Patents Represented by Law Firm Emrich & Ditdhmar
  • Battery saving arrangement for selectively addressable, portable receivers
    Patent number: 5384564
    Abstract: A pager receiver for receiving signals transmitted in the POCSAG code format which includes a preamble signal followed by at least one batch, the pager receiver including a preamble absence detector circuit for detecting whether or not a received signal includes the preamble and a power saving circuit responsive to the preamble absence detector circuit for deactivating signal processing circuits of the pager receiver as soon as detection is made that the received signal does not include the preamble signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1995
    Assignee: Keith H. Wycoff
    Inventors: Keith H. Wycoff, William H. Dittmer