Patents by Inventor Thomas Richard Lowman

Thomas Richard Lowman 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).

  • Publication number: 20080126259
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and systems for transforming characters stored in a fixed format into an alternate format or template with which the fixed format would otherwise be incompatible. In particular, methods and systems are disclosed for reading a customer identification (CID) number from a radio frequency identification device (RFID) and processing the CID number into a format that is compatible with an otherwise incompatible standard, template, sequence, or combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas Richard Lowman, Robin Dua, Ron Henry Pinkus
  • Patent number: 7267267
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and systems for transforming characters stored in a fixed format into an alternate format or template with which the fixed format would otherwise be incompatible. In particular, methods and systems are disclosed for reading a customer identification (CID) number from a radio frequency identification device (RFID) and processing the CID number into a format that is compatible with an otherwise incompatible standard, template, sequence, or combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Company
    Inventors: Thomas Richard Lowman, Robin Dua, Ron Henry Pinkus