Patents by Inventor Eric Zelenka
Eric Zelenka 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).
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Publication number: 20250106618Abstract: This Application describes mechanisms for enterprise remote management of cellular services provided via access credentials, e.g., subscriber identity modules (SIMs) and/or electronic SIMs (eSIMs), for wireless devices. To minimize requirements for user interaction, installation and management of business-supplied cellular service profiles on the wireless device can intercept alert notifications to reduce interruptions and allow for background management of the business-supplied cellular service profiles. Additionally, a business enterprise can use multiple, distinct services to initiate installation of an eSIM to a wireless device. When two different services attempt to install eSIMs on the wireless device in parallel, management software on the wireless device can control an order of installation and disallow duplicate installations of an identical eSIM to the wireless device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2024Publication date: March 27, 2025Inventors: Can XIONG, Sherman X. JIN, Eric ZELENKA, Graham S. McLUHAN, Li LI, Rafael L. RIVERA-BARRETO, Raj S. CHAUGULE, Rohan C. MALTHANKAR
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Patent number: 12167498Abstract: This Application describes mechanisms for enterprise remote management of cellular services provided via access credentials, e.g., subscriber identity modules (SIMs) and/or electronic SIMs (eSIMs), for wireless devices. To minimize requirements for user interaction, installation and management of business-supplied cellular service profiles on the wireless device can intercept alert notifications to reduce interruptions and allow for background management of the business-supplied cellular service profiles. Additionally, a business enterprise can use multiple, distinct services to initiate installation of an eSIM to a wireless device. When two different services attempt to install eSIMs on the wireless device in parallel, management software on the wireless device can control an order of installation and disallow duplicate installations of an identical eSIM to the wireless device.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2023Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Can Xiong, Sherman X. Jin, Eric Zelenka, Graham S. McLuhan, Li Li, Rafael L Rivera-Barreto, Raj S. Chaugule, Rohan C. Malthankar
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Publication number: 20240087460Abstract: A system to remotely detect and identify an airborne drone presenting a flight risk to crewed aircraft. A warning of the hazardous drone is provided to the crewed aircraft. An airborne drone is observed by any of several means, to include for example by receipt of drone location or identification data transmitted by the drone, the crewed aircraft, or a ground-based system, or through a sensor positioned on the ground, on the drone, or aboard the crewed aircraft. The safety warning and real-time observation of a hazardous drone may be shared among other crewed aircraft or drones, in particular to other subscribing aircraft and/or drones approaching the airspace of the hazardous drone.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: Drone Traffic, LLCInventor: Richard Eric ZELENKA
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Publication number: 20240031795Abstract: This Application describes mechanisms for enterprise remote management of cellular services provided via access credentials, e.g., subscriber identity modules (SIMs) and/or electronic SIMs (eSIMs), for wireless devices. To minimize requirements for user interaction, installation and management of business-supplied cellular service profiles on the wireless device can intercept alert notifications to reduce interruptions and allow for background management of the business-supplied cellular service profiles. Additionally, a business enterprise can use multiple, distinct services to initiate installation of an eSIM to a wireless device. When two different services attempt to install eSIMs on the wireless device in parallel, management software on the wireless device can control an order of installation and disallow duplicate installations of an identical eSIM to the wireless device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Can XIONG, Sherman X. JIN, Eric ZELENKA, Graham S. McLUHAN, Li LI, Rafael L. RIVERA-BARRETO, Raj S. CHAUGULE, Rohan C. MALTHANKAR
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Patent number: 11812506Abstract: This Application describes mechanisms for enterprise remote management of cellular services provided via access credentials, e.g., subscriber identity modules (SIMs) and/or electronic SIMS (eSIMs), for wireless devices. To minimize requirements for user interaction, installation and management of business-supplied cellular service profiles on the wireless device can intercept alert notifications to reduce interruptions and allow for background management of the business-supplied cellular service profiles. Additionally, a business enterprise can use multiple, distinct services to initiate installation of an eSIM to a wireless device. When two different services attempt to install eSIMs on the wireless device in parallel, management software on the wireless device can control an order of installation and disallow duplicate installations of an identical eSIM to the wireless device.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Can Xiong, Sherman X. Jin, Eric Zelenka, Graham S. McLuhan, Li Li, Rafael L. Rivera-Barreto, Raj S. Chaugule, Rohan C. Malthankar
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Patent number: 11721218Abstract: A system to remotely detect and identify an airborne drone presenting a flight risk to piloted aircraft. A warning of the hazardous drone is presented to the piloted aircraft. An airborne drone is observed by any of several means, to include receipt of drone location or identification data broadcast by the drone or broadcast by a ground-based system, or through a piloted aircraft airborne sensor. The safety warning and real-time observation of a hazardous drone may be shared among other piloted aircraft, in particular to other subscribing aircraft approaching the airspace of the hazardous drone.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Drone Traffic, LLCInventor: Richard Eric Zelenka
