Patents by Inventor Randy L. Engle

Randy L. Engle 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).

  • Dual mode uplink/downlink location measurement and multi-protocol location measurement
    Patent number: 7110774
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the disclosure relate to combining uplink and downlink location technologies into a single location-service system, to obtain the benefits offered by both of technologies while eliminating many of their individual shortcomings. Mobile devices that support downlink can then be located using the downlink mode, and mobile devices that do not support downlink can be located using the uplink mode. A mobile device may even be located based on a combination of uplink measurements and downlink measurements. Other aspects of the disclosure relate to providing a single location-service system to locate mobile devices that communicate using a plurality of different communication protocols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory G. Davis, Richard C. Stribling, Randy L. Engle, Richard M. Nelhams