John P Sawinski

US Patent:

6879584, Apr 12, 2005

Filed:

Jan 31, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/773825

Inventors:

Stuart Wells Thro - Owl's Head ME, US
Nicholas M. Labun - Chicago IL, US
Shaowei Pan - Lake Zurich IL, US
John P Sawinski - Flower Mound TX, US
Jheroen Dorenbosch - Paradise TX, US

Assignee:

Motorola, Inc. - Schaumburg IL

International Classification:

H04L012/66

US Classification:

370352, 370357, 370389

Abstract:

Apparatus and methods using a first service provider such as a WAN cellular service provider to initiate a communications exchange between a plurality of communications units and a second service provider such as WLAN service provider to provide enhanced communications services to the units has been disclosed and described.

US Patent:

20040070499, Apr 15, 2004

Filed:

Oct 10, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/268230

Inventors:

John Sawinski - Flower Mound TX, US

International Classification:

G08B013/14

US Classification:

340/568100, 340/571000, 340/539320

Abstract:

A loss prevention system (e.g., ) employs a method and apparatus for reducing the likelihood of losing a portable electronic device () that has been inadvertently removed from its retaining device (e.g., ). The loss prevention system includes the electronic device and its retaining device. The electronic device includes a proximity detector () that operates to detect the absence or removal of the device from the retaining device. The electronic device further includes a lost device detection circuit () that determines whether the removal was intentional and, if unintentional, alerts the user of the removal. By so alerting the user, the loss prevention system provides rapid feedback to the user after the user's electronic device has inadvertently fallen out of its retaining device, thereby enabling the user to quickly retrieve the device before it gets damaged or taken by someone else.

US Patent:

20130069359, Mar 21, 2013

Filed:

Sep 21, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/238208

Inventors:

John Paul Sawinski - Flower Mound TX, US

International Classification:

B42D 15/00

US Classification:

283 81

Abstract:

A wrap-back label with an overlapping hinged flap, which encircles the circumference of a container. The hinged flap covers approximately 180 degrees of circumference, is retained by adhesives or other means, has two different surfaces, and may be wrapped by the end user around the container in either the clockwise or counter-clockwise direction in order to reveal or obscure, in conjunction with the label substrate, two unique surfaces.