Patents by Inventor Steven Micheel Miller

Steven Micheel Miller 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/Passive RFID Transponder Control Function
    Publication number: 20100238002
    Abstract: Devices, systems, processes, and articles of manufacture are provided herein. These may include an RFID transponder having a microprocessor, nonvolatile memory, a battery, and an antenna, wherein the microprocessor is configured to operate in a passive mode and a battery operated mode, and wherein, when in the passive mode only a portion of the microprocessor may be powered by energy received from an RFID reader interrogating the RFID transponder. The RFID transponder may further include MEMS sensors coupled to the microprocessor and the microprocessor may be further configured to add physical data, instructions, or a unique identify of the RFID transponder to the nonvolatile memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2009
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Anne Irene Ryan, Christian Lee Hunt, Kenneth L. Greenlee, Steven Micheel Miller