Patents by Inventor Richard Philip Sillman

Richard Philip Sillman 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).

  • Tracking device location determination in a communicatively-restricted environment
    Patent number: 11576009
    Abstract: A tracking device has a first transceiver, a second transceiver, and control logic. The first transceiver can transmit a first tracking signal for locating the tracking device to mobile devices via a first network. The mobile devices provide the first tracking signal to a tracking server. The second transceiver can transmit a second tracking signal for locating the tracking device to the tracking server via a second network. The control logic can configure the tracking device in a first state in which the first transceiver transmits the first tracking signal, and the second transceiver is disabled and does not transmit the second tracking signal. In response to determining that the tracking device cannot connect to the tracking server via the first network, the control logic configures the tracking device in a second state in which the second transceiver is enabled and transmits the second tracking signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Tile, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohamed Sameh Mahmoud, Muhammad Umair, John Mathew Depew, Richard Philip Sillman
  • Tracking Device Location Determination in a Communicatively-Restricted Environment
    Publication number: 20210274317
    Abstract: A tracking device has a first transceiver, a second transceiver, and control logic. The first transceiver can transmit a first tracking signal for locating the tracking device to mobile devices via a first network. The mobile devices provide the first tracking signal to a tracking server. The second transceiver can transmit a second tracking signal for locating the tracking device to the tracking server via a second network. The control logic can configure the tracking device in a first state in which the first transceiver transmits the first tracking signal, and the second transceiver is disabled and does not transmit the second tracking signal. In response to determining that the tracking device cannot connect to the tracking server via the first network, the control logic configures the tracking device in a second state in which the second transceiver is enabled and transmits the second tracking signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Mohamed Sameh Mahmoud, Muhammad Umair, John Mathew Depew, Richard Philip Sillman
  • Tracking device location determination in a communicatively-restricted environment
    Patent number: 11044582
    Abstract: A tracking device has a first transceiver, a second transceiver, and control logic. The first transceiver can transmit a first tracking signal for locating the tracking device to mobile devices via a first network. The mobile devices provide the first tracking signal to a tracking server. The second transceiver can transmit a second tracking signal for locating the tracking device to the tracking server via a second network. The control logic can configure the tracking device in a first state in which the first transceiver transmits the first tracking signal, and the second transceiver is disabled and does not transmit the second tracking signal. In response to determining that the tracking device cannot connect to the tracking server via the first network, the control logic configures the tracking device in a second state in which the second transceiver is enabled and transmits the second tracking signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Tile, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohamed Sameh Mahmoud, Muhammad Umair, John Mathew Depew, Richard Philip Sillman
  • Tracking Device Location Determination in a Communicatively-Restricted Environment
    Publication number: 20200413227
    Abstract: A tracking device has a first transceiver, a second transceiver, and control logic. The first transceiver can transmit a first tracking signal for locating the tracking device to mobile devices via a first network. The mobile devices provide the first tracking signal to a tracking server. The second transceiver can transmit a second tracking signal for locating the tracking device to the tracking server via a second network. The control logic can configure the tracking device in a first state in which the first transceiver transmits the first tracking signal, and the second transceiver is disabled and does not transmit the second tracking signal. In response to determining that the tracking device cannot connect to the tracking server via the first network, the control logic configures the tracking device in a second state in which the second transceiver is enabled and transmits the second tracking signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Mohamed Sameh Mahmoud, Muhammad Umair, John Mathew Depew, Richard Philip Sillman
  • Tracking device location determination in a communicatively-restricted environment
    Patent number: 10812944
    Abstract: A tracking device has a first transceiver, a second transceiver, and control logic. The first transceiver can transmit a first tracking signal for locating the tracking device to mobile devices via a first network. The mobile devices provide the first tracking signal to a tracking server. The second transceiver can transmit a second tracking signal for locating the tracking device to the tracking server via a second network. The control logic can configure the tracking device in a first state in which the first transceiver transmits the first tracking signal, and the second transceiver is disabled and does not transmit the second tracking signal. In response to determining that the tracking device cannot connect to the tracking server via the first network, the control logic configures the tracking device in a second state in which the second transceiver is enabled and transmits the second tracking signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Tile, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohamed Sameh Mahmoud, Muhammad Umair, John Mathew Depew, Richard Philip Sillman
  • Tracking Device Location Determination in a Communicatively-Restricted Environment
    Publication number: 20200221260