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Publication number: 20220104005Abstract: This Application describes mechanisms for enterprise remote management of cellular services provided via access credentials, e.g., subscriber identity modules (SIMs) and/or electronic SIMS (eSIMs), for wireless devices. To minimize requirements for user interaction, installation and management of business-supplied cellular service profiles on the wireless device can intercept alert notifications to reduce interruptions and allow for background management of the business-supplied cellular service profiles. Additionally, a business enterprise can use multiple, distinct services to initiate installation of an eSIM to a wireless device. When two different services attempt to install eSIMs on the wireless device in parallel, management software on the wireless device can control an order of installation and disallow duplicate installations of an identical eSIM to the wireless device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Can XIONG, Sherman X. JIN, Eric ZELENKA, Graham S. McLUHAN, Li LI, Rafael L. RIVERA-BARRETO, Raj S. CHAUGULE, Rohan C. MALTHANKAR
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Publication number: 20220013017Abstract: A system to remotely detect and identify an airborne drone presenting a flight risk to piloted aircraft. A warning of the hazardous drone is presented to the piloted aircraft. An airborne drone is observed by any of several means, to include receipt of drone location or identification data broadcast by the drone or broadcast by a ground-based system, or through a piloted aircraft airborne sensor. The safety warning and real-time observation of a hazardous drone may be shared among other piloted aircraft, in particular to other subscribing aircraft approaching the airspace of the hazardous drone.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: Drone Traffic, LLCInventor: Richard Eric Zelenka
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Patent number: 11132906Abstract: A system to detect an airborne drone presenting a flight risk to piloted aircraft and to warn the piloted aircraft of the detected drone. An airborne drone is detected by any of several means, to include receipt of drone location or identification data broadcast by the drone or a ground-based system, or through a piloted aircraft airborne sensor. The safety warning and real-time detection of a hazardous drone may be shared among other piloted aircraft, to include aircraft unequipped with airborne sensors.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2020Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: Drone Traffic, LLCInventor: Richard Eric Zelenka
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Publication number: 20200302802Abstract: A system to detect an airborne drone presenting a flight risk to piloted aircraft and to warn the piloted aircraft of the detected drone. An airborne drone is detected by any of several means, to include receipt of drone location or identification data broadcast by the drone or a ground-based system, or through a piloted aircraft airborne sensor. The safety warning and real-time detection of a hazardous drone may be shared among other piloted aircraft, to include aircraft unequipped with airborne sensors.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Applicant: Drone Traffic, LLCInventor: Richard Eric Zelenka
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Patent number: 10650683Abstract: An aviation system to identify and avoid airborne drones presenting a flight risk to piloted aircraft. Hazardous drones are identified through piloted aircraft airborne sensors and combined with any available knowledge of anticipated drone activity to provide a safety warning to the piloted aircraft. The safety warning and real-time identification of hazardous drones may be shared among multiple piloted aircraft, to include aircraft unequipped with airborne sensors.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2019Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Drone Traffic, LLCInventor: Richard Eric Zelenka
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Publication number: 20200035108Abstract: An aviation system to identify and avoid airborne drones presenting a flight risk to piloted aircraft. Hazardous drones are identified through piloted aircraft airborne sensors and combined with any available knowledge of anticipated drone activity to provide a safety warning to the piloted aircraft. The safety warning and real-time identification of hazardous drones may be shared among multiple piloted aircraft, to include aircraft unequipped with airborne sensors.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: Drone Traffic, LLCInventor: Richard Eric Zelenka
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Patent number: 10424207Abstract: A system and method to alert pilots of the presence of drone aircraft and to document or report errant drone flight operations, in particular to alert and report drone aircraft which may present a hazard to a piloted aircraft and/or are operating outside governing regulations. In one embodiment, the system comprises a surveillance subsystem configured to identify a drone operating in an airspace adjacent the aircraft; an imaging subsystem configured to acquire at least one image of the drone; a triggering subsystem interconnected with the surveillance subsystem and configured to activate the imaging subsystem; a navigational subsystem configured to provide aircraft state data associated with the at least one image; and a communication subsystem configured to transmit the at least one image and the associated aircraft state data to a receiving station; wherein the at least one image and the associated aircraft state data are transmitted to the receiving station.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2018Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: Drone Traffic, LLCInventor: Richard Eric Zelenka
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Publication number: 20190019417Abstract: A system and method to alert pilots of the presence of drone aircraft and to document or report errant drone flight operations, in particular to alert and report drone aircraft which may present a hazard to a piloted aircraft and/or are operating outside governing regulations. In one embodiment, the system comprises a surveillance subsystem configured to identify a drone operating in an airspace adjacent the aircraft; an imaging subsystem configured to acquire at least one image of the drone; a triggering subsystem interconnected with the surveillance subsystem and configured to activate the imaging subsystem; a navigational subsystem configured to provide aircraft state data associated with the at least one image; and a communication subsystem configured to transmit the at least one image and the associated aircraft state data to a receiving station; wherein the at least one image and the associated aircraft state data are transmitted to the receiving station.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2018Publication date: January 17, 2019Applicant: Drone Traffic, LLCInventor: Richard Eric Zelenka
