Patents by Inventor Gordon Brent Vikse

Gordon Brent Vikse 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 over the air programming
    Patent number: 7623853
    Abstract: A system and a method for performing over the air programming (“OTAP”) to update computer code in a remote computer. The method includes transmitting computer code over the air to the remote device and writing the computer code to at least one memory device located in the remote device. In one embodiment, the remote device is a cellular phone and the computer code is transmitted over a cellular phone network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: PeopleNet Communications Corp.
    Inventors: Gordon Brent Vikse, Duvall D. Egle, Kjell David Erickson, James Russell Lowell, Edward D. Terry
  • System and method for over the air programming
    Patent number: 7065347
    Abstract: A system and a method for performing over the air programming (“OTAP”) to update computer code in a remote computer. The method includes transmitting computer code over the air to the remote device and writing the computer code to at least one memory device located in the remote device. In one embodiment, the remote device is a cellular phone and the computer code is transmitted over a cellular phone network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: PeopleNet Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Gordon Brent Vikse, DuVall D. Egle, Kjell David Erickson, James Russell Lowell, Edward D. Terry