Patents by Inventor Kiroku Kato

Kiroku Kato 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: 7079913
    Abstract: At the shipping department of a company, contracted outlets or outlets of delivery companies, information concerning the shipper and receiver are written into a label having a memory, but no controller or energy source. The label has a transmitter and the label makes use of power supplied by RF query signals to fetch the information stored and transmits such information to a label reader located either in a portable recorder or at sorting locations. After the information is written into the label, the label is attached to the package. Upon being picked up, the label on the package is read by a portable recorder which transmits the information to a main computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: KEN Consulting, LLC
    Inventors: Kiroku Kato, Thiet Pham
  • Publication number: 20040143354
    Abstract: At the shipping department of a company, contracted outlets or outlets of delivery companies, information concerning the shipper and receiver are written into a label having a memory, but no controller or energy source. The label has a transmitter and the label makes use of power supplied by RF query signals to fetch the information stored and transmits such information to a label reader located either in a portable recorder or at sorting locations. After the information is written into the label, the label is attached to the package. Upon being picked up, the label on the package is read by a portable recorder which transmits the information to a main computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2004
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Kiroku Kato, Thiet Pham
  • Patent number: 6721617
    Abstract: At the shipping department of a company, contracted outlets or outlets of delivery companies, information concerning the shipper and receiver are written into a label having a memory, but no controller or energy source. The label has a transmitter and the label makes use of power supplied by RF query signals to fetch the information stored and transmits such information to a label reader located either in a portable recorder or at sorting locations. After the information is written into the label, the label is attached to the package. Upon being picked up, the label on the package is read by a portable recorder which transmits the information to a main computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Inventors: Kiroku Kato, Thiet Pham
  • Publication number: 20030014143
    Abstract: At the shipping department of a company, contracted outlets or outlets of delivery companies, information concerning the shipper and receiver are written into a label having a memory, but no controller or energy source. The label has a transmitter and the label makes use of power supplied by RF query signals to fetch the information stored and transmits such information to a label reader located either in a portable recorder or at sorting locations. After the information is written into the label, the label is attached to the package. Upon being picked up, the label on the package is read by a portable recorder which transmits the information to a main computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 1999
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventors: KIROKU KATO, THIET PHAM
  • Patent number: 5971587
    Abstract: At the shipping department of a company, contracted outlets or outlets of delivery companies, information concerning the shipper and receiver are written into a label having a memory, but no controller or energy source. The label has a transmitter and the label makes use of power supplied by RF query signals to fetch the information stored and transmits such information to a label reader located either in a portable recorder or at sorting locations. After the information is written into the label, the label is attached to the package. Upon being picked up, the label on the package is read by a portable recorder which transmits the information to a main computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Inventors: Kiroku Kato, Thiet Pham