Patents by Inventor Marc William Coughlan

Marc William Coughlan 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).

  • Apparatus and method for determining participant contact with a sports object
    Publication number: 20060178235
    Abstract: A method and apparatus determine contact by a participant with a sports object by detecting contact of the sports object with the participant via a personal area network of the participant; transmitting in response to the detection player identification information to a central controller; determining that the sports object has left a field of play by the central controller; and alerting in response to the determination a sports official to identify a last participant to contact the sports object via an official system by the central controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2005
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Inventors: Marc William Coughlan, Alexander Forbes, Peter Runcie, Alexander Scholte, Ralph Warta