Patents by Inventor Robert Morris Dressler
Robert Morris Dressler 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).
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Patent number: 9756517Abstract: A technique for designing and testing drive-test plan for gathering location-dependent RF data is disclosed. In accordance with some embodiments of the present invention, one candidate drive-test plan is chosen for implementation over a second based on an economic cost-benefit analysis of both plans. This is in marked contrast to, for example, a selection of drive-test plans, or the design of a drive-test plan, based on a calibration-cost analysis, in which the data estimated to be the most effective to calibrate a radio-frequency tool is sought for a given cost or the least cost. Although a data-estimated-to-be-most-effective-to-calibrate-a-radio-frequency-tool vs. cost analysis is a species of cost-benefit analyzes in general, it is not an economic cost-benefit analysis because a data-estimated-to-be-most-effective-to-calibrate-a-radio-frequency-tool vs. cost analysis has deficiencies that an economic cost-benefit analysis does not.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2016Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: Polaris Wireless, Inc.Inventors: Robert Morris Dressler, James Vincent Steele, Robert Lewis Martin, Manlio Allegra, Mark Douglas Reudink
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Patent number: 9351171Abstract: A technique for designing and testing drive-test plan for gathering location-dependent RF data is disclosed. In accordance with some embodiments of the present invention, one candidate drive-test plan is chosen for implementation over a second based on an economic cost-benefit analysis of both plans. This is in marked contrast to, for example, a selection of drive-test plans, or the design of a drive-test plan, based on a calibration-cost analysis, in which the data estimated to be the most effective to calibrate a radio-frequency tool is sought for a given cost or the least cost. Although a data-estimated-to-be-most-effective-to-calibrate-a-radio-frequency-tool vs. cost analysis is a species of cost-benefit analyses in general, it is not an economic cost-benefit analysis because a data-estimated-to-be-most-effective-to-calibrate-a-radio-frequency-tool vs. cost analysis has deficiencies that an economic cost-benefit analysis does not.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2007Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: Polaris Wireless, Inc.Inventors: Robert Morris Dressler, James Vincent Steele, Robert Lewis Martin, Manlio Allegra, Mark Douglas Reudink
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Patent number: 8068855Abstract: A method for determining the location of a mobile unit (MU) in a wireless communication system and presenting it to a remote party. The location of a remote MU is determined by comparing a snapshot of a predefined portion of the radio-frequency (RF) spectrum taken by the MU to a reference database containing multiple snapshots taken at various locations. The result of the comparison is used to determine if the MU is at a specific location. The comparison may be made in the MU, or at some other location situated remotely from the MU. In the latter case, sufficient information regarding the captured fingerprint is transmitted from the MU to the remote location. The database may be pre-compiled or generated on-line.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2010Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignee: Polaris Wireless, Inc.Inventors: Robert Morris Dressler, David Stevenson Spain, Jr.
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Publication number: 20100227626Abstract: A method for determining the location of a mobile unit (MU) in a wireless communication system and presenting it to a remote party. The location of a remote MU is determined by comparing a snapshot of a predefined portion of the radio-frequency (RF) spectrum taken by the MU to a reference database containing multiple snapshots taken at various locations. The result of the comparison is used to determine if the MU is at a specific location. The comparison may be made in the MU, or at some other location situated remotely from the MU. In the latter case, sufficient information regarding the captured fingerprint is transmitted from the MU to the remote location. The database may be pre-compiled or generated on-line.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2010Publication date: September 9, 2010Applicant: POLARIS WIRELESS, INC.Inventors: Robert Morris Dressler, David Stevenson Spain, JR.
