Patents by Inventor Liam N. Prendergast

Liam N. Prendergast 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).

  • Methods and systems for managing and/or tracking use of subscriber identity module components
    Patent number: 8295883
    Abstract: Methods and systems for managing and/or tracking use of SIM smart cards with integrated or external SIM module systems that are utilized with information handling systems. A SIM module system may be locked with a generic locking code to lock a SIM module system of a given information handling system for use with a designated SIM smart card that is programmed with a matching generic locking code. The locked SIM module system of the information handling system may be further configured so that it may be unlocked using an unlocking code so as to allow use of the information handling system with SIM smart cards other than the designated SIM smart card. To allow tracking of the disposition of the designated SIM smart card, notification of the non-activation, de-activation and/or activation of the designated SIM smart card (e.g., to an activation tracking agent) may be required before obtaining the unlocking code, for example, from an activation tracking agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Dell Products LP
    Inventors: Liam N. Prendergast, Denis A. O'Connor, Liam B. Quinn
  • Methods And Systems For Managing And/Or Tracking Use Of Subscriber Identity Module Components
    Publication number: 20110177842
    Abstract: Methods and systems for managing and/or tracking use of SIM smart cards with integrated or external SIM module systems that are utilized with information handling systems. A SIM module system may be locked with a generic locking code to lock a SIM module system of a given information handling system for use with a designated SIM smart card that is programmed with a matching generic locking code. The locked SIM module system of the information handling system may be further configured so that it may be unlocked using an unlocking code so as to allow use of the information handling system with SIM smart cards other than the designated SIM smart card. To allow tracking of the disposition of the designated SIM smart card, notification of the non-activation, de-activation and/or activation of the designated SIM smart card (e.g., to an activation tracking agent) may be required before obtaining the unlocking code, for example, from an activation tracking agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Liam N. Prendergast, Denis A. O'connor, Liam B. Quinn
  • Methods and systems for managing and/or tracking use of subscriber identity module components
    Patent number: 7941184
    Abstract: Methods and systems for managing and/or tracking use of SIM smart cards with integrated or external SIM module systems that are utilized with information handling systems. A SIM module system may be locked with a generic locking code to lock a SIM module system of a given information handling system for use with a designated SIM smart card that is programmed with a matching generic locking code. The locked SIM module system of the information handling system may be further configured so that it may be unlocked using an unlocking code so as to allow use of the information handling system with SIM smart cards other than the designated SIM smart card. To allow tracking of the disposition of the designated SIM smart card, notification of the non-activation, de-activation and/or activation of the designated SIM smart card (e.g., to an activation tracking agent) may be required before obtaining the unlocking code, for example, from an activation tracking agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Liam N. Prendergast, Denis A. O'Connor, Liam B. Quinn
  • Methods and systems for managing and/or tracking use of subscriber identity module components
    Publication number: 20080113687
    Abstract: Methods and systems for managing and/or tracking use of SIM smart cards with integrated or external SIM module systems that are utilized with information handling systems. A SIM module system may be locked with a generic locking code to lock a SIM module system of a given information handling system for use with a designated SIM smart card that is programmed with a matching generic locking code. The locked SIM module system of the information handling system may be further configured so that it may be unlocked using an unlocking code so as to allow use of the information handling system with SIM smart cards other than the designated SIM smart card. To allow tracking of the disposition of the designated SIM smart card, notification of the non-activation, de-activation and/or activation of the designated SIM smart card (e.g., to an activation tracking agent) may be required before obtaining the unlocking code, for example, from an activation tracking agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2006
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventors: Liam N. Prendergast, Denis A. O'Connor, Liam B. Quinn