Patents by Inventor ANDREW JOSEPH THOMSON

ANDREW JOSEPH THOMSON 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).

  • Method and apparatus for detecting and identifying device utilization
    Patent number: 8558660
    Abstract: A system and method for detecting the presence of a device user, managing a detection system in a predominantly low power state, ensuring data integrity and limiting the amount of user interaction required to identify users and detect device utilization includes a distinct user tag or badge including an active or passive RFID transceiver and one or more readers and routers in a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Proventix Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Harvey A. Nix, Lloyd Guyton Bowers Cooper, Don Byron Walker, II, Andrew Joseph Thomson, Eugene Arnold Eighmy
  • Head Support
    Publication number: 20120047656
    Abstract: Disclosed is a support for comfortably holding a head. The support includes a platform, a chest base, and a biasing element biasing the platform against the chest base. A user places the support between his or her chin and chest to provide comfortable support to the user's head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: HEADS UP GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Dale Alan Benton, Andrew Joseph Thomson
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND IDENTIFYING DEVICE UTILIZATION
    Publication number: 20100123560
    Abstract: A system and method for detecting the presence of a device user, managing a detection system in a predominantly low power state, ensuring data integrity and limiting the amount of user interaction required to identify users and detect device utilization includes a distinct user tag or badge including an active or passive RFID transceiver and one or more readers and routers in a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicant: PROVENTIX SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: HARVEY A. NIX, LLOYD GUYTON BOWERS COOPER, DON BYRON WALKER, II, ANDREW JOSEPH THOMSON, EUGENE ARNOLD EIGHMY