Patents by Inventor Ernest Earl Woodard

Ernest Earl Woodard has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Entryway system using proximity-based short-range wireless links
    Patent number: 6434158
    Abstract: An entryway system includes a door entry system (130) located near an entry door (320), and a personal presence identifier (122) carried by a guest and coupled to the door entry system by a short-range wireless link (26). The door entry system and the personal presence identifier are arranged and programmed to establish a personal area network with one another when the personal presence identifier is within wireless transmission range of the door entry system. The door entry system is also programmed to determine (80) whether further communications with the personal presence identifier are authorized. The personal presence identifier and the door entry system are also arranged and programmed to exchange (82) needs specifications and capability specifications with one another after the door entry system has determined that further communications with the personal presence identifier are authorized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Martin Harris, Ernest Earl Woodard, William Bryan Austin, George William Muncaster