Patents Represented by Attorney Roland K. Bowler, II

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  • Intelligent geocoding of location information
    Patent number: 7469182
    Abstract: A geocoding method including receiving input location information (212) for a particular location, decomposing (210) and purifying (220) the input information before decomposing (230) the information, and generating (240) multiple candidate locations based on components of the decomposed information, and then normalizing the candidate locations before comparing the candidate locations with information in a location information database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Haitao Huang, Liu Kungwel, Hang-Ying Mao, Feng Tang
  • Candidate list enhancement for predictive text input in electronic devices
    Patent number: 7466859
    Abstract: A method in a portable electronic device (100) including inputting a first word component, for example, a letter or stroke, displaying a first candidate list having at least a first completion candidate including the first word component, inputting a second word component, displaying a second candidate list having a second completion candidate, the second completion candidate including the first and second word components, and de-prioritizing the first completion candidate of the first candidate list relative to at least one other candidate of the second candidate list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Ying Y. Chang, Manjirnath A. Chatterjee, Robert M. Harman
  • Wireless transmitter having polar loop controller with current feedback and methods
    Patent number: 7460842
    Abstract: A wireless transmitter (100) including an amplifier (112), an automatic output controller (116) (AOC) having an output coupled to a control signal input. The AOC detects a second amplifier parameter that changes with a change in load impedance during a transmission, and the AOC reduces a change in transmitter output power related to the change in load impedance based on a first parameter and the detected second parameter during the same transmission during which the second parameter was detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg R. Black, Matt C. Hayek
  • Channel quality indicator for time, frequency and spatial channel in terrestrial radio access network
    Patent number: 7457588
    Abstract: A wireless communication terminal (200) that communicates on a plurality of sub-carriers divided into a plurality of frequency bands, wherein each frequency band includes at least one sub-carrier. The terminal successively generates channel quality indicator (CQI) measurement information reports based on CQI measurements, wherein each report includes non-differential channel quality indicator measurement information for at least one of the frequency bands and differential channel quality indicator measurement information for all other frequency bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert T. Love, Raja S. Bachu, Brian K. Classon, Ravikiran Nory, Kenneth A. Stewart, Yakun Sun
  • Rotatable function selectors in communication handsets and methods therefor
    Patent number: 7433654
    Abstract: A wireless communication handset (10) having first and second movable coupled housing portions (20, 30) that rotate in corresponding first and second substantially parallel planes. The wireless communication handset is in a first operating mode when the first and second housing portions are rotated to a first angular configuration, the wireless communication handset in a second operating mode when the first and second housing portions are rotated to a second angular configuration, and the wireless communication handset in a third operating mode when the first and second housing portions are rotated to a third angular configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert R. Reed
  • Contact validation and trusted contact updating in mobile wireless communications devices
    Patent number: 7426382
    Abstract: A method in a wireless communication device including receiving contact information with a signature from a source (310) not on a trusted contact list, validating (362) the signature by comparing the signature to an reference signature stored on the method in a wireless communication device, and updating (368) the trusted contact list regarding the contact information received if the signature is valid. In some applications, the contact information and signature is associated with a wireless communication device provisioning session request message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Naveen Aerrabotu, Phieu Tran, Jerome Vogedes
  • Group scheduling in wireless communication systems
    Patent number: 7423997
    Abstract: A wireless communication network (100) wherein information is communicated in frames comprising multiple sub-frames, including grouping a terminal in first and second groups, assigning the first and second groups to less than all sub-frames in a frame, assigning a control channel of at least one assigned sub-frame to the first and second groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Ravi Kuchibhotla, Brian K. Classon, Robert T. Love, Kenneth A. Stewart
  • Reselection optimization in mobile wireless communication devices and methods therefor
    Patent number: 7418239
    Abstract: Reselection methods for wireless communication devices, for example cellular telephones, that reduce power consumption by receiving periodic paging information (210) concurrently with the performance of periodic signal measurements (230) and reselection processing (250) to increase minimal power consumption mode operation. In some embodiment, the reselection processing (252) is performed on prior signal measurements (230) while obtaining present signal measurement data (240).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Motorola Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Brandt, Donald Dorsey
  • Thin keypad assemblies and components for electronics devices and methods
    Patent number: 7404682
    Abstract: A method for a keypad assembly including a keycap layer 110 having multiple user interface key caps flexibly coupled to a carrier portion, a luminescent layer 120 disposed toward a backside of the plurality of key caps, the luminescent layer carrying a plurality of switch domes each aligned with a corresponding one of the plurality of key caps of the key cap layer. In some embodiments, a backing material is applied to a backside of the user interface key caps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: Motorola Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Dombrowski, Ryszard J. Gordecki, Daniel P. Rodgers, Patrick J. Cauwels, Steve C. Emmert
  • Mobile wireless communications device enablement and methods therefor
    Patent number: 7373138
    Abstract: A method for enabling hardware and software features in wireless communications devices including (610) receiving key information and applying it to the communications device. The key information specifies one or more features of the wireless communications device that are to be enabled or disabled. Features of the wireless communications device specified by the key information are enabled (640) or disabled upon applying the key information to the device. In some embodiments, information from multiple keys is required to enable features of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Motorola Inc.
