Patents by Inventor Niall Gallagher

Niall Gallagher 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).

  • Publication number: 20070132259
    Abstract: The transport frame has engagement elements configured to engage and hold a battery-operated electronic device via its battery compartment and/or securing elements for the battery compartment cover only. The engagement elements optionally may be movable apart to secure the device, for example by a lever-actuated cam against spring biasing. The transport frame optionally may be mounted in a fixture, for example at a testing location, the transport frame and fixture being configured in complementary fashion whereby the transport frame is mountable in the fixture for any desired purpose, for example to facilitate testing of the device at the fixture location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: Arkady Ivannikov, Winston Mok, Niall Gallagher
  • Publication number: 20070099662
    Abstract: An electronic device for a mobile device and a mobile device comprising the electronic device are provided. The electronic device comprises: a battery including: a housing having a top surface, a bottom surface, and two or more side surfaces; one or more battery cells within the housing; and a battery interface positioned on a surface of the housing; and a smart card having a smart card interface positioned on a surface of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Applicant: Research in Motion Limited
    Inventor: Niall Gallagher
  • Publication number: 20070095910
    Abstract: An apparatus for seating within a battery compartment and a smart card compartment of a device, including a battery component and a smart card component. The battery component is coupled to the smart card component. The smart card component is configured to seat within a smart card compartment of a device. The apparatus is configured to be inserted into a smart card compartment of a smart card containing device substantially simultaneously with the insertion of the battery component into a battery compartment of the device. The smart card component may be a test smart card, and the battery component may be a battery emulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Inventors: Niall Gallagher, Ross Cruickshank, Arkady Ivannikov
  • Patent number: 7062554
    Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring a path or section trace identifier. The apparatus receives the trace identifier and subjects it to a transform algorithm to produce a transformed trace identifier. The apparatus then compares the transformed trace identifier with a correspondingly transformed expected trace identifier and determines if there is a match or a mismatch. The CRC-32 (32-bit cyclic redundancy check) checksum algorithm may be used. The algorithm produces transformed trace identifiers that are significantly smaller than the non-transformed trace identifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Niall Gallagher, Mark Carson