Patents by Inventor Dennis Walter Weigum

Dennis Walter Weigum 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 activating a restrictive operating mode of a wireless communication device
    Publication number: 20040203601
    Abstract: A wireless communication system (100) employs a method and apparatus for activating a restrictive operating mode of a wireless communication device (101) in the event that the wireless device is lost or stolen. The wireless device has stored therein a password (205) associated with placing itself in a restrictive operating mode. Once placed in such a mode, the wireless device is only capable of contacting a restricted target device (107) as determined by either contact information (204) previously stored in the wireless device or the contents of a received message. After the wireless device is lost or stolen, a remote device (105) is used by the wireless device owner or a wireless service provider to send a message containing the password to the wireless device. Upon receiving the message, the wireless device checks for the password and, if present, automatically places itself in the restrictive operating mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: Matthew James Morriss, Son Quang Le, Dennis Walter Weigum, Daniel Alvarado, Kevin Christopher Traugott
  • Selective call transceiver
    Patent number: D395310
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Glenn Beaumont, Dennis Walter Weigum, Scott Leonard Dill, Colleen Koons, John Michael Ihle, Jackson Andries Pope