Patents by Inventor Blane Edward Rockafellow

Blane Edward Rockafellow 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: 20240177135
    Abstract: An aerospace commerce exchange system may include a network, a plurality of clients operably coupled to the network, and an aerospace commerce exchange platform operably coupled to the network to provide exchange services to the clients. At least one of the clients may be operably coupled to the aerospace commerce exchange platform via an air-to-ground wireless communication link or satellite link (or other links with which an aircraft may be associated) to provide or receive data associated with at least one of the exchange services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Ryan Mitchell Stone, Blane Edward Rockafellow, Bryan S. Trainum, Charles Jason Rinker
  • Patent number: 11893566
    Abstract: An aerospace commerce exchange system may include a network, a plurality of clients operably coupled to the network, and an aerospace commerce exchange platform operably coupled to the network to provide exchange services to the clients. At least one of the clients may be operably coupled to the aerospace commerce exchange platform via an air-to-ground wireless communication link or satellite link (or other links with which an aircraft may be associated) to provide or receive data associated with at least one of the exchange services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SMARTSKY NETWORKS LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Mitchell Stone, Blane Edward Rockafellow, Bryan S. Trainum, Charles Jason Rinker
  • Publication number: 20210117955
    Abstract: An aerospace commerce exchange system may include a network, a plurality of clients operably coupled to the network, and an aerospace commerce exchange platform operably coupled to the network to provide exchange services to the clients. At least one of the clients may be operably coupled to the aerospace commerce exchange platform via an air-to-ground wireless communication link or satellite link (or other links with which an aircraft may be associated) to provide or receive data associated with at least one of the exchange services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Ryan Mitchell Stone, Blane Edward Rockafellow, Bryan S. Trainum, Charles Jason Rinker
  • Patent number: 10891607
    Abstract: An aerospace commerce exchange system may include a network, a plurality of clients operably coupled to the network, and an aerospace commerce exchange platform operably coupled to the network to provide exchange services to the clients. At least one of the clients may be operably coupled to the aerospace commerce exchange platform via an air-to-ground wireless communication link or satellite link (or other links with which an aircraft may be associated) to provide or receive data associated with at least one of the exchange services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: SMARTSKY NETWORKS, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Mitchell Stone, Blane Edward Rockafellow, Bryan S. Trainum, Charles Jason Rinker
  • Publication number: 20190012752
    Abstract: An aerospace commerce exchange system may include a network, a plurality of clients operably coupled to the network, and an aerospace commerce exchange platform operably coupled to the network to provide exchange services to exchange members via respective ones of the clients. The aerospace commerce exchange platform may include an IP asset library configured to store information regarding IP assets provided by the exchange members, and a search module configured to enable searching relative to the IP assets by the exchange members. The search module may be configured to facilitate contact between a searcher and a provider relative to a particular asset stored in the IP asset library and found by the searcher using the search module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Blane Edward Rockafellow, Elbert Stanford Eskridge, JR., Bruce J. Holmes
  • Publication number: 20180225651
    Abstract: An aerospace commerce exchange system may include a network, a plurality of clients operably coupled to the network, and an aerospace commerce exchange platform operably coupled to the network to provide exchange services to the clients. At least one of the clients may be operably coupled to the aerospace commerce exchange platform via an air-to-ground wireless communication link or satellite link (or other links with which an aircraft may be associated) to provide or receive data associated with at least one of the exchange services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Ryan Mitchell Stone, Blane Edward Rockafellow, Bryan S. Trainum, Charles Jason Rinker