Patents by Inventor Larry David Jordan

Larry David Jordan 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 and apparatus for assisting a user to find a communication resource of sufficient capacity
    Patent number: 6459894
    Abstract: A wireless communication system measures (602) a traffic load of ones of a plurality of fixed communication stations (102, 202) and transmits (606) from at least one of the stations information describing a location of the at least one of the stations and locations of nearby other stations, along with traffic loads corresponding to the stations. A portable communication unit (104) within communication range of the station conveys (608) the information, thereby assisting the user of the portable communication unit to find a fixed communication station having sufficient capacity available for handling a desired communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: W. Garland Phillips, Larry David Jordan, Slim Souissi
  • Method and apparatus to reprioritize data transfer in a short range Ad Hoc network
    Patent number: 6397061
    Abstract: A wireless communication device capable of communicating with a local wireless network within a predetermined communication range. If the wireless communication device experiences interference, a low battery or movement outside of the predetermined communication range, the wireless communication device checks to see if a bandwidth, a data rate or a priority can be altered to complete the communication between the wireless communication device and the wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry David Jordan, Thomas Casey Hill