Patents by Inventor DeWane Cecil Stone

DeWane Cecil Stone 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).

  • System and method of securely sending and receiving packages via drones
    Patent number: 11068837
    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle comprising a transport body configured to travel to an identified location, a package retention device for securing one or more packages to the transport body; one or more processors integral to the transport body, wherein the processors are configured by code executing therein to: access shipper and recipient profile data; wherein the shipper and recipient profile data includes location data for shipper and recipient; navigate the autonomous vehicle to a shipping destination and a delivery destination; provide access to the package retention device upon authentication of a shipper presenting a package at a shipping destination, and provide access to the package retention device upon authentication of a recipient retrieving a package at the delivery destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian J. Murray, Todd Latimer Ransom, DeWane Cecil Stone, Kaleb Dean Walton
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SECURELY SENDING AND RECEIVING PACKAGES VIA DRONES
    Publication number: 20180144302
    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle comprising a transport body configured to travel to an identified location, a package retention device for securing one or more packages to the transport body; one or more processors integral to the transport body, wherein the processors are configured by code executing therein to: access shipper and recipient profile data; wherein the shipper and recipient profile data includes location data for shipper and recipient; navigate the autonomous vehicle to a shipping destination and a delivery destination; provide access to the package retention device upon authentication of a shipper presenting a package at a shipping destination, and provide access to the package retention device upon authentication of a recipient retrieving a package at the delivery destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Brian J. Murray, Todd Latimer Ransom, DeWane Cecil Stone, Kaleb Dean Walton