Patents by Inventor Mark Fine

Mark Fine 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: 11867823
    Abstract: A system or method for generating GNSS corrections can include receiving satellite observations associated with a set of satellites at a reference station, determining atmospheric corrections valid within a geographical area; wherein geographical areas associated with different atmospheric corrections can be overlapping, and wherein the atmospheric corrections can be provided to a GNSS receiver when the locality of the GNSS receiver is within a transmission region of the geographical area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Swift Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Lipeles Segal, Mark Fine, Joseph Angelo, Leith Bade, Fergus MacPherson Noble
  • Publication number: 20230204787
    Abstract: A system or method for generating or distributing GNSS corrections can include or operate to: generate a set of corrections based on satellite observations, wherein each correction of the set of corrections comprises an area associated with the correction, a tag, and correction data; update a set of stored corrections with the set of received corrections based on a tag associated with each correction of the set of stored corrections and the tag associated with each correction of the set of received corrections; and transmit stored corrections of the set of stored corrections to the GNSS receiver when the area associated with the stored corrections matches the locality of the GNSS receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Mark Fine, Benjamin Lipeles Segal, Fergus MacPherson Noble
  • Patent number: 11624838
    Abstract: A system or method for generating or distributing GNSS corrections can include or operate to: generate a set of corrections based on satellite observations, wherein each correction of the set of corrections comprises an area associated with the correction, a tag, and correction data; update a set of stored corrections with the set of received corrections based on a tag associated with each correction of the set of stored corrections and the tag associated with each correction of the set of received corrections; and transmit stored corrections of the set of stored corrections to the GNSS receiver when the area associated with the stored corrections matches the locality of the GNSS receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Swift Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Fine, Benjamin Lipeles Segal, Fergus MacPherson Noble
  • Publication number: 20220308238
    Abstract: A system or method for generating GNSS corrections can include receiving satellite observations associated with a set of satellites at a reference station, determining atmospheric corrections valid within a geographical area; wherein geographical areas associated with different atmospheric corrections can be overlapping, and wherein the atmospheric corrections can be provided to a GNSS receiver when the locality of the GNSS receiver is within a transmission region of the geographical area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Benjamin Lipeles Segal, Mark Fine, Joseph Angelo, Leith Bade, Fergus MacPherson Noble
  • Patent number: 11378699
    Abstract: A system or method for generating GNSS corrections can include receiving satellite observations associated with a set of satellites at a reference station, determining atmospheric corrections valid within a geographical area; wherein geographical areas associated with different atmospheric corrections can be overlapping, and wherein the atmospheric corrections can be provided to a GNSS receiver when the locality of the GNSS receiver is within a transmission region of the geographical area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Swift Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Lipeles Segal, Mark Fine, Joseph Angelo, Leith Bade, Fergus MacPherson Noble
  • Publication number: 20220018969
    Abstract: A system or method for generating or distributing GNSS corrections can include or operate to: generate a set of corrections based on satellite observations, wherein each correction of the set of corrections comprises an area associated with the correction, a tag, and correction data; update a set of stored corrections with the set of received corrections based on a tag associated with each correction of the set of stored corrections and the tag associated with each correction of the set of received corrections; and transmit stored corrections of the set of stored corrections to the GNSS receiver when the area associated with the stored corrections matches the locality of the GNSS receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Mark Fine, Benjamin Lipeles Segal, Fergus MacPherson Noble
  • Publication number: 20220011446
    Abstract: A system or method for generating GNSS corrections can include receiving satellite observations associated with a set of satellites at a reference station, determining atmospheric corrections valid within a geographical area; wherein geographical areas associated with different atmospheric corrections can be overlapping, and wherein the atmospheric corrections can be provided to a GNSS receiver when the locality of the GNSS receiver is within a transmission region of the geographical area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Benjamin Lipeles Segal, Mark Fine, Joseph Angelo, Leith Bade, Fergus MacPherson Noble
  • Patent number: 9161083
    Abstract: A router and method are described herein that provide a “fast leave behavior” by instantly aging out group and source records that are associated with the IGMPv3/MLDv2 protocols. In one embodiment, the router and method are part of a triple play service network including a bandwidth-limited Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) network in which the instantly aging out of group and source records is desirable to implement a fast TV channel changing feature (or fast leave behavior).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent
