Geographic chip locator

• US 9,195,864 B2
• Filed: 02/18/2013
• Issued: 11/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lawrence D. Simmons Jr
• Original Assignee: Lawrence D. Simmons Jr
• Inventors: Simmons, JR., Lawrence D.
• Primary Examiner(s): FRANKLIN, JAMARA ALZAIDA
• Application Number:
  US13/769,512
• Publication Number:
  US 20140231516A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,009 Days
• Field of Search: 235/451, 3405721-5729
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10009 sensing by radiation using wavelengths larger than 0.1 mm, e.g. radio-waves or microwaves
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0623 Item investigation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0639 Item locations

Abstract

A system obtains and transmits and stores information, including location information of an article associated with a chip. The system may contain at least: an article intimately associated with an electromagnetically interrogatable chip; a hand-held information receiving and transmitting device that can interrogate the chip, the hand-held information receiving and transmitting device comprising an RFID and/or NFC reader to electromagnetically interrogate the chip; the chip containing communicable information relating to the article; a distal server in wireless two-way communication with the hand-held information receiving and transmitting device, the distal server capable of receiving, storing and transmitting information from the chip transmitted through the hand-held device. Upon interrogation of the chip by the hand-held device, the hand-held device communicates data received in response from the interrogation of the chip to the server, the server containing information in memory that is transmitted to and receive by the hand-held device. The information contained in memory may include information specific to the article.

Claims

1. A system for obtaining and transmitting and storing location of an article associated with a chip, the system comprising:

an article intimately associated with an electromagnetically interrogatable chip, transceiver or transponder;

a hand-held information receiving and transmitting device that can interrogate the chip, transceiver or transponder, the hand-held information receiving and transmitting device comprising an RFID or NFC reader to electromagnetically interrogate the chip, transceiver or transponder;

the chip containing communicable information relating to the article;

a distal server in wireless two-way communication with the hand-held information receiving and transmitting device, the distal server configured to receive, store and transmit information from the chip, transceiver or transponder transmitted through the hand-held device;

wherein upon interrogation of the chip, transceiver or transponder by the hand-held device, the hand-held device is configured data received in response from the interrogation of the chip, transceiver or transponder to the server, the server configured to contain information in memory and configured to transmit that information in memory to be received by the hand-held device, wherein the information contained in memory comprises information specific to the article.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the chip, transceiver or transponder is programmable to receive information relating to the article.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein the chip, transceiver or transponder is configured to be distally programmable to receive information relating to the article.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the hand-held device is configured to interrogate the chip, transceiver or transponder and accept information from the chip through near-field communication, and is configured to transmit and receive information to the distal server by wireless communication.

5. The system of claim 4 wherein the wireless communication between the hand-held device and the distal server is enabled through long-range electromagnetic communication systems.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein the long-range electromagnetic communication systems comprises a radio frequency communication system.

7. The system of claim 5 wherein the chip, transceiver or transponder is configured to be distally programmable to receive information relating to the article.

8. The system of claim 4 wherein the chip, transceiver or transponder is configured to be distally programmable to receive information relating to the article.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein the article is an automobile in a parking lot and location of that car within a parking lot is stored at the distal server and establishes retrievable information on the location of the automobile.

10. A method of using the system of claim 1 wherein the hand-held device interrogates the interrogatable chip, transceiver or transponder on a specific article and receives information from the interrogatable chip, transceiver or transponder in near-field communication or visually captured information;

the received information is transmitted top the distal server by wireless transmission and is then stored in memory at the distal server, the received information comprising at least location information for the specific article.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the hand-held device communicates by wireless transmission with the distal server and retrieves location information from the distal server.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the distal server provides to the hand-held device, in addition to location information, a menu of additional information available with respect to the specific article or related articles.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the additional information comprises advertising content or product information on the specific article.

14. The system of claim 1 wherein the chip, transceiver or transponder is configured to be distally programmable to receive information relating to the article.