Patents by Inventor Neal Shurmantine

Neal Shurmantine 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).

  • Patent number: 9111432
    Abstract: A system for transmitting information in a wireless network includes at least one mobile transponder, each transponder adapted to be on the person of a user; an area controller gateway for controlling and managing the network, the area controller gateway operatively connected to the at least one mobile transponder; and a central monitoring station adapted to receive information from the at least one mobile transponder via the area controller gateway and to transmit other information to the at least one mobile transponder via the area controller gateway. The central monitoring station is operatively connected to the area controller gateway by an interne or cellular connection. The system may include a repeater adapted to receive information from the at least one mobile transponder and to transmit said information to the area controller gateway. The mobile transponder may be a duress pendant to provide duress notification or coverage to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Inovonics Wireless Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Wayne Jarman, Michael Kenneth Slack, Donald Leo Commare, Eric Scott Roth, Craig Scott Dever, Carol Theresa Markert, Roland Eugene Brown, William Neal Shurmantine, Daryl Thomas Burkard, Christian Huber, Harry Baylor Taylor, Sean Lewis, Rashid Al-hamoodah
  • Publication number: 20130257613
    Abstract: A system for transmitting information in a wireless network includes at least one mobile transponder, each transponder adapted to be on the person of a user; an area controller gateway for controlling and managing the network, the area controller gateway operatively connected to the at least one mobile transponder; and a central monitoring station adapted to receive information from the at least one mobile transponder via the area controller gateway and to transmit other information to the at least one mobile transponder via the area controller gateway. The central monitoring station is operatively connected to the area controller gateway by an interne or cellular connection. The system may include a repeater adapted to receive information from the at least one mobile transponder and to transmit said information to the area controller gateway. The mobile transponder may be a duress pendant to provide duress notification or coverage to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: Mark Wayne Jarman, Michael Kenneth Slack, Donald Leo Commare, Eric Scott Roth, Craig Scott Dever, Carol Theresa Markert, Roland Eugene Brown, William Neal Shurmantine, Daryl Thomas Burkard, Christian Huber, Harry Baylor Taylor, Sean Lewis, Rashid Al-hamoodah
  • Patent number: 7746804
    Abstract: A wireless communications network which provides directed transmissions between components of the network is provided. The components within the wireless communications include a master apparatus, a plurality of remote devices, and a plurality of repeaters. The components within the wireless communications network communicate using messages which have a control field and at least one information field. Information within the control field is used by components to make determinations for retransmitting the message, or transmitting a predefined response to the message, such as a signal strength response. The components within the network use the messages to make a determination of a communications target, which may be used as a primary contact for transmitting information, automatically, and may repeat the determination at predetermined intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Inovonics Corporation
    Inventors: Neal Shurmantine, Daryl Burkhard, Steven T. Dunbar, Donald J. Hume, Nathan Koonce, Steve Koonce, Preston Pierce
  • Patent number: 7554932
    Abstract: A wireless communications network which provides directed transmissions between components of the network is provided. The components within the wireless communications include a master apparatus, a plurality of remote devices, and a plurality of repeaters. The components within the wireless communications network communicate using messages which have a control field and at least one information field. Information within the control field is used by components to make determinations for retransmitting the message, or transmitting a predefined response to the message, such as a signal strength response. The components within the network use the messages to make a determination of a communications target, which may be used as a primary contact for transmitting information, automatically, and may repeat the determination at predetermined intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Inovonics Corporation
    Inventors: Neal Shurmantine, Daryl Burkhard, Steven T. Dunbar, Donald J. Hume, Nathan Koonce, Steve Koonce, Preston Pierce
  • Patent number: 7154866
    Abstract: A wireless communications network which provides directed transmissions between components of the network is provided. The components within the wireless communications include a master apparatus, a plurality of remote devices, and a plurality of repeaters. The components within the wireless communications network communicate using messages which have a control field and at least one information field. Information within the control field is used by components to make determinations for retransmitting the message, or transmitting a predefined response to the message, such as a signal strength response. The components within the network use the messages to make a determination of a communications target, which may be used as a primary contact for transmitting information, automatically, and may repeat the determination at predetermined intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Inovonics Wireless Corporation
    Inventors: Neal Shurmantine, Daryl Burkhart, Steven T. Dunbar, Donald J. Hume, Nathan Koonce, Steve Koonce, Preston Pierce
  • Publication number: 20030179721
    Abstract: A wireless communications network which provides directed transmissions between components of the network is provided. The components within the wireless communications include a master apparatus, a plurality of remote devices, and a plurality of repeaters. The components within the wireless communications network communicate using messages which have a control field and at least one information field. Information within the control field is used by components to make determinations for retransmitting the message, or transmitting a predefined response to the message, such as a signal strength response. The components within the network use the messages to make a determination of a communications target, which may be used as a primary contact for transmitting information, automatically, and may repeat the determination at predetermined intervals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2002
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Neal Shurmantine, Daryl Burkhard, Steven T. Dunbar, Donald J. Hume, Nathan Koonce, Steve Koonce, Preston Pierce