Patents by Inventor Warren L. Burdue

Warren L. Burdue 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).

  • Autonomous portable communication network
    Patent number: 6856811
    Abstract: A portable communication network comprises plural portable communications units, each providing a unit code identifier, a wave energy transceiver, preferably using RF energy which is enabled for direct communication with any other of the communications units over a limited range, a device for assigning a target code to each signal transmission, a device for detecting the target code in each signal reception, a device for processing a received signal when the target code of the received signal equals the unit code, and a device for retransmitting a received signal when the target code of the received signal differs from the unit code. In this manner, through signal repeating, communication is enabled between any two of the communications units when their separation is greater then the limited range. Automatic routing through the communication network is established between two members of the network. Alternate routes are established as background tasks to be switched in if the current route is interrupted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Inventors: Warren L. Burdue, William Stahley
  • Autonomous portable communication network
    Publication number: 20030148778
    Abstract: A portable communication network comprises plural portable communications units, each providing a unit code identifier, a wave energy transceiver, preferably using RF energy which is enabled for direct communication with any other of the communications units over a limited range, a device for assigning a target code to each signal transmission, a device for detecting the target code in each signal reception, a device for processing a received signal when the target code of the received signal equals the unit code, and a device for retransmitting a received signal when the target code of the received signal differs from the unit code. In this manner, through signal repeating, communication is enabled between any two of the communications units when their separation is greater then the limited range. Automatic routing through the communication network is established between two members of the network. Alternate routes are established as background tasks to be switched in if the current route is interrupted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Warren L. Burdue, William Stahley