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Brian Deane, Dublin IE
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| 20090040554 | System and method of processing print order requests - This invention relates to a system and method of processing print order requests in a print system comprising a central print controller, a plurality of remote print customers and a plurality of remote print suppliers, the central print controller being connected to the plurality of remote print customers and the plurality of remote print suppliers by way of a communications network. Print customers transmit their print order requests to one central print controller. The central print controller will have information relating to a number of print suppliers stored in the central print controller database and can ascertain which of the print suppliers is the most suitable print supplier for executing a particular order. The central print controller is able to obtain the different protocols and data formats used in the proprietary database systems of the print supplier from its own central print controller database and may then format the print order request into a format suitable for receipt by the print supplier. | 02-12-2009 |
Kevin Deane, Hertfordshire GB
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| 20110212539 | EXTRACTION SYSTEM - An extraction system for distributing a test product in an extraction fluid, the system including a flow cell and a pump The flow cell has walls defining an internal passageway having an extraction region for holding the test product and also an upstream end and a downstream end between which the extraction region extends. The internal cross-sectional area of the upstream end is larger than the internal cross-sectional area of the downstream end the and extraction region tapers from the upstream end to the downstream end. The pump has an inlet in fluid communication with the downstream end and an outlet in fluid communication with the upstream end. The pump re-circulates extraction fluid from the downstream end back to the upstream end so as to progressively erode the test product and distribute the test product in the extraction fluid. | 09-01-2011 |
Peter Deane, Fitzroy Harbour CA
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| 20090322608 | ANTENNA SYSTEM - Embodiments of the invention are concerned with improvements to antenna systems, in particular beamforming antenna systems. Embodiments provide an improved beamformer arrangement for receiving and transmitting of signals by antenna elements. Embodiments are particularly well suited to use for transceiving of radio signals by base stations, such as are commonly found in cellular networks. In one aspect, embodiments provide a beamformer for use in processing signals received, or transmitted, by a first antenna element, the beamformer comprising a first set of ports and a second set of ports, wherein the first set of ports is connected to at least two antenna elements including said first antenna element and the second set of ports is connected to a connecting port, wherein the beamformer is arranged to generate at least first and second output beams from signals received from the at least two antenna elements and to transform signals received via the second set of ports into signals for transmission by the at least two antenna elements, wherein the beamformer is arranged to combine said generated at least first and second output beams at the connecting port such that said signals from said first antenna element are constructively combined at the connecting port, and to combine said at least first and second output beams at the connecting port such that signals from antenna elements other than the first antenna element are destructively combined at the connecting port, wherein the connecting port is arranged so as to provide access to individual said signals received, or transmitted, by said at least two antenna elements. In particularly preferred arrangements the first set of ports is connected to three or four antenna elements. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100248785 | FEEDER CABLE REDUCTION - The present invention allows transmission of multiple signals between masthead electronics and base housing electronics in a base station environment. At least some of the received signals from the multiple antennas are translated to being centered about different center frequencies, such that the translated signals may be combined into a composite signal including each of the received signals. The composite signal is then sent over a single feeder cable to base housing electronics, wherein the received signals are separated and processed by transceiver circuitry. Prior to being provided to the transceiver circuitry, those signals that were translated from being centered about one frequency to another may be retranslated to being centered about the original center frequency. