Patents by Inventor Charles P. Binzel
Charles P. Binzel 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).
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Patent number: 8588351Abstract: Apparatus may be provided including a spectrum analyzer and decision circuitry. The spectrum analyzer may be configured to ascertain wireless signal signature data from a wide range of frequency bands. The decision circuitry may be configured to modify operation of one or both of a receiver and a transmitter based on the signal signature data.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2007Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: Kevin J. Bush, John R. Barr, Charles P. Binzel, Ronald F. Buskey, Brian D. Storm
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Patent number: 8582530Abstract: A wireless mobile device/station (MS) sends measurement reports of neighbor cells to a serving base transmitter station (BTS). The MS receives information messages transmitted by the BTS at a signaling period, while the MS is in a first cell. The MS is configured to receive a first information message and a subsequent second information message following a handoff. When both information messages are received, the MS transmits a measurement report to the base station, based on contents of the current, received information messages. Responsive to the MS failing to receive/detect the second information message, the MS transmits a measurement report to the BTS based on (a) a current/first information message(s) and (b) a previous information message of the same type as the undetected second information message. The BTS initiates another handoff based on the information in the second type of measurement report.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2010Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Charles P. Binzel, Daniel C. Chisu, William K. Morgan
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Patent number: 8503638Abstract: A method and apparatus for a customized CLI comprise receiving, by a network element, a first SET-UP message from a transmitting device during a call set up. The network element then retrieves an identification of the transmitting device from the first SET-UP message and obtains a first Caller Line Identification (CLI) of the transmitting device corresponding to the retrieved identification. Further, the network element determines whether the first SET-UP message includes a first indicator and retrieves a data message from the first SET-UP message when the first SET-UP message includes a first indicator. The network element then adds the data message, the first CLI, and a second indicator to a second SET-UP message and transmits the second SET-UP message to a receiving device during the same call set up, for displaying a customized CLI on the receiving device, thereby alerting a user of the receiving device of an incoming call.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2010Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: Mark R. Lemke, Charles P. Binzel, Jerome Vogedes
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Publication number: 20130027345Abstract: A user computer device is provided that comprises a touchscreen having a capacitive user interface and a thermal energy generating user interface. The user computer device activates the thermal energy generating user interface based on input received via the capacitive user interface. That is, the user computer receives input from a user via the capacitive user interface, determines a position of the user input based on the input received via the capacitive user interface, and activates an area of the thermal energy generating user interface that based on the determined position of the user input.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2011Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: MOTOROLA MOBILITY, INC.Inventor: Charles P. Binzel
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Publication number: 20120170546Abstract: A wireless mobile device/station (MS) sends measurement reports of neighbor cells to a serving base transmitter station (BTS). The MS receives information messages transmitted by the BTS at a signaling period, while the MS is in a first cell. The MS is configured to receive a first information message and a subsequent second information message following a handoff. When both information messages are received, the MS transmits a measurement report to the base station, based on contents of the current, received information messages. Responsive to the MS failing to receive/detect the second information message, the MS transmits a measurement report to the BTS based on (a) a current/first information message(s) and (b) a previous information message of the same type as the undetected second information message. The BTS initiates another handoff based on the information in the second type of measurement report.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2010Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: MOTOROLA MOBILITY, INC.Inventors: Charles P. Binzel, Daniel C. Chisu, William K. Morgan
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Publication number: 20120155625Abstract: A method and apparatus for a customized CLI comprise receiving, by a network element, a first message from a transmitting device during a call set up. The network element then retrieves an identification of the transmitting device from the first message and obtains a first Caller Line Identification (CLI) of the transmitting device corresponding to the retrieved identification. Further, the network element determines whether the first message includes a first indicator and retrieves a data message from the first message when the first message includes a first indicator. The network element then adds the data message, the first CLI, and a second indicator to a second message and transmits the second message to a receiving device during the same call set up, for displaying a customized CLI on the receiving device, thereby alerting a user of the receiving device of an incoming call.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2010Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicant: Motorola Mobility, Inc.Inventors: Mark R. Lemke, Charles P. Binzel, Jerome Vogedes
