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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
George Alexander Emmermann, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B / ; G08C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
34082531 ; 34082544 ; 34082569 ; 34082572 ;
Abstract
A system (10) utilizing a multifunction remote appliance sensor that remotely senses a status of an appliance (20) and that locks and unlocks the appliance. The system includes a selective call receiver (50) for receiving status information from the appliance, and a processor (56 or 21) for electronically applying a credit or debit value to a memory (72 or 21) coupled to the system, wherein a debit value is applied to the memory when the appliance is used. The system further includes a key mechanism (69) coupled to the selective call receiver for locking and unlocking the appliance.