Patents by Inventor Jesse William Bennett

Jesse William Bennett 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: 20240053191
    Abstract: A method at a sensor apparatus affixed to a transportation asset, the method including detecting a trigger at the sensor apparatus; taking a threshold number of samples of a displacement-related value of the transportation asset over time; determining that a variance of the threshold number of samples exceeds a threshold; analyzing a frequency property based on the threshold number of samples; and based on the frequency property, determining whether the transportation asset is loaded or unloaded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Peter MONTEMURRO, Mahendra FULESHWAR PRASAD, Yu GAO, Alexander Karl LEVATO, Scott Leonard DILL, Cortez CORLEY, Jason Wayne JANTZI, Shouxing Qu, Jesse William Bennett
  • Patent number: 11841264
    Abstract: A method at a sensor apparatus affixed to a transportation asset, the method including detecting a trigger at the sensor apparatus; taking a threshold number of samples of a displacement-related value of the transportation asset over time; determining that a variance of the threshold number of samples exceeds a threshold; analyzing a frequency property based on the threshold number of samples; and based on the frequency property, determining whether the transportation asset is loaded or unloaded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Michael Peter Montemurro, Mahendra Fuleshwar Prasad, Yu Gao, Alexander Karl Levato, Scott Leonard Dill, Cortez Corley, Jason Wayne Jantzi, Shouxing Qu, Jesse William Bennett
  • Publication number: 20230309011
    Abstract: A method at a sensor module within a sensor system for communicating with a gateway, the method including storing a timing profile for communications with the gateway; waking a radio core of the sensor module at a threshold time prior to a beacon signal being expected from the gateway; sampling a channel for the beacon signal at the radio core; if the beacon signal is detected: waking a processor on the sensor module; exchanging communication with the gateway; and powering down the processor and radio core upon completion of the exchanging communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Mahendra Fuleshwar Prasad, Michael Peter Montemurro, Stephen McCann, Jesse William Bennett, Scott Leonard Dill, James Randolph Winter Lepp
  • Publication number: 20230239668
    Abstract: A method for updating communication parameters on a mobile device, the method including sending a communication from the mobile device to a server, the communication including a location of the mobile device; receiving at the mobile device, responsive to the communication, a new communication parameter; reconfiguring the mobile device with the new communication parameter; and sending a second communication from the mobile device to the server, the second communication using the new communication parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Jason Wayne Jantzi, Scott Leonard Dill, Jesse William Bennett, Mark Edward Reaume, Mahendra Fuleshwar Prasad, Alexander Karl Levato, Yu Gao
  • Publication number: 20230217140
    Abstract: A method at a sensor apparatus, the method including calculating a value for a target function based on at least one sensor of the sensor apparatus; determining that the value of the target function is within a defined threshold range for a defined time period, thereby finding an in-flight state for the sensor apparatus; and turning off transmission from a radio of the sensor apparatus based on the in-flight state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Zhijun Cai, Shouxing Qu, Yu Gao, Gaëlle Christine Martin-Cocher, Jesse William Bennett
  • Patent number: 11678262
    Abstract: A method at a sensor module within a sensor system for communicating with a gateway, the method including storing a timing profile for communications with the gateway; waking a radio core of the sensor module at a threshold time prior to a beacon signal being expected from the gateway; sampling a channel for the beacon signal at the radio core; if the beacon signal is detected: waking a processor on the sensor module; exchanging communication with the gateway; and powering down the processor and radio core upon completion of the exchanging communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Mahendra Fuleshwar Prasad, Michael Peter Montemurro, Stephen McCann, Jesse William Bennett, Scott Leonard Dill, James Randolph Winter Lepp
  • Patent number: 11653126
    Abstract: A method at a sensor apparatus, the method including calculating a value for a target function based on at least one sensor of the sensor apparatus; determining that the value of the target function is within a defined threshold range for a defined time period, thereby finding an in-flight state for the sensor apparatus; and turning off transmission from a radio of the sensor apparatus based on the in-flight state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Zhijun Cai, Shouxing Qu, Yu Gao, Gaëlle Christine Martin-Cocher, Jesse William Bennett
  • Patent number: 11647369
    Abstract: A method for updating communication parameters on a mobile device, the method including sending a communication from the mobile device to a server, the communication including a location of the mobile device; receiving at the mobile device, responsive to the communication, a new communication parameter; reconfiguring the mobile device with the new communication parameter; and sending a second communication from the mobile device to the server, the second communication using the new communication parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Jason Wayne Jantzi, Scott Leonard Dill, Jesse William Bennett, Mark Edward Reaume, Mahendra Fuleshwar Prasad, Alexander Karl Levato, Yu Gao
  • Publication number: 20210281931
    Abstract: A method at a sensor apparatus, the method including calculating a value for a target function based on at least one sensor of the sensor apparatus; determining that the value of the target function is within a defined threshold range for a defined time period, thereby finding an in-flight state for the sensor apparatus; and turning off transmission from a radio of the sensor apparatus based on the in-flight state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Zhijun Cai, Shouxing Qu, Yu Gao, Gaëlle Christine Martin-Cocher, Jesse William Bennett
  • Patent number: 11100194
    Abstract: A method at a computing device, the method including obtaining a cargo load signal measurement; and applying an estimator to the cargo load signal measurement, the estimator being in the form of {circumflex over (x)}=ay+bZ, where {circumflex over (x)} is an estimate of a true signal vector, y is the cargo load signal measurement, Z is a calculated or pre-determined reference vector, and a and b are weighting factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Yu Gao, Sandeep Chennakeshu, Jesse William Bennett, Scott Leonard Dill
