Patents by Inventor Leslie Paulson

Leslie Paulson 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).

  • Unmanned Aircraft System Deployment and Analytics Using the Same
    Publication number: 20170116558
    Abstract: Systems and method for managing deployment of UAS and analytics using the same, are disclosed. One method includes receiving first data comprising a criteria associated with a UAS operation, wherein the criteria comprises an analytics component, receiving second data comprising data associated with a plurality of available UAS operators, causing display of a UAS operator listing comprising identifications of one or more UAS operators of the plurality of available UAS operators, the displayed UAS operator listing determined based, at least, on the first data and the second data, receiving an indication of a selected UAS operator from the one or more UAS operators of the UAS operator listing, receiving aerial data collected via a UAS associated with the selected UAS operator, wherein the aerial data comprises analytics data based at least on the analytics criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Pierz, Leslie Paulson, Todd D. Crawford