Patents by Inventor Bruce Leonard McKinley

Bruce Leonard McKinley 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).

  • Return path congestion mitigation for satellite communications
    Patent number: 10924181
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a communicating device (e.g., either a ground station server or a particular distributed module of a satellite communication system) mitigates congestion on a particular return communication path via an intermediate satellite from the plurality of distributed modules to the ground station server. In particular, in response to determining that the level of congestion is above a threshold, then the communication device mitigates the congestion by, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: HIGHER GROUND LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Reed Cooper, Bruce Leonard McKinley, Scott A. McDermott, Mark Evan Russell, David Daugherty, Shmuel Shaffer
  • Synchronized CPDMA (code phase division multiple access)
    Patent number: 10715206
    Abstract: A communications protocol in accordance with one exemplary embodiment uses information from GPS satellites to synchronize the phases of transmitters, and aligns the phase with a spreading code used to de-spread the received signals at, for example, a ground station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: HIGHER GROUND LLC
    Inventors: Shmuel Shaffer, Bruce Leonard McKinley, Scott A. McDermott
  • Forward path congestion mitigation for satellite communications
    Patent number: 10523684
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a ground station server of a satellite communication system mitigates congestion on a particular forward communication path via an intermediate satellite from the ground station server to a plurality of distributed modules. In particular, in response to determining that the level of congestion is above a threshold, then the ground station server mitigates the congestion by, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Higher Ground LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Reed Cooper, Bruce Leonard McKinley, Scott A. McDermott, Mark Evan Russell, David Daugherty, Shmuel Shaffer
  • RETURN PATH CONGESTION MITIGATION FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
    Publication number: 20190341999
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a communicating device (e.g., either a ground station server or a particular distributed module of a satellite communication system) mitigates congestion on a particular return communication path via an intermediate satellite from the plurality of distributed modules to the ground station server. In particular, in response to determining that the level of congestion is above a threshold, then the communication device mitigates the congestion by, e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Timothy Reed Cooper, Bruce Leonard McKinley, Scott A. McDermott, Mark Evan Russell, David Daugherty, Shmuel Shaffer
  • Return path congestion mitigation for satellite communications
    Patent number: 10404358
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a communicating device (e.g., either a ground station server or a particular distributed module of a satellite communication system) mitigates congestion on a particular return communication path via an intermediate satellite from the plurality of distributed modules to the ground station server. In particular, in response to determining that the level of congestion is above a threshold, then the communication device mitigates the congestion by, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Higher Ground LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Reed Cooper, Bruce Leonard McKinley, Scott A. McDermott, Mark Evan Russell, David Daugherty, Shmuel Shaffer
  • SYNCHRONIZED CPDMA (CODE PHASE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS)
    Publication number: 20190173515
    Abstract: A communications protocol in accordance with one exemplary embodiment uses information from GPS satellites to synchronize the phases of transmitters, and aligns the phase with a spreading code used to de-spread the received signals at, for example, a ground station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Shmuel Shaffer, Bruce Leonard McKinley, Scott A. McDermott
  • FORWARD PATH CONGESTION MITIGATION FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
    Publication number: 20190104132
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a ground station server of a satellite communication system mitigates congestion on a particular forward communication path via an intermediate satellite from the ground station server to a plurality of distributed modules. In particular, in response to determining that the level of congestion is above a threshold, then the ground station server mitigates the congestion by, e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Timothy Reed Cooper, Bruce Leonard McKinley, Scott A. McDermott, Mark Evan Russell, David Daugherty, Shmuel Shaffer
  • RETURN PATH CONGESTION MITIGATION FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
    Publication number: 20190103913
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a communicating device (e.g., either a ground station server or a particular distributed module of a satellite communication system) mitigates congestion on a particular return communication path via an intermediate satellite from the plurality of distributed modules to the ground station server. In particular, in response to determining that the level of congestion is above a threshold, then the communication device mitigates the congestion by, e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Timothy Reed Cooper, Bruce Leonard McKinley, Scott A. McDermott, Mark Evan Russell, David Daugherty, Shmuel Shaffer
  • SYNCHRONIZED CPDMA (CODE PHASE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS)
    Publication number: 20190068239
    Abstract: A communications protocol in accordance with one exemplary embodiment uses information from GPS satellites to synchronize the phases of transmitters, and aligns the phase with a spreading code used to de-spread the received signals at, for example, a ground station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Shmuel Shaffer, Bruce Leonard McKinley, Scott A. McDermott
  • Synchronized CPDMA (code phase division multiple access)
    Patent number: 10218408
    Abstract: A communications protocol in accordance with one exemplary embodiment uses information from GPS satellites to synchronize the phases of transmitters, and aligns the phase with a spreading code used to de-spread the received signals at, for example, a ground station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: HIGHER GROUND LLC
    Inventors: Shmuel Shaffer, Bruce Leonard McKinley, Scott A. McDermott