Patents by Inventor Kirby Andrews

Kirby Andrews 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: 10503941
    Abstract: A remote meterless parking monitoring system including a plurality of individual parking spaces, a plurality of vehicle detector/RFID units for monitoring the status of the individual parking spaces; at least one Gateway device responsive to the plurality of vehicle detector/RFID units; a Command and Control Server for employing numerous security provisions at least including encryption of data, Virtual Privacy Networks, firewalls and authenticated connections and responsive to data from said Cellular gateway via the internet; and the Command and Control Server uses the status of each space and the ID from the motorist's RFID tag to cross reference data according to a Policy database and identifying the motorist through a Motorist Database including information about the motorist's mailing address, vehicle payment account balance or other information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: fybr, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Groft, Kirby Andrews
  • Publication number: 20150066608
    Abstract: A remote meterless parking monitoring system including a plurality of individual parking spaces, a plurality of vehicle detector/RFID units for monitoring the status of the individual parking spaces; at least one Gateway device responsive to the plurality of vehicle detector/RFID units; a Command and Control Server for employing numerous security provisions at least including encryption of data, Virtual Privacy Networks, firewalls and authenticated connections and responsive to data from said Cellular gateway via the internet; and the Command and Control Server uses the status of each space and the ID from the motorist's RFID tag to cross reference data according to a Policy database and identifying the motorist through a Motorist Database including information about the motorist's mailing address, vehicle payment account balance or other information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Eric Groft, Kirby Andrews
  • Patent number: 8884785
    Abstract: A remote meterless parking monitoring system including a plurality of individual parking spaces, a plurality of vehicle detector/RFID units for monitoring the status of the individual parking spaces; at least one Gateway device responsive to the plurality of vehicle detector/RFID units; a Command and Control Server for employing numerous security provisions at least including encryption of data, Virtual Privacy Networks, firewalls and authenticated connections and responsive to data from said Cellular gateway via the internet; and the Command and Control Server uses the status of each space and the ID from the motorist's RFID tag to cross reference data according to a Policy database and identifying the motorist through a Motorist Database including information about the motorist's mailing address, vehicle payment account balance or other information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: fybr, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Groft, Kirby Andrews
  • Patent number: 8330624
    Abstract: A remote meterless parking monitoring system including a plurality of individual parking spaces, a plurality of vehicle detector/RFID units for monitoring the status of the individual parking spaces; at least one Gateway device responsive to the plurality of vehicle detector/RFID units; a Command and Control Server for employing numerous security provisions at least including encryption of data, Virtual Privacy Networks, firewalls and authenticated connections and responsive to data from said Cellular gateway via the internet; and the Command and Control Server uses the status of each space and the ID from the motorist's RFID tag to cross reference data according to a Policy database and identifying the motorist through a Motorist Database including information about the motorist's mailing address, vehicle payment account balance or other information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Inventors: Eric Groft, Kirby Andrews
  • Publication number: 20110063079
    Abstract: A remote meterless parking monitoring system including a plurality of individual parking spaces, a plurality of vehicle detector/RFID units for monitoring the status of the individual parking spaces; at least one Gateway device responsive to the plurality of vehicle detector/RFID units; a Command and Control Server for employing numerous security provisions at least including encryption of data, Virtual Privacy Networks, firewalls and authenticated connections and responsive to data from said Cellular gateway via the internet; and the Command and Control Server uses the status of each space and the ID from the motorist's RFID tag to cross reference data according to a Policy database and identifying the motorist through a Motorist Database including information about the motorist's mailing address, vehicle payment account balance or other information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Eric Groft, Kirby Andrews
  • Publication number: 20070016539
    Abstract: A wireless electronic parking meter control system with a vehicle detection system for determining the presence or absence of a vehicle in a plurality of vehicle parking spaces and a number of electronic parking meters, each associated with a given vehicle parking space; a number of ICMs, at least one of which is interconnected with the vehicle detection system and the number of electronic parking meters; at least one ICM being wirelessly interconnected with the remaining number of ICMs; an INB wirelessly interconnected to the remaining number of ICMs and connected to the internet; a license plate recognition system including a mobile camera unit, desktop computer and a global positioning satellite terminal connected to the Internet; and a server interconnected to the internet via a router/firewall circuit for isolating the server from the internet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventors: Eric Groft, Kirby Andrews, Howard Kuff, Larry Berman, Martin Hald, Jonathan Pullen, Bruce Sherry