Patents by Inventor Mark Anthony SULLIVAN

Mark Anthony SULLIVAN 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).

  • System for identifying and controlling unmanned aerial vehicles
    Patent number: 10061311
    Abstract: A beacon for attachment to an unmanned aerial vehicle that provides information needed to identify the owner of a particular unmanned vehicle. The beacon may also include a remote communications module configured to participate on wireless or optical communications networks and a beacon control system configured to issue commands compatible with the unmanned aerial vehicle. The beacon may further a beacon control system configured to translate multiple types of commands from different controls systems into commands compatible with the unmanned aerial vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: VIGILENT INC.
    Inventors: John Mansfield Falk, Mark Anthony Sullivan
  • SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING AND CONTROLLING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20180046180
    Abstract: A beacon for attachment to an unmanned aerial vehicle that provides information needed to identify the owner of a particular unmanned vehicle. The beacon may also include a remote communications module configured to participate on wireless or optical communications networks and a beacon control system configured to issue commands compatible with the unmanned aerial vehicle. The beacon may further a beacon control system configured to translate multiple types of commands from different controls systems into commands compatible with the unmanned aerial vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: VIGILENT INC.
    Inventors: John Mansfield Falk, Mark Anthony Sullivan
  • System for identifying and controlling unmanned aerial vehicles
    Patent number: 9805238
    Abstract: A beacon for attachment to an unmanned aerial vehicle that provides information needed to identify the owner of a particular unmanned vehicle. The beacon may also include a remote communications module configured to participate on wireless communications networks and a beacon control system configured to issue commands compatible with the unmanned aerial vehicle. The beacon may further a beacon control system configured to translate multiple types of commands from different controls systems into commands compatible with the unmanned aerial vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: VIGILENT INC.
    Inventors: John Mansfield Falk, Mark Anthony Sullivan
  • SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING AND CONTROLLING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20170255802
    Abstract: A beacon for attachment to an unmanned aerial vehicle that provides information needed to identify the owner of a particular unmanned vehicle. The beacon may also include a remote communications module configured to participate on wireless communications networks and a beacon control system configured to issue commands compatible with the unmanned aerial vehicle. The beacon may further a beacon control system configured to translate multiple types of commands from different controls systems into commands compatible with the unmanned aerial vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: VIGILENT INC.
    Inventors: John Mansfield FALK, Mark Anthony SULLIVAN