Patents by Inventor Harold Robert Smith

Harold Robert Smith 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).

  • Enhanced private parameter capability in IS-41 messages
    Patent number: 6963584
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for communicating between entities of a wireless cellular telecommunications system in protocols extended from the standard IS-41 Protocols. In accordance with the invention, different pairs of entities can communicate using different extended protocol dialects. The extended protocol dialects can include extra operations codes, extra parameter identifiers, or both. The extended protocol between each pair of entities of the system is assigned, but can be changed by an appropriate message. Advantageously, the basic spectrum for extended protocols can be enlarged by allowing different extended protocols between different entities and/or by switching extended protocol dialects between specific entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Marcelo Fonseca, Harold Robert Smith, Leslie Joseph Williams
  • Method and apparatus for monitoring and filtering abnormal behavior of mobile stations in a wireless network
    Publication number: 20040162070
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method and apparatus for monitoring and filtering abnormal behavior of mobile stations in a wireless network. More particularly, in one form, the invention is directed to a system to monitor and filter the abnormally high frequency of registrations of a malfunctioning, or rogue, mobile station on a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Inventors: Elliott Baral, Richard H. Bradley, David Albert Rossetti, Harold Robert Smith
  • Enhanced private parameter capability in IS-41 messages
    Publication number: 20020136236
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for communicating between entities of a wireless cellular telecommunications system in protocols extended from the standard IS-41 Protocols. In accordance with the invention, different pairs of entities can communicate using different extended protocol dialects. The extended protocol dialects can include extra operations codes, extra parameter identifiers, or both. The extended protocol between each pair of entities of the system is assigned, but can be changed by an appropriate message. Advantageously, the basic spectrum for extended protocols can be enlarged by allowing different extended protocols between different entities and/or by switching extended protocol dialects between specific entities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Eric Marcelo Fonseca, Harold Robert Smith, Leslie Joseph Williams