Patents Assigned to Topp Group, Inc.
  • Method and apparatus for conditioning access for a remotely-accessible device
    Patent number: 7170390
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for conditioning the access of a user of a remotely-accessible device, which tracks and monitors objects, by using a preprogrammed expiration time and date and comparing that to a reliable time and date source, such as a time and date received from a global positioning system receiver, and disabling the processing of signals of the remotely-accessible device if the time and date comparison reveals that the license, service, lease, rental or commodity agreement has expired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Topp Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Luis F. Quiñones, Victor Maldonado