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Patent number: 7753278Abstract: A technique for estimating the location of a wireless terminal at an unknown location in a geographic region is disclosed. The technique is based on the recognition that there are traits of electromagnetic signals that are dependent on topography, the receiver, the location of the transmitter, and other factors. For example, if a particular radio station is known to be received strongly at a first location and weakly at a second location, and a given wireless terminal at an unknown location is receiving the radio station weakly, it is more likely that the wireless terminal is at the second location than at the first location.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2006Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Polaris Wireless, Inc.Inventors: David Stevenson Spain, Jr., Martin Feuerstein, Robert Morris Dressler
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Publication number: 20080077356Abstract: A technique for designing and testing drive-test plan for gathering location-dependent RF data is disclosed. In accordance with some embodiments of the present invention, one candidate drive-test plan is chosen for implementation over a second based on an economic cost-benefit analysis of both plans. This is in marked contrast to, for example, a selection of drive-test plans, or the design of a drive-test plan, based on a calibration-cost analysis, in which the data estimated to be the most effective to calibrate a radio-frequency tool is sought for a given cost or the least cost. Although a data-estimated-to-be-most-effective-to-calibrate-a-radio-frequency-tool vs. cost analysis is a species of cost-benefit analyses in general, it is not an economic cost-benefit analysis because a data-estimated-to-be-most-effective-to-calibrate-a-radio-frequency-tool vs. cost analysis has deficiencies that an economic cost-benefit analysis does not.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2007Publication date: March 27, 2008Applicant: POLARIS WIRELESS, INC.Inventors: Robert Morris Dressler, James Vincent Steele, Robert Lewis Martin, Manlio Allegra, Mark Douglas Reudink
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Publication number: 20080077516Abstract: A technique for designing and testing drive-test plan for gathering location-dependent RF data is disclosed. In accordance with some embodiments of the present invention, one candidate drive-test plan is chosen for implementation over a second based on an economic cost-benefit analysis of both plans. This is in marked contrast to, for example, a selection of drive-test plans, or the design of a drive-test plan, based on a calibration-cost analysis, in which the data estimated to be the most effective to calibrate a radio-frequency tool is sought for a given cost or the least cost. Although a data-estimated-to-be-most-effective-to-calibrate-a-radio-frequency-tool vs. cost analysis is a species of cost-benefit analyses in general, it is not an economic cost-benefit analysis because a data-estimated-to-be-most-effective-to-calibrate-a-radio-frequency-tool vs. cost analysis has deficiencies that an economic cost-benefit analysis does not.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2007Publication date: March 27, 2008Applicant: POLARIS WIRELESS, INC.Inventors: Robert Morris Dressler, James Vincent Steele, Robert Lewis Martin, Manlio Allegra, Mark Douglas Reudink
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Publication number: 20080077472Abstract: A technique for designing and testing drive-test plan for gathering location-dependent RF data is disclosed. In accordance with some embodiments of the present invention, one candidate drive-test plan is chosen for implementation over a second based on an economic cost-benefit analysis of both plans. This is in marked contrast to, for example, a selection of drive-test plans, or the design of a drive-test plan, based on a calibration-cost analysis, in which the data estimated to be the most effective to calibrate a radio-frequency tool is sought for a given cost or the least cost. Although a data-estimated-to-be-most-effective-to-calibrate-a-radio-frequency-tool vs. cost analysis is a species of cost-benefit analyses in general, it is not an economic cost-benefit analysis because a data-estimated-to-be-most-effective-to-calibrate-a-radio-frequency-tool vs. cost analysis has deficiencies that an economic cost-benefit analysis does not.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2007Publication date: March 27, 2008Applicant: POLARIS WIRELESS, INC.Inventors: Robert Morris Dressler, James Vincent Steele, Robert Lewis Martin, Mark Douglas Reudink
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Patent number: 7257414Abstract: A technique for estimating the location of a wireless terminal at an unknown location in a geographic region is disclosed. The technique is based on the recognition that there are traits of electromagnetic signals that are dependent on topography, the receiver, the location of the transmitter, and other factors. For example, if a particular radio station is known to be received strongly at a first location and weakly at a second location, and a given wireless terminal at an unknown location is receiving the radio station weakly, it is more likely that the wireless terminal is at the second location than at the first location.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2006Date of Patent: August 14, 2007Assignee: Polaris Wireless, Inc.Inventors: David Stevenson Spain, Jr., Robert Morris Dressler
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Publication number: 20040166877Abstract: The present invention enables efficient storage and retrieval of signal-strength measurements and geometry-of-arrival measurements for estimating the location of a wireless terminal. A database is populated with signal-strength measurements and geometry-of-arrival measurements for each of a plurality of locations. Subsequent queries to the database enable rapid retrieval of the signal-strength measurements and geometry-of-arrival measurements, and thus enable a computationally-efficient estimate of the location of a wireless terminal based on these measurements. By supplementing signal-strength measurements with geometry-of-arrival measurements, the illustrative embodiment enables a more accurate estimate of location to be made than could be achieved with either the signal-strength measurements or the geometry-of-arrival measurements alone.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2004Publication date: August 26, 2004Inventors: David Stevenson Spain, Robert Morris Dressler, Robert Lewis Martin, Tarun Kumar Bhattacharya