Patents by Inventor Aaron Littlefield

Aaron Littlefield 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: 10254411
    Abstract: A ground-based source of a jamming signal capable of disrupting a GNSS satellite-based navigation system, for example a GPS jammer, is located with a detector carried by a suitable platform, for example an airborne UAV or missile. The detector, when the platform is at a first location, measures a characteristic of the jamming signal. The platform and its detector are then moved to a chosen second location, from which a further measurement of the jamming signal is made. The measurements made by the detector are then used to determine the location of the source of the jamming signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: MBDA UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Colin Aaron Littlefield, Timothy Whitworth, Yeqiu Ying, Graham Patrick Wallis, Mark Dumville
  • Publication number: 20160349375
    Abstract: A ground-based source of a jamming signal capable of disrupting a GNSS satellite-based navigation system, for example a GPS jammer, is located with a detector carried by a suitable platform, for example an airborne UAV or missile. The detector, when the platform is at a first location, measures a characteristic of the jamming signal. The platform and its detector are then moved to a chosen second location, from which a further measurement of the jamming signal is made. The measurements made by the detector are then used to determine the location of the source of the jamming signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: MBDA UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Colin Aaron LITTLEFIELD, Timothy WHITWORTH, Yeqiu YING, Graham Patrick WALLIS, Mark DUMVILLE
  • Patent number: 6697464
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a novel system and method for connecting and interfacing a communications device, such as a modem, to a two-wire telephone line via a telephone base set (e.g., PBX or PBX-like), thereby allowing for data communications on the telephone line. The modem and the telephone base are interconnected by way of an interface adapter. Interface circuitry present within the interface adapter converts the digital interface (e.g., a wireless or cellular interface) into a PBX-compatible interface for interaction with a PBX phone base set. The interface adapter allows a modem that has a digital peripheral interface such as a cellular interface to communicate with a PBX base using the existing cellular interface. In a preferred embodiment, the system also includes a cable detector circuit that allows the modem to automatically detect when it is connected to a telephone base by way of the interface adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: 3Com Corporation
    Inventors: Jon A. Nelson, Tim U. Price, Aaron Littlefield, Rich Erekson