Patents by Inventor Sean Faulkner

Sean Faulkner 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).

  • Satellite-based messaging system
    Patent number: 8817603
    Abstract: In a satellite-based messaging system messages are exchanged between a ground station and mobile terminals over a wide geographic area covered by multiple satellite beams. Each beam contains one or more carrier frequencies. A message processing center is configured to provision a frame comprising a plurality of subframes to carry data over a forward link to the mobile terminals; hop between beams in the forward link and assign each subframe within a frame to a specific satellite beam; provision a transport medium in the form of virtual carriers each defined by one or more carrier frequency/beam hop combinations, wherein each virtual carrier is assigned a unique virtual carrier identifier; and notify the mobile terminals of carrier frequency/hop combinations for assigned virtual carrier identifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Skywave Mobile Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Tom Houtman, Brian Armbruster, Ron Territo, Zhenhong Cheng, Wayne McPherson, Sean Faulkner
  • SATELLITE-BASED MESSAGING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130021900
    Abstract: In a satellite-based messaging system messages are exchanged between a ground station and mobile terminals over a wide geographic area covered by multiple satellite beams. Each beam contains one or more carrier frequencies. A message processing center is configured to provision a frame comprising a plurality of subframes to carry data over a forward link to the mobile terminals; hop between beams in the forward link and assign each subframe within a frame to a specific satellite beam; provision a transport medium in the form of virtual carriers each defined by one or more carrier frequency/beam hop combinations, wherein each virtual carrier is assigned a unique virtual carrier identifier; and notify the mobile terminals of carrier frequency/hop combinations for assigned virtual carrier identifiers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: 2201028 ONTARIO INC.
    Inventors: Tom Houtman, Brian Armbruster, Ron Territo, Zhenhong Cheng, Wayne McPherson, Sean Faulkner
  • Sensor-based augmentation of blockage recovery
    Patent number: 7177635
    Abstract: A method for improving long-term blockage recovery of a communications signal is disclosed. The method includes monitoring a blockage source using at least one application specific-sensor. Time spent in the blockage source is ascertained. Information obtained from the application-specific sensor may be combined with the ascertained time spent in the blockage source to predict a likely blockage recovery time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: TransCore Link Logistics Corporation
    Inventors: Phil Lafleur, Wayne McPherson, Sean Faulkner, David J. Roscoe
  • Sensor-based augmentation of blockage recovery
    Publication number: 20050208896
    Abstract: A method for improving long-term blockage recovery of a communications signal is disclosed. The method includes monitoring a blockage source using at least one application specific-sensor. Time spent in the blockage source is ascertained. Information obtained from the application-specific sensor may be combined with the ascertained time spent in the blockage source to predict a likely blockage recovery time interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: Phil Lafleur, Wayne McPherson, Sean Faulkner, David Roscoe