Patents by Inventor Mark Alan Schmitt

Mark Alan Schmitt 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).

  • Wireless communications system including an originator base station capable of notifying of channel resource reservation status
    Patent number: 7990917
    Abstract: A wireless communications system including a network application server; and a base station to receive an expedited request packet from a subscriber unit by way of a radio frequency interface, attempt to reserve channel resources for a traffic channel to communicate with the subscriber unit, and notify the network application server of whether the channel resources have been reserved. The base station may notify the network application server by marking the expedited request packet received from the subscriber unit, and sending the marked expedited request packet to the network application server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Nextel Communications Inc.
    Inventors: John K. Demers, Mark Alan Schmitt