Patents by Inventor Mark E. Depperschmidt

Mark E. Depperschmidt 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).

  • Apparatus for manufacturing management using a wireless device
    Patent number: 7561848
    Abstract: A method of inventory management is described. Upon activation of a button on a wireless device, the wireless device having a light source and a transceiver with a unique media address corresponding to a unique product, the device broadcasts a first signal including an order command and the unique media address by the transceiver via a wireless medium. A central controller then receives the first signal, identifies the unique media address included in the first signal, and using a database, identifies the unique product associated with the unique media address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc
    Inventors: Robert K. T. Chen, Mark E. Depperschmidt, James E. Lee, Jr., Patrick Gray
  • Apparatus for manufacturing management using a wireless device
    Patent number: 6838977
    Abstract: A method of inventory management is described. Upon activation of a button on a wireless device, the wireless device having a light source and a transceiver with a unique media address corresponding to a unique product, the device broadcasts a first signal including an order command and the unique media address by the transceiver via a wireless medium. A central controller then receives the first signal, identifies the unique media address included in the first signal, and using a database, identifies the unique product associated with the unique media address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert K. T. Chen, Mark E. Depperschmidt, James E. Lee, Jr., Patrick Gray
  • Apparatus for manufacturing management using a wireless device
    Publication number: 20020164976
    Abstract: A method of inventory management is described. Upon activation of a button on a wireless device, the wireless device having a light source and a transceiver with a unique media address corresponding to a unique product, the device broadcasts a first signal including an order command and the unique media address by the transceiver via a wireless medium. A central controller then receives the first signal, identifies the unique media address included in the first signal, and using a database, identifies the unique product associated with the unique media address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Inventors: Robert K.T. Chen, Mark E. Depperschmidt, James E. Lee, Patrick Gray