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Publication number: 20120155626Abstract: A method and apparatus for a customized CLI comprise receiving, by a network element, a first SET-UP message from a transmitting device during a call set up. The network element then retrieves an identification of the transmitting device from the first SET-UP message and obtains a first Caller Line Identification (CLI) of the transmitting device corresponding to the retrieved identification. Further, the network element determines whether the first SET-UP message includes a first indicator and retrieves a data message from the first SET-UP message when the first SET-UP message includes a first indicator. The network element then adds the data message, the first CLI, and a second indicator to a second SET-UP message and transmits the second SET-UP message to a receiving device during the same call set up, for displaying a customized CLI on the receiving device, thereby alerting a user of the receiving device of an incoming call.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2010Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicant: Motorola Mobility, Inc.Inventors: Mark R. Lemke, Charles P. Binzel, Jerome Vogedes
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Patent number: 8055222Abstract: A Multiple Protocol Signal Detector, MPSD (320, 500) has a mixer (406) that receives signal energy from a multi-band antenna system (324) via a low noise amplifier (402) and from a variable frequency synthesizer (408) via a first variable band pass filter (410). The output of the mixer (406) passes through a second variable band pass filter (416) to an envelope detector (418) a power detector (419) and a low resolution A/D (420) that inputs digitized samples to a binary modulation detector, BMD (422). A controller (424) configures the aforementioned devices of the MPSD (320) to detect communications using different protocols based on a scan Look Up Table (426).Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2008Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Motorola Mobility, Inc.Inventors: Peter Nanni, Charles P Binzel, Christopher N Kurby, Brian D Storm, Ronald Buskey
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Patent number: 7865160Abstract: A wireless communication user terminal having a receiver for receiving a signal having mixed modulation formats, wherein the terminal measures signal power on a portion of the signal received by the terminal, determines a modulation format on the portion of the signal for which the signal power was measured, and modifies the signal power measured based on the modulation format.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2006Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: Motorola Mobility, Inc.Inventors: Charles P. Binzel, William P. DeClerck, Jeffrey C. Smolinski
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Publication number: 20100151801Abstract: A Multiple Protocol Signal Detector, MPSD (320, 500) has a mixer (406) that receives signal energy from a multi-band antenna system (324) via a low noise amplifier (402) and from a variable frequency synthesizer (408) via a first variable band pass filter (410). The output of the mixer (406) passes through a second variable band pass filter (416) to an envelope detector (418) a power detector (419) and a low resolution A/D (420) that inputs digitized samples to a binary modulation detector, BMD (422). A controller (424) configures the aforementioned devices of the MPSD (320) to detect communications using different protocols based on a scan Look Up Table (426).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2008Publication date: June 17, 2010Applicant: Motorola, Inc.Inventors: Peter Nanni, Charles P. Binzel, Christopher N. Kurby, Brian D. Storm, Ronald Buskey
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Publication number: 20090131021Abstract: A method (400, 500) of propagating an alert (116). The alert can be received on a first communication device (102). The alert can be associated with data indicating at least one peer-to-peer propagation parameter. Further, the alert can be automatically communicated from the first communication device to at least a second communication device in accordance with the peer-to-peer propagation parameter via peer-to-peer communications.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2007Publication date: May 21, 2009Applicant: MOTOROLA, INC.Inventors: Jerome O. Vogedes, Daniel A. Baudino, Charles P. Binzel, Yan Ming Cheng, Steven J. Nowlan, Jorge L. Perdomo, W. Garland Phillips
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Patent number: 7519365Abstract: A method for a radiotelephone to search for a high priority, home, or home-equivalent public land mobile network (PLMN) includes a first step of registering and camping (300) the radiotelephone on a cell of visited PLMN. A next step includes uniquely identifying (302) the cell. A next step includes searching (304) for PLMNs with a higher priority than the visited PLMN while registered and camped on the uniquely identified cell. A next step includes storing (306) a history of those frequencies found that are not of a higher priority PLMN for the uniquely identified cell. Any subsequent searches for frequencies of higher priority PLMNs performed while registered and camped on that cell includes scanning (308) for available frequencies except for those frequencies listed in the history for the uniquely identified cell in which the radiotelephone is registered and camped.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2007Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignee: Motorola, IncInventors: Donald A. Dorsey, Sharada Raghuram, Charles P. Binzel
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Publication number: 20090052500Abstract: Apparatus may be provided including a spectrum analyzer and decision circuitry. The spectrum analyzer may be configured to ascertain wireless signal signature data from a wide range of frequency bands. The decision circuitry may be configured to modify operation of one or both of a receiver and a transmitter based on the signal signature data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2007Publication date: February 26, 2009Applicant: Motorola, Inc.Inventors: Kevin J. BUSH, John R. Barr, Charles P. Binzel, Ronald F. Buskey, Brian D. Storm
