Patents by Inventor Donnie Eugene Proffitt

Donnie Eugene Proffitt 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).

  • Patent number: 10321012
    Abstract: A method for identifying and marking malfunctioning RFID tags on a RFID media sheet using an imaging device having a printer system and a RFID reader programmer. The method detects an unprogrammed RFID tag on the RFID media sheet, performs a write test on the detected RFID tag; determines whether the write test is successful; when the write test is unsuccessful, sends the RFID media sheet to the print engine and prints a bad tag identifier on one of the RFID media sheet and the detected RFID tag; when the write test has been successful, performs a read test on the detected RFID tag and determines whether the read test is successful, when the read test is unsuccessful, sends the RFID media sheet to the print engine and prints the bad tag identifier on one of the RFID media sheet and the detected RFID tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Delbert Lester Eiiliott, Donnie Eugene Proffitt, Mark Stephen Underwood
  • Publication number: 20190141210
    Abstract: A method for identifying and marking malfunctioning RFID tags on a RFID media sheet using an imaging device having a printer system and a RFID reader programmer. The method detects an unprogrammed RFID tag on the RFID media sheet, performs a write test on the detected RFID tag; determines whether the write test is successful; when the write test is unsuccessful, sends the RFID media sheet to the print engine and prints a bad tag identifier on one of the RFID media sheet and the detected RFID tag; when the write test has been successful, performs a read test on the detected RFID tag and determines whether the read test is successful, when the read test is unsuccessful, sends the RFID media sheet to the print engine and prints the bad tag identifier on one of the RFID media sheet and the detected RFID tag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: DELBERT LESTER EIILIOTT, DONNIE EUGENE PROFFITT, MARK STEPHEN UNDERWOOD
  • Patent number: 10264158
    Abstract: A method for retiring a RFID copy sheet using an imaging device having a scanner system and a printer system, each system having a RFID reader programmer. The RFID copy sheet to be retired is scanned using one of the RFID reader programmers. After determining that the user is authorized to retire the RFID copy sheet, the RFID copy sheet is rescanned by a RFID reader programmer and its associated RFID tag is reprogrammed to indicate that the RFID copy sheet is retired. Document control of the retired RFID copy sheet may also be provided using a document lifecycle database that is updated with the retired status of the RFID copy sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert McAlister Whitesell, Brandon Christopher Reynolds, Donnie Eugene Proffitt, Jeremy Keith Payne
  • Patent number: 10002636
    Abstract: A method for creating RFID copies from an original sheet using an imaging device having a scanner system and a printer system, each system having a RFID reader programmer. RFID copies made be made from an original sheet having a RFID tag or an original sheet having no RFID tag. Document control of the RFID copy may also be provided using a document lifecycle database and a user credentials database in communication with the imaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert McAlister Whitesell, Brandon Christopher Reynolds, Donnie Eugene Proffitt, Jeremy Keith Payne