Patents by Inventor Lee Priest

Lee Priest 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: 12686135
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the present disclosure relates to robot systems configured to operate on a cell tower to inspect, install, reconfigure, and repair cellular equipment. The present disclosure provides a robot for performing audit tasks of cell towers. The robot includes a body portion configured to hold various electronic components of the robot including monitoring equipment disposed thereon, one or more arms extending from the body portion adapted to manipulate components of a cell tower and to facilitate movement of the robot on the cell tower, and wireless interfaces adapted to receive control signals from a Virtual Reality (VR) system allowing wireless control of the robot. The robot is configured to be controlled by one of a user in a remote location, a user at the cell tower site, and autonomously via direct programing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: ETAK Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Lee Priest
  • Patent number: 12646911
    Abstract: Systems and method for installing a fiber network to a structure include causing one or more cameras to capture a plurality of photographs of an installation area; obtaining the plurality of photographs and causing processing of the plurality of photographs to provide one or more remote visualizations of the installation area; utilizing the one or more remote visualizations for determining an installation procedure for installing the fiber network to the structure; and installing the fiber network based on the determined installation procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: ETAK Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Lee Priest
  • Patent number: 12619043
    Abstract: Systems and method for installing a fiber network include causing one or more cameras to capture a plurality of photographs of an installation area; obtaining the plurality of photographs and causing processing of the plurality of photographs to provide one or more remote visualizations of the installation area; utilizing the one or more remote visualizations to determine an optimal route for trenching fiber cables; and installing the fiber network based on the determined optimal route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: ETAK Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Lee Priest
  • Patent number: 12579629
    Abstract: Systems and method for performing micro-trenching include causing one or more cameras to capture a plurality of photographs of an installation area; obtaining the plurality of photographs and causing processing of the plurality of photographs to provide one or more remote visualizations of the installation area; utilizing the one or more remote visualizations to determine an optimal route for micro-trenching fiber cables; and performing the micro-trenching based on the determined optimal route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: ETAK Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Lee Priest
  • Patent number: 12573287
    Abstract: Systems and method for installing and testing an alarming system at a cell site includes installing an alarm controller at a cell site; coupling a first end of a cable to an input of the alarm controller and a second end of the cable to a component of the cell site, wherein the alarm controller is adapted to provide alarming associated with the component; placing the component in a failure mode; and verifying that the alarm controller receives the alarm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: ETAK Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Lee Priest
  • Patent number: 12570401
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the present disclosure relates to robot systems configured to operate on a cell tower to inspect, install, reconfigure, and repair cellular equipment. The present disclosure provides a robot system for performing audit tasks of cell towers. The robot system includes an Unmanned Arial Vehicle (UAV) adapted to transport a robot to the cell tower; and a robot including a body portion configured to hold various electronic components of the robot including monitoring equipment disposed thereon, one or more arms extending from the body portion adapted to manipulate components of a cell tower and to facilitate movement of the robot on the cell tower, and wireless interfaces adapted to allow wireless control of the robot. The robot is configured to be controlled by one of a user in a remote location, a user at the cell tower site, and autonomously via direct programing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: ETAK Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Lee Priest
  • Patent number: 12530506
    Abstract: Systems and method for directional boring include causing one or more cameras to capture a plurality of photographs of an installation area; obtaining the plurality of photographs and causing processing of the plurality of photographs to provide one or more remote visualizations of the installation area; utilizing the one or more remote visualizations for determining one or more locations in the installation area best suited for directional boring; and installing portions of a fiber network via directional boring in the one or more locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignee: ETAK Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Lee Priest
  • Patent number: 12491992
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the present disclosure relates to robot systems configured to operate on a cell tower to inspect, install, reconfigure, and repair cellular equipment. The present disclosure provides a robot for performing audit tasks of cell towers. The robot includes a body portion configured to hold various electronic components of the robot including monitoring equipment disposed thereon, one or more arms extending from the body portion adapted to manipulate components of a cell tower and to facilitate movement of the robot on the cell tower, one or more winches, and wireless interfaces adapted to allow wireless control of the robot. The robot is configured to be controlled by one of a user in a remote location, a user at the cell tower site, and autonomously via direct programing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2025
    Assignee: ETAK Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Lee Priest
  • Patent number: 12491643
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the present disclosure relates to robot systems configured to operate on a cell tower to inspect, install, reconfigure, and repair cellular equipment. The present disclosure provides a robot for performing audit tasks of cell towers. The robot includes a body portion configured to hold various electronic components of the robot including monitoring equipment disposed thereon, one or more arms extending from the body portion adapted to manipulate components of a cell tower and to facilitate movement of the robot on the cell tower, embedded systems for flight, and wireless interfaces adapted to allow wireless control of the robot. The robot is configured to be controlled by one of a user in a remote location, a user at the cell tower site, and autonomously via direct programing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2025
    Assignee: ETAK Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Lee Priest
  • Patent number: 12485551
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the present disclosure relates to robot systems configured to operate on a cell tower to inspect, install, reconfigure, and repair cellular equipment. The present disclosure provides a robot for performing audit tasks of cell towers. The robot includes a body portion configured to hold various electronic components of the robot including monitoring equipment disposed thereon, one or more arms extending from the body portion adapted to manipulate components of a cell tower and to facilitate movement of the robot on the cell tower, and wireless interfaces adapted to allow wireless control of the robot. The robot is configured to be controlled by one of a user in a remote location, a user at the cell tower site, and autonomously via direct programming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2025
