Patents by Inventor Simon Howard

Simon 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).

  • System and method for provisioning mobile communication device upgrades
    Patent number: 8838084
    Abstract: There is disclosed a system and method for provisioning mobile communication device upgrades. In an embodiment, the method comprises: providing an automated web service device management interface (“WSDMI”) accessible to one or more carriers; adapting a supplier provisioning system to receive via the WSDMI one or more upgrade requests from the one or more carriers; adapting the supplier provisioning system to respond via the WSDMI to the one or more upgrade requests from the one or more carriers; and adapting the supplier provisioning system to execute one or more device upgrades on one or more supplier provisioning system connected devices. In an embodiment, the receiving and responding via the WSDMI is based on SOAP encoded XML messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Piotr Madej, Simon Howard, Snezana Visnjic-Obucina, Levente Janosi, Thomas Parry
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVISIONING MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE UPGRADES
    Publication number: 20100222048
    Abstract: There is disclosed a system and method for provisioning mobile communication device upgrades. In an embodiment, the method comprises: providing an automated web service device management interface (“WSDMI”) accessible to one or more carriers; adapting a supplier provisioning system to receive via the WSDMI one or more upgrade requests from the one or more carriers; adapting the supplier provisioning system to respond via the WSDMI to the one or more upgrade requests from the one or more carriers; and adapting the supplier provisioning system to execute one or more device upgrades on one or more supplier provisioning system connected devices. In an embodiment, the receiving and responding via the WSDMI is based on SOAP encoded XML messages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Piotr P. Madej, Simon Howard, Snezana Visnjic-Obucina, Levente Janosi, Thomas Perry
  • System and method for provisioning software
    Publication number: 20030097422
    Abstract: A system and method for provisioning software. A managed hardware device connected to a network is discovered in response to a service order created on a remote server. A service agent and software container is sent from the server to the device. Software in the container is started up and the device is monitored and managed from the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: Dave Richards, Robert Reive, Mark Verdun, Bruno Baloi, Simon Howard