    Abstract: A tracking device has a first transceiver, a second transceiver, and control logic. The first transceiver can transmit a first tracking signal for locating the tracking device to mobile devices via a first network. The mobile devices provide the first tracking signal to a tracking server. The second transceiver can transmit a second tracking signal for locating the tracking device to the tracking server via a second network. The control logic can configure the tracking device in a first state in which the first transceiver transmits the first tracking signal, and the second transceiver is disabled and does not transmit the second tracking signal. In response to determining that the tracking device cannot connect to the tracking server via the first network, the control logic configures the tracking device in a second state in which the second transceiver is enabled and transmits the second tracking signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Mohamed Sameh Mahmoud, Muhammad Umair, John Mathew Depew, Richard Philip Sillman
  • Tracking device location determination in a communicatively-restricted environment
    Patent number: 10631133
    Abstract: A tracking device has a first transceiver, a second transceiver, and control logic. The first transceiver can transmit a first tracking signal for locating the tracking device to mobile devices via a first network. The mobile devices provide the first tracking signal to a tracking server. The second transceiver can transmit a second tracking signal for locating the tracking device to the tracking server via a second network. The control logic can configure the tracking device in a first state in which the first transceiver transmits the first tracking signal, and the second transceiver is disabled and does not transmit the second tracking signal. In response to determining that the tracking device cannot connect to the tracking server via the first network, the control logic configures the tracking device in a second state in which the second transceiver is enabled and transmits the second tracking signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Tile, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohamed Sameh Mahmoud, Muhammad Umair, John Mathew Depew, Richard Philip Sillman
  • Tracking Device Location Determination in a Communicatively-Restricted Environment
    Publication number: 20190380007
    Abstract: A tracking device has a first transceiver, a second transceiver, and control logic. The first transceiver can transmit a first tracking signal for locating the tracking device to mobile devices via a first network. The mobile devices provide the first tracking signal to a tracking server. The second transceiver can transmit a second tracking signal for locating the tracking device to the tracking server via a second network. The control logic can configure the tracking device in a first state in which the first transceiver transmits the first tracking signal, and the second transceiver is disabled and does not transmit the second tracking signal. In response to determining that the tracking device cannot connect to the tracking server via the first network, the control logic configures the tracking device in a second state in which the second transceiver is enabled and transmits the second tracking signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Mohamed Sameh Mahmoud, Muhammad Umair, John Mathew Depew, Richard Philip Sillman
  • Tracking device location determination in a communicatively-restricted environment
    Patent number: 10405147
    Abstract: A tracking device has a first transceiver, a second transceiver, and control logic. The first transceiver can transmit a first tracking signal for locating the tracking device to mobile devices via a first network. The mobile devices provide the first tracking signal to a tracking server. The second transceiver can transmit a second tracking signal for locating the tracking device to the tracking server via a second network. The control logic can configure the tracking device in a first state in which the first transceiver transmits the first tracking signal, and the second transceiver is disabled and does not transmit the second tracking signal. In response to determining that the tracking device cannot connect to the tracking server via the first network, the control logic configures the tracking device in a second state in which the second transceiver is enabled and transmits the second tracking signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Tile, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohamed Sameh Mahmoud, Muhammad Umair, John Mathew Depew, Richard Philip Sillman
  • Tracking device
    Patent number: D837073
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Tile, Inc.
    Inventors: Yves Behar, John Mathew Depew, Michael George Farley, Vijay Shankar, Richard Philip Sillman, Valentin Jean Charles Marcel Sollier, Christopher Sean Wheaton
  • Tracking device
    Patent number: D837671
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Tile, Inc.
    Inventors: Yves Behar, John Mathew Depew, Michael George Farley, Vijay Shankar, Richard Philip Sillman, Valentin Jean Charles Marcel Sollier, Christopher Sean Wheaton
  • Tracking device
    Patent number: D856174
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Tile, Inc.
    Inventors: Yves Behar, John Mathew Depew, Michael George Farley, Vijay Shankar, Richard Philip Sillman, Valentin Jean Charles Marcel Sollier, Christopher Sean Wheaton
  • Tracking device
    Patent number: D859187
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Tile, Inc.
    Inventors: Yves Behar, John Mathew Depew, Michael George Farley, Vijay Shankar, Richard Philip Sillman, Valentin Jean Charles Marcel Sollier, Christopher Sean Wheaton
  • Tracking device
    Patent number: D879627
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Tile, Inc.
    Inventors: Yves Behar, John Mathew Depew, Michael George Farley, Vijay Shankar, Richard Philip Sillman, Valentin Jean Charles Marcel Sollier, Christopher Sean Wheaton
  • Tracking device
    Patent number: D880320
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Tile, Inc.
    Inventors: Yves Behar, John Mathew Depew, Michael George Farley, Vijay Shankar, Richard Philip Sillman, Valentin Jean Charles Marcel Sollier, Christopher Sean Wheaton