Patents by Inventor Rich Noradt

Rich Noradt 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 completing a handover between wireless communication systems
    Patent number: 6373828
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for a handover of a communication signal (370) associated with a mobile communication unit (116) between a Generic C-based wireless communication system (302) and a MSC-based wireless communication system (304), is disclosed. The handover method includes establishing a plurality of trunks (401) between a landline switch (316) and a MSC (317). The method also includes configuring a landline number routing table (403) and a landline trunk group table (404) in the landline switch (316), a mobile trunk group table (406) in the MSC (317), and establishing a message translation table (405) in the computing platform (312), such that one of the plurality of trunks and an associated signaling path to the computing platform (312) are always selected when the handover is required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Randall R. Stewart, Edgar Martinez, Tom Joyner, Rich Noradt