Patents by Inventor Nigel Montgomery

Nigel Montgomery 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).

  • Electronic device protection systems and methods
    Patent number: 8379509
    Abstract: Protection systems and methods for electronic devices including at least one communication line interface are disclosed. A switch connected to each interface and a working communication path in an electronic device is adapted for connection to a protection communication path and controllable to connect each interface to either the working communication path or the protection communication path. Inter-device messaging provides for switch control by a protection device connected to the protection communication path, monitoring of devices in a protection group, protection communication path monitoring, and automatic configuration of a protection group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Colin Murdo MacKinnon, Nigel Montgomery, Randy Law, Patrick Boily
  • Electronic device protection systems and methods
    Publication number: 20050243712
    Abstract: Protection systems and methods for electronic devices including at least one communication line interface are disclosed. A switch connected to each interface and a working communication path in an electronic device is adapted for connection to a protection communication path and controllable to connect each interface to either the working communication path or the protection communication path. Inter-device messaging provides for switch control by a protection device connected to the protection communication path, monitoring of devices in a protection group, protection communication path monitoring, and automatic configuration of a protection group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Inventors: Colin MacKinnon, Nigel Montgomery, Randy Law, Patrick Boily