Patents by Inventor Christopher WINKELMANN

Christopher WINKELMANN 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: 12355546
    Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure may use a satellite operations center (SOC) to access an activity queue of satellite activity tasks in an activity buffer, each satellite activity task being associated with at least one satellite in a fleet. The SOC may determine mission critical variables associated with each satellite activity task based on space environment context data, satellite telemetry data, the position of each satellite, and the trajectory of each satellite. The SOC may determine, for each satellite activity task, using at least one statistical model, a prioritization tier based on the mission critical variables of each satellite activity task, and determine a satellite activity order defining an order of the satellite activity tasks based on the prioritization tier of each satellite activity task. The SOC may modify the activity buffer to order the satellite activity tasks in the activity queue according to the satellite activity order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Network Access Associates Limited
    Inventors: John T. Guiney, Jr., Christopher Winkelmann, Peter Papadopoulos, Kent Mitterer, Hank Tseu
  • Publication number: 20240267117
    Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure may use a satellite operations center (SOC) to access an activity queue of satellite activity tasks in an activity buffer, each satellite activity task being associated with at least one satellite in a fleet. The SOC may determine mission critical variables associated with each satellite activity task based on space environment context data, satellite telemetry data, the position of each satellite, and the trajectory of each satellite. The SOC may determine, for each satellite activity task, using at least one statistical model, a prioritization tier based on the mission critical variables of each satellite activity task, and determine a satellite activity order defining an order of the satellite activity tasks based on the prioritization tier of each satellite activity task. The SOC may modify the activity buffer to order the satellite activity tasks in the activity queue according to the satellite activity order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: John T. GUINEY, Christopher WINKELMANN, Peter PAPADOPOULOS, Kent MITTERER, Hank TSEU