WIRELESS DEVICE INVENTORY SCANNER

• US 20110175722A1
• Filed: 01/19/2010
• Published: 07/21/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Consolidated Research Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Consolidated Research Incorporated
• Inventors: Jensen, Peter, Kaplan, Richard F.
• Application Number:
  US12/689,365
• Publication Number:
  US 20110175722A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/539.1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/14 by lifting or attempted removal of hand-portable articles
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/24 Reminder alarms, e.g. anti-loss alarms
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

The invention relates to an apparatus that Alerts a user that one or more Wireless-Capable Devices are not present at the time of a Triggering Event. The presence or non-presence of the Wireless-Capable Devices is determined by Wireless Detection of the Wireless-Capable Devices by the present invention.

Claims

1. An apparatus that Alerts a user that one or more Wireless-Capable Devices are not present at the time of a Triggering Event where the presence or non-presence of the Wireless-Capable Devices is determined via Wireless Detection of the Wireless-Capable Devices by the apparatus.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 in which the Wireless Detection uses Bluetooth®

for communicating with at least one Wireless Capable Device.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 in which the Wireless Capable Device is a cell phone.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 in which the Triggering Event is a signal from a sensor, processor or switch responsive to the starting of a coupled vehicle.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 in which the Triggering Event is a signal from a sensor, processor or switch responsive to the opening of a door.

6. An apparatus that Alerts a user that a specified number of Wireless-Capable Devices are not present at the time of a Triggering Event where the presence or non-presence of the Wireless-Capable Devices is determined via Wireless Detection of the Wireless-Capable Devices by the apparatus.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 in which the specified number of Wireless-Capable Devices is specified by a user.

8. The apparatus of claim 6 in which the specified number of Wireless-Capable Devices is the number of occupants in a vehicle.

9. The apparatus of claim 6 in which the specified number of Wireless-Capable Devices is the number of Wireless-Capable Devices previously detected by the apparatus when using Wireless Detection.

10. The apparatus of claim 6 in which the Wireless Detection uses the Bluetooth®

for communicating with at least one Wireless Capable Device.

11. The apparatus of claim 6 in which the Wireless Capable Device is a cell phone.

12. The apparatus of claim 6 in which the Triggering Event is a signal from a sensor, processor or switch responsive to the starting of a coupled vehicle.

13. The apparatus of claim 6 in which the Triggering Event is a signal from a sensor, processor or switch responsive to the opening of a door.

14. An apparatus that Alerts a user that any Wireless-Capable Devices in a stored list of Wireless-Capable Devices are not present at the time of a Triggering Event where the presence or non-presence of the Wireless-Capable Devices is determined via Wireless Detection of the Wireless-Capable Devices by the apparatus.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 in which the Wireless Detection uses Bluetooth®

for communicating with at least one Wireless Capable Device.

16. The apparatus of claim 14 in which the Wireless Capable Device is a cell phone.

17. The apparatus of claim 14 in which the Triggering Event is a signal from a sensor, processor or switch responsive to the starting of a coupled vehicle.

18. The apparatus of claim 14 in which the Triggering Event is a signal from a sensor, processor or switch responsive to the opening of a door.

19. An apparatus that Alerts a user that all Wireless-Capable Devices in a stored list of Wireless-Capable Devices are not present at the time of a Triggering Event where the presence or non-presence of the Wireless-Capable Devices is determined via Wireless Detection of the Wireless-Capable Devices by the apparatus.

20. The apparatus of claim 19 in which the Wireless Detection uses Bluetooth®

for communicating at least one Wireless Capable Device.

21. The apparatus of claim 19 in which the Wireless Capable Device is a cell phone.

22. The apparatus of claim 19 in which the Triggering Event is a signal from a sensor, processor or switch responsive to the starting of a coupled vehicle.

23. The apparatus of claim 19 in which the Triggering Event is a signal from a sensor, processor or switch responsive to the opening of a door.