Patents by Inventor Stephen Bird

Stephen Bird 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).

  • Publication number: 20230419672
    Abstract: Various systems and methods for configurable modular devices are disclosed. For example, a system may be configured for swappable wiring configurations, LED light engine encodings, wireless network health determination and wireless health heatmap generation, wireless power transfer and replaceable batteries, AI modules for switch configurations, and/or the like individually and/or in combination. The system may include a modular control unit with a backplate. The backplate may include a first assembly configured to be fastened to a junction box and a removably couplable cup portion configured to be removably couplable to the first assembly and configured to electrically couple to wires of the junction box. The removably couplable cup portion may include a recess that includes a set of backplate electrical contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Patrick Prendergast, Kirkwood Hines, Nathan Diehl, Derek Richardson, Stephen Bird, Nathan Weathers
  • Patent number: 10724751
    Abstract: A vent that includes: a rotary head with blades arranged between a top and bottom section of the rotary head; a fixed component to mount the rotary head to a roof of a building, the fixed component having a throat that provides a flow path from inside the building to an interior of the rotary head; and a diffuser to split airflow vented from the throat and direct the vented airflow out through the rotary head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: IVR GROUP PTY LTD
    Inventors: Andrea Trudy Kraal, Stephen Bird
  • Publication number: 20180066857
    Abstract: A vent that includes: a rotary head with blades arranged between a top and bottom section of the rotary head; a fixed component to mount the rotary head to a roof of a building, the fixed component having a throat that provides a flow path from inside the building to an interior of the rotary head; and a diffuser to split airflow vented from the throat and direct the vented airflow out through the rotary head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Andrea Trudy Kraal, Stephen Bird
  • Patent number: 7082308
    Abstract: A location register for a mobile communications network is coupled by an SS7 network for passing messages, has a mated location register at a different location to provide geographical redundancy, and has a status detector for detecting a status of the associated register, by sending a heartbeat message to the associated register. It deduces a fail if the message is returned by the signaling network. A cutover manager is arranged to enable a cutover on the basis of at least the detected status. By providing a more positive detection of a failure than merely passively interpreting a lack of response to the heartbeat, false triggering of cutovers owing to transient failures or temporary congestion, can be reduced. The cutover manager can verify the status by sending other messages by other routes, or using other criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Ricky Kaura, Stephen Bird, Alan G Darbyshire, Hock Gan
  • Publication number: 20060123022
    Abstract: An object oriented design for an automated modeling system for mapping and monitoring the business roles and impact of elements within an IT Infrastructure that make up specific applications or business processes, spanning not only network elements, hosts, servers and programs but also users, company structure and processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Inventor: Stephen Bird
  • Patent number: 7013139
    Abstract: Typically data migration between HLR nodes is implemented by suspending operation of the HLR function in a mobile communications network while the data is transferred. This operation inevitably results in considerable network disruption. The present invention provides a method of on-line active data migration in which a subscriber diversion is implemented before subscriber data is sequentially transferred from one HLR node to another. The diversion redirects particular subscriber transactions from the second to the first HLR nodes if the subscriber has not been migrated from the first HLR node. The method allows the transfer to be implemented while the network HLR function remains on-line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Hock Chye Gan, David E Jones, Stephen Bird, Robert Lucas, Jaswant Virdee, Ricky Kaura
  • Patent number: 6151499
    Abstract: An integrated MSC/HLR switch accommodates overloads by throttling peripherals during MSC overload conditions, and halting TCAP messages and throttling peripherals during HLR overload conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Madhusudham Vudali, Steven W. Racz, Stephen Bird, Imran Rehman, Kalyan Basu
  • Patent number: 5867787
    Abstract: An integrated MSC/HLR switch accommodates overloads by throttling peripherals during MSC overload conditions, and halting TCAP messages and throttling peripherals during HLR overload conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignee: Northern Telecom Limited
    Inventors: Madhusudham Vudali, Steven W. Racz, Stephen Bird, Imran Rehman, Kalyan Basu