Patents by Inventor Michael J. Needham

Michael J. Needham 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 selecting communication cells in a wireless communication system
    Patent number: 6671515
    Abstract: In a wireless communication system (100) having a plurality of communication cells (115, 117), and a plurality of mobile stations (118) operating within selected ones of the multiple communication cells (115, 117), a method and an apparatus for selecting those communication cells (115, 117). Within each communication cell (115, 117), a base station (112) transmits a message directed to the mobile stations (118), and detects a response indicator in the selected ones of the plurality of communication cells (115, 117). The message may be a broadcast page message transmitted by the base station (112). The response indicator may be an impulse radio-frequency energy transmission generated by the plurality of mobile stations (118) operating within the selected ones of the plurality of communication cells (115, 117).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Needham, Timothy J. Wilson, Leigh Chinitz