Patents by Inventor Russell William Miles

Russell William Miles 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: 8549052
    Abstract: Methods and computer-readable mediums are provided. For example, in one method a request is initiated for a security event update. Thereafter, a last received event identification (“LREI”) for at least one event type is retrieved from memory and inserted a security event update request. The request is transmitted as a polling signal towards a device (e.g., a server or remote client). In another method, a request signal containing is received. An LREI for an event type is extracted from the request. The LREI is compared to an event identification stored in memory. The results are inserted into a response. An indication, is inserted into the response, that at least one event identification is greater than said LREI and is not inserted in the response. The response is transmitted. In yet other embodiments, the computer-readable mediums and systems are also provided which perform similar features recited by the above methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: UTC Fire & Security Americas Corporation, Inc.
    Inventor: Russell William Miles
  • Publication number: 20090164483
    Abstract: Methods and computer-readable mediums are provided. For example, in one method a request is initiated for a security event update. Thereafter, a last received event identification (“LREI”) for at least one event type is retrieved from memory and inserted a security event update request. The request is transmitted as a polling signal towards a device (e.g., a server or remote client). In another method, a request signal containing is received. An LREI for an event type is extracted from the request. The LREI is compared to an event identification stored in memory. The results are inserted into a response. An indication, is inserted into the response, that at least one event identification is greater than said LREI and is not inserted in the response. The response is transmitted. In yet other embodiments, the computer-readable mediums and systems are also provided which perform similar features recited by the above methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventor: Russell William Miles