Patents by Inventor John P. Arnold

John P. Arnold 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).

  • Demand-based connection management integrated services access terminal (ISAT) for satellite communication system
    Patent number: 6097706
    Abstract: A demand-based connection management satellite communication network includes a plurality of geographically distributed earth stations, each earth station having a frame relay protocol-based switch for interfacing message signals between terminal devices and modem unit. One of the earth stations is a hub station whose modem unit includes plural demodulators tuned to carrier frequencies transmitted from other, remote stations. Each remote station has at least one hub-programmable demodulator and/or a programmable modulator. When an originating station receives a request from a terminal device for connectivity with a terminal device at a destination station, it transmits a connectivity request message to the hub station. In response, the hub station checks a demodulator and/or modulator frequency assignment database for demodulator availability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Gilat Florida, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis E. Fielding, Todd W. Gross, John P. Arnold
  • Project organization and optimization tool and method of use thereof
    Patent number: 5890131
    Abstract: The present invention provides a project optimization software tool in which a single window in a graphical user interface serves as a tool for planning future actions, reviewing past actions, organizing meetings and launching executable software tools. A project pathway window supports: 1) the listing and viewing of sequences of pathway steps, which, if accomplished, lead towards a defined project goal, 2) the ability to link software tools to those pathway steps, and launch the software tools for execution, 3) the creation of meeting agendas, each of which may encompass several pathway steps, without demoting the included pathway steps, and 4) the marking of the status of pathway steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: SkyMark Corporation
    Inventors: Justin C. Ebert, Scott H. Collins, John P. Arnold, Stephen L. David, Susan D. Dwyer, Michael D. Mills, Patricia Shanahan
  • Demand-based connection management integrated services access terminal (ISAT) for satellite communication system
    Patent number: 5841765
    Abstract: A demand-based connection management satellite communication network includes a plurality of geographically distributed earth stations, each earth station having a frame relay protocol-based switch for interfacing message signals between terminal devices and modem unit. One of the earth stations is a hub station whose modem unit includes plural demodulators tuned to carrier frequencies transmitted from other, remote stations. Each remote station has at least one hub-programmable demodulator and/or a programmable modulator. When an originating station receives a request from a terminal device for connectivity with a terminal device at a destination station, it transmits a connectivity request message to the hub station. In response, the hub station checks a demodulator and/or modulator frequency assignment database for demodulator availability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: Skydata, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis E. Fielding, Todd W. Gross, John P. Arnold
  • Demand-based connection management integrated services access terminal (ISAT) for satellite communications system
    Patent number: RE41218
    Abstract: A demand-based connection management satellite communication network includes a plurality of geographically distributed earth stations, each earth station having a frame relay protocol-based switch for interfacing message signals between terminal devices and modem unit. One of the earth stations is a hub station whose modem unit includes plural demodulators tuned to carrier frequencies transmitted from other, remote stations. Each remote station has at least one hub-programmable demodulator and/or a programmable modulator. When an originating station receives a request from a terminal device for connectivity with a terminal device at a destination station, it transmits a connectivity request message to the hub station. In response, the hub station checks a demodulator and/or modulator frequency assignment database for demodulator availability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd.
    Inventors: Dennis E. Fielding, Todd W. Gross, John P. Arnold