Patents by Inventor Benjamin L. Post

Benjamin L. Post 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).

  • Patent number: 10154377
    Abstract: A mobile communication device and method of using, the device including a processor, a communications module for a MESH network; a GPS module to determine a global position; and at least one output. The processor receives at least one instance of location data authored by at least one system of one or more other vehicles. Each instance of location data received via the MESH network describing a location of said other vehicle that authored the data. The processor comparing received location data to position data obtained from the GPS module; determining, based on the comparing, a level that is descriptive of a likelihood of interaction between the mobile communication device and the one or more other vehicles; and generating a signal to the at least one of the audio output and display output that is responsive to the determined level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Polaris Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin L. Post, Brian D. Krosschell, Benjamin J. Betcher
  • Publication number: 20180077524
    Abstract: A mobile communication device and method of using, the device including a processor, a communications module for a MESH network; a GPS module to determine a global position; and at least one output. The processor receives at least one instance of location data authored by at least one system of one or more other vehicles. Each instance of location data received via the MESH network describing a location of said other vehicle that authored the data. The processor comparing received location data to position data obtained from the GPS module; determining, based on the comparing, a level that is descriptive of a likelihood of interaction between the mobile communication device and the one or more other vehicles; and generating a signal to the at least one of the audio output and display output that is responsive to the determined level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: Polaris Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin L. Post, Brian D. Krosschell, Benjamin J. Betcher