US 12,064,857 B2
Out-of-band point of sale activation for electronic power tool devices
Timothy R. Obermann, Waukesha, WI (US); and Anthony M. Davis, Brookfield, WI (US)
Assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed by MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/499,345.
Application 17/499,345 is a continuation of application No. 17/126,400, filed on Dec. 18, 2020, granted, now 11,161,231.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/949,884, filed on Dec. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0024014 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. B25F 5/00 (2006.01); E05B 73/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01)
CPC B25F 5/00 (2013.01) [E05B 73/0017 (2013.01); G06F 9/4418 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); H04L 9/0877 (2013.01); G06F 9/547 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for controlling an activation state of an electronic power tool device, the method comprising:
waking the electronic power tool device by providing a stimulus to a wake-up sensor of the electronic power tool device using a first communication protocol;
receiving, by an activation device, information associated with the electronic power tool device;
generating, by the activation device, an activation state code based on the received information;
transmitting, by the activation device using a second communication protocol different from the first communication protocol, the activation state code to the electronic power tool device, wherein the activation state code is configured to control the activation state of the electronic power tool device upon being received at the electronic power tool device, and the activation state includes an unlock state or a lock state.