Inventor
Steven Nielsen
Inventor
North Palm Beach, FL, US
Overview
Patents· 160 as inventor
Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.
G06Qprimary
G06QInformation and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes18%
G01CMeasuring distances, levels or bearings10%
H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication6%
G06FElectric digital data processing6%
G06TImage data processing or generation, in general6%
G01VGeophysics5%
B65DContainers for storage or transport of articles or materials, e.g. bags, barrels, bottles, boxes, cans, cartons, crates, drums, jars, tanks, hoppers, forwarding containers4%
G09BEducational or demonstration appliances4%
H04WWireless communication networks4%
G06VImage or video recognition or understanding3%
PatentTitleYear
10,084,538Cable communication systems and methods employing 256-QAM upstream channels and having increased upstream capacity for supporting voice and/or data services20189,916,588'Methods and apparatus for quality assessment of a field service operation based on dynamic assessment parameters'20189,830,338Virtual white lines for indicating planned excavation sites on electronic images20179,773,217'Methods, apparatus, and systems for acquiring an enhanced positive response for underground facility locate and marking operations'20179,696,758'Locating equipment docking station communicatively coupled to or equipped with a mobile/portable device'20179,659,268'Ticket approval system for and method of performing quality control in field service applications'20179,646,353'Methods, apparatus, and systems for exchanging information between excavators and other entities associated with underground facility locate and marking operations'20179,646,275'Methods and apparatus for assessing risks associated with locate request tickets based on historical information'20179,619,768'Methods, apparatus, and systems for acquiring an enhanced positive response for underground facility locate and marking operations'20179,577,746'Methods for ingress remediation in cable communication systems'20179,578,678'Methods and apparatus for facilitating locate and marking operations'20179,563,863'Marking apparatus equipped with ticket processing software for facilitating marking operations, and associated methods'20179,542,863'Methods and apparatus for generating output data streams relating to underground utility marking operations'20179,473,626'Apparatus and methods for evaluating a quality of a locate operation for underground utility'20169,471,835'Electronic manifest of underground facility locate marks'20169,317,830'Methods and apparatus for analyzing locate and marking operations'20169,311,614'Methods, apparatus and systems for onsite linking to location-specific electronic records of locate operations'20169,280,269'Electronic manifest of underground facility locate marks'20169,279,900'Systems and methods for generating electronic records of locate and marking operations'20169,256,964'Electronically documenting locate operations for underground utilities'20169,256,849'Apparatus and methods for evaluating a quality of a locate operation for underground utility'20169,235,821'Methods, apparatus, and systems for providing an enhanced positive response for underground facility locate and marking operations based on an electronic manifest documenting physical locate marks on ground, pavement or other surface'20169,208,464'Methods and apparatus for analyzing locate and marking operations with respect to historical information'20159,208,458'Methods and apparatus for analyzing locate and marking operations with respect to facilities maps'20159,189,821'Methods, apparatus and systems for generating digital-media-enhanced searchable electronic records of underground facility locate and/or marking operations'20159,185,176'Methods and apparatus for managing locate and/or marking operations'20159,183,646'Apparatus, systems and methods to generate electronic records of underground facility marking operations performed with GPS-enabled marking devices'20159,177,280'Methods, apparatus, and systems for acquiring an enhanced positive response for underground facility locate and marking operations based on an electronic manifest documenting physical locate marks on ground, pavement, or other surface'20159,177,403'Methods and apparatus for overlaying electronic marking information on facilities map information and/or other image information displayed on a marking device'20159,165,331'Methods, apparatus and systems for generating searchable electronic records of underground facility locate and/or marking operations and assessing aspects of same'20159,159,107'Methods, apparatus and systems for generating location-corrected searchable electronic records of underground facility locate and/or marking operations'20159,124,780'Methods and apparatus for tracking motion and/or orientation of a marking device'20159,097,522'Methods and marking devices with mechanisms for indicating and/or detecting marking material color'20159,088,310'Cable communication systems and methods employing QAM upstream channels below 16.4 MHz for increased aggregate deployed upstream capacity'20159,086,277'Electronically controlled marking apparatus and methods'20159,069,094'Locate transmitter configured to detect out-of-tolerance conditions in connection with underground facility locate operations, and associated methods and systems'20159,046,621'Locate apparatus configured to detect out-of-tolerance conditions