Patents by Inventor John B. MacIntyre

John B. MacIntyre 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).

  • Method of reconfiguring a distributed communication system using allocation loading level
    Patent number: 5708962
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses a method of reconfiguring a distributed communication system (100). A typical distributed communication system (100) includes a plurality of repeaters (102-106) connected via a LAN (108, 110). When a repeater that is acting as an active master (104) receives a Trunking Status Pulse (118), the active master (104) will compare the status information in the received TSP (118) with the present status information to determine which active master is the favorable active master. The active master with the favorable present resource allocation loading level will continue to operate as the active master, while the active with the least favorable present resource allocation loading level will relinquish control as an active master.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: John B. MacIntyre, Kristin J. Cramer, Kevin L. Malm, Lee J. Kilayko-Domingo