Patents by Inventor Edward J. Lukas

Edward J. Lukas 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 to facilitate using multiple carrier frequencies
    Patent number: 8331928
    Abstract: A wireless radio frequency transmitter (400), upon detecting (101) an end user assertion of an end user interface and in automatic response thereto, uses a first rolling carrier frequency to transmit (102) a message. Upon then determining (104) that the end user is continuing to assert this end user interface, this transmitter then re-transmits (105) that message using a predetermined fixed carrier frequency. By one approach, the first rolling carrier frequency is selected from amongst a pool of candidate carrier frequencies using a carrier frequency calculation formula. By another approach, this carrier frequency is selected from one or more tables that comprise a plurality of different carrier frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: The Chamberlain Group, Inc.
    Inventors: John Steven Scaletta, Edward J. Lukas, Robert R. Keller, Jr.
  • Method and Apparatus to Facilitate Using Multiple Carrier Frequencies
    Publication number: 20100087156
    Abstract: A wireless radio frequency transmitter (400), upon detecting (101) an end user assertion of an end user interface and in automatic response thereto, uses a first rolling carrier frequency to transmit (102) a message. Upon then determining (104) that the end user is continuing to assert this end user interface, this transmitter then re-transmits (105) that message using a predetermined fixed carrier frequency. By one approach, the first rolling carrier frequency is selected from amongst a pool of candidate carrier frequencies using a carrier frequency calculation formula. By another approach, this carrier frequency is selected from one or more tables that comprise a plurality of different carrier frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: THE CHAMBERLAIN GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: John Steven Scaletta, Edward J. Lukas