Patents by Inventor Loren J. Rittle

Loren J. Rittle 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 conveying data packets in a communication system without using communication device timers to trigger data retransmission
    Patent number: 6111892
    Abstract: A communication device (106) transmits a data packet at a first transmission time or during a first transmission time period to a data controller (116). The data controller determines an earliest transmission time or time period of data packets to be acknowledged and transmits an indication that only data packets transmitted after the earliest transmission time or time period will be acknowledged. The communication device then determines whether the data controller is indicating that only data packets transmitted after the first transmission time or time period will be acknowledged. When the data controller is indicating that only data packets transmitted after the first transmission time or time period will be acknowledged, the communication device retransmits at least a portion of the data packet and thereby performs timerless error recovery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Loren J. Rittle, Stephen S. Gilbert
  • Method of communication resource assignment
    Patent number: 5970056
    Abstract: In a communication system, a method comprises the steps of receiving (401) at least one information bundle intended for subsequent outbound transmission, receiving (403) at least one reservation request that corresponds to at least one information bundle intended for subsequent inbound transmission, and selecting (407) from amongst the at least one information bundle and the at least one reservation request to provide at least one selected information bundle to be transmitted. At least a part of a communication resource is assigned (409) to support transmission of the at least one selected information bundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Karen A. Brailean, Jeffrey Blanchette, Timothy Spets, Kenneth J. Crisler, Loren J. Rittle