Patents by Inventor Carter SMITH

Carter 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).

  • Publication number: 20260117923
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a removable door storage device including a bracket that has a body. Attached to the body is a head and a base. The head includes a cap that has an upper pin and an upper brace. The upper brace attaches to both the cap and the head. The base includes a foot that has a lower pin and a lower brace. The lower brace attaches to both the foot and the base. Also disclosed is a removable door storage system that includes a back bracket and a front bracket. The front and the back bracket both include items attributed to the aforementioned removable door storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2025
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Applicant: LANGE ORIGINALS, LLC
    Inventors: Carter Smith, Tobin Gunderson
  • Publication number: 20260070596
    Abstract: Disclosed is a hardtop storage device that includes a central frame, a first side frame, and a second side frame. The central frame includes a first support arm, a second support arm, and a wheel. The support arms both include a brace. The first side frame attaches to the first end of the central frame. The second side frame attaches to the second end of the central frame. The first and second side frames include a bend, a wheel, and a horizontal branch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2025
    Publication date: March 12, 2026
    Applicant: LANGE ORIGINALS, LLC
    Inventors: Carter Smith, Tobin Gunderson
  • Publication number: 20250379823
    Abstract: Mobile management method, system and client. The method includes receiving a DNS query for a host name from an application on a client; retrieving reputation data associated with the host name from a local cache on the client; determining a policy for the host name, which is associated with the host name and the reputation data associated with the host name; based on the determined policy for the host name, blocking attempted network flows to a host corresponding to the host name; sending at least attempted network flow metadata related to the blocked attempted network flows to a collector on the client; and transmitting the attempted network flow metadata in the collector to a VPN server pool via a VPN tunnel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2025
    Publication date: December 11, 2025
    Applicant: MOBILE SONIC, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph T. SAVARESE, Steven HECKT, Michael E. BRYANT, Eric C. MCNEILL, Carter SMITH, Elizabeth KIHSLINGER, Thomas Gunther HELMS, Camilla KEENAN-KOCH, Joseph G. SOUZA, Paul HOOVER, S. Aaron STAVENS, Christian E. HOFSTAEDTER, Jonathan SCOTT, Erik OLSON, James Scott SIMPKINS, Stephen Gregory FALLIN, John Harvey HILLOCK, Eivind NAESS, Michael Lee SNYDER, David Michael MIRLY, Marius LEE, Glenn Patrick ARANAS, Norman C. HAMER, Tridib DUTTA, Andrew James HOOVER, Thomas A. SWEET, Mark ANACKER, An PHAN
  • Patent number: 12273273
    Abstract: Mobile management method, system and client. The method includes receiving a DNS query for a host name from an application on a client; retrieving reputation data associated with the host name from a local cache on the client; determining a policy for the host name, which is associated with the host name and the reputation data associated with the host name; based on the determined policy for the host name, blocking attempted network flows to a host corresponding to the host name; sending at least attempted network flow metadata related to the blocked attempted network flows to a collector on the client; and transmitting the attempted network flow metadata in the collector to a VPN server pool via a VPN tunnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: MOBILE SONIC, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph T. Savarese, Steven Heckt, Michael E. Bryant, Eric C. McNeill, Carter Smith, Elizabeth Kihslinger, Thomas Gunther Helms, Camilla Keenan-Koch, Joseph G. Souza, Paul Hoover, S. Aaron Stavens, Christian E. Hofstaedter, Jonathan Scott, Erik Olson, James Scott Simpkins, Stephen Gregory Fallin, John Harvey Hillock, Eivind Naess, Michael Lee Snyder, David Michael Mirly, Marius Lee, Glenn Patrick Aranas, Norman C. Hamer, Tridib Dutta, Andrew James Hoover, Thomas A. Sweet, Mark Anacker, An Phan
  • Publication number: 20240113974
