Patents by Inventor Tommy R. Rudy

Tommy R. Rudy 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).

  • Pager capable of operating in multiple paging systems
    Patent number: 5196842
    Abstract: A pager (400) capable of operating in a plurality of paging systems (210, 212, and 214) includes a receiver (404) for receiving information messages which include idle words from one of the paging systems. Upon receiving the information messages the pager (400) decodes the information messages in order to determine the system identification information contained in the idle word. The pager (400) then compares the decoded system identification information with the unique paging system identification number presently being utilized by the pager (400). If the system identification information matches the unique paging system identification number presently being utilized by the pager, the pager (400) remains in the present paging system. If the data does not match, the pager uses controller (410) to determine if any of the stored sets of system configuration parameters which are each associated with a unique paging system identification number matches the decoded system identification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1993
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Fernando A. Gomez, Tommy R. Rudy, Thomas F. Holmes