Patents Assigned to Systems, LLC
  • Method and system for remote access control
    Patent number: 9852563
    Abstract: A method to learn and then pair with a pre-installed access control system of a vehicle is discussed. Communication is exchanged between the access control system and a backend cloud-based system. Required data of the access control system including its particular authentication code is extracted by a learning device. A vehicle matching data is sent to the backend cloud-based system and the vehicle is registered with the backend cloud-based system. The learning device is registered to the access control system in accordance with learning procedures implemented in the vehicle as remote entry key. The learning device is coupled to a Radio Frequency signal transmitter that has Application-Specific Integrated Circuits to generate stable RF signals at multiple frequency wavelengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Continental Intelligent Transportation Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Nikolas Bergerhoff, Ritesh Ahuja, Adrian Radu, Tejas Desai, Herbert Froitzheim, Yao Zhai, Robert Obermaier
  • Caching of metadata for deduplicated LUNs
    Patent number: 9852076
    Abstract: Efficient processing of user data read requests in a deduplicated data storage system places the metadata for most frequently requested data in data structures and locations in the system hierarchy where the metadata will be most rapidly available. The total amount of such metadata makes storing all of the metadata in high speed memory expensive, and the system and method described uses both the temporal and the spatial characteristics of the user system activity in any epoch to adjust the contents of metadata cache so as to respond to the dynamics of a multi user or multi-application environment where the storage system is not made aware of the time changing mix of operations except by observation of the individual requests. A history record is used to promote metadata from the slow memory to the fast memory, and a process selection may be adjusted based on the address-space activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Violin Systems LLC
    Inventors: Amit Garg, Vikas Ratna
  • Device and method for containing and tracking a subject using satellite positioning data
    Patent number: 9848295
    Abstract: A device to be disposed on a subject for determining whether the subject is inside or outside of a containment zone defined by a containment perimeter. There is a positioning unit for generating position data, including satellite positioning data, of the subject; the position data. There is a processor unit, in communication with the positioning unit, configured to receive data from a memory representing a plurality of line segments forming the containment perimeter and obtain the position data of the subject. The processor casts a ray from the position of the subject toward a line segment of the containment perimeter and determines the number of line segments that are intersected by the ray. The processor determines from number of line segments intersected by the ray, if the subject is inside the containment zone or outside of the containment zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: OnPoint Systems, LLC
    Inventors: John Elwell Mason, Xinnakone Vivathana
  • MANAGING DYNAMIC OBSTRUCTIONS IN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20170358228
    Abstract: An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) includes flight components attached or disposed to a base; one or more cameras; radar; one or more wireless interfaces; a processing device communicatively coupled to the flight components, the one or more cameras, the radar, and the wireless interfaces; and memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the processing device to monitor proximate airspace with one or more of the one or more cameras and the radar; detect an obstruction based on the monitor; identify characteristics of the obstruction; alter a flight plan, through the flight components, if required based on the characteristics; and communicate the obstruction to an air traffic control system via the one or more wireless interfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: ETAK Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Lee PRIEST
  • 3D COVERAGE MAPPING OF WIRELESS NETWORKS WITH UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20170355457
    Abstract: A method for three-dimensional (3D) coverage mapping of a coverage area of a cell site using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) includes causing the UAV to fly about the coverage area at one or more elevations; causing the UAV to take measurements of wireless performance during flight about the coverage area; and utilizing the measurements to derive a 3D coverage map of the coverage area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: ETAK Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Charlie TERRY, Lee PRIEST
  • OBSTRUCTION DETECTION IN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20170358213
    Abstract: Obstruction detection and management systems and methods are performed through an Air Traffic Control (ATC) system for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The obstruction detection and management method includes receiving UAV data from a plurality of UAVs, wherein the UAV data includes operational data for the plurality of UAVs and obstruction data from one or more UAVs; updating an obstruction database based on the obstruction data; monitoring a flight plan for the plurality of UAVs based on the operational data; and transmitting obstruction instructions to the plurality of UAVs based on analyzing the obstruction database with their flight plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: ETAK Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Lee PRIEST
  • AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES FOR DELIVERY APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20170358215
    Abstract: An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) air traffic control method utilizing wireless networks and concurrently supporting delivery application authorization and management communicating with a plurality of UAVs via a plurality of cell towers associated with the wireless networks, wherein the plurality of UAVs each include hardware and antennas adapted to communicate to the plurality of cell towers; maintaining data associated with flight of each of the plurality of UAVs based on the communicating; processing the maintained data to perform a plurality of functions associated with air traffic control of the plurality of UAVs; and processing the maintained data to perform a plurality of functions for the delivery application authorization and management for each of the plurality of UAVs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: ETAK Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Lee PRIEST
  • MANAGING DETECTED OBSTRUCTIONS IN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20170358224
    Abstract: Static obstruction detection and management systems and methods through an Air Traffic Control (ATC) system for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) include receiving UAV data from a plurality of UAVs related to static obstructions; receiving external data from one or more external sources related to the static obstructions; analyzing the UAV data and the external data to populate and manage an obstruction database of the static obstructions; and transmitting obstruction instructions to the plurality of UAVs based on analyzing the obstruction database with their flight plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: ETAK Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Lee PRIEST
  • AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20170358217
    Abstract: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) air traffic control and monitoring systems and methods implemented by a consolidated system include communicating with a plurality of servers each configured to communicate with a plurality of UAVs in a geographic or zone coverage; consolidating data from the plurality of servers to provide a visualization of a larger geography comprising a plurality of geographic or zone coverages; providing the visualization via a Graphical User Interface (GUI); and performing one or more functions via the GUI for air traffic control and monitoring at any of a high-level and an individual UAV level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: ETAK Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Lee PRIEST
  • AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES VIA WIRELESS NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20170358221
    Abstract: An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) air traffic control method utilizing wireless networks includes communicating with a plurality of UAVs via a plurality of cell towers associated with the wireless networks, wherein the plurality of UAVs each include hardware and antennas adapted to communicate to the plurality of cell towers, and wherein each of the plurality of UAVs include a unique identifier; maintaining data associated with flight of each of the plurality of UAVs based on the communicating; and processing the maintained data to perform a plurality of function associated with air traffic control of the plurality of UAVs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: ETAK Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Lee PRIEST
  • AUTOMATED NETWORK DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
    Publication number: 20170359735
    Abstract: Automatically diagnosing operation of a communication network, including collecting, during a plurality of time periods, a plurality of Layer-4 and/or Layer-1/-2 statistics for network activity on the communication network; determining a network performance indicator, based on the statistics collected during a first time period included in the time periods and the statistics collected during a second time period included in the time periods and neither overlapping nor consecutive with the first time period; determining whether the communication network has experienced a performance issue based on the network performance indicator; and causing a diagnostic action, a corrective action, or a maintenance action to be performed based on the determination whether the communication network has experienced a performance issue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: Hughes Network Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Kaustubh Jain, Nagesh Javali
  • AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES CONCURRENTLY USING A PLURALITY OF WIRELESS NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20170358223
    Abstract: An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) air traffic control method is implemented in a UAV during a flight, for concurrently utilizing a plurality wireless networks for air traffic control. The UAV air traffic control method includes maintaining communication with a first wireless network and a second wireless network of the plurality of wireless networks; communicating first data with the first wireless network and second data with the second wireless network throughout the flight, wherein one or more of the first data and the second data is provided to an air traffic control system configured to maintain status of a plurality of UAVs in flight and perform control thereof; adjusting the flight based on one or more of the first data and the second data and control from the air traffic control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: ETAK Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Lee PRIEST
  • WAYPOINT DIRECTORY IN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20170358225
    Abstract: A waypoint management method for an Air Traffic Control (ATC) system for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) includes communicating with a plurality of UAVs via one or more wireless networks comprising at least one cellular network; receiving updates related to an obstruction status of each of a plurality of waypoints from the plurality of UAVs, wherein the plurality of waypoints are defined over a geographic region under control of the ATC system; and managing flight paths, landing, and take-off of the plurality of UAVs in the geographic region based on the obstruction status of each of the plurality of waypoints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: ETAK Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Lee PRIEST
  • FLYING LANE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20170358216
    Abstract: A flying lane management method implemented in an air traffic control system communicatively coupled to one or more Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) via one or more wireless networks includes initiating communication to the one or more UAVs at a preflight stage for each, wherein the communication is via one or more cell towers associated with the one or more wireless networks, wherein the plurality of UAVs each comprise hardware and antennas adapted to communicate to the plurality of cell towers; determining a flying lane for the one or more UAVs based on a destination, current air traffic in a region under management of the air traffic control system, and based on detected obstructions in the region; and providing the flying lane to the one or more UAVs are an approval to takeoff and fly along the flying lane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: ETAK Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Lee PRIEST
  • Force assessment device and method for lead extraction
    Patent number: 9839393
    Abstract: A force assessment device and a method for lead extraction are provided. A force gauge is configured to measure a traction force, and a strain gauge that is configured to measure a countertraction force. An interface is communicatively coupled to the force gauge and the strain gauge, and the interface is configured to present data regarding at least one of the traction force and the countertraction force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Atrial Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Sumit Verma
  • Methods of closing wounds
    Patent number: 9839716
    Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, a method for closing a subcutaneous arterial wound is provided which utilizes a patient's whole blood by homogenously exposing the patient's whole blood to a porous matrix to initiate the clotting cascade of the patient's whole blood and situating the patient's whole blood at a position proximate the arterial wound as the patient's whole blood is clotting. The method may include holding a subcutaneous mass comprising the patient's whole blood in position proximate the arterial wound as the patient's whole blood continues to clot, whereby a hemostatic closure comprising the patient's whole blood is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: St. Croix Surgical Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Karol L. Nowakowski
  • Systems and methods for controlling the spectral content of LED lighting devices
    Patent number: 9844116
    Abstract: Systems and methods for improving color accuracy and uniformity in LED illumination systems are disclosed including light engines, switching circuits and methods of adding phosphors or lumiphoric materials for controlling the addition or subtraction of light from one or more color light sources of the light engines to produce light of a uniform and consistent color. Systems and methods of providing LED light engines and associated illumination spectrums that are both visually appealing, rich in melanopic flux and that reduce blue light hazard exposure are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Biological Innovation & Optimization Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Soler, Eric Thosteson, Eliza Balestracci
  • Television
    Patent number: D805047
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Wirepath Home Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan David Dry, Thomas Weaver
  • Television
    Patent number: D805488
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Wirepath Home Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan David Dry, Thomas Weaver
  • Television
    Patent number: D805489
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Wirepath Home Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan David Dry, Thomas Weaver