in connection with underground facility locate operations, and associated methods and systems'20159,046,413'Methods, apparatus and systems for surface type detection in connection with locate and marking operations'20159,019,306'Methods, apparatus and systems for generating searchable electronic records of underground facility locate and/or marking operations and assessing aspects of same'20159,019,855'Cable communication systems and methods employing TDMA/ATDMA QAM upstream channels below 20 MHz for increased upstream capacity to support voice and/or data services'20159,004,004'Optical sensing methods and apparatus for detecting a color of a marking substance'20158,994,749'Methods, apparatus and systems for generating searchable electronic records of underground facility locate and/or marking operations'20158,990,100'Methods and apparatus for analyzing locate and marking operations with respect to environmental landmarks'20158,982,152'Methods, apparatus and systems for generating searchable electronic records of underground facility locate and/or marking operations and assessing aspects of same'20158,977,558'Methods, apparatus and systems for facilitating generation and assessment of engineering plans'20158,977,132'Ingress-mitigated RF cable plants and ingress mitigation methods for same'20158,965,700'Methods and apparatus for generating an electronic record of environmental landmarks based on marking device actuations'20158,948,596'Neighborhood node mapping methods and apparatus for ingress mitigation in cable communication systems'20158,941,684'Methods, apparatus and systems for generating searchable electronic records of underground facility locate and/or marking operations and assessing aspects of same'20158,938,366'Locating equipment communicatively coupled to or equipped with a mobile/portable device'20158,934,678'Virtual white lines for delimiting planned excavation sites'20158,928,693'Methods, apparatus and systems for generating image-processed searchable electronic records of underground facility locate and/or marking operations'20158,930,836'Methods and apparatus for displaying an electronic rendering of a locate and/or marking operation using display layers'20158,924,154'Methods, apparatus and systems for determining correctness and completeness of locate operations'20148,917,288'Methods, apparatus and systems for generating accuracy-annotated searchable electronic records of underground facility locate and/or marking operations'20148,918,898'Methods, apparatus and systems for onsite linking to location-specific electronic records of locate operations'20148,907,980'Methods, apparatus and systems for generating searchable electronic records of underground facility locate and/or marking operations'20148,907,978'Methods, apparatus and systems for generating searchable electronic records of underground facility locate and/or marking operations'20148,902,251'Methods, apparatus and systems for generating limited access files for searchable electronic records of underground facility locate and/or marking operations'20148,903,643'Hand-held marking apparatus with location tracking system and methods for logging geographic location of same'20148,861,794'Virtual white lines for indicating planned excavation sites on electronic images'20148,861,795'Virtual white lines for delimiting planned excavation sites'20148,847,980'Methods, apparatus and systems for generating searchable electronic records of underground facility locate and/or marking operations'20148,830,265'Methods, apparatus and systems for generating searchable electronic records of underground facility marking operations and assessing aspects of same'20148,832,565'Methods and apparatus for controlling access to a virtual white line (VWL) image for an excavation project'20148,811,191'Iterative mapping methods for ingress mitigation in cable communication systems'20148,805,640'Locating equipment docking station communicatively coupled to or equipped with a mobile/portable device'20148,806,559'Methods for ingress mitigation in cable communication systems involving repair, replacement and/or adjustment of infrastructure elements'20148,775,077'Systems and methods for using location data to electronically display dispensing of markers by a marking system or marking tool'20148,770,140'Marking apparatus having environmental sensors and operations sensors for underground facility marking operations, and associated methods and systems'20148,766,638'Locate apparatus with location tracking system for receiving environmental information regarding underground facility marking operations, and associated methods and systems'20148,749,239'Locate apparatus having enhanced features for underground facility locate operations, and associated methods and systems'20148,731,830'Marking apparatus for receiving environmental information regarding underground facility marking operations, and associated methods and systems'20148,731,999'Management system, and associated methods and apparatus, for providing improved visibility, quality control and audit capability for underground facility locate and/or marking operations'20148,700,445'Management system, and associated methods and apparatus, for providing improved visibility, quality control and audit capability for underground facility locate and/or marking operations'20148,700,325'Marking apparatus and methods for creating an electronic record of marking operations'20148,692,554'Locate apparatus having enhanced