Patents by Inventor Carlos L. Santiago

Carlos L. Santiago 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: 10212547
    Abstract: The invention provides a mobile QSL confirmation method that allows users to receive and confirm their incoming QSLs using a mobile device. This is achieved by gathering certain information from the mobile device, like GPS coordinates and/or carrier network information, in order to authenticate the user exact position. Once the account credentials and global position are verified, the system will provide the received QSL ID code in order to confirm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Inventor: Carlos L. Santiago
  • Patent number: 9942924
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and a method for confirming a “QSO” between two amateur radio stations. The invention provides a unique ID code that is encoded and transmitted from one of the radio stations to the other radio station, which in turn decodes said encoded unique ID code using a previously assigned decoding key. A server is connected to both radio station to assign, encode, transmit, received, decode and retrieve the transmitted code completing a cycle (loop) between two stations validating their radio connection and the reach of each other over the radio waves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Inventor: Carlos L. Santiago
  • Patent number: 9152900
    Abstract: The invention automatically generates a QSL card, a template previously loaded, when an electronic confirmation of the contact between two stations matches each other logbooks. The card can only be obtain in a print fashion via online printers previously registered, and the card can not be saved in any place outside the server before the confirmation between both stations. The QSL cards are coded with ID serial numbers and traceable through commercial printers and personal printers services to prevent any fraud. The invention provides a more robust QSO Confirmation System, taken advantages of the best technologies available today while maintaining a very important radio amateur tradition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Inventor: Carlos L. Santiago