Patents by Inventor NEIL J. ORD

NEIL J. ORD 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).

  • ROUTE MONITORING
    Publication number: 20150160014
    Abstract: A method of monitoring the location of a set of devices comprises the steps of providing route information to each device, detecting the location of each device, detecting that a first device has deviated from the predefined route information, and informing each other device in the set of devices that the first device has deviated from the predefined route information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: James Hewitt, Ricky J. Moorhouse, Neil J. Ord, Caroline J. Thomas
  • RESPONDING TO AN UNAVAILABLE COMMUNICATION TARGET DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140323155
    Abstract: A communication method comprises attempting to connect a communication from a source to a target, detecting that the communication cannot be connected to the target, accessing location information for the target, accessing a contact list for the source, accessing location information for contacts on the contact list, detecting contacts on the contact list whose location is the same or close to the location of the target, and outputting one or more detected contacts whose location is the same or close to the location of the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: JAMES HEWITT, RICKY J. MOORHOUSE, NEIL J. ORD, CAROLINE J. THOMAS