Patents by Inventor Cary Gorten Mondon

Cary Gorten Mondon 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).

  • Selectively skipping transceivers to enhance communication quality and speed
    Patent number: 11118445
    Abstract: A system for improving communication between surface and downhole equipment, in some embodiments, comprises: a first transceiver in a formation; a second transceiver in the formation; and a third transceiver in the formation, the second transceiver positioned between the first and third transceivers, wherein, upon determining that a communication quality metric pertaining to wireless communication in the formation fails to meet a criterion, the first transceiver transmits data to the second transceiver, wherein, upon determining that said communication quality metric meets the criterion, the first transceiver transmits said data to the third transceiver in lieu of transmitting said data to the second transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Zeke Shashoua, Dalmo Massaru Wakabayashi, Gregory Thomas Werkheiser, Kevin Fink, Cary Gorten Mondon
  • SELECTIVELY SKIPPING TRANSCEIVERS TO ENHANCE COMMUNICATION QUALITY AND SPEED
    Publication number: 20180139678
    Abstract: A system for improving communication between surface and downhole equipment, in some embodiments, comprises: a first transceiver in a formation; a second transceiver in the formation; and a third transceiver in the formation, the second transceiver positioned between the first and third transceivers, wherein, upon determining that a communication quality metric pertaining to wireless communication in the formation fails to meet a criterion, the first transceiver transmits data to the second transceiver, wherein, upon determining that said communication quality metric meets the criterion, the first transceiver transmits said data to the third transceiver in lieu of transmitting said data to the second transceiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Zeke Shashoua, Dalmo Massaru Wakabayashi, Gregory Thomas Werkheiser, Kevin Fink, Cary Gorten Mondon