Patents by Inventor George Brooke Neville

George Brooke Neville 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 for geographic based control in a communication system
    Patent number: 5857155
    Abstract: A selective call transceiver (20) in a messaging system (100) having a plurality of transmitters (90, 94, 99), comprises a receiver module (26), a transmitter module (22) coupled to the receiver module and a controller (28) coupled to the receiver module and the transmitter module for controlling the operation of the selective call transceiver. Additionally the selective call transceiver comprises a GPS receiver (24) for receiving GPS information and coupled to the controller, wherein the controller uses the GPS information to assist in the control of functions selected from the group consisting of transmitter power control, site selection switching, sub-zone selection switching, forward error correction, retry transmission decisions, Doppler frequency shifting, synchronization, and frequency scanning and selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Casey Hill, Bernard Carl Olson, George Brooke Neville, Mark Jordan Appel, Gregory Lewis Cannon