Patents by Inventor Barbara Ann Block

Barbara Ann Block 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).

  • Systems and methods for GPS/GNSS based real time global asset tracking
    Patent number: 12078736
    Abstract: Systems and methods for global positioning satellite (GPS)/global navigation satellite system (GNSS) based real time global asset tracking are described. In an embodiment provides a system for real time, fast, global asset tracking, the system includes: a server with a processor, a memory, and a network interface, wherein the memory includes a tracking application, where the tracking application directs the processor to: receive a message including specific data from a tag; determine a time search window based on the message received from the tag; perform an initial position search; perform calculations for position and time, utilizing the time search window, the initial position search and satellite ephemeris information; and display a position information of the tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Barbara Ann Block, Sherman C. Lo, David S. De Lorenzo, Yu-Hsuan Chen, Per K. Enge
  • Systems and Methods for GPS/GNSS Based Real Time Global Asset Tracking
    Publication number: 20230384461
    Abstract: Systems and methods for global positioning satellite (GPS)/global navigation satellite system (GNSS) based real time global asset tracking are described. In an embodiment provides a system for real time, fast, global asset tracking, the system includes: a server with a processor, a memory, and a network interface, wherein the memory includes a tracking application, where the tracking application directs the processor to: receive a message including specific data from a tag; determine a time search window based on the message received from the tag; perform an initial position search; perform calculations for position and time, utilizing the time search window, the initial position search and satellite ephemeris information; and display a position information of the tag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Barbara Ann Block, Sherman C. Lo, David S. De Lorenzo, Yu-Hsuan Chen, Per K. Enge
  • Systems and methods for GPS/GNSS based real time global asset tracking
    Patent number: 11656368
    Abstract: Systems and methods for global positioning satellite (GPS)/global navigation satellite system (GNSS) based real time global asset tracking are described. In an embodiment provides a system for real time, fast, global asset tracking, the system includes: a server with a processor, a memory, and a network interface, wherein the memory includes a tracking application, where the tracking application directs the processor to: receive a message including specific data from a tag; determine a time search window based on the message received from the tag; perform an initial position search; perform calculations for position and time, utilizing the time search window, the initial position search and satellite ephemeris information; and display a position information of the tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Barbara Ann Block, Sherman C. Lo, David S. De Lorenzo, Yu-Hsuan Chen, Per K. Enge
  • Systems and Methods for GPS/GNSS Based Real Time Global Asset Tracking
    Publication number: 20210382182
    Abstract: Systems and methods for global positioning satellite (GPS)/global navigation satellite system (GNSS) based real time global asset tracking are described. In an embodiment provides a system for real time, fast, global asset tracking, the system includes: a server with a processor, a memory, and a network interface, wherein the memory includes a tracking application, where the tracking application directs the processor to: receive a message including specific data from a tag; determine a time search window based on the message received from the tag; perform an initial position search; perform calculations for position and time, utilizing the time search window, the initial position search and satellite ephemeris information; and display a position information of the tag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Barbara Ann Block, Sherman C. Lo, David S. De Lorenzo, Yu-Hsuan Chen, Per K. Enge