Patents by Inventor Eric B. Jones

Eric B. Jones 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).

  • Geolocation of wireless access points for wireless platforms
    Patent number: 9568588
    Abstract: A system and method for using a receiving wireless device to passively detect target wireless devices or access points, quantify signal strengths of the target wireless devices or access points, and accurately identify a position for, or geolocate, the target wireless devices or access points. A position of the receiving wireless device is determined and correlated with a signal strength received from a target wireless device taken from multiple positions of the receiving wireless device. A trilateration algorithm is applied to the correlated date to obtain coarse geographic positions for the target wireless device, then a filtering algorithm is applied to obtain an accurate position for the target wireless device, which is in turn displayed to a user of the receiving wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Eric B. Jones, Kenneth R. Good, Kyle J. Roach
  • Method and apparatus for context aware mobile security
    Patent number: 9027076
    Abstract: An approach is provided for causing a change in a security policy of a device based on contextual information. The approach involves determining context information associated with a device. The approach also involves determining a security policy of the device. The approach further involves determining a change of the context information. The approach additionally involves processing the determined change of the context information to cause, at least in part, a revision of the security policy of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Kyle J. Roach, Alex Hrybyk, John S. Morrison, Kathleen M. Kauffman, Eric B. Jones, Mark Lohrum, Kenneth R. Good
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTEXT AWARE MOBILE SECURITY
    Publication number: 20130254831
    Abstract: An approach is provided for causing a change in a security policy of a device based on contextual information. The approach involves determining context information associated with a device. The approach also involves determining a security policy of the device. The approach further involves determining a change of the context information. The approach additionally involves processing the determined change of the context information to cause, at least in part, a revision of the security policy of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyle J. Roach, Alex Hrybyk, John S. Morrison, Kathleen M. Kauffman, Eric B. Jones, Mark Lohrum, Kenneth R. Good
  • GEOLOCATION OF WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS FOR WIRELESS PLATFORMS
    Publication number: 20130093628
    Abstract: A system and method for using a receiving wireless device to passively detect target wireless devices or access points, quantify signal strengths of the target wireless devices or access points, and accurately identify a position for, or geolocate, the target wireless devices or access points. A position of the receiving wireless device is determined and correlated with a signal strength received from a target wireless device taken from multiple positions of the receiving wireless device. A trilateration algorithm is applied to the correlated date to obtain coarse geographic positions for the target wireless device, then a filtering algorithm is applied to obtain an accurate position for the target wireless device, which is in turn displayed to a user of the receiving wireless device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eric B. Jones, Kenneth R. Good, Kyle J. Roach