Fleet Connect Solutions, LLC v. Forward Thinking Systems, LLC
Infringement action filed 15 Sep 2025 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York and closed 22 Mar 2026, with 9 patents asserted. Recorded basis of termination: dismissed without prejudice.
Case record
- Patents involved
- US7593751B2US6961586B2US7058040B2US7741968B1US8494581B2US7206837B2US7656845B2US7742388B2US7260153B2
- Case no.
- 2:25-cv-05178
- Verdict cause
- Infringement action
- Court
- E.D.N.Y.
- Court level
- District Court
- Case region
- New York
- Chief judge
- None recorded
- Trial level
- First instance
- Filed – Closed
- 15 Sep 2025 – 22 Mar 2026
- Duration
- 188 days
- Basis of termination
- Dismissed without Prejudice
- Products & marks
- All-inone Fleet management & safety system · Commercial Fleet Tracking Solution · FC-ENT-5- NA-2 · FC-ENT-5-EMEA-2 · FC-ENT-5-HD · FC-ENT-5-LAT-2 · FC-ENT-5-NA-2 · FC-ENT-5-WIFI-2 · FC-ENT-8- WIFI-2 · FC-ENT-8-EMEA-2 · FC-ENT-8-LAT-2 · FC-ENT-8-NA-2 · FC-ENT-8-WIFI-2 · FC-ESNTL-EMEA-V4 · FC-ESNTL-LAT-V4 · FC-ESNTL-LATV4 · FC-ESNTL-NA-V4 · FC-ESNTL-R-EMEA-V4 · FC-ESNTL-R-LAT-V4 · FC-ESNTLR-NA-V4 · FC-PRO-LAT-22 · FC-PRO-NA-22 · FC-PRO-NA-22-6 · FC-PRO-R-EMEA-22 · FC-PRO-R-NA-22-6 · FC-PRO-RLAT-22 · FCESNTL-R-NA-V4 · FCPRO-EMEA-22 FC-PRO-R-NA-22 · Field Warrior Mobile Workforce Management App · Fleet Dispatching Software · FleetCam AI camera solution · FleetCam Essential Road Only · FleetCam IoT gateway devices · FleetCam Pro Road Only · FleetCam dashcams such as FC-ENT-5-EMEA-2 · FleetCam devices · FleetCam fleet management platform and trackingsolutions · FleetCam solutions · IntelliHub Real-Time Fleet Management Software · Monarch Mobile Fleet Management App · Route Matrix Fleet Routing Software · and FCENT-5-HD · and FleetCam Pro Road-Facing AI Dashcam · and LBS Edge Suite · the DVIR – Electronic Driver Vehicle Inspection Report
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Conducting field operations using handheld data management devices
Providing users in the field includes portable access to industry-specific programs, instructions and data. Field data synchronization and/or delivery is enabled using wireless capabilities resident in handheld personal computing devices. Data can be synchronized with a server over a network using wireless radio transmission, or directly to a computer workstation using wireless infrared or radio transmission or connected physical connection. Two-way communications is provided between remote computers and handheld data management devices to facilitate real-time access to remote programs, assistance and/or information related to the field assessment being undertaken by using a handheld data management device user. Field data management includes activities for at least one of: construction industry project analysis, HVAC system analysis, project management, equipment readiness inspection, troubleshooting, inventory tracking, inventory ordering, sales (e.g., providing cost estimates to customers), customer invoicing, conducting legal investigations, field data collection, and multi-user remote function coordination.
- Legal status
- Inactive
- Granted
- 22 Sep 2009
- Earliest priority
- 18 Sep 2000
- Est. expiry
- 14 Oct 2022
- Validity challenges
- 1 on record90019929 · EPR
- Licences recorded
- None recorded
- Inventors
- BARBOSA, FRANK A. · ORTIZ, LUIS M.
