Patents by Inventor Michael Marriam

Michael Marriam 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).

  • Methods and systems for tracking objects or people within a desired area
    Patent number: 9007264
    Abstract: A method for tracking the object includes providing a motion detector on a first radio frequency device and detecting the motion of the first radio frequency device, transmitting radio frequency location signals from the first radio frequency device to a second radio frequency device with time intervals between the transmissions, decreasing the time intervals between the transmissions from the first radio frequency device to the second radio frequency device in response to the detection of motion by the motion detector, and periodically determining a separation distance between the first radio frequency device and the second radio frequency device based on the radio frequency location signals transmitted from the first radio frequency device to the second radio frequency device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Jim Riley, Steve Markham, Michael Marriam
  • Energy monitoring and management security system
    Patent number: 8760258
    Abstract: An energy management system. The energy management system includes at least one energy monitoring and control device configured to monitor the power usage of one or more electrical devices, and a security system communicatively coupled to at least one energy monitoring and control device and having at least one sensor configured to sense a security event. The security system is configured to receive information about the power usage of the electrical device and to determine an abnormal operation of the electrical device based, at least in part, on the received information about the power usage of the electrical device and a state of the security system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Marriam, Thomas P. Brown, II, John Sotack
  • ENERGY MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT SECURITY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120296486
    Abstract: An energy management system. The energy management system includes at least one energy monitoring and control device configured to monitor the power usage of one or more electrical devices, and a security system communicatively coupled to at least one energy monitoring and control device and having at least one sensor configured to sense a security event. The security system is configured to receive information about the power usage of the electrical device and to determine an abnormal operation of the electrical device based, at least in part, on the received information about the power usage of the electrical device and a state of the security system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Marriam, Thomas P. Brown, II, John Sotack
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRACKING OBJECTS OR PEOPLE WITHIN A DESIRED AREA
    Publication number: 20090221301
    Abstract: A method for tracking the object includes providing a motion detector on a first radio frequency device and detecting the motion of the first radio frequency device, transmitting radio frequency location signals from the first radio frequency device to a second radio frequency device with time intervals between the transmissions, decreasing the time intervals between the transmissions from the first radio frequency device to the second radio frequency device in response to the detection of motion by the motion detector, and periodically determining a separation distance between the first radio frequency device and the second radio frequency device based on the radio frequency location signals transmitted from the first radio frequency device to the second radio frequency device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicants: ROBERT BOSCH LLC, ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Jim Riley, Steve Markham, Michael Marriam