Patents by Inventor Roland D. Keistler

Roland D. Keistler 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).

  • Device, system and method for tracking mobile assets
    Patent number: 8890683
    Abstract: A device attached to an outside surface of a shipping container for tracking the shipping container includes a solar panel, a battery, a GPS receiver module, a cellular data transceiver module, and a microcontroller for controlling the GPS receiver module and the cellular data transceiver module to periodically obtain the location of the shipping container and transmit the location to a tracking database of a central tracking computer. The solar panel, battery, GPS receiver module, cellular data transceiver module and microcontroller are integrated into a one-piece, watertight master control unit. The master control unit may further include a local wireless network master transceiver module. The local wireless network master transceiver module is for communicating with a wireless sensor located within the shipping container through the walls of the shipping container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Trackpoint Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin A. Schnitz, William R. Cave, Roland D. Keistler, Jr.
  • DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING MOBILE ASSETS
    Publication number: 20110227727
    Abstract: A device attached to an outside surface of a shipping container for tracking the shipping container includes a solar panel, a battery, a GPS receiver module, a cellular data transceiver module, and a microcontroller for controlling the GPS receiver module and the cellular data transceiver module to periodically obtain the location of the shipping container and transmit the location to a tracking database of a central tracking computer. The solar panel, battery, GPS receiver module, cellular data transceiver module and microcontroller are integrated into a one-piece, watertight master control unit. The master control unit may further include a local wireless network master transceiver module. The local wireless network master transceiver module is for communicating with a wireless sensor located within the shipping container through the walls of the shipping container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: TRACKPOINT SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin A. Schnitz, William R. Cave, Roland D. Keistler, JR.
  • Device, system and method for tracking mobile assets
    Patent number: 7978065
    Abstract: A device attached to an outside surface of a shipping container for tracking the shipping container includes a solar panel, a battery, a GPS receiver module, a cellular data transceiver module, and a microcontroller for controlling the GPS receiver module and the cellular data transceiver module to periodically obtain the location of the shipping container and transmit the location to a tracking database of a central tracking computer. The solar panel, battery, GPS receiver module, cellular data transceiver module and microcontroller are integrated into a one-piece, watertight master control unit. The master control unit may further include a local wireless network master transceiver module. The local wireless network master transceiver module is for communicating with a wireless sensor located within the shipping container through the walls of the shipping container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: TrackPoint Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin A. Schnitz, William R. Cave, Roland D. Keistler, Jr.
  • DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING MOBILE ASSETS
    Publication number: 20080061963
    Abstract: A device attached to an outside surface of a shipping container for tracking the shipping container includes a solar panel, a battery, a GPS receiver module, a cellular data transceiver module, and a microcontroller for controlling the GPS receiver module and the cellular data transceiver module to periodically obtain the location of the shipping container and transmit the location to a tracking database of a central tracking computer. The solar panel, battery, GPS receiver module, cellular data transceiver module and microcontroller are integrated into a one-piece, watertight master control unit. The master control unit may further include a local wireless network master transceiver module. The local wireless network master transceiver module is for communicating with a wireless sensor located within the shipping container through the walls of the shipping container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Applicant: TRACKPOINT SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin A. Schnitz, William R. Cave, Roland D. Keistler