Patents by Inventor Peter Howard

Peter Howard 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).

  • Master cipher key
    Patent number: 8855602
    Abstract: A mobile telecommunications network and method of operation that includes establishing a first user plane connection between a telecommunications device registered with the network and a network gateway device of the network via a first access point; providing the telecommunications device with a token using the first user plane connection; establishing a second user plane connection between the telecommunications device and the network gateway device via a second access point by using the token information to validate the telecommunications device; and, subsequent to establishment of and corresponding to the second user plane connection, establishing a control plane connection between the telecommunications device and the network gateway device via the second access point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Vodafone Group PLC
    Inventors: Christopher Pudney, David Fox, Peter Howard
  • Split ciphering
    Patent number: 8831683
    Abstract: A mobile telecommunications network and method of operation that includes establishing a first user plane connection between a telecommunications device registered with the network and a network gateway device of the network via a first access point; providing the telecommunications device with a token using the first user plane connection; establishing a second user plane connection between the telecommunications device and the network gateway device via a second access point by using the token information to validate the telecommunications device; and, subsequent to establishment of and corresponding to the second user plane connection, establishing a control plane connection between the telecommunications device and the network gateway device via the second access point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Vodafone Group PLC
    Inventors: Christopher Pudney, David Fox, Peter Howard
  • Combinations of Fungicidally Active Yeast and Fungicides
    Publication number: 20140205580
    Abstract: Compositions are provided that improve overall plant vigor and yield by combining agriculturally effective amounts of at least one environmentally friendly biological control agent and at least one chemical fungicide. A composition of the present invention is particularly effective in the presence of fungal species. Use of a composition of the present invention leads to an overall reduction in crop losses caused by fungi and this reduction is much greater than would have been expected from application of either component alone. Methods for utilizing compositions of the present invention are also provided. Further the compositions according to this invention display synergistic insecticidal and/or fungicidal activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Peter Howard DAVIES, Dirk EBBINGHAUS, Andreas GÖRTZ, Stephane CARBONNE
  • Femtocell location
    Patent number: 8768301
    Abstract: In a telecommunications network a technique of identifying unauthorised movement of an Access Point, also often described as a micro base station or a femto-cell, uses a velocity check to determine if the Access Point has been moved from its intended location to a remote, unauthorised location. In an embodiment, the system described herein determines the cell ID of the cell used before the access point was used and/or after the access point is used. The differences in location between the cell IDs and the expected location of the Access Point is then determined to see if the Access Point is in its correct position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Vodafone Group PLC
    Inventor: Peter Howard
  • AUTHENTICATION IN A WIRELESS ACCESS NETWORK
    Publication number: 20140181902
    Abstract: To allow devices to authenticate to a wide area mobile network when they temporarily do not have a connection to a SIM card and to authenticate the base station and so protect against false base stations, a system is provided where certain authentication credentials are pre-fetched while connection to the SIM card and the authentication subsystem of the wide area mobile network are in signaling connection. These advance credentials are then presented by the devices in authentication requests without requiring access via the mobile network or the connected presence of the SIM card being necessary for successful authentication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: VODAFONE IP LICENSING LIMITED
    Inventors: Nicholas Bone, Peter Howard
  • Traffic awareness systems and methods
    Patent number: 8742952
    Abstract: Traffic awareness systems and methods include receiving data regarding a first aircraft and determining the location of the first aircraft relative to the location of a second aircraft. An indication of the first aircraft may be provided to a display based on a determination that the relative location of the first aircraft is within a field of view associated with the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Howard Bold
  • Method of Manufacturing a Rotational Intravascular Ultrasound Probe
    Publication number: 20130281864
    Abstract: A rotational intravascular ultrasound probe for insertion into a vasculature and a method of manufacturing the same. The rotational intravascular ultrasound probe comprises an elongate catheter having a flexible body and an elongate transducer shaft disposed within the flexible body. The transducer shaft comprises a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, a drive shaft extending from the proximal end portion to the distal end portion, an ultrasonic transducer disposed near the distal end portion for obtaining a circumferential image through rotation, and a transducer housing molded to the drive shaft and the ultrasonic transducer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Stephen Charles Davies, Norman Hugh Hossack, Peter Howard Smith