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100272089 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING MULTIPLE COMMON FREQUENCY SIGNALS THROUGH A SINGLE CABLE USING CIRCULATORS - A method and apparatus for processing multiple signals at a common frequency combined into a single radio frequency cable and subsequently recovering the signals without significant losses, distortion, or cross-talk. The method and apparatus includes processing multiple signals at a common frequency fed through a single radio frequency (RF) cable with or without one or more amplifiers and utilized for either forward or reverse link transmissions. The invention enables a single power amplifier to amplify multiple RF signals that occupy a common frequency channel and after amplification splitting these signals into amplified copies of the originals. The amplified signals may be sent to different antenna ports to illuminate different base station sectors if required. The signal splitting function is performed at the antenna masthead such that this method reduces the number of feeder cables running up the antenna tower by a factor of N, where N is the number of common frequency signals (e.g., the number of sectors) amplified by the single power amplifier. This invention enables a single power amplifier to simultaneously provide all the radio frequency signals necessary to feed a general N input phased array antenna system and form multiple antenna beams uniquely for several individual users simultaneously. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20110111760 | Method and Apparatus for Co-Scheduling Transmissions in a Wireless Network - The invention relates to a method and apparatus for determining whether two user equipments (UEs) in a wireless network can be co-scheduled by an uplink scheduler. The method includes the determination of orthogonality factors for each pair of equipments to be considered and, from the orthogonality factors, selecting UEs to be co-scheduled. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110235683 | ANTENNA SYSTEMS WITH COMMON OVERHEAD FOR CDMA BASE STATIONS - Systems and methods for use in CDMA antenna systems are provided in which signals each having a common overhead component are transmitted on a set of adjacent beams of a sector with a micro-timing offset between signals transmitted on adjacent pairs of beams which is large enough that destructive cancellation substantially does not occur between the pair of beams. | 09-29-2011 |
Peter M. Deane, Fitzoy Harbour CA
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| 20100173639 | PROVIDING SPACE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - To provide space division multiple access in a wireless network, plural beams are transmitted within a cell segment. Different information sets are sent in the corresponding plural beams, where one or more of the information sets are detectable by a mobile station depending upon a location of the mobile station in the cell segment. An indication responsive to which of the different information sets is detected by the mobile station is received, and beam selection from among the plural beams is performed according to the received indication. | 07-08-2010 |
Peter Michael Deane, Fitzroy Harbour CA
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| 20110034206 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CANDIDATE LIST GENERATION FOR UPLINK V-MIMO - A method selects mobile station candidates for use with virtual multiple-input multiple-output (“V-MIMO”) in a communication system. The communication system includes at least one base station and a plurality of mobile stations. At least one downlink metric is determined for a first mobile station. The at least one downlink metric is used to determine eligibility for uplink V-MIMO candidate list selection. Responsive to determining that the first mobile station is eligible for uplink V-MIMO candidate list selection, the first mobile station is paired with a second mobile station eligible for uplink V-MIMO candidate list selection. | 02-10-2011 |
Steven Charles Deane, Eindhoven NL
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| 20110279130 | FINGERED ELECTRODES FOR MICROFLUIDIC SINGLE PARTICLE ANALYSIS - The electrical properties of particle solutions can be investigated on a single particle basis by using micro fluidic channels. The impedance can be measured across the channel using at least one pair of conductive electrodes, at least one electrode of a pair being a fingered electrode having a plurality of fingers. The pattern of fingered electrodes creates a longer and more complicated measurement signal shape which leads to a significant improvement of measurement sensitivity. An application for the proposed technology is to significantly improve the measurement sensitivity of impedance measurements on blood cells, leading to a better differentiation between different types of white blood cells. Better measurement sensitivity also enables the measurement of smaller particles and higher throughput. | 11-17-2011 |
Steven Charles Deane, Redhill Surry GB
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| 20100045650 | ACTIVE MATRIX DISPLAY DEVICE WITH OPTICAL FEEDBACK AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An active matrix display device comprises an array of display pixels, each pixel comprising a current-driven light emitting display element ( | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100053045 | ACTIVE MATRIX LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An active matrix display device comprises an array of display pixels, each pixel comprising: a current-driven light emitting display element ( | 03-04-2010 |
Steven Charles Deane, Cambridge GB
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| 20090315877 | LARGE AREA THIN FILM CIRCUITS - A thin film circuit comprises a plurality of thin film transistors, wherein the output response of the circuit is dependent on at least first ( | 12-24-2009 |