Patents by Inventor Wayne F. Cavanaugh

Wayne F. Cavanaugh 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).

  • System and method for managing communications with mobile platforms operating within a predefined geographic area
    Patent number: 8023949
    Abstract: A system and method for providing communications within an airfield between an aircraft component located upon an aircraft and an airport data network. A control computer is used to select an optimal antenna substation from a plurality of antenna substations disposed about the airfield for the aircraft component to communicate with. The selection is based in part upon position information including the directional heading of the aircraft, determined using a suitable position detecting system, such as a Global Positioning System or a multi-lateration system, and in part upon the loading (i.e., RF traffic) being experienced by each antenna array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Edwin T. Horton, Jr., Timothy M. Mitchell, Wayne F. Cavanaugh
  • System and method for managing communications with mobile platforms operating within a predefined geographic area
    Publication number: 20040132495
    Abstract: A system and method for providing communications within an airfield between an aircraft component located upon an aircraft and an airport data network. A control computer is used to select an optimal antenna substation from a plurality of antenna substations disposed about the airfield for the aircraft component to communicate with. The selection is based in part upon position information including the directional heading of the aircraft, determined using a suitable position detecting system, such as a Global Positioning System or a multi-lateration system, and in part upon the loading (i.e., RF traffic) being experienced by each antenna array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventors: Edwin T. Horton, Timothy M. Mitchell, Wayne F. Cavanaugh