Patents by Inventor John D. Foulkes

John D. Foulkes 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).

  • Patent number: 4330687
    Abstract: A subscriber data carrier system for simultaneously carrying both base band telephone signals and full duplex digital data transmissions on a single pair of nonloaded telephone wires is disclosed. That is, the system provides for simultaneous conventional telephone signaling and audio communication and full duplex digital data communication between a pair of subscribers, each connected to the same main distribution frame of a central office by a single pair of nonloaded telephone wires. The system includes a modem (21) located at each subscriber's premises. The modems are connected to the subscriber's telephone (23) and digital data terminal (25). The modems include data transmitters (47) and receivers (49) that convert digital data from binary form into FSK form for transmission and from FSK form into binary form upon reception.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1982
    Assignee: Teltone Corporation
    Inventors: John D. Foulkes, David K. Worthington, John E. Trombly
  • Patent number: 4302629
    Abstract: Simultaneous conventional telephone signaling and audio communication, plus digital data transmission, on nonloaded telephone wires is disclosed. Modems (21) connect a telephone (23) and a digital data terminal (25) to one end of the telephone wires. A data transmitter (59) in each modem (21) converts digital data from binary to FSK form and a receiver (57) converts digital data from FSK to binary form. Each transmitter includes a frequency synthesizer that produces one of two FSK signals (F1, F2) depending upon the binary nature (0 or 1) of a particular data bit; and, the receivers include frequency detectors that detect two other FSK signals (F3, F4) and produce a corresponding binary data bit (0 or 1). Voice filters (51) prevent the FSK data signals from reaching the telephones and spurious telephone high frequency signals from reaching the telephone wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1981
    Assignee: Teltone Corporation
    Inventors: John D. Foulkes, David K. Worthington, John E. Trombly