Patents by Inventor Eric R. Van Alst

Eric R. Van Alst 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).

  • Techniques deployment system
    Patent number: 10474470
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating an effect. The apparatus comprises a group of tactical controllers and a mission controller. The group of tactical controllers control heterogeneous types of hardware to generate an effect for at least one of electronic warfare operations or cyber mission operations. A selected tactical controller in the group of tactical controllers controls a particular type of hardware using a technique that is specific for controlling the particular type of hardware to generate the effect. The mission controller identifies the effect for the selected tactical controller and assigns a task to the selected tactical controller. The selected tactical controller performs the task to control a particular type of hardware using the technique to generate the effect for at least one of the electronic warfare operations or the cyber mission operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Seth L. Jahne, Blake Jeffrey Harnden, Eric R. Van Alst, James M. Chan, James M. Kalasky, Andrew Paul Riha
  • Techniques Deployment System
    Publication number: 20150369569
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating an effect. The apparatus comprises a group of tactical controllers and a mission controller. The group of tactical controllers control heterogeneous types of hardware to generate an effect for at least one of electronic warfare operations or cyber mission operations. A selected tactical controller in the group of tactical controllers controls a particular type of hardware using a technique that is specific for controlling the particular type of hardware to generate the effect. The mission controller identifies the effect for the selected tactical controller and assigns a task to the selected tactical controller. The selected tactical controller performs the task to control a particular type of hardware using the technique to generate the effect for at least one of the electronic warfare operations or the cyber mission operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Seth L. Jahne, Blake Jeffrey Harnden, Eric R. Van Alst, James M. Chan, James M. Kalasky, Andrew Paul Riha