Patents by Inventor Carla Denise Sharpe

Carla Denise Sharpe 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONDITION COMPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20230259869
    Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to monitoring condition compliance. In some embodiments, a system comprises a child device comprising a child device sensor configured to capture condition data, a child device memory configured to store the condition data, a child device transmitter configured to transmit the condition data, and a control circuit configured to cause transmission of a discovery message, receive acknowledgment messages, determine if the discovery message reached a parent device, if the discovery message reached a parent device, cause transmission of the condition data to the parent device, and if the discovery message did not reach a parent device, determine, from the other devices, one of the other devices, and cause transmission of the condition data to the one of the other devices, and the parent device configured to store and transmit condition data received from a plurality of child devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher M. Johnson, Jeffrey D. Thiessen, Carla Denise Sharpe, Anand Banik
  • Systems and methods for condition compliance
    Patent number: 11715059
    Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to monitoring condition compliance. In some embodiments, a system comprises a child device comprising a child device sensor configured to capture condition data, a child device memory configured to store the condition data, a child device transmitter configured to transmit the condition data, and a control circuit configured to cause transmission of a discovery message, receive acknowledgment messages, determine if the discovery message reached a parent device, if the discovery message reached a parent device, cause transmission of the condition data to the parent device, and if the discovery message did not reach a parent device, determine, from the other devices, one of the other devices, and cause transmission of the condition data to the one of the other devices, and the parent device configured to store and transmit condition data received from a plurality of child devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher M. Johnson, Jeffrey D. Thiessen, Carla Denise Sharpe, Anand Banik
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONDITION COMPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20200118072
    Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to monitoring condition compliance. In some embodiments, a system comprises a child device comprising a child device sensor configured to capture condition data, a child device memory configured to store the condition data, a child device transmitter configured to transmit the condition data, and a control circuit configured to cause transmission of a discovery message, receive acknowledgment messages, determine if the discovery message reached a parent device, if the discovery message reached a parent device, cause transmission of the condition data to the parent device, and if the discovery message did not reach a parent device, determine, from the other devices, one of the other devices, and cause transmission of the condition data to the one of the other devices, and the parent device configured to store and transmit condition data received from a plurality of child devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher M. Johnson, Jeffrey D. Thiessen, Carla Denise Sharpe, Anand Banik