Patents by Inventor Conor Ferguson

Conor Ferguson 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: 20240004083
    Abstract: A system that has an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and a physical cell identity (PCI) scanner coupled to the UAV, the scanner covering frequencies using an omni-directional or directional antenna for capturing PCI data. The system further has logic configured to geotag the PCI data with a latitude, a longitude, an altitude, and a direction of the UAV, save the data in files for analyzation, and generate three-dimensional models using the geotag PCI data to find weak points in signal coverage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Autonomous Industrial Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Conor Ferguson, Austin Ratcliffe
  • Patent number: 11493641
    Abstract: A system for locating an optimal location of a reception antenna that has an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a wireless internet service provider (WISP) tower configured for transmitting radio signals, and an antenna removably coupled to the unmanned aerial vehicle, the antenna configured for receiving the radio signals. Further, the system has a processor for automatically flying the UAV to a height, for rotating the unmanned aerial vehicle at the height and detecting the radio signals from the at least one WISP tower as the UAV rotates to determine an optimal azimuth, and if the radio signals received are not conducive for the provision of wireless services at the height, the processor moves the UAV to different heights and rotates the UAV until radio signals received are conducive for the provision of wireless services thereby determining an optimal azimuth and location altitude range for a reception antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Inventors: Conor Ferguson, Austin Ratcliffe
  • Publication number: 20210026020
    Abstract: A system for locating an optimal location of a reception antenna that has an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a wireless internet service provider (WISP) tower configured for transmitting radio signals, and an antenna removably coupled to the unmanned aerial vehicle, the antenna configured for receiving the radio signals. Further, the system has a processor for automatically flying the UAV to a height, for rotating the unmanned aerial vehicle at the height and detecting the radio signals from the at least one WISP tower as the UAV rotates to determine an optimal azimuth, and if the radio signals received are not conducive for the provision of wireless services at the height, the processor moves the UAV to different heights and rotates the UAV until radio signals received are conducive for the provision of wireless services thereby determining an optimal azimuth and location altitude range for a reception antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: Autonomous Industrial Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Conor Ferguson, Austin Ratcliffe
  • Patent number: 10788588
    Abstract: A system for locating an optimal location of a reception antenna of the present disclosure has an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a wireless internet service provider (WISP) tower configured for transmitting radio signals, and an antenna removeably coupled to the unmanned aerial vehicle, the antenna configured for receiving the radio signals. Further, the system has a processor that receives data indicative of a height from a user and automatically flies the UAV to the height. Additionally, the processor rotates the unmanned aerial vehicle at the height and detects the radio signals from the at least one WISP tower as the UAV rotates to determine an optimal azimuth, and if the radio signals received are not conducive for the provision of wireless services at the height, the processor moves the UAV to different heights and rotates the UAV until radio signals received are conducive for the provision of wireless services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Autonomous Industrial Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Conor Ferguson, Austin Ratcliffe
  • Publication number: 20190154840
    Abstract: A system for locating an optimal location of a reception antenna of the present disclosure has an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a wireless internet service provider (WISP) tower configured for transmitting radio signals, and an antenna removeably coupled to the unmanned aerial vehicle, the antenna configured for receiving the radio signals. Further, the system has a processor that receives data indicative of a height from a user and automatically flies the UAV to the height. Additionally, the processor rotates the unmanned aerial vehicle at the height and detects the radio signals from the at least one WISP tower as the UAV rotates to determine an optimal azimuth, and if the radio signals received are not conducive for the provision of wireless services at the height, the processor moves the UAV to different heights and rotates the UAV until radio signals received are conducive for the provision of wireless services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: Autonomous Industrial Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Conor Ferguson, Austin Ratcliffe
  • Patent number: 8010990
    Abstract: A computer system having a plurality of virtual machines is provided. Each virtual machine in the computer system has an associated policy (rules) database and database (policy table) for storing rules and a database lookup associated with the policy database. One policy database/database lookup pair per virtual machine allows each virtual machine to have a different set of packet processing rules and security policies for handling the same key. In addition, the policy database associated with one virtual machine may be updated and the database lookup associated with the policy database re-generated independently without requiring any update of the policy database lookups associated with any of the other policy databases in the computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Conor Ferguson, Stephen Doyle
  • Publication number: 20080148341
    Abstract: In a virtualization system having a plurality of virtual machines, each virtual machine has an associated policy database and database lookup pair. With a policy database/database lookup pair per virtual machine, each virtual machine may utilize different accelerated flow classification policies, security policies and packet processing rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Conor Ferguson, Stephen Doyle