Patent №
US 6,992,564
Granted
2006-01-31
Filed 2001
Owner
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Lab
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AI components
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planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
09909369
A system and method described for tracking portable devices. The system may include a transmitter which transmits wireless inquiries to a plurality of portable devices and a receiver receiving replies to the inquiries from the portable devices. In addition, the system may include a memory storing identifier data corresponding to the portable devices and a processor coupled to the memory and to the receiver, the processor retrieving from each reply, identifier data uniquely identifying a particular one of the portable devices which generated the reply and comparing the identifier data to the stored identifier data. Furthermore, the system may include an alarm system coupled to the processor and controlled based on the comparison of stored identifier data to the identifier data retrieved from the replies.
AI classification
Ownership
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
assignment · 121840159
Assignors
CONNOLLY, SEAN A., SACKETT, WILLIAM, SHELLHAMMER, STEPHEN J., BOCCUZZI, FRANK, LEVINE, ADAM
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