Philip E Grady

US Patent:

6354869, Mar 12, 2002

Filed:

Jun 29, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/607307

Inventors:

Philip E. Grady - Kannapolis NC
Jochem K. Koenig - Charlotte NC
John E. McCloskey - Boca Raton FL

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

H01R 1373

US Classification:

439544, 439572

Abstract:

A connector is fastened to a central portion of a connector bracket adjacent a slot in a slotted bracket to provide a number of electrical circuits extending through the slot. A first end of the connector bracket is fastened to the slotted bracket by means of a screw. The central portion of the connector bracket extends inwardly along the slotted card bracket, adjacent the slot, which the central portion overlaps. An end tab of the card bracket, opposite the first end thereof, extends outwardly along a part of the slotted card bracket, which itself extends from an end of the slot.

US Patent:

7382353, Jun 3, 2008

Filed:

Nov 18, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/992437

Inventors:

Philip E. Grady - Kannapolis NC, US
Paul Andrew Hakenewerth - Charlotte NC, US
Kursad Urungu Oney - Durham NC, US
Kevin Laverne Schultz - Raleigh NC, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G09G 5/00

US Classification:

345156, 345168, 345169, 345173, 345176

Abstract:

In various embodiments, changing the function involves disabling an input device, disabling an output device, changing a display mode of the output device from portrait to landscape, or increasing volume of the output device. In an embodiment, the change of the function is delayed by a time period, and the delay for changing the output device is longer than the delay for changing the input device. If the electronic device is upright, the input device and the output device are enabled. The tilt is sensed by a sensing device, signals from the sensing device are filtered, and a delay is introduced. In this way, premature disabling or enabling of the electronic device is avoided.

US Patent:

7760183, Jul 20, 2010

Filed:

Mar 18, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/077377

Inventors:

Philip E. Grady - Kannapolis NC, US
Paul Andrew Hakenewerth - Charlotte NC, US
Kursad Urungu Oney - Durham NC, US
Kevin Laverne Schultz - Raleigh NC, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G09G 5/00

US Classification:

345156, 345168, 345170, 345172, 345169

Abstract:

In various embodiments, changing the function involves disabling an input device, disabling an output device, changing a display mode of the output device from portrait to landscape, or increasing volume of the output device. In an embodiment, the change of the function is delayed by a time period, and the delay for changing the output device is longer than the delay for changing the input device. If the electronic device is upright, the input device and the output device are enabled. The tilt is sensed by a sensing device, signals from the sensing device are filtered, and a delay is introduced. In this way, premature disabling or enabling of the electronic device is avoided.

US Patent:

8607074, Dec 10, 2013

Filed:

Nov 20, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/682404

Inventors:

Philip E. Grady - Kannapolis NC, US
Scott A. Liebl - Oronico MN, US
George W. Van Leeuwen - Rochester MN, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 11/30

US Classification:

713194, 455500, 455511, 455518, 340 561, 340 58, 726 24, 709224, 713 2, 713190, 713200

Abstract:

Mobile network services are performed in a mobile data network in a way that is transparent to most of the existing equipment in the mobile data network. The mobile data network includes a radio access network and a core network. A breakout appliance in the radio access network breaks out data coming from a basestation, and performs one or more mobile network services at the edge of the mobile data network based on the broken out data. The breakout appliance includes multiple states that support manufacturing, testing, production, tamper detection and end of life, and the functions of the breakout appliance vary according to its state.

US Patent:

8639951, Jan 28, 2014

Filed:

Dec 19, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/329806

Inventors:

Vincenzo V. Di Luoffo - Sandy Hook CT, US
Philip E. Grady - Kannapolis NC, US
Scott A. Liebl - Oronoco MN, US
George W. Van Leeuwen - Rochester MN, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 11/30

US Classification:

713194, 455500, 455511, 455518, 340 561, 340 58, 726 24, 709224, 713 2, 713192, 713200

Abstract:

Mobile network services are performed in a mobile data network in a way that is transparent to most of the existing equipment in the mobile data network. The mobile data network includes a radio access network and a core network. A breakout appliance in the radio access network breaks out data coming from a basestation, and performs one or more mobile network services at the edge of the mobile data network based on the broken out data. The breakout appliance includes multiple states that support manufacturing, testing, production, tamper detection and end of life, and the functions of the breakout appliance vary according to its state.

US Patent:

20130121134, May 16, 2013

Filed:

Nov 14, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/676918

Inventors:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY, US
Ronald L. Billau - Rochester MN, US
Matthew A. Butterbaugh - Rochester MN, US
Philip E. Grady - Kannapolis NC, US
George W. Van Leeuwen - Rochester MN, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

H04L 12/24

US Classification:

370216

Abstract:

A fail-to-wire (FTW) module that preserves a primary data path connection from an upstream computer to a downstream computer if there is any kind of failure in a breakout data path to a breakout system. The FTW module provides switches between the incoming data network data and the breakout system such that when the breakout system encounters a failure, the switches are de-activated to bypass the breakout system. The switches in the FTW module are activated by a system health signal from the breakout system. The breakout system can be serviced without interrupting the data network connections since the FTW module can be extracted from the failed breakout system with data network connections intact. The FTW module is preferably a compact modular element that fits within the breakout chassis and is easily inserted and removed from the breakout system during servicing operations.

US Patent:

20130121139, May 16, 2013

Filed:

Nov 16, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/297734

Inventors:

Raymond F. Babcock - Stewartville MN, US
Ronald L. Billau - Rochester MN, US
Matthew A. Butterbaugh - Rochester MN, US
Philip E. Grady - Kannapolis NC, US
George W. Van Leeuwen - Rochester MN, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

H04W 24/00

US Classification:

370228

Abstract:

A fail-to-wire (FTW) module that preserves a primary data path connection from an upstream computer to a downstream computer if there is any kind of failure in a breakout data path to a breakout system. The FTW module provides switches between the incoming data network data and the breakout system such that when the breakout system encounters a failure, the switches are de-activated to bypass the breakout system. The switches in the FTW module are activated by a system health signal from the breakout system. The breakout system can be serviced without interrupting the data network connections since the FTW module can be extracted from the failed breakout system with data network connections intact. The FTW module is preferably a compact modular element that fits within the breakout chassis and is easily inserted and removed from the breakout system during servicing operations.

US Patent:

20130121159, May 16, 2013

Filed:

Nov 16, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/297770

Inventors:

Ronald L. Billau - Rochester MN, US
Canio Cillis - Berlin, DE
Vincenzo V. Di Luoffo - Sandy Hook CT, US
Philip E. Grady - Kannapolis NC, US
Ravinder K. Sabhikhi - Cary NC, US
Raj K. Singh - Cary NC, US
George W. Van Leeuwen - Rochester MN, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

H04W 40/00
H04W 24/00
H04W 4/00

US Classification:

370241, 370328, 370259

Abstract:

Mobile network services are performed in a mobile data network in a way that is transparent to most of the existing equipment in the mobile data network. The mobile data network includes a radio access network and a core network. A first service mechanism in the radio access network breaks out data coming from a basestation, and performs one or more mobile network services at the edge of the mobile data network based on the broken out data. These services may include caching of data, data or video compression techniques, push-based services, charging, application serving, analytics, security, data filtering, and new revenue-producing services, as well as others. This architecture allows performing new mobile network services at the edge of a mobile data network within the infrastructure of an existing mobile data network.