Patents by Inventor Douglas M. Williams
Douglas M. Williams 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: 20220166454Abstract: Automated radio frequency safety and compliance for 5G network systems. In an embodiment, a database comprises, for each of a plurality of sites, data representing relative locations of transmitter(s), including at least one 5G antenna, that emit radio frequency (RF) radiation at the site. For at least one of the sites, a power density caused by the transmitter(s) is calculated for one or more areas of the site. In addition, a maximum permissible exposure (MPE) map of the site is generated. The MPE map may comprise a graphical representation of each transmitter, and graphically distinguish any area of the site for which the calculated power density exceeds at least one limit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2020Publication date: May 26, 2022Inventors: Daniel Jaurigue, Milos Spisak, Bharat Shah, Serdar Ergun, Daniel J. Hill, Douglas M. Williams
-
Publication number: 20200053523Abstract: Collecting and maintaining information about all sources of RF radiation within commercial and public structures in a computer database. In one aspect this is a living database consisting of millions of structures including their associated RF transmitting devices and unique characteristics. The database includes energy transmissions information including site specific physical locations, building layouts including all interior floorplans; and the exact positions of all sources of RF radiation located on floorplans, including their vertical positions and utilization characteristics. The System can deliver MPE maps of radio frequency radiation and site specific safety programs to anyone working in or visiting a commercial and public structure containing wireless transmitters in the United States. These maps and site specific safety programs are updated daily. The System can be accessed via the Internet by registered users.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2019Publication date: February 13, 2020Inventor: Douglas M. Williams
-
Publication number: 20190266689Abstract: A system for managing radio frequency exposure safety and facilitating communication between the system and stakeholders, such as transmission site owner, wireless service carrier, tower company, worker, employer, first responder, regulatory agency, government entity, insurance carrier, and member of the public. The system can include a computer accessible database consisting of hundreds of thousands of wireless sites and their unique characteristics, including site specific RF safety plans, MPE maps of radio frequency radiation and site compliance records. The system includes modules that interface with the stakeholders in which the modules receive data from the stakeholders and transmits data to the stakeholders using various method and channels of communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2018Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventor: Douglas M. Williams
-
Publication number: 20170270536Abstract: A system and method for providing comprehensive safety control processes for RF transmission sites and facilitating communication between the system and stakeholders is disclosed. The system includes a database comprising hundreds of thousands of wireless sites and their characteristics, including site specific RF safety plans, MPE maps of radio frequency radiation and site compliance records. Should maintenance be required in the vicinity surrounding one or more antennas associated with an RF transmission site, a site owner can provide a notification of a scope of work to the system and the system can provide a custom RF safety plan to a third party performing maintenance. The third party can receive and acknowledge the safety plan and terms and conditions associated with the work. Signed acknowledgment of the safety plan can be available to antenna owners. Power down of the transmission site can be scheduled, executed, and confirmed prior to work beginning.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventor: Douglas M. Williams
-
Publication number: 20150269588Abstract: A system for managing radio frequency exposure safety and facilitating communication between the system and stakeholders, such as transmission site owner, wireless service carrier, tower company, worker, employer, first responder, regulatory agency, government entity, insurance carrier, and member of the public. The system can include a computer accessible database consisting of hundreds of thousands of wireless sites and their unique characteristics, including site specific RF safety plans, MPE maps of radio frequency radiation and site compliance records. The system includes modules that interface with the stakeholders in which the modules receive data from the stakeholders and transmits data to the stakeholders using various method and channels of communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventor: Douglas M. Williams
-
Publication number: 20150181390Abstract: Collecting and maintaining information about all sources of RF radiation within commercial and public structures in a computer database. In one aspect this is a living database consisting of millions of structures including their associated RF transmitting devices and unique characteristics. The database includes energy transmissions information including site specific physical locations, building layouts including all interior floorplans; and the exact positions of all sources of RF radiation located on floorplans, including their vertical positions and utilization characteristics. The System can deliver MPE maps of radio frequency radiation and site specific safety programs to anyone working in or visiting a commercial and public structure containing wireless transmitters in the United States. These maps and site specific safety programs are updated daily. The System can be accessed via the Internet by registered users.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2015Publication date: June 25, 2015Inventor: Douglas M. Williams
-
