Patents by Inventor Joseph Birr-Pixton

Joseph Birr-Pixton 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).

  • Publication number: 20240086180
    Abstract: An Internet of Things (IoT) device is deployed with embedded software that may comprise multiple components. After deployment, updated versions of one or more components of the embedded software may become available. The IoT device maintains a manifest of the installed components. Periodically, the IoT device requests an updated copy of the manifest from an upgrade server. The installed manifest and the updated manifest are compared to determine if updated versions of any components are available. If so, the IoT device requests only the components to be updated. Prior to beginning the copying of the upgraded components, an upgrade flag is set. The IoT device then begins copying the received components into memory, replaces the manifest with the updated manifest, and clears the upgrade flag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Peter Hartley, Philip Michaelson-Yeates, Jonathan Williams, Hugo Fiennes, Tejas Patil, Joseph Birr-Pixton
  • Patent number: 11853743
    Abstract: An Internet of Things (IoT) device is deployed with embedded software that may comprise multiple components. After deployment, updated versions of one or more components of the embedded software may become available. The IoT device maintains a manifest of the installed components. Periodically, the IoT device requests an updated copy of the manifest from an upgrade server. The installed manifest and the updated manifest are compared to determine if updated versions of any components are available. If so, the IoT device requests only the components to be updated. Prior to beginning the copying of the upgraded components, an upgrade flag is set. The IoT device then begins copying the received components into memory, replaces the manifest with the updated manifest, and clears the upgrade flag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: KORE Wireless Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Hartley, Philip Michaelson-Yeates, Jonathan Williams, Hugo Fiennes, Tejas Patil, Joseph Birr-Pixton
  • Publication number: 20230254294
    Abstract: An Internet of Things (IoT) device is deployed with embedded software. A debug client device stores an end-to-end encryption key that corresponds to an end-to-end encryption key stored on the IoT device. The debug client encrypts a debug instruction using the end-to-end encryption key and encrypts additional data using a point-to-point encryption key. The encrypted debug instruction and the encrypted additional data are sent to a debug server over a network. The debug server decrypts the additional data and identifies the IoT device from among multiple IoT devices. The debug server generates a message to the IoT device including the encrypted debug instruction, encrypts the message, and transmits the message to the IoT device. The IoT device decrypts the message using a first decryption key associated with the debug server, retrieves the encrypted message payload, and decrypts the message payload using the stored end-to-end encryption key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Jonathan Williams, Hugo Fiennes, Tejas Patil, Joseph Birr-Pixton
  • Publication number: 20230176857
    Abstract: An Internet of Things (IoT) device is deployed with embedded software that may comprise multiple components. After deployment, updated versions of one or more components of the embedded software may become available. The IoT device maintains a manifest of the installed components. Periodically, the IoT device requests an updated copy of the manifest from an upgrade server. The installed manifest and the updated manifest are compared to determine if updated versions of any components are available. If so, the IoT device requests only the components to be updated. Prior to beginning the copying of the upgraded components, an upgrade flag is set. The IoT device then begins copying the received components into memory, replaces the manifest with the updated manifest, and clears the upgrade flag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Peter Hartley, Philip Michaelson-Yeates, Jonathan Williams, Hugo Fiennes, Tejas Patil, Joseph Birr-Pixton