Patents by Inventor John D.R. Pilkington

John D.R. Pilkington 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).

  • Patent number: 9047444
    Abstract: An application on a mobile terminal in a mobile network is registered with an application server. The mobile terminal includes an identity module. At the application server, a first message is received for registering the application, the first message including a telephone number associated with the identity module. The application server generates a unique identifier and associates the unique identifier with the telephone number. A second message is sent from the application server to the mobile terminal, the second message including the unique identifier. The mobile terminal generates and stores a data block including the unique identifier, a subscriber identity associated with the identity module and a terminal identifier associated with the mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
    Inventors: Gerard Sherlock, John D R Pilkington
  • Patent number: 8655337
    Abstract: A determines the model of a mobile device and delivers configuration parameters to the mobile device consistent with the model determined. The application server captures the mobile device's phone number and associates it with a generated unique identifier. The unique identifier is sent to the mobile device as part of a URL. When the mobile device accesses the URL, the request sent to the application server includes the unique identifier as well as a user agent header. The model number of the mobile device can be extracted from the user agent header, and thus the model number can be tied to the mobile device's phone number by way of the unique identifier. The model number and phone number association can be used to correctly configure applications for use on the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: British Telecommunications public limited company
    Inventors: Gerard Sherlock, John D R Pilkington
  • Publication number: 20120003983
    Abstract: A method of operating a server for determining the model of a mobile device and for delivering configuration parameters to the mobile device (114) consistent with the model determined. The application server (106) captures the mobile device's phone number and associates it with a generated unique identifier (206). The unique identifier is sent to the mobile device as part of a URL (212). When the mobile device (114) accesses the URL, the request (216) sent to the application server includes the unique identifier as well as a user agent header (218). The model number of the mobile device can be extracted from the user agent header, and thus the model number can be tied to the mobile device's phone number by way of the unique identifier. The model number and phone number association can be used to correctly configure applications for use on the mobile device (114).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: British Telecommunications Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Gerard Sherlock, John D.R. Pilkington
  • Publication number: 20090328144
    Abstract: A method of registering an application on a mobile terminal in a mobile network with an application server, said mobile terminal comprising an identity module, said method comprising the steps of: receiving at the application server a first message for registering the application, said first message comprising a telephone number associated with the identity module; generating by the application server a unique identifier and associating the unique identifier with the telephone number; sending a second message from the application server to the mobile terminal, said second message comprising the unique identifier; and generating and storing at the mobile terminal a data block comprising the unique identifier, a subscriber identity associated with the identity module and a terminal identifier associated with the mobile terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Gerard Sherlock, John D.R. Pilkington