Publication number: 20150074009Abstract: A computer based system for monitoring compliance of climber/tower safety procedures and personnel at communication towers. The system includes an updatable database of the wireless transmission towers and their unique safety information. The system can monitor and automatically generate reports of tower climber safety training and certification. Workers may be sorted by their employers, training status or other safety information including regulatory compliance. Communication towers may be sorted by structure type, safety status, type of work performed and who performed the work. The custom signs with the machine readable indicia can be used to enhance access to an automated climber/tower safety system.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventor: Douglas M. Williams
-
Patent number: 8583446Abstract: Computer based system which provides wireless site specific RF safety information and promotes protection of all concerned individuals from RF radiation. The System further informs contractors, workers, site owners, and FCC licensees bow to comply with federal, state and local RF safety standards and regulations. The system provides a method for managing and accommodating RF safety training and certification relating to the radio transmission sites. The system includes a database of transmission sites with corresponding antenna systems including maps of maximum permissible exposure limits, site physical layouts and camera images. The system provides a site specific RF safety summary sheet only to users having a predetermined training certification status. The system further includes recordation of training process, testing results, certification status, and delivery of RF safety summary sheets to users.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2008Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: RF Check, Inc.Inventor: Douglas M. Williams
-
Publication number: 20130295941Abstract: Maintaining information about radio transmission sites in a computer accessible database. In one aspect this is a living database consisting of hundreds of thousands of wireless sites and their unique characteristics. The database includes energy transmissions information including site specific physical locations and utilization characteristics of the sites. The System can deliver MPE maps of radio frequency radiation and site specific safety programs to any worker visiting a wireless site in the United States. These maps (and site's specific safety programs) are updated on a daily basis. The System can be accessed via the Internet by registered users. The System creates and displays MPE maps and radiation pattern maps showing gradation power densities to identify exposure dangers.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2013Publication date: November 7, 2013Inventor: Douglas M. Williams
-
Patent number: 8559882Abstract: Maintaining information about radio transmission sites in a computer accessible database. In one aspect this is a living database consisting of hundreds of thousands of wireless sites and their unique characteristics. The database includes energy transmissions information including site specific physical locations and utilization characteristics of the sites. The System can deliver MPE maps of radio frequency radiation and site specific safety programs to any worker visiting a wireless site in the United States. These maps (and site's specific safety programs) are updated on a daily basis. The System can be accessed via the Internet by registered users. The System creates and displays MPE maps and radiation pattern maps showing gradation power densities to identify exposure dangers.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2009Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: RF Check, Inc.Inventor: Douglas M. Williams
-
Publication number: 20100211912Abstract: An interactive graphical user interface adapted for receiving user power down requests and for providing data related to RF emitter sites through a plurality of logically interrelated and interactive graphical monitor screens including: a search screen presenting plural location criteria for the sites, and adapted for receiving location requests; an information screen having a plan view MPE map; a wide area aerial map; a photographic camera view; and a list of site facts; a contacts screen presenting information about the RF emitters on a selected site, including an identity a broadcaster, owner, property manager, and municipal entity; and a request screen adapted for accepting, for a selected RF emitter, a power down request.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2009Publication date: August 19, 2010Applicant: RF CHECK, INC.Inventor: Douglas M. Williams
-
Publication number: 20090270041Abstract: Maintaining information about radio transmission sites in a computer accessible database. In one aspect this is a living database consisting of hundreds of thousands of wireless sites and their unique characteristics. The database includes energy transmissions information including site specific physical locations and utilization characteristics of the sites. The System can deliver MPE maps of radio frequency radiation and site specific safety programs to any worker visiting a wireless site in the United States. These maps (and site's specific safety programs) are updated on a daily basis. The System can be accessed via the Internet by registered users. The System creates and displays MPE maps and radiation pattern maps showing gradation power densities to identify exposure dangers.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2009Publication date: October 29, 2009Applicant: RF CHECK, INC.Inventor: Douglas M. Williams
-
Publication number: 20090198502Abstract: Maintaining information about radio transmission sites in a computer accessible database. In one aspect this is a living database consisting of hundreds of thousands of wireless sites and their unique characteristics. The database includes energy transmissions information including site specific physical locations and utilization characteristics of the sites. The System can deliver MPE maps of radio frequency radiation and site specific safety programs to any worker visiting a wireless site in the United States. These maps (and site's specific safety programs) are updated on a daily basis. The System can be accessed via the Internet by registered users. The System creates and displays MPE maps and radiation pattern maps showing gradation power densities to identify exposure dangers.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2008Publication date: August 6, 2009Applicant: RF Check, Inc.Inventor: Douglas M. Williams
