Patents by Inventor Michael Julian Joyce

Michael Julian Joyce 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: 11663296
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to computer implemented methods and systems for processing of workorder evidence. The workorder has associated objects of interest and metadata describing at least one workorder attribute. Workorder evidence to be processed comprises an image. The image is validated to assess whether the image is associated with the workorder. Validation comprises one or both of comparing image attributes to workorder attributes to detect a match, and comparing the image to previous images to ensure that the image is not a match for a previous image. The system or method detects whether an object of interest is depicted in the image using an object detection algorithm. The workorder evidence is classified depending on whether the image is detected as valid and the object or interest is detected in the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: NBN Co Limited
    Inventors: Amit Kumar Gupta, Michael Julian Joyce, Alexandre Luis Kundrat Eisenmann, Jason Leong, Diahann Holmes, Moumtaiz Nasser
  • Publication number: 20220067454
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to computer implemented methods and systems for processing of workorder evidence. The workorder has associated objects of interest and metadata describing at least one workorder attribute. Workorder evidence to be processed comprises an image. The image is validated to assess whether the image is associated with the workorder. Validation comprises one or both of comparing image attributes to workorder attributes to detect a match, and comparing the image to previous images to ensure that the image is not a match for a previous image. The system or method detects whether an object of interest is depicted in the image using an object detection algorithm. The workorder evidence is classified depending on whether the image is detected as valid and the object or interest is detected in the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: NBN Co Limited
    Inventors: Amit Kumar Gupta, Michael Julian Joyce, Alexandre Luis Kundrat Eisenmann, Jason Leong, Diahann Holmes
  • Patent number: 6381311
    Abstract: An automated message system sends a message of the calling party to the called party in response to a control signal. The automated message system includes a telephone network, a first telephone station, a second telephone station used by the called party and an automated message unit coupled to the first and second telephone stations through the network. A controller of the automated message unit that receives the control signal from the calling party selects a database from a memory device and retrieves a message from the database based on information included in the control signal. If an answering machine answers the calling party's call, the controller waits for the answering machine message to complete and sends the message retrieved from the database to the second telephone station of the called party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventors: Michael Julian Joyce, Ping-Wen Ong, Abbas Ourmazd, Colin Alan Warwick
  • Publication number: 20010012336
    Abstract: An automated message system sends a message of the calling party to the called party in response to a control signal. The automated message system includes a telephone network, a first telephone station, a second telephone station used by the called party and an automated message unit coupled to the first and second telephone stations through the network. A controller of the automated message unit that receives the control signal from the calling party selects a database from a memory device and retrieves a message from the database based on information included in the control signal. If an answering machine answers the calling party's call, the controller waits for the answering machine message to complete and sends the message retrieved from the database to the second telephone station of the called party.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 1998
    Publication date: August 9, 2001
    Applicant: AT&T CORP.
    Inventors: MICHAEL JULIAN JOYCE, PING-WEN ONG, ABBAS OURMAZD, COLIN ALAN WARWICK
  • Patent number: 5799066
    Abstract: An automated message system sends a message of the calling party to the called party in response to a control signal. The automated message system includes a telephone network, a first telephone station, a second telephone station used by the called party and an automated message unit coupled to the first and second telephone stations through the network. A controller of the automated message unit that receives the control signal from the calling party selects a database from a memory device and retrieves a message from the database based on information included in the control signal. If an answering machine answers the calling party's call, the controller waits for the answering machine message to complete and sends the message retrieved from the database to the second telephone station of the called party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventors: Michael Julian Joyce, Ping-Wen Ong, Abbas Ourmazd, Colin Alan Warwick
  • Patent number: 5740538
    Abstract: A system and method that identify the location of a wireless terminal. An illustrative embodiment of the present invention comprises a wireless communication system with a plurality of base stations. The system associates a location identification signal with each base station, such as an area code and an exchange of a telephone number in the geographic area of the base station. When a call is connected through a base station, the system modifies the caller-ID signal for the wireless terminal with the location identification signal of the base station. Thus, the system identifies the location of a wireless terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Julian Joyce, Ping-Wen Ong, Abbas Ourmazd, Colin Alan Warwick