Patents by Inventor Asa Jay Laughton

Asa Jay Laughton 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).

  • Methods and apparatus to locate utility meter endpoints of interest
    Patent number: 9955237
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to determine the location of endpoints of interest. An example method involves in response to detecting a transmission from the endpoint, determining whether the endpoint is an endpoint of interest. If the endpoint is the endpoint of interest, the example method involves sending a first command to the endpoint to increase a transmission rate of the endpoint, determining an estimated location of the endpoint using signal strengths of subsequent transmissions from the endpoint, and enabling the transmission rate of the endpoint to decrease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Itron, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Cornwall, Asa Jay Laughton
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS TO LOCATE UTILITY METER ENDPOINTS OF INTEREST
    Publication number: 20160080837
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to determine the location of endpoints of interest. An example method involves in response to detecting a transmission from the endpoint, determining whether the endpoint is an endpoint of interest. If the endpoint is the endpoint of interest, the example method involves sending a first command to the endpoint to increase a transmission rate of the endpoint, determining an estimated location of the endpoint using signal strengths of subsequent transmissions from the endpoint, and enabling the transmission rate of the endpoint to decrease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Mark Cornwall, Asa Jay Laughton