Patents by Inventor RONALD HOUSTON

RONALD HOUSTON 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: 11508196
    Abstract: An inventory tracking scaled locking canister has a housing, a closure, a commodity container positioned within the housing and releasably sealed within the housing by the closure through an electrically disengageable magnetic locking mechanism, at least one weight sensor, a processing unit, a biometric sensor, a digital display, a data storage unit, a wireless communication device, a power source, and a GPS module. The commodity container may have multiple nested frames with perforations that allow smaller byproducts of the contents of the central frame to be separated from the bulk of the contents. The weight of each frame is measured individually through one or more load cells. The biometric sensor prevents unauthorized access to the commodity container. The processing unit facilitates data collection, storage, and transmittal through the wireless communication device to a remote server. The GPS module tracks the location of the canister in case of theft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Inventors: Jamal Straughter, Stacye Braswell, Nicholas Williams, Ronald Houston
  • Publication number: 20210082218
    Abstract: An inventory tracking scaled locking canister has a housing, a closure, a commodity container positioned within the housing and releasably sealed within the housing by the closure through an electrically disengageable magnetic locking mechanism, at least one weight sensor, a processing unit, a biometric sensor, a digital display, a data storage unit, a wireless communication device, a power source, and a GPS module. The commodity container may have multiple nested frames with perforations that allow smaller byproducts of the contents of the central frame to be separated from the bulk of the contents. The weight of each frame is measured individually through one or more load cells. The biometric sensor prevents unauthorized access to the commodity container. The processing unit facilitates data collection, storage, and transmittal through the wireless communication device to a remote server. The GPS module tracks the location of the canister in case of theft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: JAMAL STRAUGHTER, STACYE BRASWELL, NICHOLAS WILLIAMS, RONALD HOUSTON
  • Patent number: 10122438
    Abstract: Systems, methods and devices for modifying relay operation of a wireless device are disclosed. In one aspect an apparatus for modifying relay operation of a wireless node comprises a processing system configured to generate a message requesting the wireless node to enable access point operation of the wireless node or instructing the wireless node to disable the access point operation of the wireless node. The message comprises a relay activation information element. The message comprises one or more of a field indicating a time for the wireless node to enable the access point operation or disable the access point operation and a field indicating whether the message is requesting the wireless node to enable the access point operation or instructing the wireless node to disable the access point operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Amin Jafarian, Luiza Timariu, George Cherian, Ronald Houston Gibson, Jr., Abhishek Pramod Patil, Santosh Paul Abraham
  • Publication number: 20150124695
    Abstract: Systems, methods and devices for modifying relay operation of a wireless device are disclosed. In one aspect an apparatus for modifying relay operation of a wireless node comprises a processing system configured to generate a message requesting the wireless node to enable access point operation of the wireless node or instructing the wireless node to disable the access point operation of the wireless node. The message comprises a relay activation information element. The message comprises one or more of a field indicating a time for the wireless node to enable the access point operation or disable the access point operation and a field indicating whether the message is requesting the wireless node to enable the access point operation or instructing the wireless node to disable the access point operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Amin Jafarian, Luiza Timariu, George Cherian, Ronald Houston Gibson, JR., Abhishek Pramod Patil, Santosh Paul Abraham