Daniel Scott Mayer, Age 58Spokane, WA

6671646, Dec 30, 2003

Sep 11, 2001

09/951104

Eric S. Manegold - Seattle WA
Robie G. Russell - Seattle WA
William Brinton, Jr. - Des Moines WA
Brett A. Brinton - Seattle WA
Daniel R. Mayer - Issaquah WA
Charles Michael McQuade - Issaquah WA
Richard Lugash - San Mateo CA

Zonar Compliance Systems, LLC - Seattle WA

G06M 1104

702127

A handheld, portable device ( ) is used to store data that indicates an operator was sufficiently close to each of a plurality of components during a safety inspection to actually inspect the components. The portable device includes a sensor ( ) that detects tokens ( ), such as radio frequency identification tags, which are affixed adjacent to the components. Messages ( ) appearing on a display ( ) of the portable device prompt the operator to proceed to each checkpoint, determine a state of the component disposed there, and if the component is not operating properly, indicate a plurality of predefined conditions from which the operator can choose to identify the observed condition of the component. The state and condition of each component entered during the safety inspection are stored as data that are subsequently transferred to a remote data storage site over a wire or wireless link.

6804626, Oct 12, 2004

Aug 15, 2002

10/219892

Eric S. Manegold - Federal Way WA
Daniel R. Mayer - Issaquah WA
Charles Michael McQuade - Issaquah WA

Zonar Compliance Systems - Seattle WA

G06F 1130

702182

A handheld, portable device ( , or ) is used to store data that indicate an operator was sufficiently close to each of a plurality of components during a safety inspection to actually inspect the components. The portable device includes a sensor ( ) that detects tokens ( ), such as radio frequency identification tags, which are affixed adjacent to the components. Messages ( ) appearing on a display ( ) of the portable device prompt the operator to proceed to each checkpoint, determine a state of the component disposed there, and if the component is not operating properly, indicate a plurality of predefined conditions from which the operator can choose to identify the observed condition of the component. The state and condition of each component entered during the safety inspection are stored as data that are subsequently transferred to a remote data storage site over a wire or wireless link.

7117121, Oct 3, 2006

Jun 3, 2004

10/862122

Brett A. Brinton - Seattle WA, US
William Brinton, Jr. - Des Moines WA, US
Daniel R. Mayer - Issaquah WA, US
Eric S. Manegold - Seattle WA, US
Charles Michael McQuade - Issaquah WA, US

Zonar Compliance Systems, LLC - Seattle WA

G06F 11/30
G21C 17/00

702182

A method and apparatus to provide evidence that a person who is intended to make a required inspection was actually physically present at a predefined location associated with the inspection, so that the inspection could have been done, and if not, to provide an indication of the failure to perform the inspection. This invention is particularly well suited to determine if required pre/post-trip inspections of vehicles have been performed. Detecting a triggering condition, such as powering on (or off) equipment, indicates the beginning of a period of time during which the inspection is to be performed. The monitoring system waits for a predetermined event to occur, which indicates the period of time has expired and determines if data corresponding to the inspection have been received. If not, it is concluded that the inspection has not been performed.

7557696, Jul 7, 2009

Aug 11, 2004

10/915957

Brett A. Brinton - Seattle WA, US
William Brinton, Jr. - Seattle WA, US
Daniel R. Mayer - Issaquah WA, US
Eric S. Manegold - Federal Way WA, US
Charles Michael McQuade - Issaquah WA, US

Zonar Systems, Inc. - Seattle WA

B60Q 1/00

340439, 340442, 340453, 340576, 34087016, 340933, 340938, 702 83, 235380

An accessory () removably attached to a portable computing device () and handheld, portable readers ( and ) are used to generate and store data that indicate an operator was sufficiently close to each of a plurality of components during an inspection to actually inspect the components. The portable device includes a sensor that detects tokens such as radio frequency identification tags, which are affixed adjacent to the components. Messages appearing on a display and/or audible instructions from the portable reader prompt the operator to proceed to each checkpoint where the state of the component at that location is determined. The date, time and coordinates of each component's inspection (and optionally, the component's state) are included in the data produced by the portable reader. The data are temporarily stored in the portable reader and subsequently transferred to a remote data storage site.

