Patents by Inventor James A. Minnick
James A. Minnick 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).
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Patent number: 7336969Abstract: A multi-channel communications system for communications between a mobile units and dispatch agencies through tower sites under control of a multi-channel communication controller. The method of communications used is time division multiple access with provisions for alternate methods. The mobile units and dispatch agencies have forms of identifications to route messages between the mobile units and dispatch agencies according to the forms of identification. The forms of identification are resolved from one form to another to operate with the alternate methods of communications. The mobile units are handed off from one communications channel to another by the multi-channel controller as channel loading conditions exceed a predetermined limit. Mobile units change tower sites as the geographic coverage of a tower site changes.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2005Date of Patent: February 26, 2008Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc.Inventors: James A. Minnick, Michael A. Bueter, Jeffrey D. Coil, David C. Krueger
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Patent number: 6950658Abstract: A multi-channel communications system for communications between a mobile units and dispatch agencies through tower sites under control of a multi-channel communication controller. The method of communications used is time division multiple access with provisions for alternate methods. The mobile units and dispatch agencies have forms of identifications to route messages between the mobile units and dispatch agencies according to the forms of identification. The forms of identification are resolved from one form to another to operate with the alternate methods of communications. The mobile units are handed off from one communications channel to another by the multi-channel controller as channel loading conditions exceed a predetermined limit. Mobile units change tower sites as the geographic coverage of a tower site changes.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2001Date of Patent: September 27, 2005Assignee: Siemens VDO Automotive CorporationInventors: James A. Minnick, Michael A. Bueter, Jeffrey D. Coil, David C. Krueger
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Publication number: 20050192022Abstract: A multi-channel communications system for communications between a mobile units and dispatch agencies through tower sites under control of a multi-channel communication controller. The method of communications used is time division multiple access with provisions for alternate methods. The mobile units and dispatch agencies have forms of identifications to route messages between the mobile units and dispatch agencies according to the forms of identification. The forms of identification are resolved from one form to another to operate with the alternate methods of communications. The mobile units are handed off from one communications channel to another by the multi-channel controller as channel loading conditions exceed a predetermined limit. Mobile units change tower sites as the geographic coverage of a tower site changes.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2005Publication date: September 1, 2005Applicant: Siemens VDO Automotive CorporationInventors: James Minnick, Michael Bueter, Jeffrey Coil, David Krueger
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Publication number: 20030144018Abstract: A multi-channel communications system for communications between a mobile units and dispatch agencies through tower sites under control of a multi-channel communication controller. The method of communications used is time division multiple access with provisions for alternate methods. The mobile units and dispatch agencies have forms of identifications to route messages between the mobile units and dispatch agencies according to the forms of identification. The forms of identification are resolved from one form to another to operate with the alternate methods of communications. The mobile units are handed off from one communications channel to another by the multi-channel controller as channel loading conditions exceed a predetermined limit. Mobile units change tower sites as the geographic coverage of a tower site changes.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2001Publication date: July 31, 2003Applicant: Siemens Transportation Systems, Inc.Inventors: James A. Minnick, Michael A. Bueter, Jeffrey D. Coil, David C. Krueger
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Publication number: 20030117982Abstract: A system for communicating between a base station and a plurality of vehicles over a two-way communication system allows the mobile vehicles to request air time to send a message. Within the request to send signal is an identifier providing the base station with an identification of the priority level for the particular message. As an example, if the mobile vehicles are public safety vehicles, a message having some urgency would have a high priority, while a more routine report might have a lower priority. The base station will receive the request to send signals and schedule transmission of the longer message from the vehicle based initially upon the priority level. Thus, an emergency signal from the vehicle to the base would be scheduled before a more routine signal based upon the priority information provided in the request to send signal. The base then schedules the transmission of the longer message from each of the mobile vehicles based upon the priority identifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2002Publication date: June 26, 2003Applicant: Siemens Transportation Systems, Inc.Inventor: James A. Minnick
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Patent number: 6370381Abstract: A multi-channel communications system for communications between a mobile units and dispatch agencies through tower sites under control of a multi-channel communication controller. The method of communications used is time division multiple access with provisions for alternate methods. The mobile units and dispatch agencies have forms of identifications to route messages between the mobile units and dispatch agencies according to the forms of identification. The forms of identification are resolved from one form to another to operate with the alternate methods of communications. The mobile units are handed off from one communications channel to another by the multi-channel controller as channel loading conditions exceed a predetermined limit. Mobile units change tower sites as the geographic coverage of a tower site changes.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 1999Date of Patent: April 9, 2002Assignee: Siemens Transportation Systems, Inc.Inventors: James A. Minnick, Michael A. Bueter, Jeffrey D. Coil, David C. Krueger
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Patent number: 5854787Abstract: A method for real-time data exchange between an RF modem of a mobile data terminal and a base station host computer of a mobile radio-frequency data communications network is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, the data exchange timing architecture of the present invention reduces message error rates by accurately predicting signal presence by using a modem hosted by the central processing unit of a mobile data terminal. RF network signal synchronization is improved through precise prediction of the likelihood of message presence, a method that significantly reduces message errors triggered by inadvertent synchronization on signal noise.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 1996Date of Patent: December 29, 1998Assignee: Rockwell InternationalInventors: Robert D. Dodge, James P. Hubert, Ricky D. Wash, James A. Minnick, Scott J. F. Zogg