  • Telecommunications network access rejection
    Patent number: 8565764
    Abstract: A method of controlling an attach procedure of a device 1 to a telecommunications network 140 following receipt of an attach rejection from the telecommunications network, the method including assessing the authenticity of the attach rejection, and selecting a criterion for performing a subsequent attach attempt by the device to the network in dependence upon the authenticity assessment. The authenticity may be assessed by determining whether the rejection was received by an authenticated communication link or a signed message. The authenticity may also be assessed by checking that the cause of the reject is consistent with information held by the device. The selected criterion may be power cycling of the device or the passage of a time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Vodafone Intellectual Property Licensing Limited
    Inventors: Christopher David Pudney, David Andrew Fox, Peter Howard
  • System, method and computer program product for generating an encoded name for unwanted code
    Patent number: 8561191
    Abstract: A naming system, method and computer program product are provided. In use, unwanted code including at least one attribute is identified. In addition, an encoded name is generated for the unwanted code, where at least a portion of the encoded name represents the at least one attribute of the unwanted code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander James Hinchliffe, Anthony Abrahams, Fraser Peter Howard, Anthony V. Bartram
  • Use of N-Phenylethylpyraozole Carboxamide Derivatives or Salts Thereof for Extending Shelf Life of Fruits and Vegetables
    Publication number: 20130245050
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of N-phenylethylpyrazole carboxamide derivatives or salts thereof for extended shelf life and storage stability of fruits and vegetables, to a method for extending shelf life or fruits and vegetables by applying N-phenylethylpyrazole carboxamide derivatives or salts thereof to the crops prior to the harvest of the fruits or vegetables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
    Inventors: Heiko Rieck, Dominique Steiger, Peter Howard Davies, Sylvain Tafforeau, Lorianne Fought, George Hauley Musson, IV, Luk De Maeyer, Gilbert Labourdette, Helen Lachaise, Sebastian Hoffmann
  • APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING
    Publication number: 20130237772
    Abstract: A monitoring device wearable by a person to be monitored, comprising: one or more sensing means for sensing cardio, respiratory, physiological and/or other information from the person; processing means for analysing the sensed information; memory means for storing the sensed and/or analysed information; and communication means for transmitting at least the analysed information. At least one waveform acquired from the sensed cardio, respiratory, physiological and/or other information is digitised in real time; analysis of the sensed and/or digitised information is performed in real-time and a welfare indication of the person computed in real-time; and the computed welfare indication of the person is transmitted by the communication means and/or stored in the memory means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: HIDALGO LIMITED
    Inventors: Justin PISANI, Peter HOWARD, Daniel CADE, Stephen WARD
  • Method of manufacturing a rotational intravascular ultrasound probe
    Patent number: 8465686
    Abstract: A rotational intravascular ultrasound probe for insertion into a vasculature and a method of manufacturing the same. The rotational intravascular ultrasound probe comprises an elongate catheter having a flexible body and an elongate transducer shaft disposed within the flexible body. The transducer shaft comprises a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, a drive shaft extending from the proximal end portion to the distal end portion, an ultrasonic transducer disposed near the distal end portion for obtaining a circumferential image through rotation, and a transducer housing molded to the drive shaft and the ultrasonic transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Volcano Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Charles Davies, Norman Hossack, Peter Howard Smith
  • Venous line disconnection / venous needle dislodgement clamp
    Patent number: 8394071
    Abstract: In renal haemodialysis there is a condition whereby the patient can by at serious risk of harm if the venous line becomes disconnected or the venous needle becomes dislodged and the haemodialysis machine does not detect this condition. The invented device is designed to safeguard haemodialysis patients from serious losses of blood through venous line disconnection or venous needle dislodgement. The invented device is designed to clamp the venous line automatically before venous needle dislodgement or venous line disconnection becomes a serious problem and to make the haemodialysis machine stop drawing blood from the patient This will cause the haemodialysis machine to alarm in the normal way so as to alert the patient or healthcare worker to the problem. The invented device will have to be manually reset before therapy can continue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Inventor: Peter Howard
  • System, method and computer program product for context-driven behavioral heuristics
    Patent number: 8392994
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product are provided for detecting unwanted data. A scan for unwanted data is performed to generate results of the scan. A context of the scan is then identified. Further, the presence of unwanted data is conditionally indicated based on both the results of the scan and the context of the scan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Robert Spurlock, Craig D. Schmugar, Fraser Peter Howard
