Patents by Inventor Michael V. Godley

Michael V. Godley 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).

  • Communications system and method
    Patent number: 8670770
    Abstract: A method of operation of a mobile network (1) comprising network core central nodes including a switching node and at least one remote node (4, 5) linked with the central nodes via a remote backhaul communication link (3). The method performs local connection of data or voice sessions. A remote node (4, 5) extracts, from signals, information concerning said devices to populate a database, and accesses said database when deciding whether to connect the call locally. The information includes device capability information including codec capabilities of the originating and terminating devices (MS-A, B, C). A remote node alters signalling information concerning codec capabilities of at least one of the devices (MS-A, B, C) to force use of the same codecs during the session. In one example, the information is extracted from a Bearer Capability field in a Call Confirmed message sent back from the terminating device and stored in the database for use in subsequent decisions concerning local connections of sessions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Altobridge Limited
    Inventors: Michael Fitzgerald, Guy Waugh, Richard Lord, Michael V. Godley, Christopher Young, Liam Kenny, Ian Walter, Tadhg Crotty, Ian O'Shea, Joseph Cahill
  • COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20110256864
    Abstract: A method of operation of a mobile network (1) comprising network core central nodes including a switching node and at least one remote node (4, 5) linked with the central nodes via a remote backhaul communication link (3). The method performs local connection of data or voice sessions. A remote node (4, 5) extracts, from signals, information concerning said devices to populate a database, and accesses said database when deciding whether to connect the call locally. The information includes device capability information including codec capabilities of the originating and terminating devices (MS-A, B, C). A remote node alters signalling information concerning codec capabilities of at least one of the devices (MS-A, B, C) to force use of the same codecs during the session. In one example, the information is extracted from a Bearer Capability field in a Call Confirmed message sent back from the terminating device and stored in the database for use in subsequent decisions concerning local connections of sessions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventors: Michael Fitzgerald, Guy Waugh, Richard Lord, Michael V. Godley, Christopher Young, Liam Kenny, Ian Walter, Tadhg Crotty, Ian O'shea, Joseph Cahill