Patents by Inventor Donald L. Reeves, III

Donald L. Reeves, III 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR CHARGING VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20230106789
    Abstract: Systems and methods for charging vehicles includes at least one mobile device and a utility network management center (“NMC”). The at least one mobile device is configured as an electronic utility device and includes a network interface card (“NIC”). The at least one mobile device is also associated with a utility billing account and at least one utility commodity meter. The utility NMC is configured to communicate with the at least one mobile device and the at least one utility commodity meter over a network, locate the at least one mobile device, and monitor a state of the at least one utility commodity meter. The utility NMC is also configured to determine a usage of a commodity based on the state of the at least one utility commodity meter and bill the utility billing account associated with the mobile device for the usage of the commodity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Raj VASWANI, George FLAMMER, James PACE, Jay RAMASASTRY, Donald L. REEVES, III, Brian MATSUO
  • Systems and methods for charging vehicles
    Patent number: 11528343
    Abstract: Systems and methods for charging vehicles. In some embodiments, a system includes at least one mobile device and a utility network management center (“NMC”). The at least one mobile device is configured as an electronic utility device and includes a network interface card (“NIC”). The at least one mobile device is also associated with a utility billing account and at least one utility commodity meter. The utility NMC is configured to communicate with the at least one mobile device and the at least one utility commodity meter over a network, locate the at least one mobile device, and monitor a state of the at least one utility commodity meter. The utility NMC is also configured to determine a usage of a commodity based on the state of the at least one utility commodity meter, and bill the utility billing account associated with the mobile device for the usage of the commodity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: ITRON NETWORKED SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Raj Vaswani, George Flammer, James Pace, Jay Ramasastry, Donald L. Reeves, III, Brian Matsuo
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHARGING VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20110295730
    Abstract: Systems and methods for charging vehicles. In some embodiments, a system includes at least one mobile device and a utility network management center (“NMC”). The at least one mobile device is configured as an electronic utility device and includes a network interface card (“NIC”). The at least one mobile device is also associated with a utility billing account and at least one utility commodity meter. The utility NMC is configured to communicate with the at least one mobile device and the at least one utility commodity meter over a network, locate the at least one mobile device, and monitor a state of the at least one utility commodity meter. The utility NMC is also configured to determine a usage of a commodity based on the state of the at least one utility commodity meter, and bill the utility billing account associated with the mobile device for the usage of the commodity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Raj Vaswani, George Flammer, James Pace, Jay Ramasastry, Donald L. Reeves, III, Brian Matsuo
  • Flow-through provisioning in utility AMR/AMI networks
    Patent number: 7957322
    Abstract: A system associated with a utility network having product distribution pathways, including a device management module for automatically provisioning at least a subset of a plurality of electronic utility devices associated with the pathways based on configuration state information received from the subset of the plurality of electronic utility devices and a comparison of the received configuration state information and predefined configuration state information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Silver Sring Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald L. Reeves, III, James Pace, Brian Grady, Raj Vaswani