Patents by Inventor Bryan Lee Sullivan

Bryan Lee Sullivan 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).

  • Management of massively distributed internet of things (IoT) gateways based on software-defined networking (SDN) via fly-by master drones
    Patent number: 10887001
    Abstract: Massively distributed and low-cost Internet of things (IoT) gateways can be controlled by software-defined networking (SDN) protocols transferred via an autonomous mobile device (e.g., fly-by drone). The IoT gateways can comprise sensors that capture information that is transferred to the communication network via the autonomous mobile device. For example, the autonomous mobile device can wake the IoT gateways adaptively and perform data collection and/or configuration tasks. Further, the autonomous mobile device can deliver the collected data to network devices of the communication network and return for the next batch of IoT gateway data collections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Mostafa Tofighbakhsh, Bryan Lee Sullivan
  • MANAGEMENT OF MASSIVELY DISTRIBUTED INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) GATEWAYS BASED ON SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORKING (SDN) VIA FLY-BY MASTER DRONES
    Publication number: 20200252122
    Abstract: Massively distributed and low-cost Internet of things (IoT) gateways can be controlled by software-defined networking (SDN) protocols transferred via an autonomous mobile device (e.g., fly-by drone). The IoT gateways can comprise sensors that capture information that is transferred to the communication network via the autonomous mobile device. For example, the autonomous mobile device can wake the IoT gateways adaptively and perform data collection and/or configuration tasks. Further, the autonomous mobile device can deliver the collected data to network devices of the communication network and return for the next batch of IoT gateway data collections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Mostafa Tofighbakhsh, Bryan Lee Sullivan
  • Management of massively distributed internet of things (IOT) gateways based on software-defined networking (SDN) via fly-by master drones
    Patent number: 10659144
    Abstract: Massively distributed and low-cost Internet of things (IoT) gateways can be controlled by software-defined networking (SDN) protocols transferred via an autonomous mobile device (e.g., fly-by drone). The IoT gateways can comprise sensors that capture information that is transferred to the communication network via the autonomous mobile device. For example, the autonomous mobile device can wake the IoT gateways adaptively and perform data collection and/or configuration tasks. Further, the autonomous mobile device can deliver the collected data to network devices of the communication network and return for the next batch of IoT gateway data collections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Mostafa Tofighbakhsh, Bryan Lee Sullivan