Patents by Inventor Alan Jackson Guess
Alan Jackson Guess 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).
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Patent number: 8006904Abstract: A system and method for monitoring operation and performance of electronic tags such as article surveillance (EAS) tags or radio frequency identification (RFID) tags such as by monitoring and reporting electronic tag readability and operator/system performance levels. The system includes an optical symbol reader and/or electronic tag sensor/deactivator that measures and reports values of reading, detection, or deactivation events during operation which may be indicative of electronic tag operability. The apparatus may further comprise a data accumulation device including memory storage to accumulate the measurement values for each set of electronic tags, and a programmed computing system to analyze the measured values and report on the results of the analysis.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2009Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignees: Datalogic Scanning, Inc., Sensormatic Electronics LLCInventors: Mohamed A Salim, Harold C. Clifford, Alan Jackson Guess, Bruce Edward Paris
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Publication number: 20100001863Abstract: A system and method for monitoring operation and performance of electronic tags such as article surveillance (EAS) tags or radio frequency identification (RFID) tags such as by monitoring and reporting electronic tag readability and operator/system performance levels. The system includes an optical symbol reader and/or electronic tag sensor/deactivator that measures and reports values of reading, detection, or deactivation events during operation which may be indicative of electronic tag operability. The apparatus may further comprise a data accumulation device including memory storage to accumulate the measurement values for each set of electronic tags, and a programmed computing system to analyze the measured values and report on the results of the analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2009Publication date: January 7, 2010Inventors: Mohamed A. Salim, Harold C. Clifford, Alan Jackson Guess, Bruce Edward Paris
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Patent number: 7527198Abstract: A system and method for monitoring operation and performance of electronic tags such as article surveillance (EAS) tags or radio frequency identification (RFID) tags such as by monitoring and reporting electronic tag readability and operator/system performance levels. The system includes an optical symbol reader and/or electronic tag sensor/deactivator that measures and reports values of reading, detection, or deactivation events during operation which may be indicative of electronic tag operability. The apparatus may further comprise a data accumulation device including memory storage to accumulate the measurement values for each set of electronic tags, and a programmed computing system to analyze the measured values and report on the results of the analysis.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2003Date of Patent: May 5, 2009Assignee: Datalogic Scanning, Inc.Inventors: Mohamed Arif Salim, Harold C. Clifford, Alan Jackson Guess, Bruce Edward Paris
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Patent number: 7495564Abstract: Methods of operation of a data reader and security tag deactivation system whereby a data reader such as a barcode scanner is equipped with EAS deactivation coils or modules disposed in the vicinity of the read volume or generally proximate thereto and the system is operable to permit reading of the ID tag (such as the barcode label) on an item, and upon a successful read, the deactivation unit is operable to (1) sense the presence of an EAS tag; (2) if presence of an EAS tag is sensed, energize the deactivation coil/module to deactivate the EAS tag; and (3) sense if the EAS tag is deactivated. If the EAS tag is sensed to have been deactivated, the system signals as such and a next item may be scanned. If the EAS tag is sensed to have not been deactivated, the system proceeds to alternate operational steps to handle the exception.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2007Date of Patent: February 24, 2009Assignees: Datalogic Scanning, Inc., Sensormatic Electronics CorporationInventors: Clifford C. Harold, Douglas Allen Drew, Alan Jackson Guess, Robert F. Kortt, Bruce E. Paris, Nicolas N. Tabet
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Patent number: 7299975Abstract: A scanner system and method for improving capture rate of reading labels with add-ons without sacrificing throughput with respect to non-add-on labels, the scanner including a mode in which the scanner in conjunction with the host (point-of-sale terminal) “learns” over time which base label codes will have associated add-ons. As the scanner successfully reads both a base label and its add-on data, the base label data is stored in a list in the scanner's memory. The required number of reads of base label or the timeout timer value may be adjusted based upon whether add-ons are expected or not corresponding to future scans of a base label corresponding to that of one in the list store. Base label statistics on successful base label and associated add-on reads, as well as ordering and selective storage of base label information based on frequency of base label occurrence may also be provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2006Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: Datalogic Scanning, Inc.Inventors: Alexander M. McQueen, Craig D. Cherry, Randy J. Turkal, Alan Jackson Guess, Harold C. Clifford
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Patent number: 7170414Abstract: Methods of operation of a data reader and security tag deactivation system whereby a data reader such as a barcode scanner is equipped with EAS deactivation coils or modules disposed in the vicinity of the read volume or generally proximate thereto and the system is operable to permit reading of the ID tag (such as the barcode label) on an item, and upon a successful read, the deactivation unit is operable to (1) sense the presence of an EAS tag; (2) if presence of an EAS tag is sensed, energize the deactivation coil/module to deactivate the EAS tag; and (3) sense if the EAS tag is deactivated. If the EAS tag is sensed to have been deactivated, the system signals as such and a next item may be scanned. If the EAS tag is sensed to have not been deactivated, the system proceeds to alternate operational steps to handle the exception.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2005Date of Patent: January 30, 2007Assignees: PSC Scanning, Inc., Sensormatic Electronics CorporationInventors: Harold C. Clifford, Douglas Allen Drew, Alan Jackson Guess, Robert F. Kortt, Bruce E. Paris, Nicolas N. Tabet