features for underground facility locate operations, and associated methods and systems'20148,650,606'Cable communication systems and methods employing 256-QAM upstream channels and having increased upstream capacity for supporting voice and/or data services'20148,644,965'Marking device docking stations having security features and methods of using same'20148,630,463'Searchable electronic records of underground facility locate marking operations'20148,626,571'Management system, and associated methods and apparatus, for dispatching tickets, receiving field information, and performing a quality assessment for underground facility locate and/or marking operations'20148,620,572'Marking device with transmitter for triangulating location during locate operations'20138,620,616'Methods and apparatus for assessing marking operations based on acceleration information'20138,620,726'Methods and apparatus for analyzing locate and marking operations by comparing locate information and marking information'20138,620,587'Methods, apparatus, and systems for generating electronic records of locate and marking operations, and combined locate and marking apparatus for same'20138,612,090'Methods, apparatus, and systems for acquiring and analyzing vehicle data and generating an electronic representation of vehicle operations'20138,612,148'Marking apparatus configured to detect out-of-tolerance conditions in connection with underground facility marking operations, and associated methods and systems'20138,612,271'Methods and apparatus for analyzing locate and marking operations with respect to environmental landmarks'20138,612,276'Methods, apparatus, and systems for dispatching service technicians'20138,600,526'Marking device docking stations having mechanical docking and methods of using same'20138,600,848'Methods, apparatus and systems for ensuring wage and hour compliance in locate operations'20138,589,201'Methods and apparatus for generating alerts on a locate device, based on comparing electronic locate information to facilities map information and/or other image information'20138,585,410'Systems for and methods of simulating facilities for use in locate operations training exercises'20138,589,202'Methods and apparatus for displaying and processing facilities map information and/or other image information on a marking device'20138,583,264'Marking device docking stations and methods of using same'20138,583,372'Methods, apparatus, and systems for facilitating compliance with marking specifications for dispensing marking material'20138,577,707'Methods and apparatus for overlaying electronic locate information on facilities map information and/or other image information displayed on a locate device'20138,578,437'Methods for ingress mitigation in cable communication systems involving repair, replacement and/or adjustment of infrastructure elements'20138,572,193'Methods, apparatus, and systems for providing an enhanced positive response in underground facility locate and marking operations'20138,566,737'Virtual white lines (VWL) application for indicating an area of planned excavation'20138,560,164'Systems and methods for complex event processing of vehicle information and image information relating to a vehicle'20138,549,084'Methods, apparatus, and systems for exchanging information between excavators and other entities associated with underground facility locate and marking operations'20138,543,937'Methods and apparatus employing a reference grid for generating electronic manifests of underground facility marking operations'20138,543,651'Methods, apparatus and systems for submitting virtual white line drawings and managing notifications in connection with underground facility locate and marking operations'20138,543,003'Ingress-mitigated cable communication systems and methods having increased upstream capacity for supporting voice and/or data services'20138,532,341'Electronically documenting locate operations for underground utilities'20138,532,488'Cable communication systems and methods employing QAM upstream channels below 16.4 MHz for increased aggregate deployed upstream capacity to support voice and/or data services'20138,532,342'Electronic manifest of underground facility locate marks'20138,527,308'Methods and apparatus for overlaying electronic locate information on facilities map information and/or other image information displayed on a locate device'20138,510,141'Methods and apparatus for generating alerts on a marking device, based on comparing electronic marking information to facilities map information and/or other image information'20138,484,300'Methods, apparatus and systems for communicating information relating to the performance of underground facility locate and marking operations to excavators and other entities'20138,478,525'Methods, apparatus, and systems for analyzing use of a marking device by a technician to perform an underground facility marking operation'20138,478,523'Marking apparatus and methods for creating an electronic record of marking apparatus operations'20138,478,617'Methods and apparatus for generating alerts on a locate device, based on comparing electronic locate information to facilities map information and/or other image information'20138,478,635'Ticket approval methods of performing quality control in underground facility locate and marking operations'20138,478,524'Methods and apparatus for dispensing marking material in connection with underground facility marking operations