapted successively to engage a glass sheet during a gravity bending operation. There is a mechanical connection between the intermediate and final movable mould sections, the mechanical connection being selectively disposable in a first configuration, at which the intermediate and final movable mould sections are in the operable and inoperable positions respectively, and in a second configuration, at which the final and intermediate movable mould sections are in the operable position and inoperable positions respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: PILKINGTON GROUP LIMITED
    Inventors: Ian Nicholas Tetlow, Ian Michael Mackley, Colin Michael Bennett
  • Visualized Modeling Language Connector Selection
    Publication number: 20100262949
    Abstract: An automatic relationship selector can be used with complex visualized modeling languages, such as Unified Modeling Language, to help users obtain appropriate relationship types for connectors. The selector automatically selects a connector relationship type based on relationship selection criteria which may include element types, an implicit default, an explicit default, and/or a heuristic default. A user can manually override automatically selected connector relationship type assignments. A helper lets a user set aggregation and other connector relationship properties. Automatic relationship type selection is done in-place while a connector is being positioned, to maintain the user interface's focus on the design diagram and avoid interrupting the user's design drafting flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jens Jacobsen, Andrew Jude Byrne, Ian Michael Bavey, Jing "Frank" Fan
  • Forwarding data in a data communications network
    Patent number: 7808890
    Abstract: An apparatus for forwarding data in a data communications network having as components nodes and links there between, the apparatus being arranged to forward data to a receiving node via a primary path the apparatus further having a repair capability of computing a repair path around a failure component in the primary path to an address having a repair identifier for the receiving node not via the failure component, the apparatus being arranged to forward data to the receiving node via the repair path upon failure of the failure component if a node in the primary path to the receiving node does not have said repair capability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Michael Charles Shand, Stewart Frederick Bryant
  • COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100240297
    Abstract: There is described a communication system in which data is received by and/or transmitted to a telecommunications apparatus using an acoustic data channel. In embodiments, the data is encoded within the audio track of a media broadcast or other public broadcast. The invention has particular, but not exclusive, relevance to a cellular communication system. There are also described acoustic position detection systems for determining the position of a telecommunications apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Aled Wynne Jones, Michael Raymond Reynolds, David Bartlett, Ian Michael Hosking, Donald Glenn Guy, Peter John Kelly, Daniel Reginald Ewart Timson, Nicolas Vasilopolous, Alan Michael Hart, Robert John Morland
  • Connection verification for MPLS label switched paths and pseudowires
    Publication number: 20100238788
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a connection verification (CV) message is initiated from an initiating maintenance end point (MEP) for an MPLS LSP, the CV message carried in a packet having a time-to-live (TTL) value of 1. Each maintenance intermediate point (MIP) along the MPLS LSP receives the packet and decrements the TTL, and in response to determining that the TTL equals 0, examines a payload of the packet to determine that the packet carries the CV message. The MIP may then append its MIP ID to a route record field of the payload having any previous MIP IDs of upstream MIPs, and forwards the CV message downstream along the MPLS LSP in a packet having a TTL value of 1. The end MEP receives the CV message, and sends a CV reply having the route record field with MIP IDs and an end MEP ID to the initiating MEP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Sami Boutros, Muthurajah Sivabalan, David D. Ward, George Swallow, Stewart Bryant, Ian Michael Charles Shand
  • TREATMENT OF SLEEP DISORDERS
    Publication number: 20100234359
    Abstract: The use of 7-chloro-3-(5-dimethylaminomethyl-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl)-5methyl 4,5-dihydro-imidazol[1,5,-a][1,4]benzodiazepine-6-one or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt for treating various types of insomnia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: EVOTEC NEUROSCIENCES GMBH
    Inventors: John Alan Kemp, Ian Michael Hunneyball, Timothy Tasker
  • Communication system for receiving and transmitting data using an acoustic data channel
    Patent number: 7796978
    Abstract: There is described a communication system in which data is received by and/or transmitted to a telecommunications apparatus using an acoustic data channel. In embodiments, the data is encoded within the audio track of a media broadcast or other public broadcast. The invention has particular, but not exclusive, relevance to a cellular communication system. There are also described acoustic position detection systems for determining the position of a telecommunications apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Intrasonics S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Aled Wynne Jones, Michael Raymond Reynolds, David Bartlett, Ian Michael Hosking, Donald Glenn Guy, Peter John Kelly, Daniel Reginald Ewart Timson, Nicolas Vasilopolous, Alan Michael Hart, Robert John Morland
  • Method and apparatus for advertising a link cost in a data communications network
    Patent number: 7792991
    Abstract: A method is described of advertising a link cost in a data communication network having as components nodes and links. A node detects a change of state of an adjacent component. The change of state can be between an activated and a deactivated state or vice versa. The node varies an associated link cost by an incremental value and advertises the varied cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Ian Michael Charles Shand
