Patents by Inventor Kevin W. Dahl

Kevin W. Dahl 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).

  • Method for handling alarm conditions in a paging system
    Patent number: 5878326
    Abstract: A method for handling alarm conditions from paging stations in a paging system is disclosed. The paging system includes a paging terminal, a plurality of paging stations, and a network manager. When a paging station has an alarm condition, the paging station forwards the alarm to the network manager, which in turn compares the alarm with an alarm record for that paging station and determines whether or not that alarm is a higher priority than the previous alarms received from the paging station. If so, the network manager transmits a signal to the paging terminal to page the technician responsible for servicing that particular paging station. The technician is paged and dispatched to the paging station for service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Inventors: Roger E. Benz, Ronald J. Weber, Warren L. Schroeder, Kenneth T. Smelcer, James A. Rodts, Kevin W. Dahl
  • Method for handling alarm conditions in a paging system
    Patent number: 5749045
    Abstract: A method for handling alarm conditions from paging stations in a paging system is disclosed. The paging system includes a paging terminal, a plurality of paging stations, and a network manager. When a paging station has an alarm condition, the paging station forwards the alarm to the network manager, which in turn, compares the alarm with an alarm record for that paging station and determines whether or not that alarm is a higher priority than the previous alarms received from the paging station. If so, the network manager transmits a signal to the paging terminal to page the technician responsible for servicing that particular paging station. The technician is paged and dispatched to the paging station for service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: Glenayre Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger E. Benz, Warren L. Schroeder, Kenneth T. Smelcer, Kevin W. Dahl, James A. Rodts