Patents by Inventor Dudley K. Fetzer

Dudley K. Fetzer 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).

  • Wireless tracking device
    Patent number: 9092963
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for a tracking device to inconspicuously track a person to be monitored (such as a child or at-risk adult) are presented. Some embodiments of the present invention combine a positioning receiver (e.g., a GPS receiver) and a locking mechanism to act as a tracking device, which attaches to an article of clothing or fabric wearable by the person to be monitored. Some embodiments of the present invention keep a positioning receiver and a radio frequency identification tag (RFID tag) or other RF tag, which are physically separate but in RF proximity of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Dudley K. Fetzer, Thomas F. Doyle
  • Asset apparency method and apparatus
    Patent number: 8078117
    Abstract: A method and apparatus making an asset apparent. The method and apparatus may be configured to obtain an asset apparency request to locate an asset, wherein the asset apparency request includes an identification code corresponding to the asset, to generate an asset apparency message, wherein the asset apparency message includes an identification code corresponding to the user, the identification code corresponding to the asset, and one or more instructions to trigger the asset to perform one or more functionalities to make the asset apparent, and to transmit, to a central processing facility wherein the asset apparency message is processed by the central processing facility by: determining a unique identifying value for the asset from the identification codes corresponding to the user and the asset, and transmitting the one or more instructions to trigger the asset to perform one or more functionalities to make the asset apparent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas F. Doyle, Dudley K. Fetzer
  • WIRELESS TRACKING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110234397
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for a tracking device to inconspicuously track a person to be monitored (such as a child or at-risk adult) are presented. Some embodiments of the present invention combine a positioning receiver (e.g., a GPS receiver) and a locking mechanism to act as a tracking device, which attaches to an article of clothing or fabric wearable by the person to be monitored. Some embodiments of the present invention keep a positioning receiver and a radio frequency identification tag (RFID tag) or other RF tag, which are physically separate but in RF proximity of each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Dudley K. Fetzer, Thomas F. Doyle
  • ASSET APPARENCY METHOD AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20100156603
    Abstract: A method and apparatus making an asset apparent. The method and apparatus may be configured to obtain an asset apparency request to locate an asset, wherein the asset apparency request includes an identification code corresponding to the asset, to generate an asset apparency message, wherein the asset apparency message includes an identification code corresponding to the user, the identification code corresponding to the asset, and one or more instructions to trigger the asset to perform one or more functionalities to make the asset apparent, and to transmit, to a central processing facility wherein the asset apparency message is processed by the central processing facility by: determining a unique identifying value for the asset from the identification codes corresponding to the user and the asset, and transmitting the one or more instructions to trigger the asset to perform one or more functionalities to make the asset apparent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas F. Doyle, Dudley K. Fetzer
  • Strap attachment device
    Patent number: D670599
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Gad Shaanan, Dudley K. Fetzer, Kenneth W. Baar