Patents by Inventor Karen E. Ball

Karen E. Ball 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: 11601827
    Abstract: Methods and systems for indicating an audio forwarding failure at a Radio-over-Internet-Protocol (RoIP) gateway device of a RoIP system is disclosed. In one step, audio communication is detected from a radio handset communicatively coupled with the RoIP gateway device and is buffered. When an error in forwarding the audio communication to at least a portion of devices connected to the RoIP system, an audio notification indicative of the error is sent to the radio handset after determining the audio communication from the radio handset has ended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Cubic Corporation
    Inventors: Karen E. Ball, Stephen J. Mansfield
  • Publication number: 20210176651
    Abstract: Methods and systems for indicating an audio forwarding failure at a Radio-over-Internet-Protocol (RoIP) gateway device of a RoIP system is disclosed. In one step, audio communication is detected from a radio handset communicatively coupled with the RoIP gateway device and is buffered. When an error in forwarding the audio communication to at least a portion of devices connected to the RoIP system, an audio notification indicative of the error is sent to the radio handset after determining the audio communication from the radio handset has ended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Karen E. Ball, Stephen J. Mansfield