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John (Jack) Arnal Jarrell
Jack Jarrell was born November 7, 1944 in Lafayette, Indiana.

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Cornell 1966.

M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, 1967.

Sandia Laboratories, Livermore, Project Engineer for final assembly of the Poseidon Warhead, 1967-71.

M.B.A., Stanford University 1973.

V.P. planning, Victoria Station, 1973-77.

Pacific Union, Owner's representative/partner, 1977-2002.

List of Patents
1. US 8,502,456 B2; Title: Managing Light System Energy Use Inventors

Summary: Claims are directed to adjusting a lighting profile by increasing a light intensity at a lighting assembly (e.g., streetlight) based on a received or detected input that indicates activity in a vicinity of the streetlight. Examples of inputs include sounds, electronic signals (e.g., RF signal, Bluetooth signal), detected motion and detected light. Streetlights may communicate (e.g., secure communications) with other streetlights and instruct a light intensity change.

2. US 8,716,942 B2; Title: Managing Light System Energy Use

Summary: This continuation patent includes claims that are similar but broader than claims of the parent ‘456 patent, in that light intensity may be increased or decreased in response to the received or detected input. Examples of inputs include sounds (e.g., gunshot sound, vehicle sound), electronic signals (e.g., RF signal, signal from emergency response system, signal from a mobile device requesting additional light by person in vicinity), detected motion and detected light. Streetlights may communicate (e.g., secure communications) with other streetlights and instruct a light intensity change or may communicate with a central command center with similar requests.

3. US 8,963,433 B2; Title: Managing Light System Energy Use

Summary: This continuation patent includes claims with similar breadth to those in the ‘942 patent. Additional inputs covered in this patent include sensing a particulate or a chemical particle and detecting a sound indicative of a crash, any of which may lead to a change in lighting intensity. Includes claims directed to communications between the lighting assembly and a central command center, another lighting assembly, or to police, fire department, or ambulance communications systems.

4. US 8,903,558 B2; Title: Monitoring Pipeline Integrity

Summary: Claims are directed to detecting and responding to a threat condition for fluid distribution systems (e.g., pipelines carrying oil, natural gas, water), to prevent disasters, and to periodically at least partially close and then re-open a valve of the pipeline. A monitoring assembly receives a sensed vibration characteristic based on a sensor external of the pipeline, and determines a threat condition based on comparing to baseline data, and in response to the threat condition wirelessly transmits messages to valve assemblies upstream and downstream of the monitoring station to cause the corresponding fluid transmission valves to close. The monitoring station also transmits a wireless message with an indication of the determined threat condition to a control center.

5. US 9,087,451 B2; Title: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Communication, Monitoring and Traffic Management

Summary: Claims are directed to unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) environment traffic management and safety, and provide, from a perspective of a communications station mounted to a lighting assembly, communications between the communications station and the UAV, including providing the UAV with an altitude at which the UAV should fly. Examples of the altitude at which to fly can include an “air corridor” having min and max altitudes for the corridor, analogous to traffic lanes for vehicles on roads. Various dependent claims directed to additional features, including providing a wireless charging signal to the UAV to charge a battery of the UAV, determining that the UAV is outside of a proper airspace or too close to another UAV, and warning the UAV of same, providing the UAV with an indication of a landing area, or of an area or an obstacle to avoid, providing a navigational adjustment to the UAV, providing an indication of speed to the UAV, determining a speed of the UAV and if the UAV is exceeding a speed limit, determining whether the UAV’s license or registration is valid, providing the UAV indications of weather, noise level, emissions level, or speed, determining that the UAV includes a weapon, and providing secure communications.

6. US 9,466,218 B2; Title: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Communication, Monitoring and Traffic Management (Continuation of ‘451 patent)

Summary: This continuation patent includes claims that are directed to unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) environment management and safety, and provide, from a perspective of a communications station mounted to a support member, communications with a UAV, and determining whether the UAV has valid license or registration and, if not, transmitting a message for receipt by at least one of the UAV, police, or airspace authority of an indication of the invalid license or registration, and transmitting a message to the UAV for use to make a flight adjustment. Examples of the support member can include a streetlight, traffic light, utility pole, tower, communications station pole, road sign, display monitor, building, tree, billboard, and bridge. Various dependent claims include features that are similar to those dependent claim features described above with reference to the parent ‘451 patent, and additionally include providing an indication of a fine based on the invalid license or registration.

7. US 9,576,493 B2; Title: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Communication, Monitoring and Traffic Management (Continuation of ‘218 patent)  Summary: This continuation patent includes claims that are directed to unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) environment traffic management and safety, and provide, from a perspective of a communications station mounted to a support member, communications with a UAV including receiving a request from a UAV for permission for the UAV to fly outside of a designated area, and granting the request, where the UAV may use the grant to make a flight adjustment. Examples of the support member can include a streetlight, traffic light, utility pole, tower, communications station pole, road sign, display monitor, building, tree, billboard, and bridge. Examples of features covered independent claims include the UAV flying outside of the designated airspace based on the flight adjustment, the UAV either delivering a package or picking up a package while outside of the designated airspace, and monitoring the UAV for a return to the designated airspace within a predetermined period of time.

8. US 9,691,285; Title: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Communication, Monitoring and Traffic Management (Continuation of ‘218 patent)

Summary: This broad continuation patent includes claims that are similar to claims of each of the other three UAV patents, but in this case are from the perspective of the UAV, rather than from the perspective of the communications station. Included are independent claims individually and separately directed to the features of: i) UAV flight adjustment in response to receiving and indication from a communications station that the UAV’s license or registration identifier is invalid – example dependent claim features include landing the UAV in a landing area provided by the communications station; ii) UAV flight adjustment in response to an indication from a communication station regarding an area where the UAV is prohibited from flying – example dependent claim features include ­­­­­­permanent or temporary no-fly zones, and receiving a warning, ticket or fine for violating a no-fly zone; iii) airborne charging of a UAV’s battery from a communications station – example dependent claim features include wireless charging, wired charging following deployment of a charging cord, where the charging cord can include a magnet; and iv) UAV request permission from a communications station to leave a particular area, receiving permission and then doing so - example dependent claim features include delivering a package outside of the particular area, returning to the particular area, and receiving an instruction from the communications station that the UAV should return to the particular area and doing so.