Patents by Inventor John Wayne Shepard

John Wayne Shepard 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 providing global communications interoperability
    Patent number: 6185205
    Abstract: An information transfer system (ITS) (10) is capable of providing interoperability among a large number of external communications systems that each use different signal formats. The ITS (10) includes a group of interface units having a plurality of wireless interface units (12a-12n) for converting between a plurality of wireless signal formats and a common signal format and a plurality of wired interface units (14a-14n) for converting between a plurality of wired signal formats and the common signal format. In addition, the ITS (10) includes a switch (16) for selectively establishing connections between interface units in the group of interface units. Some or all of the interface units are dynamically reconfigurable for supporting new or changing signal formats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: John Paul Sharrit, John Wayne Shepard