Patents by Inventor Paul Maddison

Paul Maddison 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).

  • Method and system to automatically change or update the configuration or setting of a communication system
    Patent number: 10650194
    Abstract: A method and device for automatically changing or updating a configuration or setting of a communication system is disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes providing information to the communication system, the information comprising natural human language, storing the information in a digital storage device, detecting a triggering event in the information, and changing the configuration or setting of the communication system automatically using a processor. The information is an input to the communication system, an input from at least one alternate communication system, or a combination of an input to the communication system and an input from the at least one alternate communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Unify GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Paul Maddison
  • Method and System to Automatically Change or Update the Configuration or Setting of a Communication System
    Publication number: 20190243901
    Abstract: A method and device for automatically changing or updating a configuration or setting of a communication system is disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes providing information to the communication system, the information comprising natural human language, storing the information in a digital storage device, detecting a triggering event in the information, and changing the configuration or setting of the communication system automatically using a processor. The information is an input to the communication system, an input from at least one alternate communication system, or a combination of an input to the communication system and an input from the at least one alternate communication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventor: Paul Maddison
  • Method and system to automatically change or update the configuration or setting of a communication system
    Patent number: 10303774
    Abstract: A method and device for automatically changing or updating a configuration or setting of a communication system is disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes providing information to the communication system, the information comprising natural human language, storing the information in a digital storage device, detecting a triggering event in the information, and changing the configuration or setting of the communication system automatically using a processor. The information is an input to the communication system, an input from at least one alternate communication system, or a combination of an input to the communication system and an input from the at least one alternate communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Unify GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Paul Maddison
  • Method and System to Automatically Change or Update the Configuration or Setting of a Communication System
    Publication number: 20150213005
    Abstract: A method and device for automatically changing or updating a configuration or setting of a communication system is disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes providing information to the communication system, the information comprising natural human language, storing the information in a digital storage device, detecting a triggering event in the information, and changing the configuration or setting of the communication system automatically using a processor. The information is an input to the communication system, an input from at least one alternate communication system, or a combination of an input to the communication system and an input from the at least one alternate communication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventor: Paul Maddison
  • Method and System to Automatically Change or Update the Configuration or Setting of a Communication System
    Publication number: 20110106528
    Abstract: A method and device for automatically changing or updating a configuration or setting of a communication system is disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes providing information to the communication system, the information comprising natural human language, storing the information in a digital storage device, detecting a triggering event in the information, and changing the configuration or setting of the communication system automatically using a processor. The information is an input to the communication system, an input from at least one alternate communication system, or a combination of an input to the communication system and an input from the at least one alternate communication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: SIEMENS ENTERPRISE COMMUNICATIONS GMBH & CO.KG
    Inventor: Paul Maddison
  • Separator for separating windings
    Patent number: 7923643
    Abstract: A separator is disclosed which provides an electrically insulating layer between groups of windings in an electrical apparatus, such as a rotating electrical machine. The separator comprises a matrix of interconnected rods. This can allow air gaps to be present between groups of windings, which may improve the cooling efficiency of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Cummins Generator Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Paul Maddison, Mark Jason Riley, Martin Shanel, Joseph William Saunders, Peter Francis Hanwell, Adrian Norman Gee
  • Rotor disc for an electrical machine and a retainer
    Patent number: 7109629
    Abstract: A rotor disc for an electrical machine is disclosed. The rotor disc comprises a series of magnetisable members arranged in a circumferential series on a surface thereof and against peripheral retaining structure of the disc. The disc also includes a retainer fixable to the surface and arranged for assisting in retaining the members at least axially on the surface when so fixed. The retainer is arranged to abut at least one of a substantially circumferentially and substantially tangentially extending, radially inner part of each member and thereby to provide the axial retention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Newage International Limited
    Inventors: Nazar Al-Khayat, Stephen Frederick Allen, Cleveland Mills, Jeremy Owen Dowdall, Christopher Paul Maddison, Martin Nicholls