Patents by Inventor Phillip Earl Hall

Phillip Earl Hall 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).

  • Interactive appliance security system and method
    Patent number: 5898831
    Abstract: In a personal area network, a method for including an appliance (121). The method includes steps of a) determining, by the personal area network (120), that the appliance (121) should be included in the personal area network (120); b) determining (253) that all individual members (121) of the personal area network (120) are in data communication with the personal area network (120); and c) when all individual members (121) of the personal area network (120) are in data communication with the personal area network (120), performing substeps of: i) selecting (259) a selected member (121) of the personal area network (120); ii) programming (261) security criteria relevant to the selected member (121) into the appliance (121); and iii) programming (263) security criteria relevant to the appliance (121) into the selected member (121).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Phillip Earl Hall, Jeffrey Martin Harris, Ernest Earl Woodward, Ronald W. Borgstahl