Patents by Inventor Randall A. Kroenke

Randall A. Kroenke 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: 11019589
    Abstract: The present subject matter includes a system for communications between a transmitter and a receiver. In various embodiments, the system uses a sleep interval to allow the receiver to go to sleep between wake up times to “sniff” for transmissions from the transmitter. The system adjusts the length of the preamble of the transmitted signal or a repetition of packets to allow the receiver to detect a transmitted signal based on drift in the clocks of the system. In various embodiments, a receive channel is changed if a signal is not received at a prior channel selection. In various embodiments, the transmission is determined by detection of an event. In various embodiments, the event is an ear-to-ear event. In various embodiments, the receiver and transmitter are in opposite hearing aids adapted to be worn by one wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Paul Solum, Randall A. Kroenke
  • Publication number: 20190191402
    Abstract: The present subject matter includes a system for communications between a transmitter and a receiver. In various embodiments, the system uses a sleep interval to allow the receiver to go to sleep between wake up times to “sniff” for transmissions from the transmitter. The system adjusts the length of the preamble of the transmitted signal or a repetition of packets to allow the receiver to detect a transmitted signal based on drift in the clocks of the system. In various embodiments, a receive channel is changed if a signal is not received at a prior channel selection. In various embodiments, the transmission is determined by detection of an event. In various embodiments, the event is an ear-to-ear event. In various embodiments, the receiver and transmitter are in opposite hearing aids adapted to be worn by one wearer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Jeffrey Paul Solum, Randall A. Kroenke
  • Patent number: 10212682
    Abstract: The present subject matter includes a system for communications between a transmitter and a receiver. In various embodiments, the system uses a sleep interval to allow the receiver to go to sleep between wake up times to “sniff” for transmissions from the transmitter. The system adjusts the length of the preamble of the transmitted signal or a repetition of packets to allow the receiver to detect a transmitted signal based on drift in the clocks of the system. In various embodiments, a receive channel is changed if a signal is not received at a prior channel selection. In various embodiments, the transmission is determined by detection of an event. In various embodiments, the event is an ear-to-ear event. In various embodiments, the receiver and transmitter are in opposite hearing aids adapted to be worn by one wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Paul Solum, Randall A. Kroenke
  • Publication number: 20170041896
    Abstract: The present subject matter includes a system for communications between a transmitter and a receiver. In various embodiments, the system uses a sleep interval to allow the receiver to go to sleep between wake up times to “sniff” for transmissions from the transmitter. The system adjusts the length of the preamble of the transmitted signal or a repetition of packets to allow the receiver to detect a transmitted signal based on drift in the clocks of the system. In various embodiments, a receive channel is changed if a signal is not received at a prior channel selection. In various embodiments, the transmission is determined by detection of an event. In various embodiments, the event is an ear-to-ear event. In various embodiments, the receiver and transmitter are in opposite hearing aids adapted to be worn by one wearer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Jeffrey Paul Solum, Randall A. Kroenke
  • Patent number: 9426586
    Abstract: The present subject matter includes a system for communications between a transmitter and a receiver. In various embodiments, the system uses a sleep interval to allow the receiver to go to sleep between wake up times to “sniff” for transmissions from the transmitter. The system adjusts the length of the preamble of the transmitted signal to allow the receiver to detect a transmitted signal based on drift in the clocks of the system. In various embodiments, a receive channel is changed if a signal is not received at a prior channel selection. In various embodiments, the transmission is determined by detection of an event. In various embodiments, the event is an ear-to-ear event. In various embodiments, the receiver and transmitter are in opposite hearing aids adapted to be worn by one wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Paul Solum, Randall A. Kroenke
  • Patent number: 9420387
    Abstract: The present subject matter includes a system for communications between a transmitter and a receiver. In various embodiments, the system uses a sleep interval to allow the receiver to go to sleep between wake up times to “sniff” for transmissions from the transmitter. In one variation, the system repeats a transmission for at least a duration of a wake interval. In various embodiments, a receive channel is changed if a signal is not received at a prior channel selection. In various embodiments, the transmission is determined by detection of an event. In various embodiments, the event is an ear-to-ear event. In various embodiments, the receiver and transmitter are in opposite hearing aids adapted to be worn by one wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Paul Solum, Randall A. Kroenke
  • Patent number: 9420385
    Abstract: The present subject matter includes a system for communications between a transmitter and a receiver. In various embodiments, the system uses a sleep interval to allow the receiver to go to sleep between wake up times to “sniff” for transmissions from the transmitter. The system adjusts the length of the preamble of the transmitted signal or a repetition of packets to allow the receiver to detect a transmitted signal based on drift in the clocks of the system. In various embodiments, a receive channel is changed if a signal is not received at a prior channel selection. In various embodiments, the transmission is determined by detection of an event. In various embodiments, the event is an ear-to-ear event. In various embodiments, the receiver and transmitter are in opposite hearing aids adapted to be worn by one wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Paul Solum, Randall A. Kroenke
  • Publication number: 20110150251
    Abstract: The present subject matter includes a system for communications between a transmitter and a receiver. In various embodiments, the system uses a sleep interval to allow the receiver to go to sleep between wake up times to “sniff” for transmissions from the transmitter. The system adjusts the length of the preamble of the transmitted signal to allow the receiver to detect a transmitted signal based on drift in the clocks of the system. In various embodiments, a receive channel is changed if a signal is not received at a prior channel selection. In various embodiments, the transmission is determined by detection of an event. In various embodiments, the event is an ear-to-ear event. In various embodiments, the receiver and transmitter are in opposite hearing aids adapted to be worn by one wearer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Paul Solum, Randall A. Kroenke
  • Publication number: 20110150252
    Abstract: The present subject matter includes a system for communications between a transmitter and a receiver. In various embodiments, the system uses a sleep interval to allow the receiver to go to sleep between wake up times to “sniff” for transmissions from the transmitter. The system adjusts the length of the preamble of the transmitted signal or a repetition of packets to allow the receiver to detect a transmitted signal based on drift in the clocks of the system. In various embodiments, a receive channel is changed if a signal is not received at a prior channel selection. In various embodiments, the transmission is determined by detection of an event. In various embodiments, the event is an ear-to-ear event. In various embodiments, the receiver and transmitter are in opposite hearing aids adapted to be worn by one wearer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Paul Solum, Randall A. Kroenke
  • Publication number: 20110150254
    Abstract: The present subject matter includes a system for communications between a transmitter and a receiver. In various embodiments, the system uses a sleep interval to allow the receiver to go to sleep between wake up times to “sniff” for transmissions from the transmitter. In one variation, the system repeats a transmission for at least a duration of a wake interval. In various embodiments, a receive channel is changed if a signal is not received at a prior channel selection. In various embodiments, the transmission is determined by detection of an event. In various embodiments, the event is an ear-to-ear event. In various embodiments, the receiver and transmitter are in opposite hearing aids adapted to be worn by one wearer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Paul Solum, Randall A. Kroenke
  • Patent number: 7392015
    Abstract: Calibration methods and structures are provided for wireless communications devices that compensate across a signal bandwidth for relative gain and phase errors between spatial communication channels while utilizing existing transceiver structures and facilitating the use of frequency-domain spatial processing. The methods and structures are directed to time-division duplex (TDD) systems, and are particularly suited to those that incorporate orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: CalAmp Corp.
    Inventors: Charles S. Farlow, Donald M. Bosch, Randall A. Kroenke, Steven J. Loughran