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Patent number: 7132947Abstract: Methods of operation of a data reader and security tag deactivation system whereby a data reader such as a barcode scanner is equipped with EAS deactivation coils or modules disposed in the vicinity of the read volume or generally proximate thereto and the system is operable to permit reading of the ID tag (such as the barcode label) on an item, and upon a successful read, the deactivation unit is operable to (1) sense the presence of an EAS tag; (2) if presence of an EAS tag is sensed, energize the deactivation coil/module to deactivate the EAS tag; and (3) sense if the EAS tag is deactivated. If the EAS tag is sensed to have been deactivated, the system signals as such and a next item may be scanned. If the EAS tag is sensed to have not been deactivated, the system proceeds to alternate operational steps to handle the exception.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2003Date of Patent: November 7, 2006Assignees: PSC Scanning, Inc., Sensormatic Electronics CorporationInventors: Harold C. Clifford, Douglas Allen Drew, Alan Jackson Guess, Robert F. Kortt, Bruce E. Paris, Nicolas N. Tabet
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Patent number: 7108170Abstract: A scanner system and method for improving capture rate of reading labels with associated second labels or add-ons without sacrificing throughput with respect to non-add-on labels, the scanner including a mode in which the scanner in conjunction with the host (point-of-sale terminal) “learns” over time which base label codes will have associated second labels or add-ons. As the scanner successfully reads both a base label and its add-on data, the base label data is stored in a list in the scanner's memory. The required number of reads of base label or the timeout timer value may be adjusted based upon whether add-ons are expected or not corresponding to future scans of a base label corresponding to that of one in the list store. Base label statistics on successful base label and associated add-on reads, as well as ordering and selective storage of base label information based on frequency of base label occurrence may also be provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2003Date of Patent: September 19, 2006Assignee: PSC Scanning, Inc.Inventors: Alexander M. McQueen, Craig D. Cherry, Randy J. Turkal, Alan Jackson Guess, Harold C. Clifford
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Publication number: 20040113791Abstract: A system and method for monitoring operation and performance of electronic tags such as article surveillance (EAS) tags or radio frequency identification (RFID) tags such as by monitoring and reporting electronic tag readability and operator/system performance levels. The system includes an optical symbol reader and/or electronic tag sensor/deactivator that measures and reports values of reading, detection, or deactivation events during operation which may be indicative of electronic tag operability. The apparatus may further comprise a data accumulation device including memory storage to accumulate the measurement values for each set of electronic tags, and a programmed computing system to analyze the measured values and report on the results of the analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2003Publication date: June 17, 2004Applicant: PSC Scanning, Inc.Inventors: Mohamed A. Salim, Harold C. Clifford, Alan Jackson Guess, Bruce Edward Paris
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Publication number: 20040004124Abstract: A scanner system and method for improving capture rate of reading labels with add-ons without sacrificing throughput with respect to non-add-on labels, the scanner including a mode in which the scanner in conjunction with the host (point-of-sale terminal) “learns” over time which base label codes will have associated add-ons. As the scanner successfully reads both a base label and its add-on data, the base label data is stored in a list in the scanner's memory. The required number of reads of base label or the timeout timer value may be adjusted based upon whether add-ons are expected or not corresponding to future scans of a base label corresponding to that of one in the list store. Base label statistics on successful base label and associated add-on reads, as well as ordering and selective storage of base label information based on frequency of base label occurrence may also be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2003Publication date: January 8, 2004Applicant: PSC Scanning, Inc.Inventors: Alexander M. McQueen, Craig D. Cherry, Randy J. Turkal, Alan Jackson Guess, Harold C. Clifford
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Publication number: 20030197611Abstract: Methods of operation of a data reader and security tag deactivation system whereby a data reader such as a barcode scanner is equipped with EAS deactivation coils or modules disposed in the vicinity of the read volume or generally proximate thereto and the system is operable to permit reading of the ID tag (such as the barcode label) on an item, and upon a successful read, the deactivation unit is operable to (1) sense the presence of an EAS tag; (2) if presence of an EAS tag is sensed, energize the deactivation coil/module to deactivate the EAS tag; and (3) sense if the EAS tag is deactivated. If the EAS tag is sensed to have been deactivated, the system signals as such and a next item may be scanned. If the EAS tag is sensed to have not been deactivated, the system proceeds to alternate operational steps to handle the exception.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2003Publication date: October 23, 2003Inventors: Harold C. Clifford, Douglas Allen Drew, Alan Jackson Guess, Robert F. Kortt, Bruce E. Paris, Nicolas N. Tabet