Patents by Inventor John Carnegie

John Carnegie 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 billing data grade network use on a per connection basis
    Patent number: 5745884
    Abstract: A system and method in which remote users may be billed, on a per connection basis, for universal data grade access to their home office servers. Portable device 101 is carried by a transient remote user within wireless range of an Access Point (AP) 110 deployed at, for example, a hotel or airport lounge. Signalling resource 105 inside portable device 101 automatically initiates wireless contact with AP 110. Wireless contact with AP 110 includes a data grade network address of a destination server 130 to which portable device 101 desires to be connected. AP 110 contacts destination server 130, over Internet/data grade WAN 120. Destination server 130 in turn establishes a secure tunnelled Internet Protocol (IP) 124 with portable device 101 through AP 110. Information such as data-rich files or e-mail is then automatically exchanged between destination server 130 and portable device 101.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: Mobile Area Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: John Carnegie, William J. Reid