Patents by Inventor Bruce D. Swail

Bruce D. Swail 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).

  • Method and apparatus for avoiding desensitization of a radio frequency receiver
    Patent number: 5630224
    Abstract: A subscriber terminal (104) operable in a wireless communications system (100) having an infrastructure (111) and arranged and constructed to provide data communications between the infrastructure and the subscriber terminal, includes a radio frequency receiver (201) arranged to receive communications from the infrastructure during an active time period (303); and a portable computing device (105) operatively coupled to the radio frequency transceiver and arranged to forego a desense generating activity during the active period. A corresponding method includes determining an active time period for the RF receiver (403); directing the computer to forego desense generating activities (405) during the active time period; and activating the RF receiver (407) during the active time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1997
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce D. Swail