U.S. Philips Corporation

Ut-battelle, Inc.

Navigational Sciences, Inc.

Roberto Lenarduzzi

Stephen Fulton Smith

Gregory Richard Hanson

Michael Roy Moore

Charles B Heffron

Jeffrey Scott Blair

Christopher Allen Duncan

Eric Lesley Dobson

Jack E Haken

Methods and apparatus are described for marine asset security and tracking (MAST). A method includes transmitting identification data, location data and environmental state sensor data from a radio frequency tag. An apparatus includes a radio frequency tag that transmits identification data, location data and environmental state sensor data. Another method includes transmitting identification data and location data from a radio frequency tag using hybrid spread-spectrum modulation. Another apparatus includes a radio frequency tag that transmits both identification data and location data using hybrid spread-spectrum modulation.

Marine asset security and tracking (MAST) system

Apparatus which discourages the use of unauthorized program software with proprietory computer hardware. The computer hardware reads a DATA TABLE from a specified location in separable software and displays the content of that table in human recognizable form. The displayed data is then compared with reference data which is stored in the proprietory hardware. The hardware blocks further execution of programs contained in the separable software if the displayed data and reference data are not congruent. In a preferred embodiment the display is material which can only be legally used with the permission of the manufacturer or proprietory of the hardware; for example; a registered trademark or copyrighted material.

Method and apparatus to secure proprietary operation of computer

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Knoxville, TN, United States of America

Roberto Lenarduzzi