Patents by Inventor Benjamin H. Hutchinson

Benjamin H. Hutchinson 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).

  • Satellite mobile telephone cell departure prediction
    Patent number: 7474873
    Abstract: A mobile station (4) in a satellite mobile telephone system predicts when it will move into another cell on the basis of one set of broadcast information thereby reducing the overall processing burden. The mobile station (4) can predict with a useful degree of certainty which broadcast control channel (BOCH) frequencies it should listen on when it wakes up on the basis of a stored map of the relative positions of cells. The broadcast information is valid for a predetermined time interval. Upon waking up, the mobile station (4) determines present time within the predetermined time interval and uses the broadcast information as well as the present time within the predetermined time interval to predict the time at which the mobile telephone will leave the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: ICO Services Limited
    Inventor: Benjamin H. Hutchinson
  • Satellite mobile telephone cell departure prediction
    Patent number: 7260391
    Abstract: A mobile station (4) in a satellite mobile telephone system predicts when it will move into another cell on the basis of one set of broadcast information thereby reducing the overall processing burden. The mobile station (4) can predict with a useful degree of certainty which broadcast control channel (BCCH) frequencies it should listen on when it wakes up on the basis of a stored map of the relative positions of cells. The broadcast information includes information about the current cell's (40) shape (V1, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6) and translational (T) and rotational (R) motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: ICO Services Limited
    Inventor: Benjamin H. Hutchinson
  • Satellite mobile telephone cell departure prediction
    Patent number: 7218932
    Abstract: A mobile station (4) in a satellite mobile telephone system predicts when it will move into another cell on the basis of one set of broadcast information thereby reducing the overall processing burden. The mobile station (4) can predict with a useful degree of certainty which broadcast control channel (BCCH) frequencies it should listen on when it wakes up on the basis of a stored map of the relative positions of cells. The broadcast information includes information about the current cell's (40) shape (V1, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6) and translational (T) and rotational (R) motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: ICO Services Ltd.
    Inventor: Benjamin H. Hutchinson
  • Satellite mobile telephone cell departure prediction
    Publication number: 20040224632
    Abstract: A mobile station (4) in a satellite mobile telephone system predicts when it will move into another cell on the basis of one set of broadcast information thereby reducing the overall processing burden. The mobile station (4) can predict with a useful degree of certainty which broadcast control channel (BCCH) frequencies it should listen on when it wakes up on the basis of a stored map of the relative positions of cells. The broadcast information includes information about the current cell's (40) shape (V1, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6) and translational (T) and rotational (R) motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Applicant: ICO Services Limited
    Inventor: Benjamin H. Hutchinson
  • Satellite mobile telephone cell departure prediction
    Patent number: 6745028
    Abstract: A mobile station in a satellite mobile telephone system predicts when it will move into another cell on the basis of one set of broadcast information thereby reducing the overall processing burden. The mobile station can predict with a useful degree of certainty which broadcast control channel (BCCH) frequencies it should listen on when it wakes up on the basis of a stored map of the relative positions of cells. The broadcast information includes information about the current cell's shape and translational and rotational motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: ICO Services Limited
    Inventor: Benjamin H. Hutchinson
  • Antenna assembly with relocatable antenna for mobile transceiver
    Patent number: 6005529
    Abstract: An antenna assembly comprises a panel (1) with suckers (3) for mounting it to a window or other vertical surface. A foil antenna (2) is formed on the panel (3). The antenna (2) may be coupled to a transceiver (8) by a feeder (6) so that in use it replaces the transceiver's own antenna. In another arrangement, the antenna may simply re-radiate radio signals transmitted by the transceiver using its own antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: ICO Services Ltd.
    Inventor: Benjamin H. Hutchinson