Patents by Inventor Ruth Brown

Ruth Brown 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: 12375945
    Abstract: A method (200) of reconfiguring a telecommunications network (100), the telecommunications network being configured to facilitate telehaptic communication with a User Equipment (UE) (110), the method comprising the steps of: processing a network communication so as to determine a likelihood of future telehaptic communication with the UE (230); determining that said likelihood of future telehaptic communication exceeds a threshold value (240); and in response to said determining, reconfiguring the telecommunications network so as to improve network performance for the UE (250).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
    Inventors: Ruth Brown, Jonathan Hart, Mona Ghassemian
  • Patent number: 12326253
    Abstract: The moving, candelabra-like, multi-arm lighted display is for enhanced viewer entertainment and excitement during festive/celebratory occasions, which first has the appearance of a trophy, but after a user lights a centrally-located candle wick, or other ignitable material accessed through the open top of the trophy, small candles hidden within the trophy with elongated wicks initially positioned in close association with the ignitable material then also become lit without further action on the part of the user. As the small/mini candles create heat, the trophy separates into downwardly rotating pieces that reveal a previously hidden centrally-located pickleball, the separated pieces of the trophy then providing a multi-arm array of lights around the pickleball. The display may optionally have a rotating or stationary pickleball, an audio component, LED lights, be disposable or reusable, and/or be used as a cake topping or table decoration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Inventors: Stan Brown, Ruth Brown
  • Publication number: 20250140418
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for maintaining or improving a user's state of wellbeing, the method comprising: collecting passive data from the user; identifying a cognitive marker within the data and determining a score for the identified marker; predicting the user's state of wellbeing by inputting the score into a statistical predictive model; and generating an output configured to maintain or improve the user's state of wellbeing, wherein the output is based on the user's predicted state of wellbeing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Michael EWBANK, Mihai Valentin TABLAN, Stephanie Ruth BROWN, Dragos GEGEA, Ana Maria Ferreira Paradela Catarino WINGFIELD, Ronan Patrick CUMMINS
  • Patent number: 12237972
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method (300) of operating a telecommunications network (110-1), said telecommunications network comprising a plurality of nodes (150), and the method comprising the steps of: storing: a set of historic reconfiguration instructions, said instructions having been used to reconfigure the telecommunications network; first status information from each of the plurality of nodes, wherein said first status information is received prior to reconfiguring the telecommunications network according to a given historic reconfiguration instruction; and second status information from each of the plurality of nodes, wherein said second status information is received after reconfiguring the telecommunications network according to the given historic reconfiguration instruction; receiving a new reconfiguration instruction (310); prior to reconfiguring the telecommunications network according to the new reconfiguration instruction, identifying from the set a similar historic reconfiguration instruction havin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
    Inventors: Andrew Corston-Petrie, Ruth Brown, Jonathan Hart
  • Patent number: 12212462
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method (200) of managing a telecommunications network (110), the telecommunication network comprising a network orchestrator (120), a plurality of network nodes (150) and a network ledger (140) for electronically storing data, the method comprising the steps of: the network orchestrator generating an instruction for reconfiguring at least one of the plurality of nodes (210); in response to generating said instruction, requesting and retrieving first status information from the at least one of the plurality of nodes (240); recording the instruction and the first status information to the network ledger (240)); communicating the instruction to the at least one of the plurality of nodes thereby to effect the instructed reconfiguration (230); in response to effecting the instructed reconfiguration, requesting and retrieving second status information from the at least one of the plurality of nodes; and recording said second status information in the network ledger (280).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
    Inventors: Andrew Corston-Petrie, Ruth Brown, Jonathan Hart
  • Patent number: 12160738
    Abstract: A method of authenticating User Equipment (UE) to a wireless telecommunications network, wherein the UE is subscribed to a first wireless telecommunications network, and authenticating being performed so as to subscribe the UE to a second wireless telecommunications network, and wherein there is an absence of a roaming capability between the first wireless telecommunications network and the second wireless telecommunications network for the UE, the method including generating, at the first wireless telecommunications network, a network key for authenticating the UE at the second wireless telecommunications network; loading the generated network key to the second wireless telecommunications network; subsequently communicating the generated network key to the UE from the first wireless telecommunications network; and authenticating the UE at the second wireless telecommunications network by communicating the network key from the UE to the second wireless telecommunications network, thereby to permit the UE to s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: British Telecommunications Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Ruth Brown, Paul Wright
  • Patent number: 12113670
