Patents by Inventor Byron P. Smith

Byron P. Smith 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).

  • Wireless environmental sensor
    Patent number: 10382840
    Abstract: A wireless environmental sensor or monitoring device includes a sensor configured to detect an environmental parameter. A radio module is configured to wirelessly communicate data corresponding to the detected environmental parameter to a remote system. The device also includes logic executable by a processor unit to switch the radio module between a wireless access point (AP) operating mode and a wireless client operating mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: ShockWatch, Inc.
    Inventors: Clinton A. Branch, Byron P. Smith
  • WIRELESS ENVIRONMENTAL SENSOR
    Publication number: 20180160201
    Abstract: A wireless environmental sensor or monitoring device includes a sensor configured to detect an environmental parameter. A radio module is configured to wirelessly communicate data corresponding to the detected environmental parameter to a remote system. The device also includes logic executable by a processor unit to switch the radio module between a wireless access point (AP) operating mode and a wireless client operating mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Clinton A. Branch, Byron P. Smith
  • Wireless environmental sensor
    Patent number: 9877089
    Abstract: A wireless environmental sensor or monitoring device includes a processor unit, a monitor module for monitoring and collecting data corresponding to an environmental parameter, a radio module configured to enable wireless communication of the data to a remote system, and logic executable by the processor unit to: monitor wireless communication connectivity between the radio module and the remote system; and responsive to detecting a loss of wireless communication connectivity with the remote system, automatically enable a wireless access point (AP) mode of the radio module to initiate a broadcast of a local wireless network identifier to enable a client device to wirelessly locate and connect to the sensor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: ShockWatch, Inc.
    Inventors: Clinton A. Branch, Byron P. Smith
  • WIRELESS ENVIRONMENTAL SENSOR
    Publication number: 20170332155
    Abstract: A wireless environmental sensor or monitoring device includes a processor unit, a monitor module for monitoring and collecting data corresponding to an environmental parameter, a radio module configured to enable wireless communication of the data to a remote system, and logic executable by the processor unit to: monitor wireless communication connectivity between the radio module and the remote system; and responsive to detecting a loss of wireless communication connectivity with the remote system, automatically enable a wireless access point (AP) mode of the radio module to initiate a broadcast of a local wireless network identifier to enable a client device to wirelessly locate and connect to the sensor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Clinton A. Branch, Phillip J. Wooldridge, Byron P. Smith