- Classification
- H04M1/00G06Q10/00
- Prosecution counsel
- KASHA LAW LLC
- Examiner
- RAMAKRISHNAIAH, MELUR
Field assessments using handheld data management devices
Systems for and methods of conducting field assessments utilizing handheld data management devices are diclosed. Methods and systems for executing field assessments use handheld devices provide assessors portable access to industry-specific programs and data useful in carrying out a field assessment. Field assessment data synchronization and/or delivery is enabled using wireless capabilities resident in handheld personal computing devices. Data may be synchronized with a server over a network using wireless radio transmission, or directly to a computer workstation using wireless infrared or radio transmission or connected means (e.g., modems, cradles, docking stations). It is another aspect of the present invention to provide for two-way communication between remote computing means (e.g., servers, desktop computers) and handheld data management devices to facilitate real-time access to remote programs, assistance and/or information related to the field assessment being undertaken by using a handheld data management device user.
- Legal status
- Inactive
- Granted
- 1 Nov 2005
- Est. expiry
- 14 Oct 2022
- Validity challenges
- 1 on record90019903 · EPR · filed by Herbert Kerner
- Licences recorded
- None recorded
- Inventors
- BARBOSA, FRANK A. · ORTIZ, LUIS M.
- Classification
- G06Q10/00H04L29/08G06Q10/06G16H40/67
- Prosecution counsel
- KASHA LAW LLC
- Examiner
- RAMAKRISHNAIAH, MELUR
Also asserted in this case
7 moreThe docket lists 9 asserted patents. Full bibliographic detail, drawings and prosecution history for the remaining 7 asserted patents are one query away in Eureka.
- US7058040B2Channel interference reduction
- US7741968B1System and method for navigation tracking of individuals in a group
- US8494581B2System and methods for management of mobile field assets via wireless handheld devices
- US7206837B2Intelligent trip status notification
- US7656845B2Channel interference reduction
- US7742388B2Packet generation systems and methods
- US7260153B2Multi input multi output wireless communication method and apparatus providing extended range and extended rate across imperfectly estimated channels
Parties of record
Fleet Connect Solutions, LLC
- Core tech
- H04M1/00G06Q10/00H04L29/08G06Q10/06
- Counsel
- James F. McDonough III
- Firm
- Rozier Hardt McDonough PLLC
Forward Thinking Systems, LLC
- Core tech
- Not recorded
- Counsel
- Excylyn Hardin-Smith · Neil McNabnay
- Firm
- Fish & Richardson LLP, Fish & Richardson – Neil Mcnabnay
Counsel of record
| Attorney | For | Role |
|---|---|---|
| James F. McDonough III | Fleet Connect Solutions, LLC | Plaintiff |
| Excylyn Hardin-Smith | Forward Thinking Systems, LLC | Defendant |
| Neil McNabnay | Forward Thinking Systems, LLC | Defendant |
Basis of termination
From the record · verbatim“The Court has been advised that all claims asserted herein have been settled in principle. (ECF No. 26.) The above-entitled action is therefore DISMISSED and discontinued without costs, and without prejudice to the right to reopen the action within forty days of the date of this Order if the settlement is not consummated. To be clear, any application to reopen must be filed by the aforementioned deadline; any application to reopen filed thereafter may be denied solely on that basis. Further, requests to extend the deadline to reopen are unlikely to be granted. If the parties wish for the Court to retain jurisdiction for the purposes of enforcing any settlement agreement, they must submit the settlement agreement to the Court by the deadline to reopen to be “so ordered” by the Court. Per the Court’s Individual Rule 10, unless the Court orders otherwise, the Court will not retain jurisdiction to enforce a settlement agreement unless it is made part of the public record. Any pending motions are dismissed as moot. All conferences are cancelled. The Clerk of Court is directed to close the case.”
Case 2:25-cv-05178 · E.D.N.Y. · closed 22 March 2026
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What is case 2:25-cv-05178?
2:25-cv-05178 is a patent infringement action brought by Fleet Connect Solutions, LLC against Forward Thinking Systems, LLC, filed on 15 Sep 2025 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The case closed on 22 March 2026.
Which patents were asserted in 2:25-cv-05178?
