Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Scott Ward

Jeffrey Scott Ward 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).

  • Cross-technology session continuity
    Patent number: 9807819
    Abstract: A wireless network of a first type receives a request for network entry from a mobile station. A service continuity query is sent to a service node. A service continuity response is received from the service node. The service continuity response includes a network access identifier. The network access identifier is determined to be associated with an existing session on a wireless network of a second type. The existing session is using a mobile internet protocol address. On the wireless network of the first type, a session is assigned the mobile internet protocol address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Lei Zhu, Terry Daniel Nebergall, Chidambaram Pavanasam, Daniel J. Pope, Jack Branson Sippel, II, John Eric Belser, Joao Carlos Osorio Gouvea Teixeira de Magalhaes, Jeffrey Scott Ward, Sameer Akbar Khan
  • Method and system for acquiring a wireless communication channel in a wireless communication system
    Patent number: 8483682
    Abstract: In various embodiments, systems and methods are provided for a wireless device to acquire a wireless channel in wireless communication system. In an embodiment, the wireless device obtains a first wireless communication channel to operate on a first wireless network from a first wireless channel table where the first wireless communication channel is associated with a geographic identifier. The wireless device saves the geographic identifier and obtains a second wireless communication channel to operate on a second wireless network from a second wireless channel table using the geographic identifier where the second wireless communication channel is associated with the geographic identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Ryan P. Dreiling, Woo Jae Lee, Nicholas John Baustert, Jr., Jeffrey Scott Ward, Cesar Perez