Patents by Inventor George D. Erickson

George D. Erickson 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).

  • Imminent change warning
    Patent number: 6018655
    Abstract: A cellular telephone, in its most preferred embodiment, performs a method for notifying a digital cellular telephone user of an imminent communication disconnection. The preferred method includes, at least, generating at least one condition indication representative of at least one communication condition, analyzing the condition indication, determining whether a communication disconnection is imminent, enhancing quality of received communication signals when possible, and notifying the user of an imminent communication disconnection. Exemplary condition indications include, at least, continuous count and rate indications of frame checksum errors, insufficient quality frames, symbol errors, and chip errors, output power level indication, received signal strength indication, soft handoff status indication, other pilot signal indication, and current pilot signal strength indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignee: Oki Telecom, Inc.
    Inventors: Alden S. Bartle, George D. Erickson
  • Imminent change warning
    Patent number: 5732347
    Abstract: A cellular telephone, in its most preferred embodiment, performs a method for notifying a digital cellular telephone user of an imminent communication disconnection. The preferred method includes, at least, generating at least one condition indication representative of at least one communication condition, analyzing the condition indication, determining whether a communication disconnection is imminent, enhancing quality of received communication signals when possible, and notifying the user of an imminent communication disconnection. Exemplary condition indications include, at least, continuous count and rate indications of frame checksum errors, insufficient quality frames, symbol errors, and chip errors, output power level indication, received signal strength indication, soft handoff status indication, other pilot signal indication, and current pilot signal strength indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1998
    Assignee: Oki Telecom, Inc.
    Inventors: Alden S. Bartle, George D. Erickson
  • Imminent change warning
    Patent number: 5722068
    Abstract: A cellular telephone, in its most preferred embodiment, performs a method for notifying a digital cellular telephone user of an imminent communication disconnection. The preferred method includes, at least, generating at least one condition indication representative of at least one communication condition, analyzing the condition indication, determining whether a communication disconnection is imminent, enhancing quality of received communication signals when possible, and notifying the user of an imminent communication disconnection. Exemplary condition indications include, at least, continuous count and rate indications of frame checksum errors, insufficient quality frames, symbol errors, and chip errors, output power level indication, received signal strength indication, soft handoff status indication, other pilot signal indication, and current pilot signal strength indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1998
    Assignee: Oki Telecom, Inc.
    Inventors: Alden S. Bartle, George D. Erickson