Patents by Inventor Lee R. Furey

Lee R. Furey 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).

  • Anticollision protocol with fast read request and additional schemes for reading multiple transponders in an RFID system
    Patent number: 7079009
    Abstract: Arbitration of multiple transponders, such as RFID tags, occurs in an interrogation field. The arbitration process is custom-tailored for individual applications, under software control, by the transponder reader or tag reader. Different wake-up slots are calculated for each tag during successive transmission cycles based upon the tag ID and the transmission cycle number. The tag reader may also send a special command to a tag to read its data and cause the tag to become decoupled from the environment. The tags may be selectively placed in either a tag-talk-first mode or a reader-talk-first mode. Furthermore, the tag reader may send a special fast read command to the tag which includes a read request and at least one parameter of the read request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignees: Checkpoint Systems, Inc., Microchip Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: William F. Gallagher, III, Ronald Salesky, Shinichiro Inui, Riccardo Benedetti, Samuel Alexander, Lee R. Furey, Youbok Lee
  • Anticollision protocol with fast read request and additional schemes for reading multiple transponders in an RFID system
    Patent number: 6963270
    Abstract: Arbitration of multiple transponders, such as RFID tags, occurs in an interrogation field. The arbitration process is custom-tailored for individual applications, under software control, by the transponder reader or tag reader. Different wake-up slots are calculated for each tag during successive transmission cycles based upon the tag ID and the transmission cycle number. The tag reader may send a special fast read command to the tag which includes a read request and communications control parameters including the number of time slots for transponder communications, the number of transmissions that an individual transponder is allowed to issue, and the data rate at which the reader communicates to the transponder. The tag reader may also send a special command to a tag to read its data and cause the tag to become decoupled from the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignees: Checkpoint Systems, Inc., Microchip Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: William F. Gallagher, III, Ronald Salesky, Shinichiro Inui, Riccardo Benedetti, Samuel Alexander, Lee R. Furey, Youbok Lee
  • Anticollision protocol with fast read request and additional schemes for reading multiple transponders in an RFID system
    Publication number: 20040140884
    Abstract: Arbitration of multiple transponders, such as RFID tags, occurs in an interrogation field. The arbitration process is custom-tailored for individual applications, under software control, by the transponder reader or tag reader. Different wake-up slots are calculated for each tag during successive transmission cycles based upon the tag ID and the transmission cycle number. The tag reader may also send a special command to a tag to read its data and cause the tag to become decoupled from the environment. The tags may be selectively placed in either a tag-talk-first mode or a reader-talk-first mode. Furthermore, the tag reader may send a special fast read command to the tag which includes a read request and at least one parameter of the read request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Applicant: Microchip Technology Inc.
    Inventors: William F. Gallagher, Ronald Salesky, Shinichiro Inui, Riccardo Benedetti, Samuel Alexander, Lee R. Furey, Youbok Lee