7808369, Oct 5, 2010

Sep 3, 2008

12/203619

Brett Brinton - Bellevue WA, US
William Brinton, Jr. - Des Moines WA, US
Daniel Mayer - Issaquah WA, US
Eric S. Manegold - Seattle WA, US
Charles Michael McQuade - Issaquah WA, US

Zonar Systems, Inc. - Seattle WA

G08B 25/00
G08B 21/22
G21C 17/00

340306, 340433, 340439, 34053913, 34053923, 340988, 34030916, 3405731, 702182, 702187

A method and apparatus to provide evidence that a person who is intended to make a required inspection was actually physically present at a predefined location associated with the inspection, so that the inspection could have been done, and if not, to provide an indication of the failure to perform the inspection. This invention is particularly well suited to determine if required pre/post-trip inspections of vehicles have been performed. Detecting a triggering condition, such as powering on (or off) equipment, indicates the beginning of a period of time during which the inspection is to be performed. The monitoring system waits for a predetermined event to occur, which indicates the period of time has expired and determines if data corresponding to the inspection have been received. If not, it is concluded that the inspection has not been performed.

7944345, May 17, 2011

May 29, 2009

12/475309

Brett Brinton - Burien WA, US
Charles Michael McQuade - Issquah WA, US
William Brinton, Jr. - Kent WA, US
Daniel Mayer - Issaquah WA, US
Eric Manegold - Federal Way WA, US
Richard Lugash - Los Angeles CA, US
Robie G. Russell - Seattle WA, US

Zonar Systems, Inc. - Seattle WA

B60Q 1/00

340439, 340422, 340453, 340576, 34087016, 340933, 340938, 235380, 702127, 702183

A handheld, portable device is used to store data that indicates an operator was sufficiently close to each of a plurality of components during a safety inspection to actually inspect the components. The portable device includes a sensor that detects tokens, such as radio frequency identification tags, which are affixed adjacent to the components. Messages appearing on a display of the portable device prompt the operator to proceed to each checkpoint, determine a state of the component disposed there, and if the component is not operating properly, indicate a plurality of predefined conditions from which the operator can choose to identify the observed condition of the component. The state and condition of each component entered during the safety inspection are stored as data that are subsequently transferred to a remote data storage site over a wire or wireless link.

8106757, Jan 31, 2012

Jun 19, 2009

12/487997

Brett Brinton - Burien WA, US
William Brinton, Jr. - Kent WA, US
Daniel Mayer - Issaquah WA, US
Eric Manegold - Federal Way WA, US
Charles Michael McQuade - Issaquah WA, US

Zonar Systems, Inc. - Seattle WA

B60Q 1/00

340439, 340442, 340447, 340453, 3405391, 340576, 34087016, 340933, 235380, 701 33

Techniques are disclosed for validating that an operator has moved a portable device sufficiently close to an inspection point to enable the operator to perform an inspection. A first exemplary technique employs a first portable device that includes a sensor for detecting the inspection point, a speaker, and stored audible prompts to facilitate the inspection, but no display on which visual prompts for facilitating the inspection can be provided. An alternative second exemplary technique employs a second portable device having a sensor for detecting the inspection point, and a wireless transmitter. This second portable device generates and immediately transmits a signal to a remote receiver indicating that the operator has moved the portable device sufficiently close to the inspection point to enable the operator to perform the inspection. Accordingly, the second portable device need not include a memory for storing the signal.

8400296, Mar 19, 2013

May 29, 2009

12/475218

Brett Brinton - Burien WA, US
Charles Michael McQuade - Issaquah WA, US
William Brinton, Jr. - Kent WA, US
Daniel Mayer - Issaquah WA, US
Eric Manegold - Federal Way WA, US
Richard Lugash - Los Angeles CA, US
Robie G. Russell - Seattle WA, US

Zonar Systems, Inc. - Seattle WA

G21C 17/013
G01M 17/00

34053924, 34053923, 34053911, 702182, 702184, 701 291

A system and method for verifying that an operator was sufficiently close to one or more items to be inspected during an inspection to actually inspect the components, and storing an indication to that effect in a memory accessible via a computer network. In addition to the indication, the memory can store other inspection related data, such as a starting time or ending time of the inspection, or maintenance information about the item that was input during the inspection. The system and method enable a third party application, such as an accounting program or a maintenance program, to access any of the inspection related data.