Patents by Inventor Joseph M. Keegan

Joseph M. Keegan 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: 9491581
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide location-based services onboard an aircraft for users having mobile devices utilizing wireless beacons dispersed at fixed locations within a passenger cabin of the aircraft. One embodiment comprises a system that includes a plurality of wireless beacons and a location server. Each of the wireless beacons broadcast a unique ID in a broadcast area for receipt by the mobile devices. The location server receives a message from a mobile device that indicates at least one of the IDs received by the mobile device, and identifies location information for the mobile device within the passenger cabin based on the at least one ID. The location server provides the location information to the mobile device for display to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Stephen Gregory Dame, Yakentim M. Ibrahim, Joseph M. Keegan
  • Patent number: 9380428
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide location-based services onboard an aircraft for users having mobile devices utilizing wireless beacons dispersed at fixed locations within a passenger cabin of the aircraft. One embodiment comprises a system that includes a plurality of wireless beacons and a location server. Each of the wireless beacons broadcast a unique ID in a broadcast area for receipt by the mobile devices. The location server receives a message from a mobile device that indicates at least one of the IDs received by the mobile device, and identifies location information for the mobile device within the passenger cabin based on the at least one ID. The location server provides the location information to the mobile device for display to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Stephen Gregory Dame, Yakentim M. Ibrahim, Joseph M. Keegan
  • Patent number: 8849645
    Abstract: A system and methods to simulate a power profile of an electrical system are disclosed. A combination of electrical devices operable to be electrically coupled to a common power source is virtually assembled, and empirically derived dynamic power requirements associated with each of the electrical devices are modeled. Power profiles for at least one electrical system configuration comprising the combination of electrical devices are generated using the empirically derived dynamic power requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Donald W. Schultz, Alberto Ferrer, Joseph M. Keegan
  • Publication number: 20130117004
    Abstract: A system and methods to simulate a power profile of an electrical system are disclosed. A combination of electrical devices operable to be electrically coupled to a common power source is virtually assembled, and empirically derived dynamic power requirements associated with each of the electrical devices are modeled. Power profiles for at least one electrical system configuration comprising the combination of electrical devices are generated using the empirically derived dynamic power requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Inventors: Donald W. Schultz, Alberto Ferrer, Joseph M. Keegan