Patents by Inventor Chester Allen Burns
Chester Allen Burns 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).
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Patent number: 8884787Abstract: The present inventions provide a system and method for providing a warning using at least one wireless communication link between an approaching object and the location where a warning is to be given based in part on the location of the object and its proximity to the warning location. One aspect of the inventions includes receiving a communication from an object, for example a vehicle, which includes location information, at an alert node, wirelessly communicating alert information to a warning node, and causing a warning device to generate a warning. Preferably the alert node communicates with a plurality of vehicles and a plurality of warning nodes and determines to which of the plurality of warning nodes to communicate alert information based in part on the location information received from at least one of the vehicles and the location of the warning device.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2012Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Cirrus Systems, LLCInventor: Chester Allen Burns
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Patent number: 8818258Abstract: The present inventions pertain to the geographically based information distribution systems, including in particular systems configured to display advertisements and information about current status of public transit vehicles based on geographic position of the vehicle and/or the displays.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2008Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Cirrus Systems, LLCInventor: Chester Allen Burns
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Publication number: 20120218129Abstract: The present inventions provide a system and method for providing a warning using at least one wireless communication link between an approaching object and the location where a warning is to be given based in part on the location of the object and its proximity to the warning location. One aspect of the inventions includes receiving a communication from an object, for example a vehicle, which includes location information, at an alert node, wirelessly communicating alert information to a warning node, and causing a warning device to generate a warning. Preferably the alert node communicates with a plurality of vehicles and a plurality of warning nodes and determines to which of the plurality of warning nodes to communicate alert information based in part on the location information received from at least one of the vehicles and the location of the warning device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2012Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicant: SPOT DEVICES, INC.Inventor: Chester Allen Burns
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Patent number: 8193949Abstract: The present inventions provide a system and method for providing a warning using at least one wireless communication link between an approaching object and the location where a warning is to be given based in part on the location of the object and its proximity to the warning location. One aspect of the inventions includes receiving a communication from an object, for example a vehicle, which includes location information, at an alert node, wirelessly communicating alert information to a warning node, and causing a warning device to generate a warning. Preferably the alert node communicates with a plurality of vehicles and a plurality of warning nodes and determines to which of the plurality of warning nodes to communicate alert information based in part on the location information received from at least one of the vehicles and the location of the warning device.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2010Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Spot Devices, Inc.Inventor: Chester Allen Burns
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Patent number: 7883234Abstract: A modular in-road lighting system is easily installed in the road and is convenient for repair, replacement and maintenance. The lighting system includes at least one modular light, at least one modular cable and a control unit. The top surface of the modular light is flush with a road surface so as to avoid abrasion by passing items. The modular light includes an illumination source and a control circuitry. The illumination source and the control circuitry are configured to emit light in selected direction(s).Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2008Date of Patent: February 8, 2011Assignee: Spot Devices, IncInventors: Chester Allen Burns, Denver Patrick Hinds, Jonathon George Folsom, Ryan Christopher Oddo
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Publication number: 20100295708Abstract: The present inventions provide a system and method for providing a warning using at least one wireless communication link between an approaching object and the location where a warning is to be given based in part on the location of the object and its proximity to the warning location. One aspect of the inventions includes receiving a communication from an object, for example a vehicle, which includes location information, at an alert node, wirelessly communicating alert information to a warning node, and causing a warning device to generate a warning. Preferably the alert node communicates with a plurality of vehicles and a plurality of warning nodes and determines to which of the plurality of warning nodes to communicate alert information based in part on the location information received from at least one of the vehicles and the location of the warning device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2010Publication date: November 25, 2010Applicant: SPOT DEVICES, INC.Inventor: Chester Allen BURNS
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Patent number: 7772996Abstract: The present inventions provide a system and method for providing a warning using at least one wireless communication link between an approaching object and the location where a warning is to be given based in part on the location of the object and its proximity to the warning location. One aspect of the inventions includes receiving a communication from an object, for example a vehicle, which includes location information, at an alert node, wirelessly communicating alert information to a warning node, and causing a warning device to generate a warning. Preferably the alert node communicates with a plurality of vehicles and a plurality of warning nodes and determines to which of the plurality of warning nodes to communicate alert information based in part on the location information received from at least one of the vehicles and the location of the warning device.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2007Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: Spot Devices, Inc.Inventor: Chester Allen Burns
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Publication number: 20100093272Abstract: The present inventions pertain to the geographically based information distribution systems, including in particular systems configured to display advertisements and information about current status of public transit vehicles based on geographic position of the vehicle and/or the displays.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2008Publication date: April 15, 2010Applicant: SPOT DEVICES, INC.Inventor: Chester Allen Burns
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Publication number: 20090262522Abstract: A modular in-road lighting system is easily installed in the road and is convenient for repair, replacement and maintenance. The lighting system includes at least one modular light, at least one modular cable and a control unit. The top surface of the modular light is flush with a road surface so as to avoid abrasion by passing items. The modular light includes an illumination source and a control circuitry. The illumination source and the control circuitry are configured to emit light in selected direction(s).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2008Publication date: October 22, 2009Applicant: SPOT DEVICES, INC.Inventors: Chester Allen Burns, Denver Patrick Hinds, Jonathon George Folsom, Ryan Christopher Oddo
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Publication number: 20080291052Abstract: The present inventions provide a system and method for providing a warning using at least one wireless communication link between an approaching object and the location where a warning is to be given based in part on the location of the object and its proximity to the warning location. One aspect of the inventions includes receiving a communication from an object, for example a vehicle, which includes location information, at an alert node, wirelessly communicating alert information to a warning node, and causing a warning device to generate a warning. Preferably the alert node communicates with a plurality of vehicles and a plurality of warning nodes and determines to which of the plurality of warning nodes to communicate alert information based in part on the location information received from at least one of the vehicles and the location of the warning device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2007Publication date: November 27, 2008Applicant: SPOT DEVICES, INC.Inventor: Chester Allen Burns