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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2010
James D. Logan, Candia, NH (US);
Michael A. Form, Southborough, MA (US);
Heng Pan, Pentaluma, CA (US);
Charles G. Call, Chicago, IL (US);
T. Paul Tanpitukpongse, Wilmington, DE (US);
Jeffrey D. Logan, Windham, NH (US);
Daniel Opalacz, Glastonbury, CT (US);
James D. Logan, Candia, NH (US);
Michael A. Form, Southborough, MA (US);
Heng Pan, Pentaluma, CA (US);
Charles G. Call, Chicago, IL (US);
T. Paul Tanpitukpongse, Wilmington, DE (US);
Jeffrey D. Logan, Windham, NH (US);
Daniel Opalacz, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Bringrr Systems, LLC, Manchester, NH (US);
Abstract
A system, method and device to interrogate for the presence of objects, to prevent the inadvertent separation of the objects from their owner. An owner is alerted when they are separated from the objects by determining when a trigger event occurs, such as a person leaving and/or entering a particular monitored area or location. These monitored areas can be retrofitted with an electronic interrogation device that monitors local conditions to determine whether a user is entering or leaving the monitored area to trigger an interrogation of the personal items. The interrogation device is constructed and arranged to communicate with the objects to determine whether the objects are with the owner. The interrogation device automatically determines the presence of a particular object at the monitored environment and automatically generates a notification when needed. The system further controls functionality of the objects, according to illustrative embodiments, when the object is present.