Patents by Inventor Blane E. Rockafellow

Blane E. Rockafellow 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).

  • Publication number: 20230353638
    Abstract: An information manager may include processing circuitry configured to receive dynamic aircraft information associated with operation of an in-flight aircraft, receive a message from a communication device on the in-flight aircraft for transmission to a ground based content server via a wireless communication network capable of communicating with in-flight assets, and generate an aviation cookie for communication to the content server along with the message. The aviation cookie may be generated based on the dynamic aircraft information and may enable the content server to generate content based at least in part on the dynamic aircraft information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Ryan M. Stone, Blane E. Rockafellow, Elbert Stanford Eskridge, JR.
  • Patent number: 11700308
    Abstract: An information manager may include processing circuitry configured to receive dynamic aircraft information associated with operation of an in-flight aircraft, receive a message from a communication device on the in-flight aircraft for transmission to a ground based content server via a wireless communication network capable of communicating with in-flight assets, and generate an aviation cookie for communication to the content server along with the message. The aviation cookie may be generated based on the dynamic aircraft information and may enable the content server to generate content based at least in part on the dynamic aircraft information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: SMARTSKY NETWORKS LLC
    Inventors: Ryan M. Stone, Blane E. Rockafellow, Elbert Stanford Eskridge, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20220337663
    Abstract: An information manager may include processing circuitry configured to receive dynamic aircraft information associated with operation of an in-flight aircraft, receive a message from a communication device on the in-flight aircraft for transmission to a ground based content server via a wireless communication network capable of communicating with in-flight assets, and generate an aviation cookie for communication to the content server along with the message. The aviation cookie may be generated based on the dynamic aircraft information and may enable the content server to generate content based at least in part on the dynamic aircraft information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Ryan M. Stone, Blane E. Rockafellow, Elbert Stanford Eskridge, JR.
  • Patent number: 11405461
    Abstract: An information manager may include processing circuitry configured to receive dynamic aircraft information associated with operation of an in-flight aircraft, receive a message from a communication device on the in-flight aircraft for transmission to a ground based content server via a wireless communication network capable of communicating with in-flight assets, and generate an aviation cookie for communication to the content server along with the message. The aviation cookie may be generated based on the dynamic aircraft information and may enable the content server to generate content based at least in part on the dynamic aircraft information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SMARTSKY NETWORKS LLC
    Inventors: Ryan M. Stone, Blane E. Rockafellow, Elbert Stanford Eskridge, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20210258383
    Abstract: An information manager may include processing circuitry configured to receive dynamic aircraft information associated with operation of an in-flight aircraft, receive a message from a communication device on the in-flight aircraft for transmission to a ground based content server via a wireless communication network capable of communicating with in-flight assets, and generate an aviation cookie for communication to the content server along with the message. The aviation cookie may be generated based on the dynamic aircraft information and may enable the content server to generate content based at least in part on the dynamic aircraft information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Ryan M. Stone, Blane E. Rockafellow, Elbert Stanford Eskridge, JR.
  • Patent number: 11005939
    Abstract: An information manager may include processing circuitry configured to receive dynamic aircraft information associated with operation of an in-flight aircraft, receive a message from a communication device on the in-flight aircraft for transmission to a ground based content server via a wireless communication network capable of communicating with in-flight assets, and generate an aviation cookie for communication to the content server along with the message. The aviation cookie may be generated based on the dynamic aircraft information and may enable the content server to generate content based at least in part on the dynamic aircraft information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SMARTSKY NETWORKS LLC
    Inventors: Ryan M. Stone, Blane E. Rockafellow, Elbert Stanford Eskridge, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20200322436
    Abstract: An information manager may include processing circuitry configured to receive dynamic aircraft information associated with operation of an in-flight aircraft, receive a message from a communication device on the in-flight aircraft for transmission to a ground based content server via a wireless communication network capable of communicating with in-flight assets, and generate an aviation cookie for communication to the content server along with the message. The aviation cookie may be generated based on the dynamic aircraft information and may enable the content server to generate content based at least in part on the dynamic aircraft information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: RYAN M. STONE, Blane E. Rockafellow, Elbert Stanford Eskridge
  • Patent number: 10728337
    Abstract: An information manager may include processing circuitry configured to receive dynamic aircraft information associated with operation of an in-flight aircraft, receive a message from a communication device on the in-flight aircraft for transmission to a ground based content server via a wireless communication network capable of communicating with in-flight assets, and generate an aviation cookie for communication to the content server along with the message. The aviation cookie may be generated based on the dynamic aircraft information and may enable the content server to generate content based at least in part on the dynamic aircraft information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: SMARTSKY NETWORKS LLC
    Inventors: Ryan M. Stone, Blane E. Rockafellow, Elbert Stanford Eskridge, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20180227367
    Abstract: An information manager may include processing circuitry configured to receive dynamic aircraft information associated with operation of an in-flight aircraft, receive a message from a communication device on the in-flight aircraft for transmission to a ground based content server via a wireless communication network capable of communicating with in-flight assets, and generate an aviation cookie for communication to the content server along with the message. The aviation cookie may be generated based on the dynamic aircraft information and may enable the content server to generate content based at least in part on the dynamic aircraft information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Ryan M. Stone, Blane E. Rockafellow, Elbert Stanford Eskridge, JR.
  • Patent number: 9325793
    Abstract: An information manager may include processing circuitry configured to receive dynamic aircraft information associated with operation of an in-flight aircraft, receive a message from a communication device on the in-flight aircraft for transmission to a ground based content server via a wireless communication network capable of communicating with in-flight assets, and generate an aviation cookie for communication to the content server along with the message. The aviation cookie may be generated based on the dynamic aircraft information and may enable the content server to generate content based at least in part on the dynamic aircraft information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: SMARTSKY NETWORKS LLC
    Inventors: Ryan M. Stone, Blane E. Rockafellow, Elbert Stanford Eskridge, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20100041391
    Abstract: A method or process enables the collection of data from mobile devices and mobile networks using filtering, compression, encryption, memory management, and power management technologies to collect mobile device metrics at the mobile device (client side), and then transmit these metrics from the mobile device to a server for processing by analytics software. The analytics processing may also occur directly on the mobile device. Policies are determined and configured at the processing server to drive and control the mobile device metrics captured, which may include but are not limited to, data usage (e.g. time of day, amount of data sent/received), voice usage (e.g. time of day, calls in/out of network, dropped calls, call duration), the location of the mobile device, cell patterns (e.g. problem cells, roaming), touch interactions, behavioral analysis (programs used, services uses), battery performance, CPU usage, memory usage, network usage (e.g. 2G, 3G, 3.5G, 4G, Wi-Fi, WiMAX), and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventors: Anthony Wayne Spivey, Blane E. Rockafellow, Frank Andrew Smoak, Keith Collins