Patents by Inventor Dieter Rickhoff

Dieter Rickhoff 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 for pairing the components of an authentication device, and an authentication device
    Patent number: 7054616
    Abstract: A method for pairing an identification (ID) transmitter and a base of an authentication device includes a programmer initializing the base by transferring an assigned base identification and a code to the base via a first link. The first link differs from a control link used by the ID transmitter to communicate a code to the base. The base then initializes the ID transmitter by transferring to the ID transmitter via a second link an assigned ID transmitter identification which corresponds to the base identification of the ID transmitter and the code. The second link differs from the other links. The ID transmitter is initialized in order to receive authentication from the base to cause the base to trigger an object assigned to the base when the ID transmitter has an ID transmitter identification corresponding to the base identification and communicates the code to the base via the control link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Leopold Kostal GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dieter Rickhoff, Thomas Kaiser, Martin Degener
  • Method for pairing the components of an authentication device, and an authentication device
    Publication number: 20040248556
    Abstract: A method for pairing an identification (ID) transmitter and a base of an authentication device includes a programmer initializing the base by transferring an assigned base identification and a code to the base via a first link. The first link differs from a control link used by the ID transmitter to communicate a code to the base. The base then initializes the ID transmitter by transferring to the ID transmitter via a second link an assigned ID transmitter identification which corresponds to the base identification of the ID transmitter and the code. The second link differs from the other links. The ID transmitter is initialized in order to receive authentication from the base to cause the base to trigger an object assigned to the base when the ID transmitter has an ID transmitter identification corresponding to the base identification and communicates the code to the base via the control link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Applicant: Leopold Kostal GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dieter Rickhoff, Thomas Kaiser, Martin Degener