Patents by Inventor John Stangle

John Stangle 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).

  • Patent number: 7577421
    Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods to locate and recover objects equipped with tracking devices by determining the location information of the object. The system employs multiple radio direction finding (RDF) devices, which is capable of determining the angle of arrival of a radio signal. The MSC sends a request along with radio information to a location processor, which controls the RDF devices. The system also employs a theft detection device, which is capable of placing a wireless telephone call to a monitoring center. The theft detection device connects to and receives instructions from the monitoring center, which retrieves the instructions from a primary database server. If the primary database server is unavailable, the request for information is sent to a secondary database server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Gould, John A. Stangle
  • Patent number: 6947755
    Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods to locate and recover objects equipped with tracking devices by determining the location information of the object. The system employs multiple radio direction finding (RDF) devices, which is capable of determining the angle of arrival of a radio signal. The MSC sends a request along with radio information to a location processor, which controls the RDF devices. The system also employs a theft detection device, which is capable of placing a wireless telephone call to a monitoring center. The theft detection device connects to and receives instructions from the monitoring center, which retrieves the instructions from a primary database server. If the primary database server is unavailable, the request for information is sent to a secondary database server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Gould, John A. Stangle
  • Patent number: 6934548
    Abstract: Systems and methods to determine the location information of an emergency call made from a radiotelephone. The system employs multiple radio direction finding (RDF) devices, which is capable of determining the angle of arrival of a radio signal. The MSC sends a request along with radio information to a location processor, which controls RDF devices. The location processor sets up each RDF device to track the radio signal. If at least two RDF devices are successful in tracking the radio signals and returning information about the radio signal, then the location processor can determine the location of the radiotelephone by using a triangulation method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Gould, John A. Stangle
  • Publication number: 20050135287
    Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods to locate and recover objects equipped with tracking devices by determining the location information of the object. The system employs multiple radio direction finding (RDF) devices, which is capable of determining the angle of arrival of a radio signal. The MSC sends a request along with radio information to a location processor, which controls the RDF devices. The system also employs a theft detection device, which is capable of placing a wireless telephone call to a monitoring center. The theft detection device connects to and receives instructions from the monitoring center, which retrieves the instructions from a primary database server. If the primary database server is unavailable, the request for information is sent to a secondary database server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2004
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventors: Lawrence Gould, John Stangle
  • Publication number: 20050130670
    Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods to locate and recover objects equipped with tracking devices by determining the location information of the object. The system employs multiple radio direction finding (RDF) devices, which is capable of determining the angle of arrival of a radio signal. The MSC sends a request along with radio information to a location processor, which controls the RDF devices. The system also employs a theft detection device, which is capable of placing a wireless telephone call to a monitoring center. The theft detection device connects to and receives instructions from the monitoring center, which retrieves the instructions from a primary database server. If the primary database server is unavailable, the request for information is sent to a secondary database server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2004
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventors: Lawrence Gould, John Stangle
  • Patent number: 6756917
    Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods to locate and recover stolen vehicles by determining the location information of a stolen vehicle and instructing a theft detection device to perform certain instructions. The system employs multiple radio direction finding (RDF) devices, which is capable of determining the angle of arrival of a radio signal. The MSC sends a request along with radio information to a location processor, which controls the RDF devices. The location processor sets up each RDF device to track the radio signal. If at least two RDF devices are successful in tracking the radio signals and returning information about the radio signals, then the location processor can determine the location of the radiotelephone by using a triangulation method. The system also employs a theft detection device, which is capable of placing a wireless telephone call to a monitoring center. The theft detection device connects to and receives instructions from the monitoring center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Gould, John A. Stangle
  • Publication number: 20020196161
    Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods to locate and recover stolen vehicles by determining the location information of a stolen vehicle and instructing a theft detection device to perform certain instructions. The system employs multiple radio direction finding (RDF) devices, which is capable of determining the angle of arrival of a radio signal. The MSC sends a request along with radio information to a location processor, which controls the RDF devices. The location processor sets up each RDF device to track the radio signal. If at least two RDF devices are successful in tracking the radio signals and returning information about the radio signals, then the location processor can determine the location of the radiotelephone by using a triangulation method. The system also employs a theft detection device, which is capable of placing a wireless telephone call to a monitoring center. The theft detection device connects to and receives instructions from the monitoring center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Gould, John A. Stangle
  • Patent number: 5897030
    Abstract: A toothpaste dispenser includes, a base, a first wall, a second wall, a squeeze flap, a tube retainer, and a dispenser nozzle. The first and second walls are mounted to the base such that a toothpaste tube may be easily inserted therebetween. A second end of the squeeze flap is pivotally mounted to second ends of the first and second walls. A tube retainer is mounted to the base at a first end thereof. The tube retainer retains the tooth paste tube when pressure is exerted thereupon. There are two preferred embodiments of dispenser nozzles. The first preferred embodiment is a side dispensing nozzle. The second preferred embodiment is a swing nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Inventor: John A. Stangle