Patents by Inventor JASON A. RHOADS

JASON A. RHOADS 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: 11919662
    Abstract: A constellation of many satellites provide communication between devices such as user terminals (UTs) and ground stations that are connected to other networks, such as the Internet. A constellation management system (CMS) facilitates management and operation of the satellites in the constellation and facilitates information exchange with other authorized systems to provide for situationally aware operation. The CMS may ingest data such as satellite telemetry, space weather data, object ephemeris data about other orbital objects, and so forth. The CMS uses the ingested data to automatically operate satellites to perform routine activities such as station keeping maneuvers, maintenance activities, interference mitigation, and so forth. Confirmation from a human operator may be obtained before performing some activities. Activities may be planned and coordinated to minimize resource consumption for the individual satellite as well as the constellation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jason A. Rhoads, Darren Andrew Schumacher
  • Patent number: 11386153
    Abstract: A flexible tagging and searching system can be configured to associate tags with the input data to enable a search of the input data. The flexible tagging and searching system can receive user data and determine an identifier associated with the user data. The system can compare the identifier with other identifiers to determine that the identifier is unique. After determining that the identifier is unique, the system can associate a critical tag with the user data and store the critical tag in a database. Then the system can associate a non-critical tag with the user data. In some instances, the system can return query results such as a set of tag data and/or a set of data items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph James Greene, Daniel Larkin, Christopher Richard Kruse, Jason A Rhoads, Lance Dayton Byrd, Da Wang, Matthew Mitgang, Ruchi Jiwrajka
  • Publication number: 20220161944
    Abstract: A constellation of many satellites provide communication between devices such as user terminals (UTs) and ground stations that are connected to other networks, such as the Internet. A constellation management system (CMS) facilitates management and operation of the satellites in the constellation and facilitates information exchange with other authorized systems to provide for situationally aware operation. The CMS may ingest data such as satellite telemetry, space weather data, object ephemeris data about other orbital objects, and so forth. The CMS uses the ingested data to automatically operate satellites to perform routine activities such as station keeping maneuvers, maintenance activities, interference mitigation, and so forth. Confirmation from a human operator may be obtained before performing some activities. Activities may be planned and coordinated to minimize resource consumption for the individual satellite as well as the constellation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: JASON A. RHOADS, DARREN ANDREW SCHUMACHER