  • SPLIT CIPHERING
    Publication number: 20120309355
    Abstract: A mobile telecommunications network and method of operation that includes establishing a first user plane connection between a telecommunications device registered with the network and a network gateway device of the network via a first access point; providing the telecommunications device with a token using the first user plane connection; establishing a second user plane connection between the telecommunications device and the network gateway device via a second access point by using the token information to validate the telecommunications device; and, subsequent to establishment of and corresponding to the second user plane connection, establishing a control plane connection between the telecommunications device and the network gateway device via the second access point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: VODAFONE GROUP PLC
    Inventors: Christopher David PUDNEY, David Andrew FOX, Peter HOWARD
  • MASTER CIPHER KEY
    Publication number: 20120308004
    Abstract: A mobile telecommunications network and method of operation that includes establishing a first user plane connection between a telecommunications device registered with the network and a network gateway device of the network via a first access point; providing the telecommunications device with a token using the first user plane connection; establishing a second user plane connection between the telecommunications device and the network gateway device via a second access point by using the token information to validate the telecommunications device; and, subsequent to establishment of and corresponding to the second user plane connection, establishing a control plane connection between the telecommunications device and the network gateway device via the second access point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: VODAFONE GROUP PLC
    Inventors: Christopher David PUDNEY, David Andrew FOX, Peter HOWARD
  • TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20120202491
    Abstract: An SAE/LTE or 4G cellular telecommunications network is disclosed which comprises a plurality of eNodeBs and a network core. A plurality of mobile telecommunications devices are registered with the network and communicate with the network core via the eNodeBs. At least one relay is provided between the eNodeB and the mobile telecommunications devices to extend the radio coverage provided by the eNodeB. Radio Resource Control signalling is tunnelled between the mobile telecommunications device and the relay. A Relay Resource Control signalling protocol is additionally provided for tunnelling signalling between the relay and the node. One or more further relays may be provided in a communication path between the first-mentioned relay (the controlling relay) and the eNodeB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventors: David Fox, Christopher David Pudney, Peter Howard
  • Telecommunications networks
    Patent number: 8213903
    Abstract: A mobile telecommunications network and method of operation that includes establishing a first user plane connection between a telecommunications device registered with the network and a network gateway device of the network via a first access point; providing the telecommunications device with a token using the first user plane connection; establishing a second user plane connection between the telecommunications device and the network gateway device via a second access point bv using the token information to validate the telecommunications device; and, subsequent to establishment of and corresponding to the second user plane connection, establishing a control plane connection between the telecommunications device and the network gateway device via the second access point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Vodafone Group PLC
    Inventors: Christopher David Pudney, David Andrew Fox, Peter Howard
  • Metabolic analyzer transducer
    Patent number: 8197417
    Abstract: A compact and wearable metabolic analyzer transducer comprising a housing containing a plurality of analog sensors, an A/D converter, a microcontroller, and a power source operatively coupled thereto where the microcontroller is programmed to compute minute ventilation, O2 uptake, and CO2 production of a subject. The transducer and its contents are of a size and weight that can either be easily supported from a facemask worn by a subject or incorporated in a respiratory circuit. The measured values can be wirelessly transmitted or transmitted, via a cable, to a remote personal computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA), or other display devices such as digital watches or image projectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Medical Graphics Corporation
    Inventors: C. Peter Howard, Joel Grimes
  • Oxygen sensor improvement method
    Patent number: 8110081
    Abstract: A method for improving the performance of a galvanic fuel cell type oxygen sensor comprises providing a pressure equalization port leading to the interior of an inner core housing that contains the membrane, the electrolyte and the anode and cathode electrodes and hermetically sealing the sensor housing except for its sample inlet port and its sample outlet port. By connecting the same vacuum source to both the pressure equalization port and the sample outlet port, the device's membrane is less subject to movement or rupture as gas samples are drawn in via the sample inlet port. A technique for ensuring a hermetic seal is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Medical Graphics Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy P. Fitzgerald, C. Peter Howard