    Assignee: ETAK Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Lee Priest
  • Patent number: 12462668
    Abstract: Systems and method for installing an alarming system at a cell site includes installing an alarm controller at a cell site; installing an alarm block at the cell site; coupling the alarm controller to the alarm block by way of a plurality of cables; coupling the alarm block to a plurality of components of the cell site by way of a plurality of cables, wherein the alarm block establishes a connection between the alarm controller and the components; causing one or more cameras to capture a 360 degree view of the cell site; and providing a close-out package, wherein the close-out package provides verification of the alarm controller installation. Various embodiments include utilizing three dimensional (3D) modeling to perform virtual site surveys for verifying the installation of the alarming system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2025
    Assignee: ETAK Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Lee Priest
  • Patent number: 12461505
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the present disclosure relates to robot systems configured to operate on a cell tower to inspect, install, reconfigure, and repair cellular equipment. The present disclosure provides a robot for performing tasks on cell towers. The robot includes a body portion configured to hold various electronic components of the robot including monitoring equipment disposed thereon, one or more arms extending from the body portion adapted to manipulate components of a cell tower and to facilitate movement of the robot on the cell tower, a tethering system adapted to prevent the robot from falling off of the cell tower, and wireless interfaces adapted to allow wireless control of the robot. The robot is configured to be controlled by one of a user in a remote location, a user at the cell tower site, and autonomously via direct programing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2025
    Assignee: ETAK Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Lee Priest
  • Patent number: 12430850
    Abstract: Systems and method for installing an alarming system at a cell site includes installing an alarm controller at a cell site; coupling a first end of a cable to an input of the alarm controller and a second end of the cable to a component of the cell site, wherein the alarm controller is adapted to provide alarming associated with the component; causing one or more cameras to capture a 360 degree view of the cell site; and providing a close-out package, wherein the close-out package provides verification of the alarm controller installation. Various embodiments include utilizing three dimensional (3D) modeling to perform virtual site surveys for verifying the installation of the alarming system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2025
    Assignee: ETAK Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Lee Priest
  • Patent number: 12424115
    Abstract: An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) air traffic control method utilizing wireless networks includes communicating with a plurality of UAVs via a plurality of satellites associated with the wireless networks, wherein the plurality of UAVs each include hardware and antennas adapted to communicate to the plurality of satellites; maintaining data associated with flight of each of the plurality of UAVs based on the communicating; and processing the maintained data to perform a plurality of function associated with air traffic control of the plurality of UAVs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2025
    Assignee: Metal Raptor Inc.
    Inventor: Lee Priest
  • Patent number: 12358644
    Abstract: A method for loading an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle with one or more items is disclosed. The method includes obtaining a Center of Gravity of each of the one or more items and at least one physical characteristic of each of the one or more items. The method also includes categorizing each of the one or more items based on the obtained Center of Gravity and the at least one physical characteristic of the one or more items. The method further includes selecting, for each of the one or more items, one of a plurality of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to transport the corresponding one or more items based on the categorization of each of the one or more items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Metal Raptor Inc.
    Inventor: Lee Priest
  • Patent number: 12219261
    Abstract: Systems and methods include a monitoring system. The monitoring system includes a plurality of camera apparatuses and a server. Each camera apparatus includes a plurality of sensors including an array of image sensors arranged to simultaneously capture a combined 360 degree view thereabout. The server also includes memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to determine a location for each of the plurality of camera apparatuses, display a map with an icon identifying the location of each of the plurality of camera apparatuses, and display images from the combined 360 degree view, in response to a selection of the icon of a corresponding camera apparatus by a user, from the corresponding camera apparatus selected by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: ETAK Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Charlie Terry, James Perry, Lee Priest
  • Patent number: 12200326
    Abstract: Systems and methods include a camera apparatus. The camera apparatus includes a mounting base and a plurality of sensors. The mounting base is adapted to mount to a structure. The plurality of sensors includes an array of image sensors arranged to simultaneously capture a combined 360 degree view around the camera apparatus. The plurality of sensors also includes at least one of infrared sensors, sound sensors, and motion sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: ETAK Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Charlie Terry, James Perry, Lee Priest
  • Publication number: 20250013950
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the present disclosure relates to managing completed jobs associated with a plurality of customers. Steps include training a machine learning model with customer data associated with one or more customers of an infrastructure service provider; parsing data related to one or more jobs, wherein the one or more jobs are associated with the one or more customers of the infrastructure service provider; determining, via the machine learning model, that one or more of the jobs are completed; and performing an action based on the determining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Lee Priest, Tammie Grogan, Adrienne Johnson, Alysson Malinoski Mariano, Karina Kiyomi Uzumaki, Betty Rodriguez
  • Publication number: 20250013957
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the present disclosure relates to managing customer infrastructure job requests through job completion. Steps include training a machine learning model with data associated with one or more customers of an infrastructure service provider; receiving one or more job requests from the one or more customers; identifying one or more insufficiencies in the one or more job requests based on the training; and performing one or more actions based on the identifying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Lee Priest, Tammie Grogan, Adrienne Johnson, Alysson Malinoski Mariano, Karina Kiyomi Uzumaki, Betty Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 12149832
    Abstract: Systems and methods include a camera apparatus. The camera apparatus includes a mounting base and a plurality of sensors. The mounting base is adapted to mount to a structure. The plurality of sensors includes an array of image sensors arranged to simultaneously capture a combined 360 degree view around the camera apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: ETAK Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Charlie Terry, James Perry, Lee Priest