Patents by Inventor Daniel M. Hatton

Daniel M. Hatton 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).

  • Publication number: 20030223475
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a protocol for frequency hopping spread spectrum transmission of a message in which the hop sequence is dynamically determined based on the usage frequency of each of the hop frequencies to a receiver that is not required to transmit an acknowledgement having the steps of A. selecting a data frequency by selecting the least frequently used available data frequency; B. transmitting a meet message on at least one of a predetermined number of meet message frequencies, the meet message comprising the identity of a data frequency upon which a data message will be sent; C. transmitting a data message upon the data frequency for no longer than a maximum period of time; D. upon expiration of the maximum period of time, determining whether more data is to be sent to the receiver; and E. if more data is to be sent, transmitting a next data frequency upon which data will be sent and transmitting the additional data upon the next data frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Inventor: Daniel M. Hatton