Patents by Inventor Robert Watkins Sires Wofford

Robert Watkins Sires Wofford 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, System, and Method for Retrofitting a Parking Meter for Wireless Payment Via Portable Smart Devices, and Wireless Payment Systems and Methods
    Publication number: 20160133085
    Abstract: A parking meter accessory for retrofitting a parking meter for wireless communication comprises at least one support for attachment to an external surface of at least a portion of the parking meter and at least one processing device configured for wireless communication, where the at least one support is configured to support the at least one processing device. A retrofitted wireless parking meter including the accessory, a processing center for the wireless payment of parking tickets, a processing center to process remote payment for parking in a parking space, initiated by the smart device, a portable smart device for wireless payment for parking, and a method of retrofitting a conventional parking meter are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Grant Austin Eagon, Robert Watkins Sires Wofford