US 12,345,487 B2
Payload platform accountability control system
Patrick W. Smith, Scottsdale, AZ (US); Karl U. Schultz, Phoenix, AZ (US); Jenner B. Holden, Phoenix, AZ (US); Austin S. Appel, Gilbert, AZ (US); and Justin K. Powley, Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Assigned to AXON ENTERPRISE, INC., Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Appl. No. 18/273,676
Filed by Axon Enterprise, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 4, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/015264
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 21, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/177759, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 25, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/145,862, filed on Feb. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0151484 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. F41A 17/06 (2006.01); F41H 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC F41A 17/066 (2013.01) [F41H 13/0012 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A payload platform comprising:
a platform;
a payload configured to be deployed from the platform;
a processor; and
a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with the processor, the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving a platform credential;
authenticating the platform credential based on an accountability control;
determining a platform permission based on the platform credential and the accountability control, wherein the platform permission comprises an access permission and a separate at least one of an operate permission or a payload deployment permission; and
enabling at least one component of the platform or the payload based on the platform permission.