    Inventors: David Haub, Michael Kotzin
  • Thin keypad assemblies and components for electronics devices and methods
    Patent number: 7360957
    Abstract: A keypad assembly, the keypad assembly including a keycap layer 110 having multiple user interface key caps flexibly coupled to a carrier portion, a luminescent layer 120 disposed toward a backside of the plurality of key cap layer, the luminescent layer carrying a plurality of switch domes aligned with a corresponding one of the plurality of key caps of the key cap layer. In some embodiments, a backing material is applied to a backside of the user interface keycaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Dombrowski, Ryszard J. Gordecki, Daniel P. Rodgers, Patrick J. Cauwels, Steve C. Emmert
  • Satellite positioning system receivers and methods
    Patent number: 7336224
    Abstract: A satellite positioning system receiver having a battery, wherein the receiver is programmed to determine (310) whether the receiver is connected to a power supply other than its battery, to begin continuous reception (320) of satellite positioning system navigation data when the receiver is connected to a power supply other than its battery, and to store (330) the navigation data received in memory of the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. King, George J. Geier, Mark Heng, Robert Harbour
  • Resource negotiation in wireless communications networks and methods
    Patent number: 7328017
    Abstract: A method in wireless communications networks including transmitting a radio resource assignment (520) to a wireless communications device in response to a request (510), transmitting radio resource assignment time-out information to the wireless communications device, for example, in the assignment message (520), wherein the radio resource assignment time-out information specifies a duration during which the radio resource assignment to the wireless communications device remains valid after the wireless communications device discontinues communication on the radio resource assigned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: John D. Reed, Hao Bi
  • Cellular communications based intercom system and methods
    Patent number: 7304572
    Abstract: A method in an intercom system including detecting the presence of a visitor at a visitor monitor, communicating (224) information received at the visitor monitor in association with the visitor detected to a remotely located communications network gateway, communicating (232) the presence of the visitor from the communication network gateway to a remote terminal, and forwarding the information received from the communications network gateway to the remote terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Arnold Sheynman, Michael L. Charlier, Mikhail T. Galeev, Dongmin Liu, Yingchun Ran
  • Satellite positioning system receivers and methods
    Patent number: 7298321
    Abstract: A satellite positioning system receiver programmed to operate synchronously with an expected time of arrival of information from at least one satellite of a satellite positioning system, and to receive the information from the at least one satellite when the receiver is operating during the expected time of arrival of the information. In one embodiment, the receiver operates synchronously with an expected arrival of specific subframe information from at least one satellite of a satellite positioning system, and receives the specific subframe information when the receiver is operating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. King, George J. Geier, Mark Heng, Robert Harbour
  • Matrix display having addressable display elements and methods
    Patent number: 7295199
    Abstract: A display device including a plurality of display elements (500) arranged in a matrix, wherein each display element includes a display pixel (510) coupled to a switch (530), and each display element includes an addressable latch (540) having an output coupled to a controlling input of the switch. The addressable latch includes a row address input (532) and a column address input (556). In one mode of operation, at least some display elements are activated at a first rate, and other display elements are activated at a second rate less than the first refresh rate by selectively addressing the display elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Motorola Inc
    Inventors: Ken K. Foo, Robert J. Bero, Pinky Yu
  • Dynamic mobile station configuration in wireless communications systems and methods therefor
    Patent number: 7269414
    Abstract: A cellular communications network including a base station subsystem (110) including a base station controller communicably coupled to a plurality of base stations (112), a user accessible mobile wireless communications device configuration control server (140) coupled to the base station subsystem (110), an network broadcast transmitting assisting base station (130), which may be coupled to the user accessible mobile wireless communications device configuration control server or to the base station subsystem. A mobile station is configured with configuration information associated with the assisting base station when the mobile station monitors the assisting base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Patzer, Rodney Landers, Mark Pecen, Arnold Sheynman
  • Navigation satellite acquisition in satellite positioning system receiver
    Patent number: 7250904
    Abstract: A method in a mobile satellite positioning system receiver operating in cold-start mode, including searching for and detecting (310) a first satellite in a constellation of orbiting satellites, searching (320) for a second satellite based on detection probability information for non-detected satellites, the detection probability information obtained using information about one of satellites not detected or the first satellite detected. In one embodiment, the detection probability information is based on a measure of range between the non-detected satellites and the first satellite detected, and in another embodiment the detection probability information is based on a measure of angle between the non-detected satellites and the first satellite detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Michael King, Alan Chang, Troy L. Strother
  • Keypad
    Patent number: D558744
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: Motorola Inc
    Inventors: Richard John Dombrowski, Christopher Arnholt, Floris H. Keizer
  • Keypad
    Patent number: D559842
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard John Dombrowski, Christopher Arnholt, Steven Clark Emmert, Floris H. Keizer