Patents by Inventor Alan Jeffrey Hand

Alan Jeffrey Hand 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).

  • System and method for determining the location of a station in a wireless environment
    Patent number: 9756508
    Abstract: A system for quantifying the shadow fading observed in a wireless environment having multiple wireless access points is also provided. A distance determination module is in signal communication with the wireless access points. The distance determination module determines a distance between a pair of the wireless access points based on location information that relates to the locations of the wireless access points at the wireless environment. A shadow fading determination module is also in signal communication with the wireless access points. The shadow fading determination module determines a shadow fading factor based on the distance between a pair of the wireless access points and based on RSS information received from one of the wireless access points in the pair of wireless access points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Xirrus, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Jeffrey Hand, James Kirk Mathews
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE LOCATION OF A STATION IN A WIRELESS ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20160127917
    Abstract: A system for quantifying the shadow fading observed in a wireless environment having multiple wireless access points is also provided. A distance determination module is in signal communication with the wireless access points. The distance determination module determines a distance between a pair of the wireless access points based on location information that relates to the locations of the wireless access points at the wireless environment. A shadow fading determination module is also in signal communication with the wireless access points. The shadow fading determination module determines a shadow fading factor based on the distance between a pair of the wireless access points and based on RSS information received from one of the wireless access points in the pair of wireless access points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: ALAN JEFFREY HAND, JAMES KIRK MATHEWS
  • System and method for determining the location of a station in a wireless environment
    Patent number: 9055450
    Abstract: A system for quantifying the shadow fading observed in a wireless environment having multiple wireless access points is also provided. A distance determination module is in signal communication with the wireless access points. The distance determination module determines a distance between a pair of the wireless access points based on location information that relates to the locations of the wireless access points at the wireless environment. A shadow fading determination module is also in signal communication with the wireless access points. The shadow fading determination module determines a shadow fading factor based on the distance between a pair of the wireless access points and based on RSS information received from one of the wireless access points in the pair of wireless access points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: XIRRUS, INC.
    Inventors: Alan Jeffrey Hand, James Kirk Mathews
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE LOCATION OF A STATION IN A WIRELESS ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20130079027
    Abstract: A system for quantifying the shadow fading observed in a wireless environment having multiple wireless access points is also provided. A distance determination module is in signal communication with the wireless access points. The distance determination module determines a distance between a pair of the wireless access points based on location information that relates to the locations of the wireless access points at the wireless environment. A shadow fading determination module is also in signal communication with the wireless access points. The shadow fading determination module determines a shadow fading factor based on the distance between a pair of the wireless access points and based on RSS information received from one of the wireless access points in the pair of wireless access points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: Xirrus, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Jeffrey Hand, James Kirk Mathews