Patents Examined by Bill D. Thomson
  • Command and control system architecture for convenient upgrading
    Patent number: 6839662
    Abstract: A military command and control system includes functional portions which respond to a set of or plurality of commands. Certain commands are mandatory. Specific responses are made in response to the mandatory commands. System tracks are handled differently than local tracks. Command and control systems which use the mandatory command structure are more readily upgraded than prior-art integrated command and control systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Susan Elizabeth Schnatterly, Spencer Allen Lord, Joseph Martorana, Henry William Canfield, John Bockett Hunter, Joseph John Chevere, Yuriy Shlyakhter, Joseph Kevin Potts, Matthew William Petrosky