Patents by Inventor Bruce Denis Smith

Bruce Denis Smith has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for collector arrays of directional antennas co-located with zone managers in wireless communications systems
    Patent number: 6212387
    Abstract: The present invention is a communication system having a plurality of forward channel communications and a plurality of corresponding reverse channel communications in a region for communications with cellular users. Each region includes a plurality of zone managers. Each zone manager includes a broadcaster having a broadcaster transmitter for broadcasting a plurality of forward channel communications using broadband broadcaster signals to form a plurality of broadcaster forward channels. Each zone manager includes an aggregator for processing reverse channel communications. Each zone manager communicates with a collector group for receiving reverse channel communications from users and forwarding reverse channel communications to the aggregator. Each of the users includes a user receiver for receiving a different forward channel from said broadcaster and includes user transmitter means for broadcasting user reverse channel communications in a different user reverse channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: SC-Wireless Inc.
    Inventors: Michael David McLaughlin, Kevin Dean Raack, John Andrew Vastano, John Walker Wallerius, Bruce Denis Smith, David Amundson Howard, Karen Evelyn Coates
  • Method and apparatus for collector arrays in wireless communications systems
    Patent number: 6131034
    Abstract: The present invention is a communication system having a plurality of forward channel communications and a plurality of corresponding reverse channel communications in a region for communications with cellular users. Each region includes a plurality of zone managers. Each zone manager includes a broadcaster having a broadcaster transmitter for broadcasting a plurality of forward channel communications using broadband broadcaster signals to form a plurality of broadcaster forward channels. Each zone manager includes an aggregator for processing reverse channel communications. Each zone manager communicates with a collector group for receiving reverse channel communications from users and forwarding reverse channel communications to the aggregator. Each of the users includes a user receiver for receiving a different forward channel from said broadcaster and includes user transmitter means for broadcasting user reverse channel communications in a different user reverse channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignee: SC-Wireless INC
    Inventors: Michael David McLaughlin, Kevin Dean Raack, John Andrew Vastano, John Walker Wallerius, Bruce Denis Smith, David Amundson Howard, Karen Evelyn Coates
  • Method and apparatus for wireless communication employing collector arrays
    Patent number: 5715516
    Abstract: A cellular communications system that includes forward channel communications to users and corresponding reverse channel communications from mobile users. The users travel from one area to another area over one or more zones. The forward channel communications are broadcast directly to users in a broadcaster zone. The reverse channel communications from users are not returned directly but are first collected at locations arrayed over the broadcaster zone. After collection, the reverse channel communications are forwarded to complete the full duplex communications. The forward channel communications are point to multipoint while the the reverse channel communications are multipoint to point. The communication system separately handles the point to multipoint forward path as a direct broadcast and the multipoint to point reverse path using multiple collection points. Since the forward and reverse paths are separately configured, the present invention optimizes both the forward and reverse paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Assignee: Cellular Telecom, Ltd.
    Inventors: David Amundson Howard, Bruce Denis Smith, Karen Evelyn Coates, John Andrew Vastano