Patents by Inventor Barry D. Atkinson

Barry D. Atkinson 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).

  • Remotely distributed location and messaging system
    Patent number: 5802454
    Abstract: A network of interconnected, remotely distributed, location and messaging systems. Each of the remotely distributed location and messaging systems can be dynamically configured to use different frequencies that are assigned to the regions. Each of the remotely distributed location and messaging systems performs location requests for specified subscriber unit using one or more radio frequency transmitting sites and a plurality of radio frequency receiving sites. The location request is initiated by identifying a particular one of the location and messaging systems having a coverage area for the specified subscriber unit. The location request is routed to the identified location and messaging systems, and a unique paging message is transmitted to the subscriber unit. A response is received from the subscriber unit, and forwarded to a processor coupled to the identified location and messaging system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Teletrac, Inc.
    Inventors: William K. Goshay, Joseph W. Sheehan, Barry D. Atkinson, Edward A. Hurst, Richard A. Jackson, Mario Proietti