Patents by Inventor Neil URQUHART

Neil URQUHART 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: 10965756
    Abstract: It is disclosed a sensor system (10, 58) and a method therefore for providing quality data to a network node. The sensor system comprises two or more populations (12a, 12b, 56a, 56b) of sensors, each population having a plurality (11i, 11j, 52a, 52i, 200) of single-purpose slave sensors distributed over a geographical area and at least one master sensor (14a, 14b, 54). Based on the data quality received (302) from each single-purpose slave sensor, a master sensor may perform discretionary management (320, 322) and terminate (322) single-purpose slave sensor not meeting data quality standards. The sensor system provides a possibility to deploy master sensors and single-purpose slave sensor networks in remote or inaccessible areas without large network planning expenditures, for example by “carpet-bombing” an area with slave sensors and master sensors from the air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Neil Urquhart, Athanasios Karapantelakis, Keven Wang
  • Patent number: 10298689
    Abstract: A method in a first network node for assisting an electronic device to benefit from a service provided by a cloud is provided. The first network node is comprised in the cloud. The first network node obtains information from the electronic device. The information comprises computation and storage capability of the electronic device. The first network node determines a push content based on the information. The first network node retrieves binary executable and content from one or more second network nodes comprised in the cloud. The binary executable and content are based on the push content. The first network node then pushes the binary executable and content to the electronic device. This is to enable the electronic device to benefit from the service of the cloud without accessing the cloud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Hongxin Liang, Elena Fersman, Neil Urquhart
  • Publication number: 20170289255
    Abstract: It is disclosed a sensor system 10, 58) and a method therefore for providing quality data to a network node. The sensor system comprises two or more populations (12a, 12b, 56a, 56b) of sensors, each population having a plurality (11i, 11j, 52a, 52i, 200) of single-purpose slave sensors distributed over a geographical area and at least one master sensor (14a, 14b, 54). Based on the data quality received (302) from each single-purpose slave sensor, a master sensor may perform discretionary management (320, 322) and terminate (322) single-purpose slave sensor not meeting data quality standards. The sensor system provides a possibility to deploy master sensors and single-purpose slave sensor networks in remote or inaccessible areas without large network planning expenditures, for example by “carpet-bombing” an area with slave sensors and master sensors from the air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Neil URQUHART, Athanasios KARAPANTELAKIS, Keven WANG
  • Publication number: 20170149894
    Abstract: A method in a first network node for assisting an electronic device to benefit from a service provided by a cloud is provided. The first network node is comprised in the cloud. The first network node obtains information from the electronic device. The information comprises computation and storage capability of the electronic device. The first network node determines a push content based on the information. The first network node retrieves binary executable and content from one or more second network nodes comprised in the cloud. The binary executable and content are based on the push content. The first network node then pushes the binary executable and content to the electronic device. This is to enable the electronic device to benefit from the service of the cloud without accessing the cloud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Hongxin LIANG, Elena FERSMAN, Neil URQUHART