Patents by Inventor Rui Miguel Correia e Costa

Rui Miguel Correia e Costa 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: 9948512
    Abstract: Systems and methods for the remote update and distribution of configuration information in a communication network made up of a plurality of nodes some of which are mobile and some of which are fixed in location. Updated information for configuring the nodes may be updated using different types of routes through the communication network, where some routes may be direct from a node to a location of an update, some routes may pass through another node, and some routes may be used only when a certain communication technology is available. The nodes may be dynamically configured based on a number of factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Veniam, Inc.
    Inventors: Henrique Manuel Pereira Cabral, Rui Miguel Correia e Costa
  • Publication number: 20180053215
    Abstract: Communication network architectures, systems and methods for supporting a network of mobile and/or static nodes. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide communication network architectures, systems, and methods for supporting a dynamically configurable communication network comprising a complex array of both static and moving communication nodes (e.g., the Internet of moving things, autonomous vehicle networks, etc.). For example, various aspects of this disclosure provide communication network architectures, systems and methods for managing digital advertising campaigns in a network of moving things (e.g., including manually operated and/or autonomous vehicles, etc.). As a non-limiting example, vehicle mobility and/or context may be utilized to effectively distribute and control distribution of ad campaigns. Additionally, various aspects of this disclosure provide systems and methods by which such ad campaigns may be specified (or defined) by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventor: Rui Miguel Correia e Costa
  • Publication number: 20180053405
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for adaptive road management in a communication network comprising a complex array of both static and moving communication nodes (e.g., a network of moving things, which may be a vehicle network, a network of or including autonomous vehicles, etc.).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: João Pedro Coelho de Azevedo, Filipe Manuel Almeida Neves, Rui Miguel Correia e Costa
  • Publication number: 20180034936
    Abstract: Systems and methods for the remote update and distribution of software, firmware, and/or data in a network of moving things. Such a network of moving things may include a large number of network units that may autonomously report conditions affecting operation of the network unit to a server system, and may communicate with the server system to check for available updates of any of software, firmware, and data for operating the network units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Rui Miguel Correia e Costa, Henrique Manuel Pereira Cabral, Carlos Eduardo Braga Ameixieira
  • Publication number: 20180006905
    Abstract: Communication network architectures, systems and methods for supporting a network of mobile nodes. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide communication network architectures, systems, and methods for supporting a dynamically configurable communication network comprising a complex array of both static and moving communication nodes (e.g., the Internet of moving things).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Rui Miguel Correia e Costa, Ricardo Jorge Magalhães de Matos
  • Publication number: 20170366616
    Abstract: Communication network architectures, systems, and methods for supporting a network of mobile nodes. Various aspects of this disclosure provide non-limiting examples of communication network architectures, systems, and methods for supporting a dynamically configurable communication network comprising a complex array of both static and moving communication nodes (e.g., an Internet of moving things). More specifically, systems and methods for managing containers in a network of moving things.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Dário Fernando Rodrigues Nascimento, Rui Miguel Correia e Costa, João Luís Mineiro Ramos de Azevedo
  • Patent number: 9787800
    Abstract: Systems and methods for the remote update and distribution of software, firmware, and/or data in a network of moving things. Such a network of moving things may include a large number of network units that may autonomously report conditions affecting operation of the network unit to a server system, and may communicate with the server system to check for available updates of any of software, firmware, and data for operating the network units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Veniam, Inc.
    Inventors: Rui Miguel Correia e Costa, Henrique Manuel Pereira Cabral, Carlos Eduardo Braga Ameixieira
  • Publication number: 20170207956
    Abstract: Systems and methods for the remote update and distribution of configuration information in a communication network made up of a plurality of nodes some of which are mobile and some of which are fixed in location. Updated information for configuring the nodes may be updated using different types of routes through the communication network, where some routes may be direct from a node to a location of an update, some routes may pass through another node, and some routes may be used only when a certain communication technology is available. The nodes may be dynamically configured based on a number of factors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Henrique Manuel Pereira Cabral, Rui Miguel Correia e Costa
  • Publication number: 20170195459
    Abstract: Systems and methods for the remote update and distribution of software, firmware, and/or data in a network of moving things. Such a network of moving things may include a large number of network units that may autonomously report conditions affecting operation of the network unit to a server system, and may communicate with the server system to check for available updates of any of software, firmware, and data for operating the network units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Rui Miguel Correia e Costa, Henrique Manuel Pereira Cabral, Carlos Eduardo Braga Ameixieira