Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Wooters

Thomas A. Wooters 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).

  • Asset recovery system
    Patent number: 8013735
    Abstract: An asset location, tracking, and recovery system and method includes a network of VHF towers and a control center receiving signals from and transmitting signals to the VHF towers. Primary locating units each include a transmitter, a receiver, and a transponder activated when a signal is transmitted by the control center via the VHF towers to the receiver. Auxiliary locating units include at least a transmitter emitting a signal received by at least one primary locating unit receiver which relays that signal to the control center via the VHF towers from the primary locating unit transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: LoJack Operating Company, LP
    Inventors: Claude Arpin, William R. Duvall, Joseph T. Lipowski, Arvind K. Ramadorai, Thomas A. Wooters
  • Asset recovery system
    Publication number: 20090207050
    Abstract: An asset location, tracking, and recovery system and method includes a network of VHF towers and a control center receiving signals from and transmitting signals to the VHF towers. Primary locating units each include a transmitter, a receiver, and a transponder activated when a signal is transmitted by the control center via the VHF towers to the receiver. Auxiliary locating units include at least a transmitter emitting a signal received by at least one primary locating unit receiver which relays that signal to the control center via the VHF towers from the primary locating unit transmitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventors: Claude Arpin, William R. Duvall, Joseph T. Lipowski, Arvind K. Ramadorai, Thomas A. Wooters