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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:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
May. 28, 2008
Applicant:
Richard Eric Helvick, Portland, OR (US);
Inventor:
Richard Eric Helvick, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc., Camas, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system for facilitating scheduling using a mobile device and near field communication (NFC) allows a user of a mobile device integrated with an NFC unit while in the vicinity of a shared resource that is presently unavailable or a residence of a social contact who is presently not home to review a schedule for the shared resource or social contact, and in the case of a shared resource reserve the shared resource at a later time.