    Inventor: Mark Fine
  • Publication number: 20100329246
    Abstract: A router and method are described herein that provide a “fast leave behavior” by instantly aging out group and source records that are associated with the IGMPv3/MLDv2 protocols. In one embodiment, the router and method are part of a triple play service network including a bandwidth-limited Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) network in which the instantly aging out of group and source records is desirable to implement a fast TV channel changing feature (or fast leave behavior).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventor: Mark Fine
  • Patent number: 7813287
    Abstract: A router and method are described herein that provide a “fast leave behavior” by instantly aging out group and source records that are associated with the IGMPv3/MLDv2 protocols. In one embodiment, the router and method are part of a triple play service network including a bandwidth-limited Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) network in which the instantly aging out of group and source records is desirable to implement a fast TV channel changing feature (or fast leave behavior).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventor: Mark Fine
  • Patent number: 7522596
    Abstract: An enhanced DVMRP method for regulating multicast traffic in a destination-based forwarding router is disclosed. As a plurality of neighbor multicast routers are detected and route reports exchanged, the enhanced DVMRP router transmits one or more restricted route reports, each of the restricted route reports omitting the routes associated with one or more of its branch interfaces. With the exception of the neighbor router detected on a given interface, a route report omits reference to other branch interfaces to prevent branch-to-branch routing of multicast streams that may cause a destination-based forwarding router in a multi-access network to transmit duplicate packets to a group member. The enhanced DVMRP method also employs flash updates indicating that some branch interfaces are inaccessible in order to prevent multicast routing through newly-detected neighbor multicast routers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Mark Fine, Jeremy Garff, Kelly Marinan
  • Publication number: 20090059911
    Abstract: A router and method are described herein that provide a “fast leave behavior” by instantly aging out group and source records that are associated with the IGMPv3/MLDv2 protocols. In one embodiment, the router and method are part of a triple play service network including a bandwidth-limited Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) network in which the instantly aging out of group and source records is desirable to implement a fast TV channel changing feature (or fast leave behavior).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: ALCATEL LUCENT
    Inventor: Mark Fine
  • Publication number: 20050083933
    Abstract: An enhanced DVMRP method for regulating multicast traffic in a destination-based forwarding router is disclosed. As a plurality of neighbor multicast routers are detected and route reports exchanged, the enhanced DVMRP router transmits one or more restricted route reports, each of the restricted route reports omitting the routes associated with one or more of its branch interfaces. With the exception of the neighbor router detected on a given interface, a route report omits reference to other branch interfaces to prevent branch-to-branch routing of multicast streams that may cause a destination-based forwarding router in a multi-access network to transmit duplicate packets to a group member. The enhanced DVMRP method also employs flash updates indicating that some branch interfaces are inaccessible in order to prevent multicast routing through newly-detected neighbor multicast routers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2003
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventors: Mark Fine, Jeremy Garff, Kelly Marinan
  • Publication number: 20020122390
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for classifying querying nodes. A querying node is classified as a multicast router if it transmits a multicast routing protocol query message and the node is either unclassified or classified as a multicast querier. The node is classified as a multicast querier if it transmits a multicast group query message and the node is unclassified. IGMP multicast group membership reports are transmitted to both multicast queriers and multicast routers. IP multicast routing protocol data packets, however, are transmitted to only multicast routers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Inventors: Jeremy Garff, Robert Leon Sangroniz, Mark Fine
  • Patent number: 5683797
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for manufacturing inorganic membranes which are capable of separating oxygen from oxygen-containing gaseous mixtures. The membranes comprise a porous composite of a thin layer of a multicomponent metallic oxide which has been deposited onto a porous support wherein the pores of the multicomponent metallic oxide layer are subsequently filled or plugged with a metallic-based species. The inorganic membranes are formed by depositing a porous multicomponent metallic oxide layer onto the porous support to form a porous composite having a network of pores capable of transporting gases. The network of pores are plugged or filled by organometallic vapor infiltration to form an inorganic membrane having essentially no through porosity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1997
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Francis Carolan, Paul Nigel Dyer, Stephen Mark Fine, Alexander Makitka, III, Robin Edward Richards, Leslie Errol Schaffer