Patents by Inventor Renato Francesco de Lorenzo

Renato Francesco de Lorenzo 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).

  • Publication number: 20230368641
    Abstract: A method for a positioning server configured to locate positioning devices and to maintain information on users, who are associated with respective positioning devices. The server receives one or more alert messages from an alerting positioning device. Each alert message conveys identifying information of the alerting positioning device. The server uses the identifying information to retrieve a location estimate of the alerting positioning device. The server forms a first set of other positioning devices in a vicinity of the alerting positioning device and sends an assist request message to the positioning devices in the first set. The assist request message indicates the location estimate of the alerting positioning device and/or said descriptive information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventor: Renato Francesco de Lorenzo
  • Patent number: 11721197
    Abstract: A method for a positioning server configured to locate positioning devices and to maintain information on users, who are associated with respective positioning devices. The server receives one or more alert messages from an alerting positioning device. Each alert message conveys identifying information of the alerting positioning device. The server uses the identifying information to retrieve a location estimate of the alerting positioning device. The server forms a first set of other positioning devices in a vicinity of the alerting positioning device and sends an assist request message to the positioning devices in the first set. The assist request message indicates the location estimate of the alerting positioning device and/or said descriptive information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignees: Airista Flow, Inc., Airista International Oy
    Inventor: Renato Francesco de Lorenzo
  • Publication number: 20230161052
    Abstract: A receiver-side device for use in a satellite-based navigation system comprises a satellite receiver circuit for receiving signals from at least one satellite of the satellite-based navigation system, a communication interface for requesting and receiving data from a communication network, and at least one processing module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Rajani Rao, André Ebeling, Kendall Ferguson, Rodrigo Leandro, Renato Francesco de Lorenzo, Davide Lenzarini
  • Publication number: 20200258373
    Abstract: A method for a positioning server configured to locate positioning devices and to maintain information on users, who are associated with respective positioning devices. The server receives one or more alert messages from an alerting positioning device. Each alert message conveys identifying information of the alerting positioning device. The server uses the identifying information to retrieve a location estimate of the alerting positioning device. The server forms a first set of other positioning devices in a vicinity of the alerting positioning device and sends an assist request message to the positioning devices in the first set. The assist request message indicates the location estimate of the alerting positioning device and/or said descriptive information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: Renato Francesco de Lorenzo
  • Patent number: 10657793
    Abstract: A method for a positioning server configured to locate positioning devices and to maintain information on users, who are associated with respective positioning devices. The server receives one or more alert messages from an alerting positioning device. Each alert message conveys identifying information of the alerting positioning device. The server uses the identifying information to retrieve a location estimate of the alerting positioning device. The server forms a first set of other positioning devices in a vicinity of the alerting positioning device and sends an assist request message to the positioning devices in the first set. The assist request message indicates the location estimate of the alerting positioning device and/or said descriptive information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignees: AiRISTA Flow, Inc., AiRISTA International Oy
    Inventor: Renato Francesco de Lorenzo
  • Publication number: 20190051140
    Abstract: A method for a positioning server configured to locate positioning devices and to maintain information on users, who are associated with respective positioning devices. The server receives one or more alert messages from an alerting positioning device. Each alert message conveys identifying information of the alerting positioning device. The server uses the identifying information to retrieve a location estimate of the alerting positioning device. The server forms a first set of other positioning devices in a vicinity of the alerting positioning device and sends an assist request message to the positioning devices in the first set. The assist request message indicates the location estimate of the alerting positioning device and/or said descriptive information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventor: Renato Francesco de Lorenzo
  • Patent number: 10152874
    Abstract: A method for a positioning server configured to locate positioning devices and to maintain information on users, who are associated with respective positioning devices. The server receives one or more alert messages from an alerting positioning device. Each alert message conveys identifying information of the alerting positioning device. The server uses the identifying information to retrieve a location estimate of the alerting positioning device. The server forms a first set of other positioning devices in a vicinity of the alerting positioning device and sends an assist request message to the positioning devices in the first set. The assist request message indicates the location estimate of the alerting positioning device and/or said descriptive information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignees: Airista Flow, Inc., Arista International Oy
    Inventor: Renato Francesco de Lorenzo
  • Publication number: 20140313013
    Abstract: A method for a positioning server configured to locate positioning devices and to maintain information on users, who are associated with respective positioning devices. The server receives one or more alert messages from an alerting positioning device. Each alert message conveys identifying information of the alerting positioning device. The server uses the identifying information to retrieve a location estimate of the alerting positioning device. The server forms a first set of other positioning devices in a vicinity of the alerting positioning device and sends an assist request message to the positioning devices in the first set. The assist request message indicates the location estimate of the alerting positioning device and/or said descriptive information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: EKAHAU OY
    Inventor: Renato Francesco de Lorenzo