US7593751B2 (“Conducting field operations using handheld data management devices”), assigned to FLEET CONNECT SOLUTIONS LLC, currently inactive; US6961586B2 (“Field assessments using handheld data management devices”), assigned to FLEET CONNECT SOLUTIONS LLC, currently inactive; US7058040B2 (“Channel interference reduction”), assigned to FLEET CONNECT SOLUTIONS LLC; US7741968B1 (“System and method for navigation tracking of individuals in a group”), assigned to FLEET CONNECT SOLUTIONS LLC; US8494581B2 (“System and methods for management of mobile field assets via wireless handheld devices”), assigned to FLEET CONNECT SOLUTIONS LLC; US7206837B2 (“Intelligent trip status notification”), assigned to FLEET CONNECT SOLUTIONS LLC; US7656845B2 (“Channel interference reduction”), assigned to FLEET CONNECT SOLUTIONS LLC; US7742388B2 (“Packet generation systems and methods”), assigned to FLEET CONNECT SOLUTIONS LLC; US7260153B2 (“Multi input multi output wireless communication method and apparatus providing extended range and extended rate across imperfectly estimated channels”), assigned to FLEET CONNECT SOLUTIONS LLC. The record also lists All-inone Fleet management & safety system, Commercial Fleet Tracking Solution, FC-ENT-5- NA-2, FC-ENT-5-EMEA-2, FC-ENT-5-HD, FC-ENT-5-LAT-2, FC-ENT-5-NA-2, FC-ENT-5-WIFI-2, FC-ENT-8- WIFI-2, FC-ENT-8-EMEA-2, FC-ENT-8-LAT-2, FC-ENT-8-NA-2, FC-ENT-8-WIFI-2, FC-ESNTL-EMEA-V4, FC-ESNTL-LAT-V4, FC-ESNTL-LATV4, FC-ESNTL-NA-V4, FC-ESNTL-R-EMEA-V4, FC-ESNTL-R-LAT-V4, FC-ESNTLR-NA-V4, FC-PRO-LAT-22, FC-PRO-NA-22, FC-PRO-NA-22-6, FC-PRO-R-EMEA-22, FC-PRO-R-NA-22-6, FC-PRO-RLAT-22, FCESNTL-R-NA-V4, FCPRO-EMEA-22 FC-PRO-R-NA-22, Field Warrior Mobile Workforce Management App, Fleet Dispatching Software, FleetCam AI camera solution, FleetCam Essential Road Only, FleetCam IoT gateway devices, FleetCam Pro Road Only, FleetCam dashcams such as FC-ENT-5-EMEA-2, FleetCam devices, FleetCam fleet management platform and trackingsolutions, FleetCam solutions, IntelliHub Real-Time Fleet Management Software, Monarch Mobile Fleet Management App, Route Matrix Fleet Routing Software, and FCENT-5-HD, and FleetCam Pro Road-Facing AI Dashcam, and LBS Edge Suite and the DVIR – Electronic Driver Vehicle Inspection Report.
How was case 2:25-cv-05178 terminated?
The recorded basis of termination is dismissed without prejudice. The termination text reads: “The Court has been advised that all claims asserted herein have been settled in principle. (ECF No. 26.) The above-entitled action is therefore DISMISSED and discontinued without costs, and without prejudice to the right to reopen the action within forty days of the date of this Order if the settlement is not consummated. To be clear, any application to reopen must be filed by the aforementioned deadline; any application to reopen filed thereafter may be denied solely on that basis. Further, requests to extend the deadline to reopen are unlikely to be granted. If the parties wish for the Cour
What does dismissal without prejudice mean?
A dismissal without prejudice ends this action but leaves the claims alive — the plaintiff may file them again later, subject to the limitation period.
How long did case 2:25-cv-05178 take?
188 calendar days, from filing on 15 Sep 2025 to closure on 22 March 2026.
Who were the attorneys and the judge in 2:25-cv-05178?
James F. McDonough III is recorded as counsel for plaintiff Fleet Connect Solutions. Excylyn Hardin-Smith and Neil McNabnay appear for defendant Forward Thinking Systems.
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