Patents by Inventor Andrew Kell

Andrew Kell 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).

  • Method and system for routing/orchestration/management of aerial vehicles or data on a network
    Patent number: 12442639
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying an uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) for route planning and power management, obtaining information regarding the UAV, a present location of the UAV, a destination location for the UAV, or a combination thereof, determining, based on the information, a need for the UAV to recharge a power source of the UAV as part of a journey of the UAV from the present location of the UAV to the destination location for the UAV, responsive to the determining the need, identifying a recharging station associated with a network for recharging the power source of the UAV, and calculating a flight path for the UAV in accordance with the identifying the recharging station. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2025
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Paul Carver, Abhigyan Sharma Abhigyan, John Craig, Andrew Kell, James Pratt, David Plunkett, Jr., James Carlton Bedingfield, Sr., Michael Albrecht, Michael L. Hunter, Virginia S. Ng
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ROUTING/ORCHESTRATION/MANAGEMENT OF AERIAL VEHICLES OR DATA ON A NETWORK
    Publication number: 20230147814
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying an uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) for route planning and power management, obtaining information regarding the UAV, a present location of the UAV, a destination location for the UAV, or a combination thereof, determining, based on the information, a need for the UAV to recharge a power source of the UAV as part of a journey of the UAV from the present location of the UAV to the destination location for the UAV, responsive to the determining the need, identifying a recharging station associated with a network for recharging the power source of the UAV, and calculating a flight path for the UAV in accordance with the identifying the recharging station. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Paul Carver, Abhigyan Sharma Abhigyan, John Craig, Andrew Kell, James Pratt, David Plunkett, JR., James Carlton Bedingfield, SR., Michael Albrecht, Michael L. Hunter, Virginia S. Ng