    Abstract: A method of managing a telecommunications network, the telecommunications network having a first user and a second user, the method comprising the step of: ascertaining a competitive characteristic associated with the first user and a competitive characteristic associated with the second user; comparing the ascertained competitive characteristics; identifying whether there is a disparity between the competitive characteristics that exceeds a threshold, thereby to identify a competitive advantage associated with the first or second user; and if it is identified that the disparity exceeds the threshold, adapting a network configuration of a network connection associated with the first user so as to offset the competitive advantage associated with the first or second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company
    Inventors: Ruth Brown, Jonathan Hart, Maria Cuevas Ramirez
  • Publication number: 20240297821
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method (200) of managing a telecommunications network (110), the telecommunication network comprising a network orchestrator (120), a plurality of network nodes (150) and a network ledger (140) for electronically storing data, the method comprising the steps of: the network orchestrator generating an instruction for reconfiguring at least one of the plurality of nodes (210); in response to generating said instruction, requesting and retrieving first status information from the at least one of the plurality of nodes (240); recording the instruction and the first status information to the network ledger (240)); communicating the instruction to the at least one of the plurality of nodes thereby to effect the instructed reconfiguration (230); in response to effecting the instructed reconfiguration, requesting and retrieving second status information from the at least one of the plurality of nodes; and recording said second status information in the network ledger (280).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew CORSTON-PETRIE, Ruth BROWN, Jonathan HART
  • Patent number: 12030527
    Abstract: A method of controlling an Autonomous Vehicle (AV) 110, comprising the steps of: detecting a fault in a first AV 110-1; in response to detecting said fault, transmitting a communication for alerting an AV of the fault, wherein said communication is a device-to-device wireless communication; receiving said communication at a second AV 110-2; identifying the second AV as being capable of retrieving at least part of the first AV and delivering said at least part to an intended destination; and instructing the second AV to perform the retrieving and delivering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company
    Inventors: Jonathan Hart, Ruth Brown, Maria Cuevas Ramirez
  • Publication number: 20240146607
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method (300) of operating a telecommunications network (110-1), said telecommunications network comprising a plurality of nodes (150), and the method comprising the steps of: storing: a set of historic reconfiguration instructions, said instructions having been used to reconfigure the telecommunications network; first status information from each of the plurality of nodes, wherein said first status information is received prior to reconfiguring the telecommunications network according to a given historic reconfiguration instruction; and second status information from each of the plurality of nodes, wherein said second status information is received after reconfiguring the telecommunications network according to the given historic reconfiguration instruction; receiving a new reconfiguration instruction (310); prior to reconfiguring the telecommunications network according to the new reconfiguration instruction, identifying from the set a similar historic reconfiguration instruction havin
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew CORSTON-PETRIE, Ruth BROWN, Jonathan HART
  • Patent number: 11925871
    Abstract: A method of selecting competitors for a multi-user competitive activity being performed over a telecommunications network, in which a first UE and a second UE are in communication with the telecommunications network, and the telecommunications network providing at least one network slice, wherein the method comprises the steps of: identifying a network slice onto which the first UE is allocated; identifying a network slice onto which the second UE is allocated; determining that the first UE and the second UE are intending to participate in the multi-user competitive activity; and selecting the first UE and the second UE to participate in the multi-user competitive activity in dependence on the identified network slices onto which the first UE and the second UE is allocated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company
    Inventors: Ruth Brown, Jonathan Hart, Maria Cuevas Ramirez, Svilen Mirtchev
  • Patent number: 11849318
    Abstract: A method of authenticating a device subscribed to a first wireless communication network on a second wireless communication network, the method including: deriving at a node within the first wireless communication network a set of one or more network keys for the second wireless communication network from one or more network keys of the first wireless communication network that uniquely identify the device within the first wireless communication network; communicating the derived set of one or more network keys to the device; storing a first copy of the derived set of one or more network keys within an identification module at the device and a second copy of the derived set of one or more network keys within a secure area of the device; and authenticating the device on the second wireless communication network using the second copy of the derived set of one or more network keys stored in the secure area of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLC
    Inventors: Ruth Brown, Jonathan Hart
  • Patent number: 11665635
    Abstract: The method of managing processing resources in a telecommunications network, the telecommunications network having a plurality of network slices and a User Equipment (UE), wherein the UE is allocated to a first network slice to process a network communication from the UE, the method comprising the steps of: monitoring a suitability of the first network slice to process the network communication; identifying a second network slice that is suitable for processing the network communication; and in response to identifying a lack of suitability of the first network slice to process the network communication, reallocating processing resources from the second network slice to the first network slice whilst the UE remains allocated to the first network slice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company
