Patents by Inventor Danny Allen Reed

Danny Allen Reed 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).

  • Cellular service with improved service availability
    Patent number: 8185120
    Abstract: A cellular communication system in which overload of a base station is averted by offering users the option to communicate using a spectrum outside of the spectrum allocated for cellular communication. Incentives are offered to connect to the base station using the alternative spectrum, which may not support communications at the same rate as could be supported using the spectrum allocated to the base station for cellular communications. Users may be selected to receive an offer to receive incentives based on range to the base station, with users closer to the base station being more likely to receive such an offer. The cellular communications system may be a 3G wireless system and the alternative spectrum may be white space in the digital TV spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Amer A. Hassan, Billy R. Anders, Jr., Danny Allen Reed
  • CELLULAR SERVICE WITH IMPROVED SERVICE AVAILABILITY
    Publication number: 20110237238
    Abstract: A cellular communication system in which overload of a base station is averted by offering users the option to communicate using a spectrum outside of the spectrum allocated for cellular communication. Incentives are offered to connect to the base station using the alternative spectrum, which may not support communications at the same rate as could be supported using the spectrum allocated to the base station for cellular communications. Users may be selected to receive an offer to receive incentives based on range to the base station, with users closer to the base station being more likely to receive such an offer. The cellular communications system may be a 3G wireless system and the alternative spectrum may be white space in the digital TV spectrum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Amer A. Hassan, Danny Allen Reed, Billy R. Anders, JR.