Christopher LaPré

Christopher LaPré

Charlotte Metro
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I've been working on building the Internet of Things since before that expression was…

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Patents

  • Wireless information retrieval and content dissemination system and method

    Issued US 7386276

    A method for the wireless information retrieval regarding bodies, such as persons, animals, and objects, and for disseminating content based on retrieved information comprising providing a plurality of wireless communication sending units, each for being retained by a body about whom information is to be retrieved; providing a plurality of wireless communication receiving units, each for being retained by a person who is to receive information; providing a central server; providing a wireless…

    A method for the wireless information retrieval regarding bodies, such as persons, animals, and objects, and for disseminating content based on retrieved information comprising providing a plurality of wireless communication sending units, each for being retained by a body about whom information is to be retrieved; providing a plurality of wireless communication receiving units, each for being retained by a person who is to receive information; providing a central server; providing a wireless access point; establishing a wireless local area network involving the foregoing elements; causing periodic identifying signals to be emitted from the sending units; and transmitting information to a given receiving unit regarding a body retaining a sending unit in response to a receipt of a signal from that body's sending unit.

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Honors & Awards

  • Invited Panelist, SME: IoT: Driving Innovation and Defending Threats in the Digital Manufacturing Age

    American Society for Quality

    I was the invited expert on the Internet of Things in a panel discussion on innovations and threats to the new digital manufacturing age. Along with experts in cyber security, robotics and manufacturing, we discussed these topics in front of an invite-only group of Charlotte Area executives.

Organizations

  • LKN IoT Meetup

    Organizer/founder

    - Present

    Long time member of Charlotte IoT, we've just spun off a new group up here in the Lake Norman area North of Charlotte. I did a talk this past month at Charlotte IoT technology (https://www.meetup.com/Charlotte-Internet-of-Things/events/252969853/) and this month we'll start with events up here in Davidson.

  • Tau Beta Pi

    Member

    - Present

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