Patents by Inventor PAUL J. DARBY, III

PAUL J. DARBY, III 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: 11223674
    Abstract: The E-MoG, i.e. Extended Mobile Grid, invention is herein described as a decentralized and distributed “Cyber-physical and/or Mobile Cyber-physical System,” which may operate in connection with or semi-autonomous from or autonomously from the Internet, comprising a distributed homogeneous or heterogeneous plurality of wired and/or wirelessly interconnected stationary, portable, mobile, or self-mobile hosts, or devices, i.e. generically referred to as nodes, where the nodes' individual computation, communications, sensing, and/or actuation resources are collectivized for collaborative and/or collaborative-distributed computation and/or collaborative missions, i.e. mission processing, and/or collaborative-distributed missions, through the coordinating action of the E-MoG's distributed/decentralized software or middleware running onboard each node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Inventor: Paul J. Darby, III
  • Patent number: 11005561
    Abstract: This system and method provides for a plurality of satellite ground stations, distributed across some geographic region, and for these regions in turn to be scalable to cover large regions, including across the Earth or in orbit with planets or other celestial bodies using a combination of low-orbit satellites, terrestrial participant devices, and cloud-based communications. The invention in its simplest form is intended to solve the short temporal window problem inherent to the scenario where a single base or ground station is trying to track and communicate with a low-end OSAT or even a cube-satellite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Inventor: Paul J. Darby, III
  • Publication number: 20200295823
    Abstract: This system and method provides for a plurality of satellite ground stations, distributed across some geographic region, and for these regions in turn to be scalable to cover large regions, including across the Earth or in orbit with planets or other celestial bodies using a combination of low-orbit satellites, terrestrial participant devices, and cloud-based communications. The invention in its simplest form is intended to solve the short temporal window problem inherent to the scenario where a single base or ground station is trying to track and communicate with a low-end OSAT or even a cube-satellite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventor: Paul J. Darby, III
  • Patent number: 10651925
    Abstract: This system and method provides for a plurality of satellite ground stations, distributed across some geographic region, and for these regions in turn to be scalable to cover large regions, including across the Earth or in orbit with planets or other celestial bodies using a combination of low-orbit satellites, terrestrial participant devices, and cloud-based communications. The invention in its simplest form is intended to solve the short temporal window problem inherent to the scenario where a single base or ground station is trying to track and communicate with a low-end OSAT or even a cube-satellite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Inventor: Paul J. Darby, III
  • Publication number: 20190326982
    Abstract: This system and method provides for a plurality of satellite ground stations, distributed across some geographic region, and for these regions in turn to be scalable to cover large regions, including across the Earth or in orbit with planets or other celestial bodies using a combination of low-orbit satellites, terrestrial participant devices, and cloud-based communications. The invention in its simplest form is intended to solve the short temporal window problem inherent to the scenario where a single base or ground station is trying to track and communicate with a low-end OSAT or even a cube-satellite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventor: Paul J. Darby, III
  • Patent number: 10355776
    Abstract: This system and method provides for a plurality of satellite ground stations, distributed across some geographic region, and for these regions in turn to be scalable to cover large regions or even the globe using a combination of low-orbit satellites, terrestrial participant devices, and cloud-based communications. The invention in its simplest form is intended to solve the short temporal window problem inherent to the scenario where a single base or ground station is trying to track and communicate with a low-end LEOSAT or even a cube-satellite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Inventor: Paul J. Darby, III
  • Publication number: 20190068697
    Abstract: The E-MoG, i.e. Extended Mobile Grid, invention is herein described as a decentralized and distributed “Cyber-physical and/or Mobile Cyber-physical System,” which may operate in connection with or semi-autonomous from or autonomously from the Internet, comprising a distributed homogeneous or heterogeneous plurality of wired and/or wirelessly interconnected stationary, portable, mobile, or self-mobile hosts, or devices, i.e. generically referred to as nodes, where the nodes' individual computation, communications, sensing, and/or actuation resources are collectivized for collaborative and/or collaborative-distributed computation and/or collaborative missions, i.e. mission processing, and/or collaborative-distributed missions, through the coordinating action of the E-MoG's distributed/decentralized software or middleware running onboard each node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventor: Paul J. Darby, III
  • Publication number: 20180309505
    Abstract: This system and method provides for a plurality of satellite ground stations, distributed across some geographic region, and for these regions in turn to be scalable to cover large regions or even the globe using a combination of low-orbit satellites, terrestrial participant devices, and cloud-based communications. The invention in its simplest form is intended to solve the short temporal window problem inherent to the scenario where a single base or ground station is trying to track and communicate with a low-end LEOSAT or even a cube-satellite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventor: Paul J. Darby, III
  • Patent number: 9991949
    Abstract: This system and method provides for a plurality of satellite ground stations, distributed across some geographic region, and for these regions in turn to be scalable to cover large regions or even the globe using a combination of low-orbit satellites, terrestrial participant devices, and cloud-based communications. The invention in its simplest form is intended to solve the short temporal window problem inherent to the scenario where a single base or ground station is trying to track and communicate with a low-end LEOSAT or even a cube-satellite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Inventor: Paul J. Darby, III
  • Publication number: 20170310382
    Abstract: This system and method provides for a plurality of satellite ground stations, distributed across some geographic region, and for these regions in turn to be scalable to cover large regions or even the globe using a combination of low-orbit satellites, terrestrial participant devices, and cloud-based communications. The invention in its simplest form is intended to solve the short temporal window problem inherent to the scenario where a single base or ground station is trying to track and communicate with a low-end LEOSAT or even a cube-satellite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventor: PAUL J. DARBY, III