Patents by Inventor Wayne Call

Wayne Call 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).

  • Secure key fob
    Patent number: 10687214
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods relating to operating a security system are described. In one embodiment a method may include receiving at a receiving unit a protected signal sent from a portable transmitter, the receiving unit in communication with a security system panel, assessing at least one characteristic of the protected signal, modifying at least one characteristic of the protected signal based at least in part on the assessing, and comparing the protected signal to a stored signal after the modifying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Vivint, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne Call, Craig DeVries, Jeremy B. Warren, Michael D. Child
  • SECURE KEY FOB
    Publication number: 20190289461
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods relating to operating a security system are described. In one embodiment a method may include receiving at a receiving unit a protected signal sent from a portable transmitter, the receiving unit in communication with a security system panel, assessing at least one characteristic of the protected signal, modifying at least one characteristic of the protected signal based at least in part on the assessing, and comparing the protected signal to a stored signal after the modifying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Wayne Call, Craig DeVries, Jeremy B. Warren, Michael D. Child
  • Secure key fob
    Patent number: 10244390
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods relating to operating a security system are described. In one embodiment a method may include receiving at a receiving unit a protected signal sent from a portable transmitter, the receiving unit in communication with a security system panel, assessing at least one characteristic of the protected signal, modifying at least one characteristic of the protected signal based at least in part on the assessing, and comparing the protected signal to a stored signal after the modifying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Vivint, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne Call, Craig DeVries, Jeremy B. Warren, Michael D. Child
  • SECURE KEY FOB
    Publication number: 20170111787
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods relating to operating a security system are described. In one embodiment a method may include receiving at a receiving unit a protected signal sent from a portable transmitter, the receiving unit in communication with a security system panel, assessing at least one characteristic of the protected signal, modifying at least one characteristic of the protected signal based at least in part on the assessing, and comparing the protected signal to a stored signal after the modifying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Wayne Call, Craig DeVries, Jeremy B. Warren, Michael D. Child