    Abstract: Mobile management method, system and client. Method includes receiving a DNS query for a host name from an application on client; retrieving reputation data associated with host name from a local cache on client; and determining a policy based on host name and the reputation data. Based on determined policy for the host name, blocking attempted network flows to a host corresponding to host name to produce blocked attempted network flows. Method also includes sending attempted network flow metadata related to the blocked attempted network flows to a collector on client; transmitting the attempted network flow metadata from the collector to a VPN server pool via a VPN tunnel; and producing an anomaly report from the transmitted attempted network flow metadata. The anomaly report includes at least one of anomalies, cohorts, trends, location boundaries, detected network security issues, detected compromised clients and/or optimized network usage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: MOBILE SONIC, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph T. SAVARESE, Steven HECKT, Michael E. BRYANT, Eric C. MCNEILL, Carter SMITH, Elizabeth KIHSLINGER, Thomas Gunther HELMS, Camilla KEENAN-KOCH, Joseph G. SOUZA, Paul HOOVER, S. Aaron STAVENS, Christian E. HOFSTAEDTER, Jonathan SCOTT, Erik OLSON, James Scott SIMPKINS, Stephen Gregory FALLIN, John Harvey HILLOCK, Eivind NAESS, Michael Lee SNYDER, David Michael MIRLY, Marius LEE, Glenn Patrick ARANAS, Norman C. HAMER, Tridib DUTTA, Andrew James HOOVER, Thomas A. SWEET, Mark ANACKER, An PHAN
  • Publication number: 20240048493
    Abstract: Mobile management method, system and client. The method includes receiving a DNS query for a host name from an application on a client; retrieving reputation data associated with the host name from a local cache on the client; determining a policy for the host name, which is associated with the host name and the reputation data associated with the host name; based on the determined policy for the host name, blocking attempted network flows to a host corresponding to the host name; sending at least attempted network flow metadata related to the blocked attempted network flows to a collector on the client; and transmitting the attempted network flow metadata in the collector to a VPN server pool via a VPN tunnel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: MOBILE SONIC, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph T. SAVARESE, Steven HECKT, Michael E. BRYANT, Eric C. MCNEILL, Carter SMITH, Elizabeth KIHSLINGER, Thomas Gunther HELMS, Camilla KEENAN-KOCH, Joseph G. SOUZA, Paul HOOVER, S. Aaron STAVENS, Christian E. HOFSTAEDTER, Jonathan SCOTT, Erik OLSON, James Scott SIMPKINS, Stephen Gregory FALLIN, John Harvey HILLOCK, Eivind NAESS, Michael Lee SNYDER, David Michael MIRLY, Marius LEE, Glenn Patrick ARANAS, Norman C. HAMER, Tridib DUTTA, Andrew James HOOVER, Thomas A. SWEET, Mark ANACKER, An PHAN
  • Patent number: 11595312
    Abstract: Mobile management method and system. The method includes receiving from an application on a client a DNS query for a host name; retrieving reputation data associated with the host name from a local cache on the client; determining whether a policy associated with the host name and the reputation data associated with the host name exists; and one of: sending network flows one of: through a VPN tunnel to a server or out a local proxy on the client to a private or public network; or blocking the network flow based on the determined policy for the host name.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: MOBILE SONIC, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph T. Savarese, Steven Heckt, Michael E. Bryant, Eric C. McNeill, Carter Smith, Elizabeth Kihslinger, Thomas Gunther Helms, Camilla Keenan-Koch, Joseph G. Souza, Paul Hoover, S. Aaron Stavens, Christian E. Hofstaedter, Jonathan Scott, Erik Olson, James Scott Simpkins, Stephen Gregory Fallin, John Harvey Hillock, Eivind Naess, Michael Lee Snyder, David Michael Mirly, Marius Lee, Glenn Patrick Aranas, Norman C. Hamer, Tridib Dutta, Andrew James Hoover, Thomas A. Sweet, Mark Anacker, An Phan
  • Publication number: 20210320871
    Abstract: Mobile management method and system. The method includes receiving from an application on a client a DNS query for a host name; retrieving reputation data associated with the host name from a local cache on the client; determining whether a policy associated with the host name and the reputation data associated with the host name exists; and one of: sending network flows one of: through a VPN tunnel to a server or out a local proxy on the client to a private or public network; or blocking the network flow based on the determined policy for the host name.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: NETMOTION SOFTWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph T. SAVARESE, Steven HECKT, Michael E. BRYANT, Eric C. MCNEILL, Carter SMITH, Elizabeth KIHSLINGER, Thomas Gunther HELMS, Camilla KEENAN-KOCH, Joseph G. SOUZA, Paul HOOVER, Scott A. STAVENS, Christian E. HOFSTAEDTER, Jonathan SCOTT, Erik OLSON, James Scott SIMPKINS, Stephen Gregory FALLIN, John Harvey HILLOCK, Eivind NAESS, Michael Lee SNYDER, David Michael MIRLY, Marius LEE, Glenn Patrick ARANAS, Norman C. HAMER, Tridib DUTTA, Andrew James HOOVER, Thomas A. SWEET, Mark ANACKER, An PHAN
  • Publication number: 20190071287
    Abstract: A removable vehicle top lift system is disclosed herein. Described embodiments of a removable vehicle top lift system include a T-shaped body includes adjustable left, right, and rear arms that may be adjusted to accommodate the size of different removable vehicle tops. The left, right, and rear arms also include hooks for engaging a removable vehicle top. Balancing mechanisms for a removable vehicle top lift system are disclosed. Hooks with mechanisms to hold down a window of a removable vehicle top are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Carter Smith, Tobin Gunderson, Kerby Smith
