Patents by Inventor Bob Phillips

Bob Phillips 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).

  • Patent number: 7299055
    Abstract: Methods, products, and systems graphically represent a plurality of end user fixed wireless communication devices. A graphics system receives messages from the end user fixed wireless communication devices wherein the messages indicate operational data. The graphics system then processes the operational data to determine performances for the end user fixed wireless communication devices and diagnose provisionings of the end user fixed wireless communication devices. The graphics system determines geographic locations of the end user fixed wireless communication devices. The graphics system then generates a geographic map indicating the geographic locations and the performances of the end user fixed wireless communication devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Bob Phillips, James Wade Landon, John N. Holmberg, Feng Zhang, David Anthony Reisinger
  • Patent number: 5826722
    Abstract: A packaging system is disclosed for a number of elongate tubular lamps. The lamps are oriented along a longitudinal axis and each have a first end opposite a second end along the axis. A first spacer is provided to engage a first end of each of the lamps and maintain spacing therebetween. Similarly, a second spacer engages a second end of each of the lamps to maintain spacing therebetween. A third spacer is positioned between the first and second spacers and includes a first wall defining a first number of openings and second wall defining a second number of openings. The first and second openings are paired to define a number of passages each receiving a corresponding one of the lamps therethrough. The first, second, and third spacers cooperate to provide a packagable lamp set. Moreover, the third spacer includes a handle graspable from a top aspect of the set to lift and carry it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: ETS, Inc.
    Inventor: Bob Phillips