Patents by Inventor Joseph D. Preston

Joseph D. Preston 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: 7286522
    Abstract: An inband signaling modem communicates digital data over a voice channel of a wireless telecommunications network. An input receives digital data. An encoder converts the digital data into audio tones that synthesize frequency characteristics of human speech. The digital data is also encoded to prevent voice encoding circuitry in the telecommunications network from corrupting the synthesized audio tones representing the digital data. An output then outputs the synthesized audio tones to a voice channel of a digital wireless telecommunications network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Airbiquity, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan A. Preston, Joseph D. Preston, Robert Leyendecker, Wayne Eatherly, Rod L. Proctor, Philip R. Smith
  • Patent number: 7283567
    Abstract: Network delay is determined in order to synchronize a clock in a mobile station with a reference clock. Tones are generated that represent a sequence of bits in a synchronization flag. The tones are sampled beginning at a selected sample start time. The sampled tones are demodulated to identify the bit values in the synchronization flag. The demodulator is synchronized with the sampled tones in the synchronization flag by shifting the sample start time until the samples generate an optimum synchronization value. A reference time is then identified according to the optimum sample start time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Airbiquity Inc.
    Inventors: Dan A. Preston, Joseph D. Preston, Robert Leyendecker, Wayne Eatherly, Rod L. Proctor
  • Patent number: 7164662
    Abstract: Network delay is determined in order to synchronize a clock in a mobile station with a reference clock. Tone are generated that represent a sequence of bits in a synchronization flag. The tones are sampled beginning at a selected sample start time. The sampled tones are demodulated to identify the bit values in the synchronization flag. The demodulator is synchronized with the sampled tones in the synchronization flag by shifting the sample start time until the samples generate an optimum synchronization value. A reference time is then identified according to the optimum sample start time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Airbiquity, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan A. Preston, Joseph D. Preston, Robert Leyendecker, Wayne Eatherly, Rod L. Proctor
  • Patent number: 7151768
    Abstract: An inband signaling modem communicates digital data over a voice channel of a wireless telecommunications network. An input receives digital data. An encoder converts the digital data into audio tones that synthesize frequency characteristics of human speech. The digital data is also encoded to prevent voice encoding circuitry in the telecommunications network from corrupting the synthesized audio tones representing the digital data. An output then outputs the synthesized audio tones to a voice channel of a digital wireless telecommunications network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Airbiquity, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan A. Preston, Joseph D. Preston, Robert Leyendecker, Wayne Eatherly, Rod L. Proctor, Philip R. Smith
  • Publication number: 20040125824
    Abstract: Network delay is determined in order to synchronize a clock in a mobile station with a reference clock. Tones are generated that represent a sequence of bits in a synchronization flag. The tones are sampled beginning at a selected sample start time. The sampled tones are demodulated to identify the bit values in the synchronization flag. The demodulator is synchronized with the sampled tones in the synchronization flag by shifting the sample start time until the samples generate an optimum synchronization value. A reference time is then identified according to the optimum sample start time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Dan A. Preston, Joseph D. Preston, Robert Leyendecker, Wayne Eatherly, Rod L. Proctor
  • Patent number: 6681121
    Abstract: A wireless telecommunication device, such as a cell phone, is coupled to a source of digital data which may comprise a GPS receiver. In one embodiment, a GPS receiver and inband signaling modem are integrated into the cell phone battery pack. A pushbutton on the battery pack is actuated by a user to trigger selected events such as formulating location data in the GPS receiver, encoding the location data in the IBS modem and inserting the resulting audio frequency tones into the voice channel of the cell phone for transmission over the voice channel of a digital, wireless telecommunications network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: Airbiquity Inc.
    Inventors: Dan A. Preston, Joseph D. Preston, Rod L. Proctor
  • Patent number: 6493338
    Abstract: An inband signaling modem communicates digital data over a voice channel of a wireless telecommunications network. An input receives digital data. An encoder converts the digital data into audio tones that synthesize frequency characteristics of human speech. The digital data is also encoded to prevent voice encoding circuitry in the telecommunications network from corrupting the synthesized audio tones representing the digital data. An output then outputs the synthesized audio tones to a voice channel of a digital wireless telecommunications network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: Airbiquity Inc.
    Inventors: Dan A. Preston, Joseph D. Preston, Robert Leyendecker, Wayne Eatherly, Rod L. Proctor, Philip R. Smith
  • Publication number: 20020181446
    Abstract: An inband signaling modem communicates digital data over a voice channel of a wireless telecommunications network. An input receives digital data. An encoder converts the digital data into audio tones that synthesize frequency characteristics of human speech. The digital data is also encoded to prevent voice encoding circuitry in the telecommunications network from corrupting the synthesized audio tones representing the digital data. An output then outputs the synthesized audio tones to a voice channel of a digital wireless telecommunications network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Dan A. Preston, Joseph D. Preston, Robert Leyendecker, Wayne Eatherly, Rod L. Proctor, Philip R. Smith
  • Publication number: 20020172193
    Abstract: An inband signaling modem communicates digital data over a voice channel of a wireless telecommunications network. An input receives digital data. An encoder converts the digital data into audio tones that synthesize frequency characteristics of human speech. The digital data is also encoded to prevent voice encoding circuitry in the telecommunications network from corrupting the synthesized audio tones representing the digital data. An output then outputs the synthesized audio tones to a voice channel of a digital wireless telecommunications network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventors: Dan A. Preston, Joseph D. Preston, Robert Leyendecker, Wayne Eatherly, Rod L. Proctor, Philip R. Smith
  • Publication number: 20020015424
    Abstract: Network delay is determined in order to synchronize a clock in a mobile station with a reference clock. Tone are generated that represent a sequence of bits in a synchronization flag. The tones are sampled beginning at a selected sample start time. The sampled tones are demodulated to identify the bit values in the synchronization flag. The demodulator is synchronized with the sampled tones in the synchronization flag by shifting the sample start time until the samples generate an optimum synchronization value. A reference time is then identified according to the optimum sample start time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Inventors: Daniel A. Preston, Joseph D. Preston, Robert Leyendecker, Wayne Eatherly, Rod L. Proctor
  • Patent number: 6144336
    Abstract: In the case of a conventional radio telecommunication system for transmitting information between stationary transmitting/receiving units and mobile transmitting/receiving units it is proposed that the mobile units be additionally provided with a satellite navigation receiver for independently determining a position rough value. The stationary units are likewise provided with a satellite navigation receiver for independently determining a reference position rough value of a reference location of known exact geographical position as the reference position normal value, and with an error detection unit for detecting position determination errors by comparing the instantaneously determined reference position rough value with the reference position normal value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: Integrated Data Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan A. Preston, Joseph D. Preston, James Vroman