Patents by Inventor John Hane

John Hane 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: 11835633
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for providing multiple location corrections streams to receiving devices using a high-power transmitter, such as a television station, for correcting errors in the determination of a location of a receiving device based on satellite data. The system enables a receiving device to select one of the location corrections streams for processing without any upstream/return path link to the television station or processing server. The system includes multiple base stations distributed across a geographic area that each transmit location corrections stream to the processing server, which combines them to a composite corrections stream and transmits it to television stations for further broadcasting. A receiving device within a coverage area of a television station receives the composite corrections stream, selects a corrections stream corresponding to a base station closest to the receiving device, and uses the selected corrections stream to correct the location determined using satellite data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SPECTRUM CO, LLC
    Inventor: John Hane
  • Patent number: 8799637
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to systems, methods and software applications for securely transmitting information. More particularly, the present invention relates to providing a system, method and software application for securely transmitting information using multiple transmission methods. An exemplary method of the present invention comprises the steps of: providing data for transmission to a recipient; selecting and addressing a first set of data for transmission to said recipient via a first transmission method, and selecting and addressing a second of data for transmission to said recipient via a second transmission method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Xanadoo Company
    Inventor: John Hane
  • Patent number: 8472879
    Abstract: A terrestrial radio system for delivering to consumers data transmission services, Internet services, two-way capabilities and single-channel or multi-channel video programming, including national, regional and local television broadcast signals, as well as an apparatus and method thereof. The terrestrial radio system transmits terrestrial signals at satellite-allocated frequencies while mitigating interference with satellite signals to reuse satellite-allocated frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Xanadoo Company
    Inventors: John Hane, Richard Gould
  • Patent number: 7589626
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to monitoring a predetermined area to protect against intrusion by trespassers and the like. An embodiment of the present invention is directed to a security system that provides detecting the presence of an intruder in a predetermined area or a plurality of predetermined areas; and communicating via satellite signals to a processing center the detection of the presence of the intruder in the predetermined area or in one or more of the plurality of predetermined areas; wherein the satellite signals encode data alerting the processing center to the presence of said intruder in said predetermined area or said one or more of the plurality of predetermined areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Xanadoo Company
    Inventor: John Hane
  • Publication number: 20080148321
    Abstract: A terrestrial radio system for delivering to consumers data transmission services, Internet services, two-way capabilities and single-channel or multi-channel video programming, including national, regional and local television broadcast signals, as well as an apparatus and method thereof. The terrestrial radio system transmits terrestrial signals at satellite-allocated frequencies while mitigating interference with satellite signals to reuse satellite-allocated frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: XANADOO COMPNY
    Inventors: John Hane, Richard G. Gould
  • Patent number: 7308229
    Abstract: A terrestrial radio system for delivering to consumers data transmission services, Internet services, two-way capabilities and single-channel or multi-channel video programming, including national, regional and local television broadcast signals, as well as an apparatus and method thereof. The terrestrial radio system transmits terrestrial signals at satellite-allocated frequencies while mitigating interference with satellite signals to reuse satellite-allocated frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Xanadoo Company
    Inventors: John Hane, Richard G. Gould
  • Publication number: 20060041921
    Abstract: A system and method for creating a virtual media channel including video, audio, multimedia, or other data, at or near the point of reception by end users remotely controls an operation of an end user receiving device. The present invention remotely controls an input source selection at the end user receiving device in a coordinated manner. These input sources may include terrestrial digital broadcast stations, direct broadcast satellites, other broadband data networks, data stored at the end user receiving device, internet content, multimedia files, and other programs or programming. By synchronizing the delivery of programs and programming from various sources and by remotely controlling the input source selection of the end user receiving device, the present invention provides for highly efficient integration of local and national broadcast signals, programs or programming available on other broadband networks, and programs and programming stored at the end user's receiving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2005
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Inventor: John Hane
  • Publication number: 20040135685
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a security system and method. An embodiment of the present invention provides a security system comprising: detecting means for detecting the presence of an intruder in a predetermined area or a plurality of predetermined areas; and communicating means for communicating via satellite signals to a processing center the detection of the presence of the intruder in the predetermined area or in one or more of the plurality of predetermined areas; wherein the satellite signals encode data alerting the processing center to the presence of said intruder in said predetermined area or said one or more of the plurality of predetermined areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Inventor: John Hane
  • Publication number: 20040133807
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to systems, methods and software applications for securely transmitting information. More particularly, the present invention relates to providing a system, method and software application for securely transmitting information using multiple transmission methods. An exemplary method of the present invention comprises the steps of: providing data for transmission to a recipient; selecting and addressing a first set of data for transmission to said recipient via a first transmission method, and selecting and addressing a second of data for transmission to said recipient via a second transmission method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventor: John Hane
  • Publication number: 20020160708
    Abstract: A terrestrial radio system for delivering to consumers data transmission services, Internet services, two-way capabilities and single-channel or multi-channel video programming, including national, regional and local television broadcast signals, as well as an apparatus and method thereof. The terrestrial radio system transmits terrestrial signals at satellite-allocated frequencies while mitigating interference with satellite signals to reuse satellite-allocated frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2001
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: John Hane, Richard G. Gould