  • Patent number: 10179720
    Abstract: A removable vehicle top lift system is disclosed herein. Described embodiments of a removable vehicle top lift system include a T-shaped body includes adjustable left, right, and rear arms that may be adjusted to accommodate the size of different removable vehicle tops. The left, right, and rear arms also include hooks for engaging a removable vehicle top. Balancing mechanisms for a removable vehicle top lift system are disclosed. Hooks with mechanisms to hold down a window of a removable vehicle top are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: LANGE ORIGINALS, LLC
    Inventors: Carter Smith, Tobin Gunderson, Kerby Smith
  • Patent number: 10099906
    Abstract: A vehicle top lift and storage system is disclosed herein. In one embodiment a vehicle top lift and storage system includes a base, an upright member coupled to the base, and a lift arm coupled to and extending away from the upright member. A lift mechanism is configured to attach to a vehicle top and to suspend the vehicle top from the lift arm in order to aid removal of the vehicle top from a vehicle. A retainer, coupled to the base, is configured to engage at least a portion of a vehicle top when the vehicle top is resting on the vehicle top lift and storage system in a storage position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: LANGE ORIGINALS, LLC
    Inventors: Carter Smith, Tobin Gunderson
  • Patent number: 9932209
    Abstract: A vehicle top lift and storage system is disclosed herein. The vehicle top lift and storage system includes a lift mechanism configured to attach to a vehicle top and to suspend the vehicle top. The left mechanism may include various configurations of straps, hooks, or pulleys, as described herein, to aid in removal of the vehicle top from a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: LANGE ORIGINALS, LLC
    Inventors: Carter Smith, Tobin Gunderson
  • Publication number: 20170121156
    Abstract: A vehicle top lift and storage system is disclosed herein. The vehicle top lift and storage system includes a lift mechanism configured to attach to a vehicle top and to suspend the vehicle top. The left mechanism may include various configurations of straps, hooks, or pulleys, as described herein, to aid in removal of the vehicle top from a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Carter SMITH, Tobin GUNDERSON
  • Publication number: 20160355382
    Abstract: A vehicle top lift and storage system is disclosed herein. In one embodiment a vehicle top lift and storage system includes a base, an upright member coupled to the base, and a lift arm coupled to and extending away from the upright member. A lift mechanism is configured to attach to a vehicle top and to suspend the vehicle top from the lift arm in order to aid removal of the vehicle top from a vehicle. A retainer, coupled to the base, is configured to engage at least a portion of a vehicle top when the vehicle top is resting on the vehicle top lift and storage system in a storage position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Carter SMITH, Tobin GUNDERSON
  • Publication number: 20160311662
    Abstract: A removable vehicle top lift system is disclosed herein. Described embodiments of a removable vehicle top lift system include a T-shaped body includes adjustable left, right, and rear arms that may be adjusted to accommodate the size of different removable vehicle tops. The left, right, and rear arms also include hooks for engaging a removable vehicle top. Balancing mechanisms for a removable vehicle top lift system are disclosed. Hooks with mechanisms to hold down a window of a removable vehicle top are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Carter Smith, Tobin Gunderson, Kerby Smith
  • Patent number: 9409750
    Abstract: A removable vehicle top lift system is disclosed herein. Described embodiments of a removable vehicle top lift system include a T-shaped body includes adjustable left, right, and rear arms that may be adjusted to accommodate the size of different removable vehicle tops. The left, right, and rear arms also include hooks for engaging a removable vehicle top. Balancing mechanisms for a removable vehicle top lift system are disclosed. Hooks with mechanisms to hold down a window of a removable vehicle top are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Lange Originals, LLC
    Inventors: Carter Smith, Kerby Smith, Tobin Gunderson
  • Publication number: 20150225214
    Abstract: A removable vehicle top lift system is disclosed herein. Described embodiments of a removable vehicle top lift system include a T-shaped body includes adjustable left, right, and rear arms that may be adjusted to accommodate the size of different removable vehicle tops. The left, right, and rear arms also include hooks for engaging a removable vehicle top. Balancing mechanisms for a removable vehicle top lift system are disclosed. Hooks with mechanisms to hold down a window of a removable vehicle top are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: Lange Originals, LLC
    Inventors: Carter SMITH, Kerby SMITH, Tobin GUNDERSON