  • Patent number: 11082913
    Abstract: A method for sensor provisioning in a wireless sensor network includes determining, at a gateway, that no neighboring gateway is present; in response to no neighboring gateway present, measuring signal strengths from a plurality of sensors; based on the measured signal strengths, identifying a sensor from the plurality of sensors to be paired with the gateway; and in response to identifying the sensor, pairing the gateway and the sensor to enable a secured connection between the gateway and the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Mahendra Fuleshwar Prasad, Jesse William Bennett, Scott Leonard Dill, Michael Peter Montemurro, Stephen John Barrett, Jason Wayne Jantzi, Mark Edward Reaume, Adam Paul Jocksch, Srdjan Damjanovic
  • Patent number: 11035873
    Abstract: A method at a sensor apparatus, the method including calculating a value for a target function based on at least one sensor of the sensor apparatus; determining that the value of the target function is within a defined threshold range for a defined time period, thereby finding an in-flight state for the sensor apparatus; and turning off transmission from a radio of the sensor apparatus based on the in-flight state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Zhijun Cai, Shouxing Qu, Yu Gao, Gaëlle Christine Martin-Cocher, Jesse William Bennett
  • Publication number: 20210168576
    Abstract: A method for updating communication parameters on a mobile device, the method including sending a communication from the mobile device to a server, the communication including a location of the mobile device; receiving at the mobile device, responsive to the communication, a new communication parameter; reconfiguring the mobile device with the new communication parameter; and sending a second communication from the mobile device to the server, the second communication using the new communication parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Jason Wayne JANTZI, Scott Leonard DILL, Jesse William BENNETT, Mark Edward REAUME, Mahendra FULESHWAR PRASAD, Alexander Karl LEVATO, Yu GAO
  • Patent number: 10952052
    Abstract: A method for updating communication parameters on a mobile device, the method including sending a communication from the mobile device to a server, the communication including a location of the mobile device; receiving at the mobile device, responsive to the communication, a new communication parameter; reconfiguring the mobile device with the new communication parameter; and sending a second communication from the mobile device to the server, the second communication using the new communication parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Jason Wayne Jantzi, Scott Leonard Dill, Jesse William Bennett, Mark Edward Reaume, Mahendra Fuleshwar Prasad, Alexander Karl Levato, Yu Gao
  • Patent number: 10882691
    Abstract: In some examples, a system includes a communication interface, and at least one processor configured to cause sending, to a sensor device attached to a cargo transportation unit (CTU), parameter information through the communication interface, the parameter information controlling detection of a condition associated with the CTU by the sensor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Mahendra Fuleshwar Prasad, Jesse William Bennett, Scott Leonard Dill, Mark Edward Reaume, Jason Wayne Jantzi, Yu Gao, Alexander Karl Levato
  • Patent number: 10880692
    Abstract: In some examples, a plurality of instances of position data and associated accuracy metadata are acquired by a position sensor. A position of a device comprising the position sensor is determined based on combining the plurality of instances of the position data and the associated accuracy metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Mahendra Fuleshwar Prasad, Scott Leonard Dill, Jesse William Bennett, Jason Wayne Jantzi, Alexander John Ogle
  • Publication number: 20200336980
    Abstract: A method at a sensor module within a sensor system for communicating with a gateway, the method including storing a timing profile for communications with the gateway; waking a radio core of the sensor module at a threshold time prior to a beacon signal being expected from the gateway; sampling a channel for the beacon signal at the radio core; if the beacon signal is detected: waking a processor on the sensor module; exchanging communication with the gateway; and powering down the processor and radio core upon completion of the exchanging communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Mahendra Fuleshwar Prasad, Michael Peter Montemurro, Stephen McCann, Jesse William Bennett, Scott Leonard Dill, James Randolph Winter Lepp
  • Patent number: 10769576
    Abstract: A method for cargo load detection in a container by a computing device, the method including projecting at least one light dot within an array of light dots towards a surface of the container; capturing an image of the at least one light dot on the surface of the container; and using the captured image to determine cargo loading within the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Jesse William Bennett, Zhijun Cai, Sandeep Chennakeshu, Scott Leonard Dill, Mahendra Fuleshwar Prasad, Yu Gao
  • Publication number: 20200271509
    Abstract: A method at a sensor apparatus affixed to a transportation asset, the method including detecting a trigger at the sensor apparatus; taking a threshold number of samples of a displacement-related value of the transportation asset over time; determining that a variance of the threshold number of samples exceeds a threshold; analyzing a frequency property based on the threshold number of samples; and based on the frequency property, determining whether the transportation asset is loaded or unloaded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Peter MONTEMURRO, Mahendra Fuleshwar PRASAD, Yu GAO, Alexander Karl LEVATO, Scott Leonard DILL, Cortez CORLEY, Jason Wayne JANTZI, Shouxing QU, Jesse William BENNETT
  • Patent number: 10721683
    Abstract: A method at a sensor module within a sensor system for communicating with a gateway, the method including storing a timing profile for communications with the gateway; waking a radio core of the sensor module at a threshold time prior to a beacon signal being expected from the gateway; sampling a channel for the beacon signal at the radio core; if the beacon signal is detected: waking a processor on the sensor module; exchanging communication with the gateway; and powering down the processor and radio core upon completion of the exchanging communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Mahendra Fuleshwar Prasad, Michael Peter Montemurro, Stephen McCann, Jesse William Bennett, Scott Leonard Dill, James Randolph Winter Lepp