Patents by Inventor Michael Koontz

Michael Koontz 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for emergency tracking
    Patent number: 8538373
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a set of network communication modules, a communication control module and an input actuator. Each network communication module from the set of network communication modules is configured to send signals to and receive signals from a remote device via a distinct communication mode from a set of communication modes. The communication control module is configured to periodically send a set of second status signals intended to be sent to the remote device via each communication mode from the set of communication modes when the communication control module is in an emergency operating mode and the communication mode is available. The communication control module is configured to switch from the default operating mode to the emergency operating mode in response to receiving an input signal indicating that the input actuator has been actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Blackbird Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Koontz, Andrew Tran, James Sherman, Jake Gunderson
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR EMERGENCY TRACKING
    Publication number: 20120302197
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a set of network communication modules, a communication control module and an input actuator. Each network communication module from the set of network communication modules is configured to send signals to and receive signals from a remote device via a distinct communication mode from a set of communication modes. The communication control module is configured to periodically send a set of second status signals intended to be sent to the remote device via each communication mode from the set of communication modes when the communication control module is in an emergency operating mode and the communication mode is available. The communication control module is configured to switch from the default operating mode to the emergency operating mode in response to receiving an input signal indicating that the input actuator has been actuated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: Blackbird Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Koontz, Andrew Tran, James Sherman, Jake Gunderson
  • Mobile unit and system having integrated mapping, communications and tracking
    Publication number: 20080077320
    Abstract: A handheld device and system, in which such device and system include at least one mapping module, at least one tracking module interoperative with said at least one mapping module, at least one communications module interoperative with each of said at least one tracking module and said at least one mapping module, at least two antennae communicatively connected via said at least one communications module to at least one central processing unit, wherein at least one of said at least two antenna is suitable for communications using at least two distinct communication modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas Loftus, Dorian Araneda, Michael Koontz