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Patent number: 10083614Abstract: A system and method to alter pilots of the presence of drone aircraft and to document or report errant drone flight operations, in particular to alert and report drone aircraft which may present a hazard to a piloted aircraft and/or are operating outside governing regulations. In one embodiment, the system comprises a surveillance subsystem configured to identify a drone operating in an airspace adjacent the aircraft; an imaging subsystem configured to acquire at least one image of the drone; a triggering subsystem interconnected with the surveillance subsystem and configured to activate the imaging subsystem; a navigational subsystem configured to provide aircraft state data associated with the at least one image; and a communication subsystem configured to transmit the at least one image and the associated aircraft state data to a receiving station; wherein the at least one image and the associated aircraft state data are transmitted to the receiving station.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2016Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: Drone Traffic, LLCInventor: Richard Eric Zelenka
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Publication number: 20180165972Abstract: A system and method to alter pilots of the presence of drone aircraft and to document or report errant drone flight operations, in particular to alert and report drone aircraft which may present a hazard to a piloted aircraft and/or are operating outside governing regulations. In one embodiment, the system comprises a surveillance subsystem configured to identify a drone operating in an airspace adjacent the aircraft; an imaging subsystem configured to acquire at least one image of the drone; a triggering subsystem interconnected with the surveillance subsystem and configured to activate the imaging subsystem; a navigational subsystem configured to provide aircraft state data associated with the at least one image; and a communication subsystem configured to transmit the at least one image and the associated aircraft state data to a receiving station; wherein the at least one image and the associated aircraft state data are transmitted to the receiving station.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2016Publication date: June 14, 2018Inventor: Richard Eric Zelenka
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Patent number: 8745175Abstract: User preferences and configuration information are determined automatically when a user account is created. The configuration information is derived from service configuration files. The user account and configuration information is stored in a directory such that it is accessible by a client and applied to applications executing on the client.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2006Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Gregory Bjorn Vaughan, Gregory Burns, Kazuhisa Yanagihara, Eric Zelenka
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Patent number: 8712043Abstract: A portable device initially accesses a secure server and requests a certificate. The secure server generates a random key and encodes the generated key to generate a representation of the key, such as a two-dimensional bar code or an audio signal, and communicated to a local device, such as a laptop or desktop computer, using a web interface. The local device is used to present the representation of the key to a mobile device. The mobile device then captures the representation of the key from the local device, for example using an image capture device or audio capture device, and extracts the key by decoding the representation of the key. The key is then stored by the mobile device and used to securely communicate with the secure server without manually entering the key.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2012Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Gregory B. Vaughan, Kazuhisa Yanagihara, Eric Zelenka
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Publication number: 20130034227Abstract: A portable device initially accesses a secure server and requests a certificate. The secure server generates a random key and encodes the generated key to generate a representation of the key, such as a two-dimensional bar code or an audio signal, and communicated to a local device, such as a laptop or desktop computer, using a web interface. The local device is used to present the representation of the key to a mobile device. The mobile device then captures the representation of the key from the local device, for example using an image capture device or audio capture device, and extracts the key by decoding the representation of the key. The key is then stored by the mobile device and used to securely communicate with the secure server without manually entering the key.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2012Publication date: February 7, 2013Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Greg Vaughan, Kazu Yanagihara, Eric Zelenka
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Patent number: 8254572Abstract: A portable device initially accesses a secure server and requests a certificate. The secure server generates a random key and encodes the generated key to generate a representation of the key, such as a two-dimensional bar code or an audio signal, and communicated to a local device, such as a laptop or desktop computer, using a web interface. The local device is used to present the representation of the key to a mobile device. The mobile device then captures the representation of the key from the local device, for example using an image capture device or audio capture device, and extracts the key by decoding the representation of the key. The key is then stored by the mobile device and used to securely communicate with the secure server without manually entering the key.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2008Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Greg Vaughan, Kazu Yanagihara, Eric Zelenka