Patents by Inventor Adam A. Kumpf

Adam A. Kumpf 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).

  • Tag for facilitating interaction with a wireless communication device
    Patent number: 7433649
    Abstract: A tag is provided, which can be associated with one or more individuals and/or a connection to a predetermined network resource, and which can be used to facilitating interaction of the wireless communication device with the corresponding individual(s) and/or resource. The tag includes a transmitter and a storage element including an ID value, which associates the tag with the individual(s) and/or resource. In at least some instances the tag will additionally include a trigger element, such as a user actuatable switch, which will enable an action to be initiated in the nearby wireless communication device, relative to the associated individual(s) and/or resource, in response to an actuation of the trigger element in the tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Tadeo T. Toulis, Michael E. Caine, Angela Chang, Joonwoo Park, Roberto Tagliabue, Lisa Y. Yong, Adam A. Kumpf