-
Patent number: 7570922Abstract: Maintaining information about radio transmission sites in a computer accessible database. In one aspect this is a living database consisting of hundreds of thousands of wireless sites and their unique characteristics. The database includes energy transmissions information including site specific physical locations and utilization characteristics of the sites. The System can deliver MPE maps of radio frequency radiation and site specific safety programs to any worker visiting a wireless site in the United States. These maps (and site's specific safety programs) are updated on a daily basis. The System can be accessed via the Internet by registered users. The System creates and displays MPE maps and radiation pattern maps showing gradation power densities to identify exposure dangers.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2006Date of Patent: August 4, 2009Assignee: RF Check, Inc.Inventor: Douglas M. Williams
-
Patent number: 7431168Abstract: The present development is for a closure which provides a liner for abutting a surface and maintaining an effective pressure against a peelable seal affixed to a container lip as the sealed container is exposed to relatively high temperature and pressure conditions. The liner which abuts a surface of the seal sandwiches the seal between the liner and the container lip. The liner defines a resting thickness at ambient temperature and pressure conditions and is made from a material capable of being compressed to a thickness less than the resting thickness and of recovering to a recovery thickness sufficient to allow the liner to maintain a positive pressure against the seal upon exposure to elevated temperatures, elevated pressure, or a combination of elevated temperature and elevated pressure.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2001Date of Patent: October 7, 2008Assignee: Rexam Medical Packaging Inc.Inventors: Clayton L. Robinson, Douglas M. Williams, Randall K. Julian, Gary V. Montgomery
-
Publication number: 20080068180Abstract: A system enables collection of data using a radar challenging units familiar in RF tagging system in communication with RFid tags embedded in windshields associated with motor vehicles. The edge of a windshield is fabricated with a slot either before or during the manufacturing of the windshield. The slot is usable to accept an RFid tag and associated electronics. Once electronics are installed in the slot it can be sealed for tamper resistance and weather protection. Wiring providing power and data transfer to the RF tags can be routed from the edge of the windshield through rubber sealing surrounding the windshield and car frame, and be routed into internal compartments of the vehicle for applications where data/computer integration is desired. Collectable data includes: VIN, registration status, inspection status, insurance status, Amber alert, licensing information and others.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2006Publication date: March 20, 2008Inventors: Steven W. Powell, Douglas M. Williams
-
Publication number: 20040030562Abstract: A business method of using information about the public telecommunications industry comprises establishing a computer accessible database storing energy transmissions information including site specific physical locations and utilization characteristics of wireless transmitting facilities that are currently operating in the public telecommunications industry, providing Internet access to the database information to registered users and preparing and downloading MPE overlay maps, EME dispersion simulation information and utilization characteristics reports from the database information of the site specific locations, upon request by the registered users. Site specific lock-out/tag-out orders and subsequent releases are obtained and issued for site specific management, upon request by the registered users.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2002Publication date: February 12, 2004Inventor: Douglas M. Williams
-
Publication number: 20030168423Abstract: A container having a neck, a safety closure and a dispenser. The dispenser is a barrier film affixed to the neck so as to seal the opening to the container during shipping and before use by the consumer. The barrier film has an aperture through which the container contents may be dispensed. The aperture is sealed by the manufacturer prior to use by the consumer. The container with safety closure and dispenser is particularly well suited for storing and dispensing potentially harmful products that are prone to leakage from unsealed containers, such as low viscosity hydrocarbons. The device is designed so as to use containers and safety closures known in the art, therefore reducing the cost of adapting safety closure advantages to product containment requiring dispensing means.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2003Publication date: September 11, 2003Applicant: Rexam Medical Packaging Inc.Inventor: Douglas M. Williams
-
Publication number: 20030116524Abstract: The present development is for a closure which provides a means for maintaining an effective pressure against a peelable seal affixed to a container lip as the sealed container is exposed to relatively high temperature and pressure conditions. The closure includes a liner which abuts a surface of the seal so as to sandwich the seal between the liner and the container lip. The liner defines a resting thickness at ambient temperature and pressure conditions and is made from a material capable of being compressed to a thickness less than the resting thickness and of recovering to a recovery thickness sufficient to allow the liner to maintain a positive pressure against the seal upon exposure to elevated temperatures, elevated pressure, or a combination of elevated temperature and elevated pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2001Publication date: June 26, 2003Applicant: Rexam Medical Packaging Inc.Inventors: Clayton L. Robinson, Douglas M. Williams, Randall K. Julian, Gary V. Montgomery
-
Patent number: D641106Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2011Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: V Beaute LLCInventors: Douglas M. Williams, Julie L. Macklowe