Patents by Inventor Steven J Willhoff

Steven J Willhoff 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 providing teleservice segmentation and reassembly
    Patent number: 6728548
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for operating a user terminal, such as a cellular radiotelephone, of a type that is bidirectionally coupled to a network through an RF interface. The method includes a first step of storing at least one message in a memory accessible by the mobile station. A second step transmits a Teleservice origination (e.g., a SMS origination) request from the mobile station to the network using a reverse digital control channel. The request specifies that a reverse digital traffic channel be assigned to the mobile station. A next step, executed in response to being assigned to a reverse digital traffic channel, transmits the at least one stored message to a SMS center that is coupled to the network, the at least one stored message being transmitted over the assigned reverse digital traffic channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Steven J Willhoff
  • Mobile station originated SMS using digital traffic channel
    Patent number: 6097961
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for operating a user terminal, such as a cellular radiotelephone, of a type that is bidirectionally coupled to a network through an RF interface. The method includes a first step of storing at least one message in a memory accessible by the mobile station. A second step transmits a Teleservice origination (e.g., a SMS origination) request from the mobile station to the network using a reverse digital control channel. The request specifies that a reverse digital traffic channel be assigned to the mobile station. A next step, executed in response to being assigned to a reverse digital traffic channel, transmits the at least one stored message to a SMS center that is coupled to the network, the at least one stored message being transmitted over the assigned reverse digital traffic channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones Limited
    Inventors: Seppo Alanara, Steven J Willhoff