Patents Assigned to Home Wireless Networks, Inc.
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Patent number: 6404761Abstract: Systems for connecting telecommunications infrastructure lines to telephones, handsets, computers, telecopy machines and other end user interfaces or consumer electronics devices in a residence or business. Systems according to the present invention include Network Control Units which form the center of a star topology and which communicate via RF link with Wireless Access Units and handsets. Wireless Access Units feature an interface, such as, for example, a standard telephone jack, for accommodating a telephone, a fax machine, a compute modem or other device. Computers or other devices may also be accommodated by Wireless Access Units having other physical and virtual interfaces, including, for instance, serial ports or network interfaces. The Wireless Access Units may also be digital to accommodate ISDN or any other digital standard.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 1998Date of Patent: June 11, 2002Assignee: Home Wireless Networks, Inc.Inventors: Richard K. Snelling, P. Stuckey McIntosh, John C. W. Taylor, Mark Tucker
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Patent number: 6169799Abstract: A method and apparatus for automatic area code dialing includes a processor, software, and a memory for storing telephone numbers. At a dial tone, a caller dials a ten digit number. The processor sends an area code dial request to the caller for future calls. The caller can confirm the request of the dialed number as a frequently-dialed number. The processor stores the number as a seven-digit portion and an area code portion. On subsequent calls to only the seven-digit portion of the number, the processor compares the seven-digit number to a group of stored numbers. If a match is found, the processor transmits both the seven-digit number and its corresponding area code.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 1998Date of Patent: January 2, 2001Assignee: Home Wireless Networks, Inc.Inventor: P. Stuckey McIntosh
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Patent number: 6058104Abstract: Systems for connecting telecommunications infrastructure lines to telephones, handsets, computers, telecopy machines and other end user interfaces or consumer electronics devices in a residence or business. Systems according to the present invention include Network Control Units which form the center of a star topology and which communicate via RF link with Wireless Access Units and handsets. Wireless Access Units feature an interface, such as, for example, a standard telephone jack, for accommodating a telephone, a fax machine, a compute modem or other device. Computers or other devices may also be accommodated by Wireless Access Units having other physical and virtual interfaces, including, for instance, serial ports or network interfaces. The Wireless Access Units may also be digital to accommodate ISDN or any other digital standard.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 1997Date of Patent: May 2, 2000Assignee: Home Wireless Networks, Inc.Inventors: Richard K. Snelling, P. Stuckey McIntosh, John C. W. Taylor, Mark Tucker
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Patent number: 5805582Abstract: A wireless telephone subsystem for coupling line type telephony equipment to the public switched telephone network is described. A base unit is provided which is adapted to be coupled to a plurality of lines of the PSTN. The base unit includes a base coder/decoder which transforms analog signals received from the lines of the PSTN to digital signals and conversely transforms digital signals to analog signals for coupling to the lines of the PSTN. The base unit includes a multiple channel transceiver coupled to the base coder/decoder which responds to the digital signals provided by the base coder/decoder for transmitting those signals by placing selected portions of the digital signals into selected portions of a multiplex frame. The base multiple channel transceiver also receives digital signals and couples those digital signals to the base coder/decoder. Programmable switching is provided to associate selected of the PSTN lines and selected portions of the multiplex frame.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 1996Date of Patent: September 8, 1998Assignee: Home Wireless Networks, Inc.Inventors: Richard K. Snelling, P. Stuckey McIntosh, Mark Tucker
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Patent number: D411845Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 1998Date of Patent: July 6, 1999Assignee: Home Wireless Networks, Inc.Inventors: David Calvin Laufer, John W. Taylor, Patrick J. Marry, Ramesh K. Barasia, P. Stuckey McIntosh
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Patent number: D413865Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 1998Date of Patent: September 14, 1999Assignee: Home Wireless Networks, Inc.Inventors: David Calvin Laufer, John C. W. Taylor, Patrick J. Marry, Ramesh K. Barasia, P. Stuckey McIntosh
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Patent number: D417672Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 1998Date of Patent: December 14, 1999Assignee: Home Wireless Networks, Inc.Inventors: David Calvin Laufer, John C. W. Taylor, Patrick J. Marry, Ramesh K. Barasia, P. Stuckey McIntosh
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Patent number: D422965Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 1999Date of Patent: April 18, 2000Assignee: Home Wireless Networks, Inc.Inventors: David Calvin Laufer, John C. W. Taylor, Patrick J. Marry, Ramesh K. Barasia, P. Stuckey McIntosh
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Patent number: D433991Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 1999Date of Patent: November 21, 2000Assignee: Home Wireless Networks, Inc.Inventors: Karl Buchin, Simon Krenke, Philipp Grabher
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Patent number: D434372Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 1999Date of Patent: November 28, 2000Assignee: Home Wireless Networks, Inc.Inventors: Karl Buchin, Simon Krenke, Philipp Grabher