Patents by Inventor Robert Fraser Jennings

Robert Fraser Jennings 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).

  • Method and apparatus for control or monitoring of a container
    Patent number: 8258950
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a carrier, and a system that is responsive to wireless signals transmitted by tags on items carried by the carrier for maintaining a local inventory of items carried by the carrier. A different apparatus involves a carrier having a container with an interior, a sensor for detecting a condition externally of the container that can be related to an environment within the container, and a system that handles information from the sensor in a manner facilitating an evaluation of the likelihood that a problem exists within the container. Another apparatus involves a carrier for a plurality of items, and a system that is responsive to wireless signals received from a remote location for determining a current location of the carrier and for evaluating whether the carrier is proceeding along an intended route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Savi Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ravindra U. Rajapakse, Roderick E. Thorne, Robert Fraser Jennings, Steven J. Farrell, Liping Julia Zhu