Inventor · Berkeley, CA, US

Keith Allen Bonawitz

31Patents
12h-index
13Co-inventors
74Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 24, 2008 → Mar 21, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9201426B1 Reverse iteration of planning data for system control Physics 68 Active
US8781727B1 Methods and systems for performing flocking while executing a long-range fleet plan Physics 56 Active
US9836063B1 Selection between explore mode and control mode for aerial vehicle Physics 49 Active
US9148215B1 Method and device for determining communication timing Electricity 36 Active
US8874356B1 Methods and systems for decomposing fleet planning optimizations via spatial partitions Physics 36 Active
US9195938B1 Methods and systems for determining when to launch vehicles into a fleet of autonomous vehicles Physics 31 Active
US9424752B1 Methods and systems for performing fleet planning based on coarse estimates of regions Performing Operations; Transporting 30 Active
US9327816B1 Optimal altitude controller for super pressure aerostatic balloon Physics 28 Active
US8880326B1 Methods and systems for determining a cyclical fleet plan satisfying a recurring set of coverage requirements Physics 24 Active
US8849571B1 Methods and systems for determining fleet trajectories with phase-skipping to satisfy a sequence of coverage requirements Physics 22 Active
US9275551B2 Methods and systems for determining fleet trajectories to satisfy a sequence of coverage requirements Physics 20 Active
US10504154B1 Systems and methods for private local sponsored content Electricity 13 Active
US9829561B2 Balloon-based positioning system and method Physics 12 Active
US9014957B2 Methods and systems for determining fleet trajectories to satisfy a sequence of coverage requirements Physics 10 Active
US9665103B1 Efficient aerostat navigation by moving between atmospheric layers Physics 9 Active
US8775358B2 Method and apparatus for performing probabilistic inference and providing related solution methods Physics 5 Active
US10324161B2 Balloon-based positioning system and method Physics 3 Active
US9747568B1 Methods and systems for determining when to decommission vehicles from a fleet of autonomous vehicles Electricity 3 Active
US9635706B1 Method for determining fleet control policies to satisfy a sequence of coverage requirements Electricity 3 Active
US10769549B2 Management and evaluation of machine-learned models based on locally logged data Physics 3 Active
US11087362B2 Systems and methods for private local sponsored content Electricity 2 Active
US10689083B2 Selection between explore mode and control mode for aerial vehicle Physics 2 Active
US10354535B1 Methods and systems for determining when to launch vehicles into a fleet of autonomous vehicles Physics 2 Active
US9319905B2 Re-tasking balloons in a balloon network based on expected failure modes of balloons Electricity 2 Active
US9514269B1 Determining expected failure modes of balloons within a balloon network Electricity 1 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.