Patents by Inventor Richard M. Weiland

Richard M. Weiland 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 system for distributing subscriber services using wireless bidirectional broadband loops
    Patent number: 6597670
    Abstract: A method and system for distributing subscriber services to a number of user locations in a broadband cellular network. A bidirectional antenna array located at a number of cell centers provides coverage over a wide service area by using wireless distribution loops. The cell centers broadcast subscriber services over designated channels and a user at the subscriber site location commands a centralized mechanism to switch to the channel broadcasting the requested service. The duplication of service channels is minimized and the number of subscribers is maximized by allowing channel selection to occur at various points in the distribution network. Each antenna in the array is configured to provide the subscriber service to a particular service segment. These segments include subscriber location sites with processing equipment to request and receive the services in the form of information programs, data, signaling, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Verizon Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest P. Tweedy, Richard M. Weiland
  • Method and system for distributing subscriber services using wireless bidirectional broadband loops
    Patent number: 6023458
    Abstract: A method and system for distributing subscriber services to a number of user locations in a broadband cellular network. A bidirectional antenna array located at a number of cell centers provides coverage over a wide service area by using wireless distribution loops. The cell centers broadcast subscriber services over designated channels and a user at the subscriber site location commands a centralized mechanism to switch to the channel broadcasting the requested service. The duplication of service channels is minimized and the number of subscribers is maximized by allowing channel selection to occur at various points in the distribution network. Each antenna in the array is configured to provide the subscriber service to a particular service segment. These segments include subscriber location sites with processing equipment to request and receive the services in the form of information programs, data, signaling, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignee: GTE Laboratories Incorporated
    Inventors: Ernest P. Tweedy, Richard M. Weiland