Patents by Inventor Jerry Wayne Lovett

Jerry Wayne Lovett 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).

  • Multi-wireless access service and repeater service of automated meter reading system
    Patent number: 10609223
    Abstract: A device and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a collector device comprises a first wireless communication interface of a first wireless network configured to receive messages from and transmit messages to a meter interface unit of a utility meter; and a second wireless communication interface of a second wireless network configured to receive messages from and transmit messages to the meter interface unit, wherein the second wireless network is a third party wireless network and the first wireless network is not, and wherein the first wireless communication interface and the second wireless communication interface are configured to operate in a simultaneous mode of communication that provides for a simultaneous transmission to or simultaneous reception of messages from the meter interface unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Neptune Technology Group Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry Wayne Lovett, Steven Donald Bragg
  • MULTI-WIRELESS ACCESS SERVICE AND REPEATER SERVICE OF AUTOMATED METER READING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200076954
    Abstract: A device and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a collector device comprises a first wireless communication interface of a first wireless network configured to receive messages from and transmit messages to a meter interface unit of a utility meter; and a second wireless communication interface of a second wireless network configured to receive messages from and transmit messages to the meter interface unit, wherein the second wireless network is a third party wireless network and the first wireless network is not, and wherein the first wireless communication interface and the second wireless communication interface are configured to operate in a simultaneous mode of communication that provides for a simultaneous transmission to or simultaneous reception of messages from the meter interface unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Jerry Wayne Lovett, Steven Donald Bragg