Patents by Inventor David B. Rathbun

David B. Rathbun 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).

  • Unmanned aerial vehicle authorization system and method
    Patent number: 12158755
    Abstract: An authorization system includes a controller of an external computing device communicatively connected to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The controller obtains a mission kit that includes software for controlling a piece of equipment configured to be assembled on the UAV. The controller receives a license that is associated with a user and determines, based on the license, whether the piece of equipment is authorized for operation on the UAV as controlled by the user. Responsive to determining that the piece of equipment is authorized, the controller initiates transmission of at least some of the software of the mission kit to the UAV for installation by the UAV to allow the user to operate the piece of equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Darcy Lynn Davidson, Jr., Matthew Jacob Bartow, David B. Rathbun
  • Unmanned aerial vehicle authorization system and method
    Patent number: 12114168
    Abstract: An authorization system includes a controller of an external computing device communicatively connected to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The controller obtains a mission kit that includes software for controlling a piece of equipment configured to be assembled on the UAV. The controller receives a license that is associated with a user and determines, based on the license, whether the piece of equipment is authorized for operation on the UAV as controlled by the user. Responsive to determining that the piece of equipment is authorized, the controller initiates transmission of at least some of the software of the mission kit to the UAV for installation by the UAV to allow the user to operate the piece of equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Darcy Lynn Davidson, Jr., Matthew Jacob Bartow, David B. Rathbun
  • UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE AUTHORIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20230292133
    Abstract: An authorization system includes a controller of an external computing device communicatively connected to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The controller obtains a mission kit that includes software for controlling a piece of equipment configured to be assembled on the UAV. The controller receives a license that is associated with a user and determines, based on the license, whether the piece of equipment is authorized for operation on the UAV as controlled by the user. Responsive to determining that the piece of equipment is authorized, the controller initiates transmission of at least some of the software of the mission kit to the UAV for installation by the UAV to allow the user to operate the piece of equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Darcy Lynn Davidson, Jr., Matthew Jacob Bartow, David B. Rathbun
  • UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE AUTHORIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20230288925
    Abstract: An authorization system includes a controller of an external computing device communicatively connected to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The controller obtains a mission kit that includes software for controlling a piece of equipment configured to be assembled on the UAV. The controller receives a license that is associated with a user and determines, based on the license, whether the piece of equipment is authorized for operation on the UAV as controlled by the user. Responsive to determining that the piece of equipment is authorized, the controller initiates transmission of at least some of the software of the mission kit to the UAV for installation by the UAV to allow the user to operate the piece of equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Darcy Lynn Davidson, JR., Matthew Jacob Bartow, David B. Rathbun