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Publication number: 20080056218Abstract: A GSM serving base station method (200) for transmitting multi-block handover or assignment messages transmits to a mobile station all the I frames of a multi-frame handover command message or a multi-frame assignment command message (210). If the base station does not receives acknowledgement from the mobile station for all the I frames of the final message (220), does not receive a message from the network indicating the mobile station has completed its handover (230), and has not exceeded the maximum number of retransmissions allowed (240), all unacknowledged I frames are cyclically retransmitted (210). The mobile station can either follow normal procedures for a multi-framing operation (300) or it can buffer any out-of-sequence I frames received (either in sequence or in order of receipt) and re-assemble the complete final message after all I frames have been received (400).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2006Publication date: March 6, 2008Applicant: MOTOROLA, INC.Inventors: CHARLES P. BINZEL, Jeffrey C. Smolinski
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Patent number: 7330920Abstract: A method is provided for on-demand communications in a communication network with support for a plurality of communication units participating in a common communication, which includes multiple signal initiators, each supplying a signal, which are virtually simultaneously conveyed as part of the common communication. At least one example of an on-demand communication includes push to talk. Additionally, a signal initiator is provided, which is adapted to support on-demand communications in a multi-signal initiator environment.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2005Date of Patent: February 12, 2008Assignee: Motorola, Inc.Inventors: Greg R. Black, Robert M. Johnson, Stephen L. Spear, Charles P. Binzel
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Publication number: 20070298745Abstract: A wireless communication user terminal (400) having a receiver for receiving a channel having mixed modulation formats, wherein the terminal measures signal power on a portion of the channel received by the terminal, determines a modulation format on the portion of the channel for which the signal power was measured, and modifies the signal power measured based on the modulation format.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2006Publication date: December 27, 2007Applicant: MOTOROLA, INC.Inventors: CHARLES P. BINZEL, William P. Declerck, Jeffrey C. Smolinske
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Patent number: 7239867Abstract: A wireless handheld communication device (102) for reducing a communication delay at a proximate wireless communication device is disclosed. The wireless handheld communication device simultaneously transmits to a remote station (106) through a base station (108), and transmits to the proximate wireless communication device (104) directly. The method includes communicating a first communication on first link (116) to a proximate wireless communication device and communicating, simultaneously with communicating the first communication, a second communication on a second link (112) to a base station, wherein the first communication and the second communication are substantially the same.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2005Date of Patent: July 3, 2007Assignee: Motorola, Inc.Inventors: Michael D. Kotzin, Charles P. Binzel, Greg R. Black
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Patent number: 7154468Abstract: A display apparatus 200, a display controller 222, and a method for optimizing a displayed image for use in an electronic device 100 comprising a display 208 for presenting a visual image, a processor 212 for determining the intensity of a backlight 216 used for illuminating the display 208 and a controller 202 that optimizes the visual image corresponding to the intensity of the backlight 216 are described. As the intensity of the backlight 216 is reduced, the brightness of the pixels 210 is increased to compensate the image when, for example, the backlight intensity is reduced to save power. The method and apparatus are also described for compensating for uneven backlight 216 conditions.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2003Date of Patent: December 26, 2006Assignee: Motorola Inc.Inventors: Daniel A. Linzmeier, Robert J. Bero, Charles P. Binzel, Robert M. Johnson, Timothy M. McCune, Edward J. Yurchik
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Patent number: 7058419Abstract: A wireless handheld communication device (102) for reducing a communication delay at a proximate wireless communication device is disclosed. The wireless handheld communication device simultaneously transmits to a remote station (106) through a base station (108), and transmits to the proximate wireless communication device (104) directly. The method includes communicating a first communication on first link (116) to a proximate wireless communication device and communicating, simultaneously with communicating the first communication, a second communication on a second link (112) to a base station, wherein the first communication and the second communication are substantially the same.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2003Date of Patent: June 6, 2006Assignee: Motorola, Inc.Inventors: Michael D. Kotzin, Charles P. Binzel, Greg R. Black
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Patent number: 7016669Abstract: An apparatus and method for updating a subscriber identity in a mobile communication device. The apparatus can include a subscriber module, a memory configured to store the subscriber identity, a transceiver configured to receive a new subscriber identity from a wireless network, and a controller coupled to the memory, the transceiver, and the subscriber module. The controller can be configured to control operations of the mobile communication device. The controller can also be configured to re-personalize the mobile communication device to the new subscriber identity.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2003Date of Patent: March 21, 2006Assignee: Motorola, Inc.Inventors: Naveen Aerrabotu, Charles P. Binzel, Bharat Srinivasan