    Inventors: Andrew Corston-Petrie, Ruth Brown, Jonathan Hart
  • Publication number: 20230143971
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of controlling Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) for delivering a payload (120) to an intended delivery location (130-2) comprising the steps of: identifying a first AV (110-1) for retrieving a payload from a first location (130-1); determining a second location (140-1) to which the first AV is capable of travelling with the payload from the first location; instructing the first AV to retrieve the payload from the first location and to deliver the payload to the second location; communicating a wireless communication (160) requesting assistance from another AV to deliver the payload from the second location, wherein the wireless communication is in the form of a system information message; in response to the wireless communication, identifying a second AV (110-2) for retrieving the payload from the second location; and instructing the second AV to retrieve the payload from the second location and to deliver the payload to the intended delivery location (140-3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Jonathan HART, Maria CUEVAS RAMIREZ, Ruth BROWN
  • Publication number: 20230131394
    Abstract: A method of establishing a telecommunications service between a client and a server. The method comprises receiving a request at a first domain for the telecommunications service and providing, by the first domain, a first function for establishing part of the telecommunications service. A process is repeatedly performed until a path is established between the client and the server via a plurality of domains comprising the first domain. The process comprises a domain identifying and instructing a subsequent domain to provide a further function for establishing the telecommunications service, and using the subsequent domain as the domain for a subsequent iteration of the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew CORSTON-PETRIE, Ruth BROWN, Jonathan HART
  • Publication number: 20220417769
    Abstract: A method (200) of configuring a telecommunications network (100), the method comprising the steps 5 of: identifying a User Equipment (UE) (110) utilizing the telecommunications network; ascertaining physical capability information associated with a user of the identified UE (220); determining a network configuration in dependence upon the ascertained physical capability information (240); and configuring a network connection for the identified UE according to the determined network configuration (250).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Ruth BROWN, Mona GHASSEMIAN
  • Patent number: 11516710
    Abstract: This disclosure invention relates to a method of operating a network node in a cellular telecommunications network, wherein the cellular telecommunications network further includes a first base station and a first User Equipment (UE), and the first UE is connected to the first base station by a first and second connection having resources associated with a first and second subscription, respectively, the method including determining that the first connection and second connection relate to the first and second subscription respectively; determining that the first connection and second connection relate to the first UE; monitoring a first resource usage of one or both of the first and second connections with the first UE; and initiating a handover of one or both of the first and second connections based on the first resource usage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: British Telecommunications Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Maria Cuevas Ramirez, Ruth Brown
  • Patent number: 11509747
    Abstract: In a method of operating a content delivery network having a plurality of content caches to deliver requested content to at least one user device, the user device has one or more access network interfaces for connection to content caches of the content delivery network via one or more respective access networks, and the method is performed by a content delivery route decision function running on the user device and interfacing with the content delivery network and the access networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: British Telecommunications Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Ruth Brown, Jonathan Hart, Maria Cuevas Ramirez
  • Publication number: 20220360987
    Abstract: A method of authenticating User Equipment (UE) to a wireless telecommunications network, wherein the UE is subscribed to a first wireless telecommunications network, and authenticating being performed so as to subscribe the UE to a second wireless telecommunications network, and wherein there is an absence of a roaming capability between the first wireless telecommunications network and the second wireless telecommunications network for the UE, the method including generating, at the first wireless telecommunications network, a network key for authenticating the UE at the second wireless telecommunications network; loading the generated network key to the second wireless telecommunications network; subsequently communicating the generated network key to the UE from the first wireless telecommunications network; and authenticating the UE at the second wireless telecommunications network by communicating the network key from the UE to the second wireless telecommunications network, thereby to permit the UE to s
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Ruth BROWN, Paul WRIGHT
  • Publication number: 20220345912
    Abstract: A method (200) of reconfiguring a telecommunications network (100), the telecommunications network being configured to facilitate telehaptic communication with a User Equipment (UE) (110), the method comprising the steps of: processing a network communication so as to determine a likelihood of future telehaptic communication with the UE (230); determining that said likelihood of future telehaptic communication exceeds a threshold value (240); and in response to said determining, reconfiguring the telecommunications network so as to improve network performance for the UE (250).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Ruth BROWN, Jonathan HART, Mona GHASSEMIAN