Patents by Inventor James Robert Saunders

James Robert Saunders 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).

  • Patent number: 11861955
    Abstract: A unified asset monitoring portal may be provided by a computing system that is configured to receive asset data from each of a plurality of assets. The asset data may include vehicle data associated with a first plurality of vehicles, trailer data associated with a second plurality of trailers, and/or industrial data associated with a third plurality of industrial equipment. Each of the vehicle data, trailer data, and industrial data may include at least some unique sensor data types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsara Inc.
    Inventors: Hannah Dubin, Kevin Omwega, Jennifer Nguyen, Arthur Pohsiang Huang, James Robert Saunders, David Brablec, Evan Meagher
  • Patent number: 11720087
    Abstract: A system receives operations data and determines operations indicator(s) from the operations data. An operator on a manufacturing line reports a downtime event via a human machine interface device. The system receives downtime event and uptime information. The system calculates an operations indicator, such as an overall equipment effectiveness indicator, from the downtime event and uptime information. A user interface of the system includes the operations indicator(s) and visualizations. Some visualizations include a timeline indicating downtime events and other operations events. Additional downtime and uptime information is received by the system in substantially real-time. The system dynamically calculates updated operations indicator(s) from the additional downtime and uptime information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Samsara Inc.
    Inventors: Katherine Lee Heddleston, John Charles Bicket, James Robert Saunders, Peter Lee Atkin
  • Patent number: 11671478
    Abstract: A system for providing remote control of assets is disclosed herein. The system provides secure communications with one or more assets and receive operational data from the one or more assets. The system provides a graphical interface that includes one or more icons, one or more indicators, and one or more user input interfaces. The system receives a user input via the one or more user input interfaces and transmit the user input to an asset associated with the one or more user input interfaces. The system detects changes to an operational characteristics of the asset and display the changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Samsara Inc.
    Inventors: James Robert Saunders, Erick Anthony Dean, Youny Jing Kuang, Audrey Yun Li, Oscar Ulissez Garcia, Famien Aaron Koko, Noah Paul Gonzales, Jennifer T. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11665223
    Abstract: Controller devices may be configured to execute a network discovery service to identify other devices on a network, including other controller devices, user computing devices, and/or human machine interface devices. The controller devices may communicate with the devices on the network. An individual controller device may, upon connection to a human machine interface device, provide to the human machine interface device via a web server, a graphical user interface from which a user may configure the controller device or connect to another controller device on the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Samsara Inc.
    Inventors: James Duffield, Paul Ugolini, Ethan Wen-Yen Chiou, Nguyen Trong Dinh, James Robert Saunders
  • Patent number: 11641388
    Abstract: A system for providing remote monitoring of assets is disclosed. The system provides secure communication with one or more assets and receive operational data from the one or more assets. The system generates a graphical user interface that be used for selection of inputs from the one or more assets and specification of conditions to be applied to inputs for generation of alerts. The system can receive a selection of one or more asset outputs and two or more conditions. The conditions are applied to the selection of one or more assets to generate alerts when at least one of the conditions is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Samsara Inc.
    Inventors: James Robert Saunders, Erick Anthony Dean, Youny Jing Kuang, Famien Aaron Koko, Audrey Yun Li, Amanda Wang, Jennifer T. Nguyen, Noah Paul Gonzales, Steven Vellon
  • Patent number: 11558449
    Abstract: Controller devices may be configured to automatically connect to a remote management server (e.g., a “cloud”-based management server), and may offload received data and analyses to the remote management server via wired or wireless communications. The controller devices may further communicate with the management server, user computing devices, and/or human machine interface devices, e.g., to provide remote access to the controller device, provide real-time information from the controller device, receive configurations/updates, provide interactive graphical user interfaces, and/or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSARA INC.
    Inventors: John Bicket, Anubhav Jain, James Duffield, James Robert Saunders
  • Patent number: 11451611
    Abstract: A system for providing remote monitoring of assets is disclosed. The system provides secure communication with one or more assets and receive operational data from the one or more assets. The system generates a graphical user interface that be used for selection of inputs from the one or more assets and specification of conditions to be applied to inputs for generation of alerts. The system can receive a selection of one or more asset outputs and two or more conditions. The conditions are applied to the selection of one or more assets to generate alerts when at least one of the conditions is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Samsara Inc.
    Inventors: James Robert Saunders, Erick Anthony Dean, Youny Jing Kuang, Famien Aaron Koko, Audrey Yun Li, Amanda Wang, Jennifer T. Nguyen, Noah Paul Gonzales, Steven Vellon
  • Patent number: 11451610
    Abstract: A system for providing remote control of assets is disclosed herein. The system provides secure communications with one or more assets and receive operational data from the one or more assets. The system provides a graphical interface that includes one or more icons, one or more indicators, and one or more user input interfaces. The system receives a user input via the one or more user input interfaces and transmit the user input to an asset associated with the one or more user input interfaces. The system detects changes to an operational characteristics of the asset and display the changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Samsara Inc.
    Inventors: James Robert Saunders, Erick Anthony Dean, Youny Jing Kuang, Audrey Yun Li, Oscar Ulissez Garcia, Famien Aaron Koko, Noah Paul Gonzales, Jennifer T. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11349901
    Abstract: Controller devices may be configured to execute a network discovery service to identify other devices on a network, including other controller devices, user computing devices, and/or human machine interface devices. The controller devices may communicate with the devices on the network. An individual controller device may, upon connection to a human machine interface device, provide to the human machine interface device via a web server, a graphical user interface from which a user may configure the controller device or connect to another controller device on the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Samsara Inc.
    Inventors: James Duffield, Paul Ugolini, Ethan Wen-Yen Chiou, Nguyen Trong Dinh, James Robert Saunders
  • Patent number: 11184422
    Abstract: Controller devices may be configured to automatically connect to a remote management server (e.g., a “cloud”-based management server), and may offload received data and analyses to the remote management server via wired or wireless communications. The controller devices may further communicate with the management server, user computing devices, and/or human machine interface devices, e.g., to provide remote access to the controller device, provide real-time information from the controller device, receive configurations/updates, provide interactive graphical user interfaces, and/or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Samsara Inc.
    Inventors: John Bicket, Anubhav Jain, James Duffield, James Robert Saunders
  • Patent number: 11137744
    Abstract: A system receives operations data and determines operations indicator(s) from the operations data. An operator on a manufacturing line reports a downtime event via a human machine interface device. The system receives downtime event and uptime information. The system calculates an operations indicator, such as an overall equipment effectiveness indicator, from the downtime event and uptime information. A user interface of the system includes the operations indicator(s) and visualizations. Some visualizations include a timeline indicating downtime events and other operations events. Additional downtime and uptime information is received by the system in substantially real-time. The system dynamically calculates updated operations indicator(s) from the additional downtime and uptime information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Samsara Inc.
    Inventors: Katherine Lee Heddleston, John Charles Bicket, James Robert Saunders, Peter Lee Atkin
  • Patent number: 10609114
    Abstract: Controller devices may be configured to automatically connect to a remote management server (e.g., a “cloud”-based management server), and may offload received data and analyses to the remote management server via wired or wireless communications. The controller devices may further communicate with the management server, user computing devices, and/or human machine interface devices, e.g., to provide remote access to the controller device, provide real-time information from the controller device, receive configurations/updates, provide interactive graphical user interfaces, and/or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Samsara Networks Inc.
    Inventors: John Bicket, Anubhav Jain, James Duffield, James Robert Saunders