Patents by Inventor Maxwell Smoot

Maxwell Smoot 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).

  • Control of connectivity between a satellite and a wide area network using a common control plane
    Patent number: 12193092
    Abstract: A wide area network (WAN) communication framework having a common control plane and method for using the same are disclosed. In some embodiments, the wide area network (WAN) communication framework comprises: a plurality of management systems, each for controlling access to and traffic for one of a plurality of WANs that include satellite and terrestrial communication networks; a remote unit capable of communicably coupling to the plurality of WANs; and a master network management system (MNMS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Kymeta Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin Posthuma, Neville Meijers, Maxwell Smoot, Luis Varela
  • COMMON CONTROL PLANE
    Publication number: 20220386400
    Abstract: A wide area network (WAN) communication framework having a common control plane and method for using the same are disclosed. In some embodiments, the wide area network (WAN) communication framework comprises: a plurality of management systems, each for controlling access to and traffic for one of a plurality of WANs that include satellite and terrestrial communication networks; a remote unit capable of communicably coupling to the plurality of WANs; and a master network management system (MNMS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Benjamin Posthuma, Neville Meijers, Maxwell Smoot, Luis Varela
  • Combiner for use in a satellite communication system
    Patent number: 10855362
    Abstract: A combining apparatus for use in a satellite communication system and a method for using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: KYMETA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shawn Preston, Nathan Bialke, Maxwell Smoot, Michael Kreeger, Michael Schwager, John Braswell, John Nebel, Andreas Wanka, Ron Radko, Steven C. Borchers, Raj Swaminathan, Steven Michael Ziuchkovski, Eric Bjorn Hultman, Lekshmi Priya Ravindran Subhadramma, Daeup Chang, Serge Makhoul, Kevin KleinOsowski, Alex Schnedler, Joseph Taylor
  • COMBINER FOR USE IN A SATELLITE COMMUNCATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200212992
    Abstract: A combining apparatus for use in a satellite communication system and a method for using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Shawn Preston, Nathan Bialke, Maxwell Smoot, Michael Kreeger, Michael Schwager, John Braswell, John Nebel, Andreas Wanka, Ron Radko, Steven C. Borchers, Raj Swaminathan, Steven Michael Ziuchkovski, Eric Bjorn Hultman, Lekshmi Priya Ravindran Subhadramma, Daeup Chang, Serge Makhoul, Kevin KleinOsowski, Alex Schnedler, Joseph Taylor