Anthony R Patterson

US Patent:

7043264, May 9, 2006

Filed:

Dec 18, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/323464

Inventors:

Anthony T. Patterson - Sumner WA, US
Brian McElhinney - Seattle WA, US
Joseph Parr - Redmond WA, US
Charles A. Carey - Kirkland WA, US

Assignee:

America Online, Inc. - Dulles VA

International Classification:

H04Q 7/20
H04Q 7/38

US Classification:

455466, 4554141, 4554144, 4554261, 4554262, 4554121, 4554122, 4554221, 370351, 370353, 370354

Abstract:

A robust data delivery system between a server and a mobile client uses the Short Message Service (SMS) and General Packet Radio System (GPRS) services. A user and/or messaging provider set preferences on the mobile client for service coverage estimation that balances SMS and GPRS service coverage estimations for the mobile client, and/or service selection preferences that are expressed using a balance of cost of service and reliability of service. The mobile client receives a message from the server, sent using either the SMS or GPRS services. The mobile client checks the status of its SMS and GPRS signals. The mobile client weighs preference settings and the SMS and GPRS signal statuses to decide whether to answer the server using SMS or GPRS. If GPRS is selected, then the mobile client answers using GPRS; if SMS is selected, then the mobile answers using SMS.

US Patent:

20130325195, Dec 5, 2013

Filed:

Jun 5, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/489201

Inventors:

Anthony Terence Patterson - Bonney Lake WA, US
Bradley Thomas Nelson - Kirkland WA, US

Assignee:

ALSTOM GRID, INC. - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 1/26

US Classification:

700286

Abstract:

Systems, methods, and apparatus for pre-processing of electrical power grid data for event-driven automatic generation control (AGC) are presented herein. An AGC application can determine AGC output data, for output to a unit controller that controls power generator(s) related to an electrical power grid, based on current values of a subset of electrical power grid data associated with the electrical power grid that has changed since a prior determination that the electrical power grid data has changed. A pre-process component can determine the subset of the electrical power grid data that has changed since the prior determination, and send the current values of the subset of the electrical power grid data to an area control error component. An event-driven component can determine information in response to an event trigger generated based on processing the current values of the subset of the electrical power grid data received from the pre-process component.