Patents by Inventor Greg R. Black

Greg R. Black 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).

  • Publication number: 20080258982
    Abstract: A dual autodiplexing antenna (300) redirects power flow (303) from an unloaded antenna to a loaded antenna, thereby improving communication performance under loaded conditions. The dual autodiplexing antenna (300) includes a first antenna (101) disposed at a first end (103) of a portable two-way communication device (100). A second antenna (102) is disposed at the distal end (104) of the portable two-way communication device (100). The first antenna (101) and second antenna (102) are coupled to a transceiver (107) by a first transmission line matching circuit (201) and a second transmission line matching circuit (202), respectively. In one embodiment, the first antenna (101) is configured to primarily operate in a first bandwidth, while the second antenna (102) is configured to primarily operate in a second bandwidth. When one of the first antenna (101) or second antenna (102) is loaded, power flow (303) is redirected to the lesser loaded antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventors: Greg R. Black, Vijay L. Asrani, Adrian Napoles
  • Patent number: 7345586
    Abstract: A radio frequency identification (RF ID) tag (202) and a method for communicating data from an RF ID card to an electronic device (102) are disclosed. The RF ID tag comprises one or more removable materials that conceal the data (106). The presence of the one or more removable materials disables the RF ID tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Motorola Inc
    Inventors: Greg R. Black, John Boos, Rafael Colorado
  • Publication number: 20080037771
    Abstract: A handset device (10) includes a substrate (56) defining a first audio port portion (78) and having a contact pad (266). An adhesive (60) is operatively coupled to the substrate (56). The adhesive (60) defines a second audio port portion (276) stacked with the first audio port portion (278) and defines a first electrical port portion (262). A speaker (32) having an electrical connector (238) is operatively coupled to the contact pad (266) through the first electrical port portion (262). The adhesive (60) is operative to seal the first and second audio port portions (278 and 276) from the electrical port portion (262). In addition, in one example, the handset device (10) may include a substrate (56) defining a first audio port portion (278), a speaker (32) operatively coupled to the substrate (56), and a rear housing (20) operatively coupled to the substrate (56) and defining an audio cavity (1104).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventors: Greg R. Black, Steve C. Emmert, Yi-Lin Pei
  • Patent number: 7330920
    Abstract: A method is provided for on-demand communications in a communication network with support for a plurality of communication units participating in a common communication, which includes multiple signal initiators, each supplying a signal, which are virtually simultaneously conveyed as part of the common communication. At least one example of an on-demand communication includes push to talk. Additionally, a signal initiator is provided, which is adapted to support on-demand communications in a multi-signal initiator environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg R. Black, Robert M. Johnson, Stephen L. Spear, Charles P. Binzel
  • Publication number: 20080020765
    Abstract: A wireless communication device includes wireless communication circuitry that enables the wireless communication unit to communicate through at least a first wireless communication service and a second wireless communication service, and includes a subscriber identity information memory that stores at least a first subscriber identity information and a different second subscriber identity information. A user input is received and is used to select one of at least a first send user selectable input and a second send user selectable input. The wireless communication circuitry registers with the selected one of the first wireless communication service and the second wireless communication service. The wireless communication circuitry registers by employing a subscriber identity information corresponding to the selected one of the first wireless communication service and the second wireless communication service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: MOTOROLA, INC.
    Inventors: GREG R. BLACK, RAFAEL COLORADO, MANOJ PUCHADATH RAGHAVAN
  • Publication number: 20080020773
    Abstract: A wireless communication device and method is provided for managing the call routing for multiple services each respectively associated with a corresponding one of multiple sets of stored subscriber identity information. The wireless communication device includes wireless communication circuitry, that enables the wireless communication unit to communicate through at least a first wireless communication service and a second wireless communication service and a subscriber identity information memory that stores at least a first subscriber identity information associated with the first wireless communication service and a different second subscriber identity information associated with the second wireless communication service. An indication is received regarding which of a selected one of the first wireless communication service and the second wireless communication service the wireless communication device is to employ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: MOTOROLA, INC.
