Patents by Inventor David S. Bicknell

David S. Bicknell 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).

  • System and method for providing a trunked radio and gateway
    Patent number: 8126494
    Abstract: A method is provided in one example and includes receiving a first channel release notification from a communication network at a trunked radio network gateway connecting one or more trunked radio networks to the communication network. The method also includes determining whether the first channel release notification was generated in response to an initial seizure or a release of a channel in a trunked radio network of the gateway. The method further includes suppressing transmission of a further channel release notification based on data included in the first channel release notification that indicates an origin of the channel seizure or the release causing the first channel release notification to be generated. In more specific embodiments, the data includes parameter values indicating an originating source for the seizure or the release and a responding source generating the channel release notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Shmuel Shaffer, David S. Bicknell
  • System and Method for Providing a Trunked Radio and Gateway
    Publication number: 20100159975
    Abstract: A method is provided in one example and includes receiving a first channel release notification from a communication network at a trunked radio network gateway connecting one or more trunked radio networks to the communication network. The method also includes determining whether the first channel release notification was generated in response to an initial seizure or a release of a channel in a trunked radio network of the gateway. The method further includes suppressing transmission of a further channel release notification based on data included in the first channel release notification that indicates an origin of the channel seizure or the release causing the first channel release notification to be generated. In more specific embodiments, the data includes parameter values indicating an originating source for the seizure or the release and a responding source generating the channel release notification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Shmuel Shaffer, David S. Bicknell