Patents by Inventor Kent Fisher

Kent Fisher 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).

  • Multi-function coding element and an associated telecommunications network
    Patent number: 6453175
    Abstract: A wireless telecommunications network includes a base station controller which includes a call control resource manager and a multi-function coding element embodied within a DSP and comprised of first, second and third coding resources, each embodied as a software module, for respectively performing D/A and A/D on voice, facsimile and data messages. When transferring messages from a mobile terminal to an MSC via the base station controller, the mobile terminal first informs the base station controller whether the message is a voice, facsimile or data message. The mobile terminal then transfers the message to the call control resource manager residing within the base station controller. Based upon the indicated message type, the call control resource manager selects, from the first, second and third coding resources, a resource for performing a D/A conversion of the message received from the mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Jerry L. Mizell, David Lauson, Kent Fisher, Larry D. Lewis
  • Multi-function coding element and an associated telecommunications network
    Publication number: 20010009860
    Abstract: A wireless telecommunications network includes a base station controller which includes a call control resource manager and a multi-function coding element embodied within a DSP and comprised of first, second and third coding resources, each embodied as a software module, for respectively performing D/A and A/D on voice, facsimile and data messages. When transferring messages from a mobile terminal to an MSC via the base station controller, the mobile terminal first informs the base station controller whether the message is a voice, facsimile or data message. The mobile terminal then transfers the message to the call control resource manager residing within the base station controller. Based upon the indicated message type, the call control resource manager selects, from the first, second and third coding resources, a resource for performing a D/A conversion of the message received from the mobile terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2001
    Publication date: July 26, 2001
    Inventors: Jerry L. Mizell, David Lauson, Kent Fisher, Larry D. Lewis