Patents by Inventor Amy Lynn Stifter

Amy Lynn Stifter 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 for direct communications with a space craft
    Patent number: 6970704
    Abstract: An automated communication system for communicatively connecting a caller with a communications device to an space craft. The system includes a port for accepting a call and a call management program that uses a spacecraft identifier to automatically effect the communication to the space craft via a ground earth station and a satellite. The satellite retransmits the communication to a dedicated spacecraft receiver in the space craft. The system provides Internet-based call monitoring and billing capabilities. The system reduces cost and overall connection time by using the Internet to verify the spacecraft's flying status through the ground station databases before initiating a call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Satcom Direct, Inc.
    Inventors: James W. Jensen, Daniel Linnihan, Colin Gardner-Springer, Amy Lynn Stifter
  • System for direct communications with a space craft
    Publication number: 20020111165
    Abstract: An automated communication system for communicatively connecting a caller with a communications device to an space craft. The system includes a port for accepting a call and a call management program that uses a spacecraft identifier to automatically effect the communication to the space craft via a ground earth station and a satellite. The satellite retransmits the communication to a dedicated spacecraft receiver in the space craft. The system provides Internet-based call monitoring and billing capabilities. The system reduces cost and overall connection time by using the Internet to verify the spacecraft's flying status through the ground station databases before initiating a call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventors: James W. Jensen, Daniel Linnihan, Colin Gardner-Springer, Amy Lynn Stifter