Patents by Inventor George C. Alford

George C. Alford 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).

  • Portable thread environment
    Patent number: 6961934
    Abstract: A portable thread environment comprising: an application programming interface configured to support multiple application program tasks with each task comprised of one or more threads; host adaptation logic for communicatively interfacing the tasks and threads with a host processing environment; and a scheduler configured to determine an execution order of the one or more threads based on one or more execution variables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Microtune (San Diego), Inc.
    Inventors: George C. Alford, Hock Law, Suresh S. Kumar
  • Portable thread environment
    Publication number: 20020120665
    Abstract: A portable thread environment comprising: an application programming interface configured to support multiple application program tasks with each task comprised of one or more threads; host adaptation logic for communicatively interfacing the tasks and threads with a host processing environment; and a scheduler configured to determine an execution order of the one or more threads based on one or more execution variables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2001
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: George C. Alford, Hock Law, Suresh S. Kumar
  • Radio call history list
    Patent number: 5634196
    Abstract: A method and two-way radio apparatus are disclosed which provide for the storage and recollection of call history information, in a call history memory, based on a system ID codes and group ID codes which are linked to receive ID codes and transmit ID codes in an ID code memory. The call history memory may be arranges as a FIFO queue, and calls may be automatically replied to upon reviewing the contents of the call history memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Assignee: Uniden America Corporation
    Inventor: George C. Alford
  • Automatic call destination/system selection in a radio communication system
    Patent number: 5613201
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for placing calls in a multi-system land mobile radio network. A plurality of call destinations are linked or grouped together into a call group. Each call destination has a preferred system. Selection of a first call destination points to or is linked to at least a second call destination. If the preferred system for a current call destination is not accessible, then a second call destination, selected in accordance with the first call destination is made the current call destination. Selecting a call group causes a radio to attempt a plurality of call destinations, each in sequence, until an accessible preferred system is found, indicating that the current call destination is valid. If an accessible system is found, then the call is placed thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1997
    Assignee: Uniden America Corporation
    Inventors: George C. Alford, Yamin Damghani, Nickolas A. Avdonin, Billy G. Moon