Patents by Inventor Rex Logan

Rex Logan 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).

  • Active RFID tag utilizing a secondary communication mode
    Patent number: 7295108
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and systems for radio frequency identification. According to one embodiment, a radio frequency identification system comprises a radio frequency identification tag. The tag comprises a radio frequency transmitter and an optical receiver. A reader is communicatively coupled with the tag and is adapted to receive information from the radio frequency identification tag via the radio frequency transmitter of the radio frequency identification tag. The system also includes a trigger communicatively coupled with the tag. The trigger is adapted to send information to the radio frequency identification tag via the optical receiver of the radio frequency identification tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Symx Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony P. Corrado, Rex Logan
  • Active RFID tag utilizing a secondary communication mode
    Publication number: 20050206503
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and systems for radio frequency identification. According to one embodiment, a radio frequency identification system comprises a radio frequency identification tag. The tag comprises a radio frequency transmitter and an optical receiver. A reader is communicatively coupled with the tag and is adapted to receive information from the radio frequency identification tag via the radio frequency transmitter of the radio frequency identification tag. The system also includes a trigger communicatively coupled with the tag. The trigger is adapted to send information to the radio frequency identification tag via the optical receiver of the radio frequency identification tag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: Anthony Corrado, Rex Logan