  • Chiller sound reduction control system and method
    Patent number: 7743617
    Abstract: A noise control method is provided for a cooling system having at least one refrigerant circuit. The refrigerant circuit includes a compressor, a condenser, at least one condenser fan, and an evaporator. Noise control is only performed periodically in response to requirements for reduced operation at predetermined times. The request for reduced noise triggers the commencement of the noise control method. The noise control method involves reducing the operating speed of the compressor, as well as reducing the operating speed of at least one condenser fan, to within a predetermined range of allowable reduced operating speeds. The noise control method temporarily overrides the ability of the cooling system to fully respond to increased cooling or heating demands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: York International Corporation
    Inventors: Curtis Christian Crane, Frank Highland Hill, IV, Andrew John Graybill, Ian Michael Casper
  • High Power Short Optical Pulse Source
    Publication number: 20100157419
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a high power short optical pulse source 10 comprising a master oscillator 12 and a Ytterbium doped fibre amplifier (YDFA) preamplifier 14, a pump light source 16, an optical head 18, high power optical fibre amplifier means 20, an optical signal delivery fibre 22, and a pump light delivery fibre 24. The master oscillator 12, preamplifier 14, and pump laser 16, together with their associated drive and control electronics, and cooling systems, are provided within a first enclosure 28 at a first location. The high power fibre amplifier means 20 comprises a Ytterbium doped amplifier fibre and a pump signal combiner. The high power fibre amplifier means 20 is provided within the optical head 18, which is located at a second location, remote from the first location. The optical head 18 has a small footprint and can be positioned at the intended target of the optical pulses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: John Redvers Clowes, Anatoly Borisovich Grudinin, Ian Michael Godfrey, Kestutis Vysniauskas
  • STEAM TURBINE
    Publication number: 20100119359
    Abstract: A steam turbine with an operating temperature of more than 650° C. includes a thermally highly-loaded housing (G) which is produced by a casting technique at least partially from a nickel-based alloy. Production of such a steam turbine is simplified by the housing (G) being divided into a multiplicity of smaller housing sections (G1, . . . , G8; G21, G22, G31, G32) which are interconnected and together form the housing (G).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Richard Brendon Scarlin, Roger Padfield, Helen Elizabeth Parker, Robert Jupp, Ian Michael Vale, Martin Reigl, Maurus Herzog, Rolf Doebler
  • Method and apparatus for constructing a backup route in a data communications network
    Patent number: 7707307
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for constructing a backup route from a source node around an adjacent component. The source node derives a first set of nodes reachable from it without traversing the adjacent component and a second set of nodes from which a neighbor node of adjacent components is reachable without traversing the adjacent component. The source node then constructs a backup route via an intermediate node in the intersection of the first and second sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin George Miles, Ian Michael Charles Shand, Stewart Frederick Bryant, Stefano Benedetto Previdi, John Anthony Harper, Clarence Filsfils
  • Forwarding data in a data communications network
    Patent number: 7701845
    Abstract: An apparatus is described for forwarding data in a data communications network having as components nodes and links therebetween in which nodes obtain a reachability metric between a neighbor node and one or more other nodes in the network and in which a repair path is created between an instigating repair node and a receiving repair node around a failure component therebetween. A propagatable repair address for the receiving repair node is reachable by the repair path notvia the failure component. The apparatus is arranged to treat propagatability of the repair address differently via the failure component than via other components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Stewart F. Bryant, Ian Michael Charles Shand
  • Method and apparatus for advertising repair capability
    Patent number: 7693043
    Abstract: A method of advertising repair capability in a network repair scheme using network repair addresses for repairing around a repairable network component in a data communications network having, as components, nodes and links therebetween, comprises establishing whether an alternate repair path is available around a repairable component. If such a repair path is available, the method further comprises issuing a corresponding notification to nodes in the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Stefano Benedetto Previdi, Ian Michael Charles Shand, Stewart Frederick Bryant
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MAINTAINING COMMUNICATIONS POLICY SETTINGS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK
    Publication number: 20100069049
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method of modifying policy settings in a network having a plurality of subscriber devices. An embodiment includes a plurality of base stations, each capable of wirelessly transmitting across a geographic region and a server. A cell-phone, capable of roaming between regions, is operable to establish a wireless link with the base stations and through the base stations, with the server. The network contains a communication policy determining from which other communication devices a subscriber device can receive voice calls. The communication policy is updated, by the server, based on requests from the subscriber devices. Once a request is received from a subscriber device, the determination whether to update the communication policy can be based on a record of rejections respective to the caller requested to be blocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Ian Michael PATTERSON, Sean Arthur Daniel Carlos GOGGIN, Marc PLUMB