Patents by Inventor Sascha H. Alpers

Sascha H. Alpers 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).

  • Patent number: 9165274
    Abstract: A method for tracking events using a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag may include reserving a bit window in a memory on a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, the bit window having multiple bits, randomly marking one of the bits in the bit window each time a RFID event occurs, counting a number of marked bits in the bit window, and determining a number of the RFID events using the counted number of the marked bits and a size of the bit window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Leonardo Weiss Ferreira Chaves, Martin P. Zang, Andy Bruntsch, Sascha H. Alpers
  • Publication number: 20100102935
    Abstract: A method for tracking events using a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag may include reserving a bit window in a memory on a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, the bit window having multiple bits, randomly marking one of the bits in the bit window each time a RFID event occurs, counting a number of marked bits in the bit window, and determining a number of the RFID events using the counted number of the marked bits and a size of the bit window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventors: Leonardo Weiss Ferreira Chaves, Martin P. Zang, Andy Bruntsch, Sascha H. Alpers