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Patrick Laffey, Austin, TX US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120047018IMMEDIATE UPDATING OF GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) GENERATED AREA MAPS ON WIRELESS COMPUTER CONTROLLED DISPLAYS - Immediate changes and updates in a Global Positioning System (GPS) providing wireless communication display devices with displayed maps of a defined areas with traffic and objects of interest information are implemented through broadcasting short range RF information relative to an object from an object located within the defined area. When this broadcast information is received by the transceiver of any wireless display device within RF broadcast range, the receiving device obtains the position of the object from a GPS satellite based upon the information received by the wireless display device and the object and the information are displayed.02-23-2012

Pat V. Laffey, Washington, DC US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080208534System and method for diagnostic analysis of delivery services - A method of analyzing the operation of a delivery system. The method includes: determining a seeding plan; placing a seed piece into the delivery system; tracking the seed piece through the delivery system to generate tracking data; storing the tracking data in a central repository; and analyzing the tracking data to determine one or more faults.08-28-2008

Patent applications by Pat V. Laffey, Washington, DC US

Suzanne Laffey, Bensalem, PA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120007741Auto Reminder - Apparatus for warning a driver of a car that a child, pet or valuable is still in the car when an attempt is made by the driver to lock the car doors after the car is parked and the engine is turned off comprising a keyless remote entry device having a door unlocking button and a door locking button; at least one button on the keyless remote entry device which, when first pressed, shows that a child, pet or valuable is being placed in the car; a control circuit coupled to the keyless remote entry device; and an alarm circuit controlled by the control circuit; wherein the keyless remote entry device cannot be used to lock the car doors when a child, pet or valuable is still in the car after the car engine is turned off and the button has not been pressed a second time to alert the remote entry device that the child, pet or valuable has been removed from the car.01-12-2012

Thomas M. Laffey, Roseville, CA US

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20100067689COMPUTING PLATFORM WITH SYSTEM KEY - A method for installing a system key onto a computing platform is disclosed. A system key generator is installed on the computing platform. The system key generator is activated and generates a system key within the computing platform. The system key is also stored within the computing platform.03-18-2010
20110102148CONFIGURATION INFORMATION PROVIDED TO CONFIGURABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE RESIDING IN A SHIPPING BOX - An apparatus comprises a shipping box containing an access area and a configurable electronic device. The configurable electronic device comprises an electrical connector accessible via the access area on the shipping box. The configurable electronic device also comprises a management module that receives electrical power via the electrical connector when a single external cable is mated to the electrical connector through the access area. The management module receives configuration information via the single external cable while the configurable electronic device is still in the shipping box and without having host logic in the configurable electronic device being powered up. In other embodiments, multiple configurable electronic devices can be reconfigured simultaneously and wirelessly by an external programming unit.05-05-2011