based on environmental information and/or operational information'20138,476,906'Methods and apparatus for generating electronic records of locate operations'20138,473,209'Marking apparatus and marking methods using marking dispenser with machine-readable ID mechanism'20138,473,148'Fleet management systems and methods for complex event processing of vehicle-related information via local and remote complex event processing engines'20138,467,932'Systems and methods for complex event processing of vehicle-related information'20138,468,206'Methods, apparatus and systems for notifying excavators and other entities of the status of in-progress underground facility locate and marking operations'20138,467,969'Marking apparatus having operational sensors for underground facility marking operations, and associated methods and systems'20138,463,487'Systems and methods for complex event processing based on a hierarchical arrangement of complex event processing engines'2013D0684067'Modular marking device'20138,457,893'Methods and apparatus for generating an electronic record of a marking operation including service-related information and/or ticket information'20138,442,766'Marking apparatus having enhanced features for underground facility marking operations, and associated methods and systems'20138,424,486'Marker detection mechanisms for use in marking devices and methods of using same'20138,416,995'Electronic manifest of underground facility locate marks'20138,407,001'Systems and methods for using location data to electronically display dispensing of markers by a marking system or marking tool'20138,401,791'Methods for evaluating operation of marking apparatus'20138,400,155'Methods and apparatus for displaying an electronic rendering of a locate operation based on an electronic record of locate information'20138,384,742'Virtual white lines (VWL) for delimiting planned excavation sites of staged excavation projects'20138,386,178'Marking system and method'20138,374,789'Systems and methods for using marking information to electronically display dispensing of markers by a marking system or marking tool'20138,361,543'Methods and apparatus for displaying an electronic rendering of a marking operation based on an electronic record of marking information'20138,356,255'Virtual white lines (VWL) for delimiting planned excavation sites of staged excavation projects'20138,355,542'Virtual white lines for delimiting planned excavation sites'20138,340,359'Electronic manifest of underground facility locate marks'20128,311,765'Locating equipment communicatively coupled to or equipped with a mobile/portable device'20128,300,895'Virtual white lines for delimiting planned excavation sites'20128,301,380'Systems and methods for generating electronic records of locate and marking operations'20128,296,308'Methods and apparatus for associating a virtual white line (VWL) image with corresponding ticket information for an excavation project'20128,290,204'Searchable electronic records of underground facility locate marking operations'20128,290,215'Virtual white lines for delimiting planned excavation sites'20128,280,117'Virtual white lines for indicating planned excavation sites on electronic images'20128,280,969'Methods, apparatus and systems for requesting underground facility locate and marking operations and managing associated notifications'20128,280,631'Methods and apparatus for generating an electronic record of a marking operation based on marking device actuations'20128,270,666'Searchable electronic records of underground facility locate marking operations'20128,265,344'Electronic manifest of underground facility locate operation'20128,260,489'Methods, apparatus, and systems for acquiring and analyzing vehicle data and generating an electronic representation of vehicle operations'20128,249,306'Virtual white lines for delimiting planned excavation sites'20128,218,827'Virtual white lines for delimiting planned excavation sites'20128,194,932'Ticket approval system for and method of performing quality control in field service applications'20128,155,390'Methods and apparatus for providing unbuffered dig area indicators on aerial images to delimit planned excavation sites'20128,060,304'Marking system and method'2011D0643321'Marking device'2011D0634657'Paint holder of a marking device'2011D0634656'Shaft of a marking device'2011D0634655'Handle of a marking device'20117,640,105'Marking system and method with location and/or time tracking'2009Career & activity timeline
Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.
2009–2018Based in North Palm Beach, FL, US· patent location history
2011–2016Patents assigned to CERTUSVIEW TECHNOLOGIES LLC (135)· patent assignee history
2011–2018Patents assigned to CHAMBERS CURTIS (109)· patent assignee history
2011–2018Patents assigned to FARR JEFFREY (94)· patent assignee history
2011–2017Patents assigned to NIELSEN STEVEN (68)· patent assignee history
2012–2018Patents assigned to NIELSEN STEVEN E (42)· patent assignee history
Inventor activity
Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.
Assignees
| Assignee | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| CERTUSVIEW TECHNOLOGIES LLC | 135 | 2011–2016 |
| CHAMBERS CURTIS | 109 | 2011–2018 |
| FARR JEFFREY | 94 | 2011–2018 |
| NIELSEN STEVENself | 68 | 2011–2017 |
| NIELSEN STEVEN Eself | 42 | 2012–2018 |
Locations
| Location | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| North Palm Beach, Florida, US | 160 | 2009–2018 |