    Inventors: GREG R. BLACK, RAFAEL COLORADO, MANOJ PUCHADATH RAGHAVAN
  • Publication number: 20080001828
    Abstract: A dual autodiplexing antenna (300) redirects power flow (303) from an unloaded antenna to a loaded antenna, thereby improving communication performance under loaded conditions. The dual autodiplexing antenna (300) includes a first antenna (101) disposed at a first end (103) of a portable two-way communication device (100). A second antenna (102) is disposed at the distal end (104) of the portable two-way communication device (100). The first antenna (101) and second antenna (102) are coupled to a transceiver (107) by a first transmission line matching circuit (201) and a second transmission line matching circuit (202), respectively. In one embodiment, the first antenna (101) is configured to primarily operate in a first bandwidth, while the second antenna (102) is configured to primarily operate in a second bandwidth. When one of the first antenna (101) or second antenna (102) is loaded, power flow (303) is redirected to the lesser loaded antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventors: Greg R. Black, Vijay L. Asrani, Adrian Napoles
  • Patent number: 7239867
    Abstract: A wireless handheld communication device (102) for reducing a communication delay at a proximate wireless communication device is disclosed. The wireless handheld communication device simultaneously transmits to a remote station (106) through a base station (108), and transmits to the proximate wireless communication device (104) directly. The method includes communicating a first communication on first link (116) to a proximate wireless communication device and communicating, simultaneously with communicating the first communication, a second communication on a second link (112) to a base station, wherein the first communication and the second communication are substantially the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Kotzin, Charles P. Binzel, Greg R. Black
  • Patent number: 7183844
    Abstract: A polar modulation power amplifier circuit includes a control circuit (101) to determine and provide a load selection signal (127), wherein the load selection signal (127) is determined responsive to a requested power signal (119). A power amplifier (113) is responsive to a power control signal (141), for amplifying an RF signal (139) to produce an amplified signal (145), having an output power level. A variable impedance matching circuit (117) is responsive to the load selection signal (127), to adjust a relationship between the control level and the output power level, to produce a range-adjusted amplified signal (147).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Armin W. Klomsdorf, Greg R. Black, Dale G. Schwent
  • Patent number: 7116951
    Abstract: A transmitter circuit (200, 400, 510) and method reduces amplitude modulation distortion in an amplifier (210). The transmitter circuit (200, 400, 510) includes a power control error data generator (230), a feedforward predistortion data generator (240), feedforward adder logic (250) and the amplifier (210). The power control error data generator (230) receives amplitude modulation data (252) and an RF coupled output signal (254) and, in response, produces power control error data (256). The feedforward predistortion data generator (240) receives the amplitude modulation data (252) and, in response, produces feedforward predistortion data (258). The feedforward adder logic (250) receives the power control error data (256) and the feedforward predistortion data (258) and, in response, produces power control data (260).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas D. Nagode, Peter Nanni, Louis M. Nigra, Greg R. Black, Keith Andrew Tilley
  • Patent number: 7058419
    Abstract: A wireless handheld communication device (102) for reducing a communication delay at a proximate wireless communication device is disclosed. The wireless handheld communication device simultaneously transmits to a remote station (106) through a base station (108), and transmits to the proximate wireless communication device (104) directly. The method includes communicating a first communication on first link (116) to a proximate wireless communication device and communicating, simultaneously with communicating the first communication, a second communication on a second link (112) to a base station, wherein the first communication and the second communication are substantially the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Kotzin, Charles P. Binzel, Greg R. Black
  • Patent number: 6975881
    Abstract: The present invention provides a communication controller and a method for maintaining a communication connection during a cell reselection. The communication connection is maintained by changing between a first operating mode, such as a packet data mode, which does not support the maintenance of a communication connection throughout a cell reselection, and a second operating mode, such as a circuit switched mode, which does support maintenance of a communication connection during a handover. Use of a virtual mobile switching center in the base station subsystem facilitates the conversion and routing of circuit switched data, transmitted between the mobile subscriber and the base transceiver station, to the packet data network while in a circuit switched mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Arnold Sheynman, Greg R. Black, Mark E. Pecen