Patents by Inventor Andrew P. Riggins

Andrew P. Riggins 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).

  • RFID reader-based apparatus and method
    Patent number: 9990519
    Abstract: A control circuit receives location information from a handheld RFID-tag reader that pertains to a scan of a location marker that correlates to a particular modular within a retail shopping facility. The control circuit also receives from that reader RFID-tag information gleaned from read RFID tags that are proximal to that location marker. The control circuit uses the location information to select specification information for a particular modular of interest and also compares the RFID-tag information with specification information for modulars other than the particular modular of interest to thereby remove some of the RFID-tag information and thereby provide filtered RFID-tag information. The control circuit then compares that filtered RFID-tag information with the specification information for the particular modular of interest to assess modular compliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew P. Riggins, Nicholaus A. Jones
  • RFID Reader-Based Apparatus and Method
    Publication number: 20170243037
    Abstract: A control circuit receives location information from a handheld RFID-tag reader that pertains to a scan of a location marker that correlates to a particular modular within a retail shopping facility. The control circuit also receives from that reader RFID-tag information gleaned from read RFID tags that are proximal to that location marker. The control circuit uses the location information to select specification information for a particular modular of interest and also compares the RFID-tag information with specification information for modulars other than the particular modular of interest to thereby remove some of the RFID-tag information and thereby provide filtered RFID-tag information. The control circuit then compares that filtered RFID-tag information with the specification information for the particular modular of interest to assess modular compliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Andrew P. Riggins, Nicholaus A. Jones