Patents by Inventor Matthew Couch

Matthew Couch 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 providing customer support using a location-aware portable device
    Patent number: 8897804
    Abstract: A portable technical support device includes a location-determining element configured to allow the portable technical support device to be location-aware, and a communicating element configured to allow the portable technical support device to access a network management system, the network management system having information relating to a communication device, wherein the portable technical support device obtains from the management system the information relating to the communication device by making the network management system aware of the location of the communication device using the portable technical support device as a location-determining element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Adtran, Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew Couch
  • System And Method For Providing Customer Support Using A Location-Aware Portable Device
    Publication number: 20130295909
    Abstract: A portable technical support device includes a location-determining element configured to allow the portable technical support device to be location-aware, and a communicating element configured to allow the portable technical support device to access a network management system, the network management system having information relating to a communication device, wherein the portable technical support device obtains from the management system the information relating to the communication device by making the network management system aware of the location of the communication device using the portable technical support device as a location-determining element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: ADTRAN, INC.
    Inventor: Matthew Couch
  • Annotation method
    Publication number: 20050119869
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for annotating protein sequences consistently, using disparate secondary database protein family information. In the method, information relating to the family to which a protein belongs is derived from two or more secondary databases (2DBs), each 2DB being generated by a different modelling approach and wherein at least one 2DB provides no single alignment of protein sequences in each family. The method involves the steps of extracting protein family information from said at least two 2DBs; and incorporating this information into a single modelling infrastructure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Applicant: Inpharmatica Ltd
    Inventors: Mark Swindells, James Cuff, Matthew Couch